Handmade Soap FAQ’s

Q: I was given handmade soap as a gift. Is there any special care I need to take with it? A: Handmade soap needs to be kept in a dry, cool, dark storage space to maximize it’s lifespan. When in use, make sure it has sufficient drainage, as water will literally wash the soap away. [...]

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Prepare for New Baby with These Tried and True Items

Search the net and you’re sure to find list upon list of what you need for a new baby. Most of those lists go way overboard. Babies don’t usually need much at all. Here’s a list of what I found, through my own experiences, to be the most useful. Clothing Plenty of t-shirts and sleepers. [...]

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6 Ways to Memorialize Your Pregnancy

As featured on Mom’s Little Garden Nine months of pregnancy seems an eternity when you get that little pink positive on the test stick. In this day and age, we no longer have to wait until we start having symptoms of pregnancy, which can start as late as 8 or 10 weeks for some. Instead, [...]

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Site Traffic – unique visitors vs. page views

Your Website Traffic – Unique Visitors vs. Page ViewsWeb statistics can be as confusing at first, as they are informative. As a business owner, when it comes to advertising, it’s important to know website stats. Here’s some basic information to differentiate unique visitors and visitors, page views and hits. Advertisers and Advertising Advertising is an [...]

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Button and Banner standards

This information is for anyone who uses and/or makes buttons and banners for advertising in particular. *It is important, considerate, to take into account the standard sizes when offering advertising space, or button-making services.* Here is a site that gives the standard sizes in advertising images (not listed, but VERY standard is the 120×60) http://www.bannercreator.nu/banner-size.html [...]

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.gif or .jpg What’s the difference?

Hey… been looking at sites today. I bet you know that .gif or .jpg formating is what we use for images on the web.. but do you know why you use each one? Very simply.. .jpg is used for pictures (or scanned drawings), .gif is used for wording (fonts, straight lines) – notice, if you [...]

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