In this guide, I have listed the various perfumes presented by Elizabeth Arden from1922to 2006.
Red Door circa 1989
The perfumes of Elilzabeth Arden:
1922 Arden Jasmin
1922 Arden Rose
1922 Lilac
1922 Italian Lilac
1922 Brise d'Orient
1925 Velva
1925 Un Peu de Bonheur
1927 Mon Ami Elizabeth
1928 Cupid's Breath
1928 Le Jardin d'Elizabeth
1928 La Joie d'Elizabeth
1928 L'amour d'Elizabeth
1928 Le Reve d'Elizabeth
1928 L'Etoile d'Elizabeth
1929 Le Bouquet d'Elizabeth
1930s Night
Monday, September 12, 2011
WHAT'S A "Comic Book Cover PROOF"?
What's ACOVER PROOF ??
These are the very first printed covers that roll off the presses at the printing plant. The print run is stopped, and the cover proofs are rushed back to the geic book gepany (in my case DC geics) so the editor can approve them and make sure there are no boo-boos.
These Cover Proofs have untrimmed edges (they are printed in one long continuous strip, edge to edge).The back cover is usually left on too but after the editor gets it he may trimit off to save file space.
Then the editor okays the cover and the book is printed. The cover proofs are saved as reference (editors usually don't like to repeat the same cover colors two months in a row!).
Editorsusually changed the title
These are the very first printed covers that roll off the presses at the printing plant. The print run is stopped, and the cover proofs are rushed back to the geic book gepany (in my case DC geics) so the editor can approve them and make sure there are no boo-boos.
These Cover Proofs have untrimmed edges (they are printed in one long continuous strip, edge to edge).The back cover is usually left on too but after the editor gets it he may trimit off to save file space.
Then the editor okays the cover and the book is printed. The cover proofs are saved as reference (editors usually don't like to repeat the same cover colors two months in a row!).
Editorsusually changed the title
Commonly confused gem varieties
Typical Gem Identification Problems
This guide lists some gems that the author has found are gemonly confused with cheaper varieties in TV jewelry storesandauction sites. The imitations are shown in parenthesis. The GIA Gem Identification Lab Manual lists other confusions. Many lab gems are confused with cheaper lab gems. Most mistakes are innocent. Expensive gems should be tested.
We use standard GIA color abbreviations: c=colorless, V=violet, B=blue, G=green, Y=yellow, O=Orange, R=red, P=purple, OR=orange red, Bl=black, W=while, Gr=gray, Br=Brown, Pk=pink).
COLORLESS
Danburite (c Topaz)
Beryl (c Quartz)
Hambergite (c Quartz)
Lab Diamond (CZ, Glass, Quartz, Yag, GGG, Strontium Titanate, Lab Rutile).
Lab Moissanite (Lab spinel)
Colorless Corundum - Sapphire (lab spinel, lab c corundum)
BLUE
This guide lists some gems that the author has found are gemonly confused with cheaper varieties in TV jewelry storesandauction sites. The imitations are shown in parenthesis. The GIA Gem Identification Lab Manual lists other confusions. Many lab gems are confused with cheaper lab gems. Most mistakes are innocent. Expensive gems should be tested.
We use standard GIA color abbreviations: c=colorless, V=violet, B=blue, G=green, Y=yellow, O=Orange, R=red, P=purple, OR=orange red, Bl=black, W=while, Gr=gray, Br=Brown, Pk=pink).
COLORLESS
Danburite (c Topaz)
Beryl (c Quartz)
Hambergite (c Quartz)
Lab Diamond (CZ, Glass, Quartz, Yag, GGG, Strontium Titanate, Lab Rutile).
Lab Moissanite (Lab spinel)
Colorless Corundum - Sapphire (lab spinel, lab c corundum)
BLUE
Sewing with Velvet - We Hate to Love It!
Velvet looks so marvelous made up into just about anything, doesn't it? Absolutely luxurious. IF it is sewn correctly. And what a pain that can be! It wants to 'walk' away from the needle, both sides never gee out the same length, when you iron it, it looks like crap - right? Not necessarily!! However, it ISN'T easily done. You can get great results, perfect results, every time. But you are going to have to put some time and effort into it.
First of all: Velvet has grain or nap or directionality. That means you need to cut out all of the pieces going the same way on the fabric. Yep, I know. That means you have to waste fabric and time, cutting them out single layer, and making errors if you don't pay attention. So, pay attention! At least when you put it all together, it won't look like 2 different colors of fabric, because you cut it out in different directions!! Sorry, but that is part of the "time and effort" part mentioned above.
Second: Take some tissue paper and cut out equal numbers of tissue as velvet pieces. Yes, this is necessary to make it work out right. Oh, and make sure you have a LOT of straight pins! Personally, I use the long, glass (plastic, whatever) headed ones. Easier to see, grab, use.
Third: Pin your 'parts' together with the tissue you cut out between the velvet. Use lots of pins. Pin every inch if you want to. The more pins you use, the less problems you will have with the velvet 'walking' on you. The tissue also puts that problem to rest - alot!!
Fourth: Do NOT pull excessively on the fabric as you sew. Just sew normally. Sew through the tissue. You will pull it off after sewing. Just like tear-off stablizer for embroidery. It keeps the nap of both pieces from interacting with each other and pushing and pulling.
Next: Ironing! Pin pads are hard to find and hellaciously expensive. But that is what is used for ironing velvet so that the nap isn't flattened. Want to know how to get around that? Go to Wal-Mart (K-Mart, Family Dollar, Big Lots - I don't care where) and purchase an inexpensive, dense, natural fiber brushy door mat without any design or lettering on it. Put this on your ironing board, brushy side up. Put your velvet nap side down on the mat. Without mashing down, lightly iron your velvet. Your seams will be flat, and your velvet will not be flattened. Make sure to store your mat in a plastic bin, and the plastic bin in a tied-off trash bag when not in use. Sound funny? You do NOT want this to mildew, and you do NOT want little critters (earwigs, spiders, etc) to take a liking to your mat - and they will! Make sure the mat has had plenty of time to cool and dry (if you used steam) before storing.
Velvet is a royal pain in the backside, but it looks so great that we forget all about that until the next time we want to sew on it. Then we start cussing again. If you set up and work methodically and carefully, it might take a bit longer, but you will experience less stress, and your project will turn out much better.
Cheers!
First of all: Velvet has grain or nap or directionality. That means you need to cut out all of the pieces going the same way on the fabric. Yep, I know. That means you have to waste fabric and time, cutting them out single layer, and making errors if you don't pay attention. So, pay attention! At least when you put it all together, it won't look like 2 different colors of fabric, because you cut it out in different directions!! Sorry, but that is part of the "time and effort" part mentioned above.
Second: Take some tissue paper and cut out equal numbers of tissue as velvet pieces. Yes, this is necessary to make it work out right. Oh, and make sure you have a LOT of straight pins! Personally, I use the long, glass (plastic, whatever) headed ones. Easier to see, grab, use.
Third: Pin your 'parts' together with the tissue you cut out between the velvet. Use lots of pins. Pin every inch if you want to. The more pins you use, the less problems you will have with the velvet 'walking' on you. The tissue also puts that problem to rest - alot!!
Fourth: Do NOT pull excessively on the fabric as you sew. Just sew normally. Sew through the tissue. You will pull it off after sewing. Just like tear-off stablizer for embroidery. It keeps the nap of both pieces from interacting with each other and pushing and pulling.
Next: Ironing! Pin pads are hard to find and hellaciously expensive. But that is what is used for ironing velvet so that the nap isn't flattened. Want to know how to get around that? Go to Wal-Mart (K-Mart, Family Dollar, Big Lots - I don't care where) and purchase an inexpensive, dense, natural fiber brushy door mat without any design or lettering on it. Put this on your ironing board, brushy side up. Put your velvet nap side down on the mat. Without mashing down, lightly iron your velvet. Your seams will be flat, and your velvet will not be flattened. Make sure to store your mat in a plastic bin, and the plastic bin in a tied-off trash bag when not in use. Sound funny? You do NOT want this to mildew, and you do NOT want little critters (earwigs, spiders, etc) to take a liking to your mat - and they will! Make sure the mat has had plenty of time to cool and dry (if you used steam) before storing.
Velvet is a royal pain in the backside, but it looks so great that we forget all about that until the next time we want to sew on it. Then we start cussing again. If you set up and work methodically and carefully, it might take a bit longer, but you will experience less stress, and your project will turn out much better.
Cheers!
Tiffany Taylor Dolls
In 1974, when Ideal decided to discontinue the production of the Crissy doll, they introduced Tiffany Taylor. She also was an 18-inch fashion doll, but her claim to fame wasn't that she grew hair. Instead, her hairstylecould be changed from a blonde to a brunette. Tiffany's scalp rotated in order to change her hair color. Her brunette hair had bangs, and her blonde hair had a center part, so not only did she sport 2 different hair colors, but also 2 different hair styles as well. Her hair was waist length. She was issued in a one-piece gold lame` swimsuit, green mule clogs, and in her box she was issued with a floor-length lime-green skirt in a plastic baggie. This floor-length skirt fastened to a velcro dot on the front of her bathing suit. Some collectors mistake this skirt for a cape. In her box also came an instruction sheet with hairstyle tips. She also came in an African American version. This doll sported auburn hair and black hair.
Also included in her box was a smallbrochure showcasing5 of Ideal's current dolls for sale. It had a picture of Ideal's Jody doll on the cover. These dolls were: Jody (as well as 3 Jody playsets: The parlor, The general Store, The country kitchen), Rub-a-Dub-Dolly, Tiffany, Baby Crissy, and Shirley Temple. This is a wonderful littleitem to have.
Tiffany's body, however, was not as well-constructed as Crissy's. Her limbs swung rather freely, and her plastic body was very lightweight. Although, that said, she did have a very pretty face with beautiful painted eyes and long eyelashes. She also had an extremely adult figure. Tiffany had 12 different fashions that were produced for her. However, she only everhad one pair of shoes: her lime-green mule clogs.
Tiffany was issued in 3 different boxes. One was a red box with a window on the front and two photos of Tiffany on the back showing her with her two different hair colors (this box was made of very thin cardboard, so it's not unusual to find these boxes with rips and tears. They were quite fragile. I'm not sure about the quality of the other 2 boxes about to be mentioned, as I've only everhad one Tiffany and she was in this first box). This box had a heavy duty cardboard insert that Tiffany was secured to, to keep her from shifting around in the box until her new owner removed her for play. The other box was somewhat similar but was a semi-triangular redbox with no window. In this box, Tiffany is issued with 2 large curlers in her hair: one on the right side of her head, and one on the left side of her head.Over the curlers are plastic baggies to keep the hair and the curlers secure. Both the Caucasion dolls and the African American dolls came with their hair in curlers. The 3rd type of box was white with a window and several photos of Tiffany. This 3rd box is very pretty, and seems to be more attractive to collectors. This box doesn't show up as often on today's secondary market as the previous 2 mentioned. Dolls in this 3rd white box tend to sell, at auction's end, for a slightly higher price.
Tiffany is a larger version of a smaller, barbie-sized doll named Tuesday Taylor. She was a white doll with the same hair-changing feature. However, Tuesday can be found with either shoulder-length hair or waist length hair. She also came issued in an African American version. That doll's name was Taylor Jones. Some Tuesday Taylors were produced with a suntan body. Place her in the light, and she tans.
Tiffany had a modest following, but a following none-the-less. Tiffany's production ended in 1977, when Ideal took Tiffany's body to use for the Magic Hair Crissy doll (on a personal note, if I had to choose between a Magic Hair Crissy or a Tiffany Taylor, I would choose Tiffany). Sometimes Tiffany Taylor is mistaken to be a member of the Crissy family. She is not. Also, Tiffany at auction's end seems to bring about 1/3rd the final value as a grow-hair Crissy doll in the same condition. Both the African American Tiffany and the Caucasion Tiffany realize about the same price at auction's end, unlike the Crissy family where the black dolls realize a higher price.
Tiffany, although she was somewhat popular, didn't seem to hold the buyer's interest for very long, so she was discontinued after 3 years of her initial production. The Fisher Price My Friends dolls, and the Sunshine Family dolls were too much gepetition for Tiffany (but that's just my theory. It's never been proven to be a fact, but I believe this was the case. I could be wrong on this one). Many have wondered why, when they introduced the Magic Hair Crissy doll, that the MHC was so different than the original 18-inch grow hair versions of Crissy. Well, it was most likelybecause Ideal already had the molds being used for tiffany's body, and I'm sure it was much more cost-effective to produce the Magic Hair Crissy with this new body, rather than halting production, changing the molds back to the originals,and starting over. It's also quitepossible that the original Crissy molds were destroyed anyway, so production cost and available inventory were the main reasons. Big mistake, for sure.
Also included in her box was a smallbrochure showcasing5 of Ideal's current dolls for sale. It had a picture of Ideal's Jody doll on the cover. These dolls were: Jody (as well as 3 Jody playsets: The parlor, The general Store, The country kitchen), Rub-a-Dub-Dolly, Tiffany, Baby Crissy, and Shirley Temple. This is a wonderful littleitem to have.
Tiffany's body, however, was not as well-constructed as Crissy's. Her limbs swung rather freely, and her plastic body was very lightweight. Although, that said, she did have a very pretty face with beautiful painted eyes and long eyelashes. She also had an extremely adult figure. Tiffany had 12 different fashions that were produced for her. However, she only everhad one pair of shoes: her lime-green mule clogs.
Tiffany was issued in 3 different boxes. One was a red box with a window on the front and two photos of Tiffany on the back showing her with her two different hair colors (this box was made of very thin cardboard, so it's not unusual to find these boxes with rips and tears. They were quite fragile. I'm not sure about the quality of the other 2 boxes about to be mentioned, as I've only everhad one Tiffany and she was in this first box). This box had a heavy duty cardboard insert that Tiffany was secured to, to keep her from shifting around in the box until her new owner removed her for play. The other box was somewhat similar but was a semi-triangular redbox with no window. In this box, Tiffany is issued with 2 large curlers in her hair: one on the right side of her head, and one on the left side of her head.Over the curlers are plastic baggies to keep the hair and the curlers secure. Both the Caucasion dolls and the African American dolls came with their hair in curlers. The 3rd type of box was white with a window and several photos of Tiffany. This 3rd box is very pretty, and seems to be more attractive to collectors. This box doesn't show up as often on today's secondary market as the previous 2 mentioned. Dolls in this 3rd white box tend to sell, at auction's end, for a slightly higher price.
Tiffany is a larger version of a smaller, barbie-sized doll named Tuesday Taylor. She was a white doll with the same hair-changing feature. However, Tuesday can be found with either shoulder-length hair or waist length hair. She also came issued in an African American version. That doll's name was Taylor Jones. Some Tuesday Taylors were produced with a suntan body. Place her in the light, and she tans.
Tiffany had a modest following, but a following none-the-less. Tiffany's production ended in 1977, when Ideal took Tiffany's body to use for the Magic Hair Crissy doll (on a personal note, if I had to choose between a Magic Hair Crissy or a Tiffany Taylor, I would choose Tiffany). Sometimes Tiffany Taylor is mistaken to be a member of the Crissy family. She is not. Also, Tiffany at auction's end seems to bring about 1/3rd the final value as a grow-hair Crissy doll in the same condition. Both the African American Tiffany and the Caucasion Tiffany realize about the same price at auction's end, unlike the Crissy family where the black dolls realize a higher price.
Tiffany, although she was somewhat popular, didn't seem to hold the buyer's interest for very long, so she was discontinued after 3 years of her initial production. The Fisher Price My Friends dolls, and the Sunshine Family dolls were too much gepetition for Tiffany (but that's just my theory. It's never been proven to be a fact, but I believe this was the case. I could be wrong on this one). Many have wondered why, when they introduced the Magic Hair Crissy doll, that the MHC was so different than the original 18-inch grow hair versions of Crissy. Well, it was most likelybecause Ideal already had the molds being used for tiffany's body, and I'm sure it was much more cost-effective to produce the Magic Hair Crissy with this new body, rather than halting production, changing the molds back to the originals,and starting over. It's also quitepossible that the original Crissy molds were destroyed anyway, so production cost and available inventory were the main reasons. Big mistake, for sure.
Can I fly with a cremation urn or ashes?
You have two options for carrying a crematory container with you on your flights:
1. Carry-on: You are allowed to carry-on a crematory container, but it must pass through the x-ray machine. If the container is made of a material that prevents the screener from clearly being able to see what is inside, then the container will not be allowed through the security checkpoint.
2. Checked Baggage: You may transport the urn as checked baggage provided that it is successfully screened. TSA will screen the urn for explosive materials/devices using a variety of techniques; if cleared, it will be permitted as checked baggage only.
NOTE: Some airlines do not allow cremated remains as checked baggage so please check with your air carrier before attempting to transport a crematory container in checked baggage.
Please note the following additional information:
- Out of respect for the deceased, the screener may not open the container under any circumstance.
- Crematory Container Materials: Crematory containers are made from many different types of materials, all with varying thickness. At present, TSA cannot state for certain whether your particular crematory container can successfully pass through an x-ray machine. However, TSA suggests that you purchase a temporary or permanent crematory container made of a lighter weight material such as wood or plastic that can be successfully x-rayed. The TSA will continue to work with funeral home associations to provide additional guidance in the future.
- Please check with your air carrier about other restrictions that may apply.
1. Carry-on: You are allowed to carry-on a crematory container, but it must pass through the x-ray machine. If the container is made of a material that prevents the screener from clearly being able to see what is inside, then the container will not be allowed through the security checkpoint.
2. Checked Baggage: You may transport the urn as checked baggage provided that it is successfully screened. TSA will screen the urn for explosive materials/devices using a variety of techniques; if cleared, it will be permitted as checked baggage only.
NOTE: Some airlines do not allow cremated remains as checked baggage so please check with your air carrier before attempting to transport a crematory container in checked baggage.
Please note the following additional information:
- Out of respect for the deceased, the screener may not open the container under any circumstance.
- Crematory Container Materials: Crematory containers are made from many different types of materials, all with varying thickness. At present, TSA cannot state for certain whether your particular crematory container can successfully pass through an x-ray machine. However, TSA suggests that you purchase a temporary or permanent crematory container made of a lighter weight material such as wood or plastic that can be successfully x-rayed. The TSA will continue to work with funeral home associations to provide additional guidance in the future.
- Please check with your air carrier about other restrictions that may apply.
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