Tag Archives: Victorian Era

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Cameos – Wearable Sculpture in Relief

Posted on by Maxine Carter-Lome
Cameos come in all sizes, forms, materials, subjects, and colors. This is an example of a carnelian shell cameo brooch
07
Dec

by Maxine Carter-Lome, publisher   Cameos are one of the most widely recognized types of jewelry. Many of us may even own a piece, most probably handed down from a […]

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Memorial Quilts: Expressions of Remembrance

Posted on by Maxine Carter-Lome
Civil War Memorial Quilt from the Quilt Index and the Massachusetts project. Each of the white strips and the stars are inscribed with the name of a Massachusetts soldier, his company and the date he enlisted.
17
Aug

Graveyard Quilts for Mourning By Judy Anne Breneman, womenfolk.com Before modern medicine the loss of beloved friends and family members was all too familiar. Childbirth was dangerous and it was […]

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Can I have your Autograph?

Posted on by Maxine Carter-Lome
Stan Lee at an autographing event. "I would write the stories, and hope the public would buy them and like them, and then I'd be able to pay the rent. I never really spent time thinking how long will that last, because I knew if the character became unpopular, I can always write another one. I was always writing other ones."
31
May

by Maxine Carter-Lome, Publisher Since ancient Roman times, a man’s ability to sign his name separated him from the masses and marked him as a member of the ruling class […]

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