'Junque," jewelry to be offered at new Mansfield store

A new shop opened in downtown Mansfield that promises to offer unique jewelry, handbags, home accessories and more.
Junque & Jewelry Boutique officially opened its doors Friday, July 12. The shop is located in a back room of the same building as Three-Toad Treasures Funky Junk Shop at 101 N. Jefferson Street.

Debbie Huls, owner of Junque & Jewelry Boutique, says she is very excited to get back to running her own store. Huls used to own a shop called The Vintage Look Etc. in Ohio and says she really enjoyed it.

“I loved it. I loved everything about it- going to flea markets, estate sales, garage sales and meeting all the new people. You meet so many wonderful people,” she said.

Huls ran the store for two years before she moved back to Illinois, but she knew she always wanted to open another shop in the future.

Huls got her opportunity when Johnna Megeff, owner of Three-Toad Treasures Funky Junk Shop, offered her the chance to move into the building with her.

Huls says she first met Megeff at her own garage sale nearly two years ago.

“[Megeff] came to my garage sale and bought out [everything] to use in her store,” Huls said. “She cleaned me out.”

Since then, Huls and Megeff have kept in touch. When Huls brought up the idea of wanting to open her own shop, Megeff offered her a deal she couldn’t refuse.

“I jumped right on it,” Huls said.

The agreement was made just a few weeks ago, and Megeff began work immediately on getting the room move-in ready.

Huls, who also works at the Parkland College Bookstore,Shop the Michael Kors Crossbody Bags on the world's largest fashion site. said Junque & Jewelry Boutique will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. She is also looking to hire someone to help her cover the store on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Huls says her store offers an “eclectic mix” of different things. In addition to the jewelry pieces she makes herself, Huls also sells home décor items (some she has repurposed) and plans to eventually add gently used clothing too.

Huls has been making her own jewelry for a few years. She got interested in jewelry making after a friend inspired her to do it.

Huls says she’s always looking for new pieces and invites anyone looking to sell jewelry to stop by the shop.

Since coming to Mansfield, Huls says she has felt very welcome.

“I really like Mansfield. It’s very friendly, the people are great and have been very receptive [to the new store],” she said.

The entrance to Junque & Jewelry Boutique is on the south side of the building. Customers can also enter through the front door of Three-Toad Treasures Funky Junk Shop when it is open.

Of all the changes Hong Kong has gone through since the handover, the shift in the economy is the most remarkable. Shopping streets are swarmed with mainland tourists snapping up products from luxury watches and handbags to baby food and toiletries. Like it or not, they are now the lifeline of retail and tourism. On the other hand, more locals go north for jobs and businesses, and many home-grown brands can be found on the mainland.Latest collection of Michael Kors Hamilton. Such cross-border activities were unthinkable 10 years ago, as the separation of the two systems still preceded the one country. Today, integration is so essential that it is difficult to imagine the city alienated from the mainland.

All these would not have been possible without the Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (Cepa), a trade pact giving Hong Kong goods and services greater access to the world's most sought-after market. Signed in 2003 after the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome, the deal eliminated tariffs on products and gave mutual recognition of professional qualifications. The preferential treatments were subsequently extended to most industries, including banking, accounting,Shop for Michael Kors Monogram at hotmkbags.Find great deals on hotmkbags for michael kors wallet Michael Kors Hamilton Bags in "Women's Clothing, Handbags and Purses". Shop with confidence. legal, medical, real estate and architecture. Hopes were high that Beijing could use the "handout" to win the hearts of the community and boost our ailing economy. For our neighbours, it was believed that they could also benefit through learning from our experience.Welcome to our michael kors outlet online shop! Here we sale Michael Kors Hamilton Satchel, bags, purses, wallets with very low price. Join us quickly!

Click on their website www.hotmkbags.com for more information.

I have heard and understand our resident

Beaches to reopen in Brick

A two-block area of beach in the Normandy Beach section of the township will be opened to the public beginning this weekend,Find the Michael Kors New Arrival you will want to use for-ever! Mayor Stephen Acropolis announced.

Starting Saturday, an access point will be opened at the street end of 8th Avenue in Normandy Beach. Residents will be allowed to use the beach from 8th Avenue south to the border of Toms River, at 6th Avenue. Beaches north of 8th Avenue to the Border of Brick Beach III will remain closed because of safety concerns. All of Brick Township’s public beaches remain open.

"I have heard and understand our resident’s desire to access and enjoy the beaches this summer," Acropolis said in a statement. "Our professionals have been monitoring the hazards, from coastal conditions to the potential for debris, and we are confident that this section of Normandy Beach can be safely enjoyed as long as residents remain cautious."

The beaches were closed following superstorm Sandy because of safety concerns. Brick was one of the hardest hit municipalities in the area when Sandy made landfall Oct. 29. During the storm, approximately 8,500 homes were damaged.

A part-time judge told 21-year-old Saida Goral he was not prepared to give the young mum a community sentence despite her condition as her behaviour had been “deplorable.”

A court heard Goral has been convicted of many thefts and other dishonesty offences since moving to the UK from Poland in 2005.

Goral was arrested at the Morrison’s store in Heckmondwike on February 28 this yea after security staff followed her as she targeted two vulnerable elderly women in the store. Goral was arrested along with her sister Angelika, but she has since gone on the run and a warrant is out for her arrest.

Leeds Crown Court heard that Goral’s usual method of deception was to go “dipping” into victim’s purses and handbags while another person creates a diversion.

The court heard the first victim was distracted as Goral tried to reach into her handbag. The pensioner moved away before she could steal anything so she targeted another victim.

Goral, of Heath Terrace, Bradford, pleaded guilty to two offences of attempted theft. Jailing her, Recorder Kershaw said: “The way you have acted since being in the UK is nothing but deplorable.

“You are a mother yourself and although it is an important fact to bear in mind you should have thought about that before you decided to commit these offences.Shop discounted mk handbags on hotmkbags.”

Recorder Kershaw told Goral she had deliberately targeted vulnerable victims.

He said: “It is no coincidence that both of these women were elderly.

Gabrielle Bell is a gifted cartoonist living in Brooklyn who makes excruciatingly revealing comics based on her continuing battles with personal supervillains like shyness, bad boyfriends (including director Michel Gondry), and yoga. Taken in small doses, these vignettes can seem almost too revealing, like flipping through a diary or gaining permanent access to an exhibitionist's Snapchat account. But when read in bulk, Bell's stories create a hypnotic vision of a talented young woman perpetually flailing upward.

The Pitch: With Portlandia and Maron, IFC seems to be cornering the market on comedy that deemphasizes actual LOLs. If paired with a similarly introspective young female filmmaker (Amy Seimetz?),Shop for Michael Kors Satchel in many colors and styles at hotmkbags. Lucky could be the network's version of Girls, only gentler, tougher, funnier, weirder, and — this is probably key — cheaper.
The Comic: Casanova (Icon, 2006-present)

Writer Matt Fraction's sumptuous collaboration with Brazilian brother-artists Gabriél Bá and Fábio Moon is just your ordinary, run of the mill, Thomas Pynchon–referencing spy story about a louche espionage artist who jumps through time (and genders) in an effort to either fight, or save his family from, assorted super-geniuses,Welcome to Michael Kors Classic Tote Outlet online now.Shop the latest from Michael Kors Classic Handbags. Totally free shipping and returns. space robots, and sex islands.

Click on their website www.hotmkbags.com for more information.

People like to take advantage of it

Later this month, Mississippians will again have a two-day break on sales taxes for certain clothing and shoe purchases.

The annual tax-free holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. July 26 and ends at midnight on July 27.

The holiday started five years ago and is geared for back-to-school shopping, with the 7 percent sales tax waived on articles of clothing or footwear priced at less than $100.

Click here for the state Department of Revenue's guide to the tax holiday, which includes a list of items that are eligible.

Accessories such as jewelry, handbags, wallets, watches, backpacks and similar items do not qualify for the holiday, and school supplies and computers are not included.

"People like to take advantage of it," said Kathy Waterbury, a spokeswoman for the department, said of the holiday.

"It gets people back out shopping, and it's a good time for our businesses," she said. "The retailers out there take advantage and will often offer other incentives, such as discounts and sales, to help the shopper save as well. It really does add up to savings.Shop the latest from Michael Kors Classic Handbags. Totally free shipping and returns."

Waterbury said the state doesn't know how much the tax break saves shoppers because businesses aren't required to report to the department how much they sold during the holiday.

Sixteen other states have sales-tax holidays,Shop discounted mk handbags on hotmkbags. with some going beyond back-to-school products to include tax exemptions for hunting and hurricane seasons and energy-efficient appliances and equipment.

Neighboring states Louisiana and Alabama will have tax-free holidays the following weekend.

Alabama's eighth annual sales tax holiday for school-related items runs Aug. 2-4 and allows savings on certain school supplies, computers, books and clothing.

Lulu Guinness has met her perfect design partner in innovative young artist Joseph Steele. Revered for her quirky lip clutches, Guinness has transformed her ‘hug and hold’ handbags into portable pieces of art with Steele’s signature paint splatters.

Steele has individually decorated the bags – which come in Guinness’ trademark black, red and stone hues – with contrasting 'splash' tones.

The artist, who has been hailed as the heir to Damien Hirst, is part of the new tribe of Young British Artists, renowned for their unconventional and controversial methods of making art. Working with many different types of media, Steele is best known for his 'explosive' work – which has included exploding paint, canvases and mannequins prior to handbags.

Although this is Guinness’ first actual collaboration with an artist, her designs have received creative recognition in the past: the Florist Basket is in the permanent fashion collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, and the Collectables have been the subjects of two exhibitions, in Sotheby’s London and New York.

The limited edition collection of 180 paint project clutch bags, each signed and numbered by Steele and Guinness, are priced at $295 each and available to purchase in stores and online from 12 July.

Scotsman Eddie Campbell is the gentleman-scholar of the independent comics scene, and his early autobiographical work is required reading for anyone still unsure whether boozy memories and an inkwell can produce non self-indulgent art. The stories collected here,Welcome to Michael Kors Classic Tote Outlet online now. originally published between 1981 and 1987, follow the sudsy exploits of Alec, Campbell's avatar, as he falls in and out of love with friends, women, and life itself while whiling away the hours in an undistinguished pub. According to comic scribe Warren Ellis, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen creator Alan Moore once called Alec "what would happen if Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady had gotten a Ford Transit and pissed off to Southend Pier for a day." I'd save my comparisons and just call them some of the best comics ever published.

The Pitch: PBS has a nice thing going with the backwards-looking Downton Abbey. How about they fast-forward their nostalgic naval-gazing by commissioning a series based on The King Canute Crowd? It's got humor, pathos, sex, and — to have the usual Masterpiece viewers reaching for their Life Alerts — drunk people pissing in handbags.Shop for Michael Kors Satchel in many colors and styles at hotmkbags. It's basically what Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant were attempting with their flaccid Cemetery Junction. Why not hand this over to Doctor Who and Sherlock mastermind Steven Moffat and see if he can come up with something better? There's a literary, lived-in quality to these humble stories that could make for richly rewarding television, both for the viewers and,Find the Michael Kors New Arrival you will want to use for-ever! presumably, the affiliate pledge drives.

Click on their website www.pickmypumps.com for more information.

Cathy Skinner is not alone in taking action

Facebook sites selling counterfeit bags close pages

Cathy Skinner, administrator for Ladies Purses and Jewelry Only Frankfort,There are numerous diversified high heels at christian louboutin shoes for sale. closed the online yard sale after seeing Call 6 investigator Kara Kenney’s story, specifically warnings from the federal government that selling counterfeits is illegal.

“I should’ve known the law before I set up the page,” Skinner said.

Skinner said some people on the Facebook yard sale were selling counterfeit items, such as knockoff Coach purses.

“I don’t want to take the chance,” said Skinner.Save on Christian Louboutin Pump! All the Sales, All in One Place. “I don’t want to go to jail. It’s scary, very scary.”

The U.S. Attorney’s office told RTV6 site administrators can be held liable for counterfeit selling on their website.

The feds have traditionally focused on store fronts, but Facebook and other sites could soon be their next target.

“Selling counterfeit items is illegal, and you could go to jail,” said Gary Woolf, resident agent in charge of Indianapolis' Homeland Security Investigations, the federal agency that investigates counterfeit bags. “The person you’re selling to could be an undercover police officer, undercover federal agent, you never know.”

“It’s absolutely a possibility,” said Brad Shepard, Assistant U.S. Attorney. “We could be going after anyone who violates the law.”

Cathy Skinner is not alone in taking action.

The Camby IN Community Online Yard Sale mentioned in the Call 6 Investigation has since been deleted.

Intellectual property expert Brad Harper’s firm works with more than 100 companies.

“We have teams of people who that's all they do is look at those sites day after day for our clients products,” said Harper. “If you can’t verify the authenticity of the handbags, that’s a good approach (to delete the page).”

Harper said people who sell counterfeit products can face cease and desist letters and civil lawsuits.

“It costs jobs in the United States and around the world,” Harper said. These people are not good people, and a lot of this breeds crime.Shop cheap christian louboutin shoes,pumps,wedding shoes,sandals with low price in our discount christian louboutin sandals Store online.”

Harper said counterfeiting also results in child labor and a loss of tax revenue that impacts Hoosiers.

“The tax revenue is lost because the buyer, seller and manufacturer either pay no taxes or less taxes than they would for the authentic product,” Harper said.

Cathy Skinner said many people were upset with her decision to close the Facebook purse site, but she said they can continue to break the law, but not on her page.

“Most of them said there’s nothing wrong with it,” Skinner said. “But if it’s wrong,There are numerous diversified high heels at christian louboutin shoes for sale. it’s wrong.”

The punishment for selling counterfeits is up to 10 years in prison and a $2 million fine.

Raleigh handbag designer Erin Corson is as surprised as anyone that a gift for her grandmother’s birthday eventually led to her own business.

Corson wanted to make a clutch handbag, but couldn’t find the right fabric to fit her granny’s style.

“After searching around for a few days, I came across a beautiful 1930s silk vintage kimono,” she says. “It was coral, one of her favorite colors, and perfect since she had decorated her home with a strong Asian influence.”

The handbag was a hit. After collecting compliments from family and friends, Corson decided to make more purses using vintage kimono fabric,In our Michael Kors handbags outlet shop, cheap Michael Kors Bags 2013 hot sale at an affordable price. and Kaleidoscope by Erin was born.

Corson uses a variety of vintage kimono fabrics, ranging from delicate floral prints to vibrant geometric patterns.

“My fabrics date back as far as the late 1800s up to 1980s,” she says. “And all of my kimono fabric comes from a family business in Japan, located in a town that once was a major manufacturer of kimonos.”

While it would have been easier to create her bags with a more conventional fabric, Corson says it’s worth the trouble to see the colorful designs find new life.

Click on their website www.hotmkbags.com for more information.

The news this February that ANN7

The chop

Ok, so were any Screen Africa readers really surprised to hear that one of the three ministers axed by President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday 9 July, in yet another of his cabinet reshuffles,In our Michael Kors handbags outlet shop, cheap Michael Kors Bags 2013 hot sale at an affordable price. was Dina Pule? The former Minister of Communications (now replaced by Yunus Carrim),Save on Christian Louboutin Pump! All the Sales, All in One Place. was synonymous in the media for controversy related to allegations of impropriety and Christian Louboutin shoes.

At the time of the axing Pule was under investigation by the Public Protector as well as the parliamentary ethics committee. Her troubled tenure was four months short of two years. One assumes President Jacob Zuma got tired of all the negative publicity around her and her notable lack of progress in the country’s much delayed digital migration project and the hoo-haa around her questionable interference in the executive management and board of beleaguered public broadcaster SABC.

The newly appointed Minister Carrim (formerly the Deputy Minister of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs) will have to wave a Harry Potter-ish magic wand to get South Africa’s roll out to digital terrestrial television (DTT), as yet still not underway, completed by June 2015, after which analogue signals in Africa will no longer be protected by the International Communications Union. If Carrim (assuming he is still in office by that date) and the Department of Communications fail to make the June 2015 deadline, then we’d all better make sure we have satellite TV otherwise we won’t have any TV to switch on to at all. Either that or we’d better hope IPTV takes root or stock up on DVDs!

We’ll have to wait and see how the new Minister pans out. The South African Communist Party (SACP), for one, has expressed its approval with his appointment. But then that’s not really surprising considering Carrim serves on the SACP’s central committee and on its Politburo. How Carrim’s communist beliefs will affect his handling of the sectors that now fall under his purview remains to be seen.

One thing the SACP is not too delighted with, according to a statement released on 9 July, is the SABC’s recent announcement that it will launch its long-awaited 24-hour news channel on MultiChoice’s DStv pay-TV platform. The SACP believes that the service should be free-to-air and made available to all South Africans.

When I spoke to the SABC News department in August 2011 (yes, that far back) about the 24-hour news channel, they talked about DTT being the ideal platform for the channel, being free-to-air. Of course, at the time the SABC was labouring under the misguided impression, as we all were,Shop cheap christian louboutin shoes,pumps,wedding shoes,sandals with low price in our discount christian louboutin sandals Store online. that DTT was to be launched soon.

The SABC’s recent statement does say that once DTT happens, the news channel will be available on that platform, as well as DStv.

As to when the news channel will actually hit the airwaves, the SABC statement reads: ‘The news channel will be launched by the SABC’s Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) Ms Lulama Mokhobo, on 1 August 2013 where more information will be communicated’.

I called SABC spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago on Monday 8 July to confirm whether 1 August 2013 would also be the on-air broadcast date. He said that the SABC was working towards that goal but could only confirm closer to the time.

Another of the SACP’s concerns about the 24-hour news channel is ‘the lack of clarity on the proposed channel and the relationship with Africa News Network 7 (ANN7) owned by, amongst others,There are numerous diversified high heels at christian louboutin shoes for sale. the Gupta family. The SACP views the latest attempt as a part privatisation of public broadcasting service at best and at worst a poor attempt at a Private Public Partnership’.

The news this February that ANN7, a 24-hour news service, would launch ‘later in the year’ came as a surprise to most people, including the SABC. Also to be broadcast on DStv, ANN7 is run by Infinity Media – a joint venture between Essel Media and Oakbay Investments (the majority shareholder in The New Age newspaper). There are numerous diversified high heels at christian louboutin shoes for sale.

Meanwhile, South Africa’s first ever 24-hour news channel, e.tv’s eNCA (available on DStv) has been going strong since its launch on 1 June 2008. Late last year it became available on the Sky digital satellite platform in the UK. eNCA has proved to be a good example of a successful private commercial enterprise.

Click on their website www.myshoe123.com for more information.

It turns out that Dr Lupton was one of Adele’s saviours

Real Life: I gave up work for a better life then I was told I had cancer

It’s been a whirlwind four years with some pretty emotional highs and lows but now life’s good for the 43-year-old.

But it’s a million miles from the way she was feeling four- and-a-half years ago. Then she didn’t think she would see her 40th birthday. “When I think of what I’ve done in the past four years it’s unbelievable,” says Adele.

Turn back the clock to when Adele was working as assistant director for the Home Office in asylum claims in Solihull and things were very different. Life was ticking along nicely.

“At the time I enjoyed my job. It was a busy place but I absolutely loved it. I loved the people and the work.”

But as the Government changed the way things were run in the department, making it more target driven, it became too stressful for Adele, from Stafford.

“I was doing 15-hour days, driving to and from work as well as my time in the office, it was too much,” she says.

So Adele gave up her job to take some time out and to start to enjoy her life again. But a few weeks later on holiday with the girls things took a dramatic turn.

“I was suffering from really bad period pains. I can remember I was in absolute agony. I took about 16 paracetamol in about two hours. But they just didn’t work.

“We were staying at the holiday home of my friend’s dad and she found one of his strong painkillers so I took one. My speech was all slurred but I was still in agony,” she recalls. “Nothing seemed to work.”

When she got home she went to her GP and was referred to a specialist who told her she should see a gynaecologist.

“I went and she was awful. She was so rude. She was horrible. I was in agony and she didn’t seem to want to help at all.”

Adele went on to have various scans and blood tests but they couldn’t pin-point the problem.

One day she was lying in bed crying from the pain. “My stomach was bloated I looked six months pregnant. I didn’t know what to do.”

She says that Tim, her partner at the time, now her husband, was so angry. “I remember him saying,There are numerous diversified high heels at christian louboutin shoes for sale. ‘this has got to stop. You’ve got to sort it out’. So I did. I went back to the gynaecologist and insisted they do more tests.”

It was during this visit that Adele’s worst fears were realised. “They did another scan and the doctor said she couldn’t find my ovaries, only a mass where they should be. She said I needed to have them removed and possibly have a full hysterectomy. I was in shock I couldn’t take it in.”

It was at this point Adele decided to use private health care and this is where she met Mr Kirk Chin, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist at Stafford Hospital. “He was great, really great,” she smiles.

He continued with the tests until he had to break the news to Adele that she had bi-lateral ovarian cancer.

“I had given up my job to have a better life. A few weeks later I was diagnosed with cancer,” she frowns.

Not only did Adele have to take in the fact she had cancer,Shop cheap christian louboutin shoes,pumps,wedding shoes,sandals with low price in our discount christian louboutin sandals Store online. she had to deal with knowing she would never have children. “We weren’t trying to have children but we weren’t adverse to the idea either.

“I remember feeling in total shock. He told me I would have to have a hysterectomy as soon as possible. The first thing I said was, ‘I can’t, I’ve got horses’. He reasoned with me and told me I had to come back by the end of the week and if didn’t agree he would keep me in and do it there and then. I agreed.”

It was then that Adele asked the question she didn’t really want to hear the answer to. “I wanted to know, ‘am I going to die?’

“He said ‘not if I can help it’ and I believed him.”

At this point Adele hadn’t broken the news to Tim who was waiting outside. “His face just went grey when I told him,” she remembers. But she was ready to fight it.

By now Adele had got used to the care she received by going private and also the food. When Mr Chin said she had to see an oncologist she asked if this too could be done privately. Mr Chin advised her that the oncologist he would like her to see was Dr Susan Lupton.

“He said she wasn’t private but she was the best.” And she was and still is in Adele’s eyes.

She went to Stafford Hospital for her chemotherapy under the care of Dr Lupton.

“The nurses at Stafford were amazing – real angels and are now personal close friends. One day when I couldn’t have my chemo because my bloods were too low, I went into the hospital all dressed up in my best dress, hat and heels as it was Ladies Day at Ascot – I put all the TVs on and had the patients betting on the races (for biscuits no money unfortunately). They all thought I was a celebrity there to help cheer them up!”

It turns out that Dr Lupton was one of Adele’s saviours. “She was the best and she was brilliant. I couldn’t have got through it without her,” Adele says with tears in her eyes.

In fact, Adele rated her so highly that even after having surgery and six sessions of chemotherapy she refused to be seen by anyone else and waited until Dr Lupton had returned to work after maternity leave.The Michael Kors Outlet Online Store sale cheap Michael Kors Handbags with discount price and excellent quality, 30-60% off, fast shipping and no tax!

But that’s how Adele comes across, she is very strong and determined, full of fighting spirit. “Sometimes after the chemo I’d get really low and think ‘I’d rather die than go through this’.

But Adele had another saviour, her horse Leah. “Five-and-a-half-weeks after the surgery I was back on my horses. I couldn’t get off them but that didn’t matter!”

“I used to collect shoes and handbags but now I collect horses.” Adele also had a motorbike but sold that to buy ‘real horsepower’.

Now she surrounds herself and her husband with their animals. Her three horses Leah, Rocky, Rosie, three dogs, Blue and Sam, both Jack Russells, and Jake, a cocker spaniel labrador cross and her two cats Salt and Pepper.Shop the latest collection of Michael Kors 2013 from the most popular stores.

And how does she feel to keep reliving such a painful time? “If telling my story helps one person get checked out and saves that person, then at least I’ve done something to help someone.”

It’s something she feels very strongly about, making people aware of the disease, which is known as ‘the silent killer’. She appeared on Lorraine Kelly’s television show earlier this year to help promote Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Her tireless efforts of fundraising have helped both the Eve Appeal and Cancer Research to the tune of $20,000.

It was at a charity ball she had organised where she gave a speech about dates. “I wanted to give a speech to share some important and memorable dates. One was April 7, 2009, which was the date my hair started to fall out,” Adele recalls. She started to lose her long blonde hair during her chemotherapy treatment. “I remember feeling sick. I cried for 24 hours and I was on my own because Tim was away. I didn’t leave the house.”

But being made of sterner stuff she made the decision to shave it all off as she didn’t want it falling out in clumps. “It was hard. I felt awful, but you just have to get over it,” she says matter-of-factly.

Another key date in Adele’s life is May 30, 2011 when she ran with the Olympic torch through Haughton in Staffordshire. “Apart from my wedding day, being a torchbearer was one of the best days of my life.”

She goes on to say her schoolfriend, Ann-Marie Cooper nominated her. “I couldn’t believe it. It was enough to be nominated but being chosen was amazing. I was just overwhelmed.”

And where is the torch now? “We’re going to have it put up in our new kitchen,” smiles Adele. After things had settled down and Adele was told her cancer was in remission she was busy planning her wedding. “I’d have been happy going to Stafford registry office after all that but Tim wanted something special. I didn’t want to marry in a church saying the traditional vows because I didn’t want to say the words ‘til death do us part’. I was Googling places abroad and found a wedding venue in Italy and it looked so plain, simple and rustic and I thought ‘that’s me’.”View Michael Kors Handbags Outlet 2013 Collection. Buy Cheap Michael Kors Satchel at Michael kors handbags outlet online store.

So she picked out her Suzanne Neville gown from Margot Raybould in Beatties, House of Fraser, Wolverhampton. The couple flew out to Lake Iseo in Italy to get married in September 2011 and enjoyed a delayed honeymoon to Kuredu in the Maldives the following year.

Click on their website www.pickmypumps.com for more information.

Vinyl Revival hopes to be a destination

A revival of vinyl at new Lansdowne business

Some call it a comeback. Others call it an analog revolt against the digital age. In a literal take on the adage “What comes around goes around,” vinyl records have caught the attention of music lovers and collectors everywhere.

Local entrepreneur Andrea DiFabio is banking on this back-to-the-LP movement. Due to open next month in downtown Lansdowne on the site of the former Cinema 16:9 is a new old-style record shop, Vinyl Revival, promising a return a time when shopping for music was a touchy-feely experience.

“I think the interest in vinyl never went away for record collectors but a new generation of music fans is coming to appreciate the warm sound and the experience of sitting down and listening to a record. The artwork on many record covers is also another draw,” says DiFabio, 44, of Springfield.

This fashion, art and music aficionado is taking the record store experience and combining it with unusual gifts like handbags made from recycled album covers, pillows made from cast-off band/concert T-shirts, clocks and mirrors made from reused vinyl records plus original artwork and jewelry -- all with a music theme.

DiFabio is partnering with the FirstGlance Film Festival to program a variety of features, documentaries, short films and live music events to be showcased in the 40-seat theater in a First Friday screening series.

“Since the space already had a theater, I thought I’d expand the independent record store to include indie films and artwork too. With the opening of Vinyl Revival, I look forward to reaching out to the community of artistic-minded people who value alternative entertainment and unique products as much as I do,” she says.There are numerous diversified high heels at christian louboutin shoes for sale.

Like the original rock ‘n’ roll invasion, the vinyl resurgence seems to have started in England. Popular bands like the White Stripes, Primal Scream, Keane and the Arctic Monkeys have all insisted their singles be released on the 7-inch disc format. American avant-garde artist Beck released an album where consumers could choose their own album cover.The Michael Kors Outlet Online Store sale cheap Michael Kors Handbags with discount price and excellent quality, 30-60% off, fast shipping and no tax!

Millennials seem to be hooked on their parents’ music. The Classic Rock format in radio programming keeps the music of the 60s, 70s and 80s alive and relevant.

Classic Rock is hip and records are cool again. And this nostalgia extends to performance venues as well. If you’ve been to a recent Tom Petty concert you’d see that 20-somethings outnumber Boomers.

This burgeoning audience of audiophiles was rocked to sleep to the strains of Jackson Browne and Bad Company and now they’re demanding the original music in its original format and packaging.

Who can forget the anticipation of peeling off the cellophane of a new LP and listening to the grooved tracks on a Technics turntable while reading the liner notes and marveling at the album cover art work?

Some of the best album covers of all time belong to the Beatles. In 1966, the Beatles ushered in the age of album illustration psychedelia with Revolver followed by the trippy Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the mysterious “Is Paul Dead?” cover of Abbey Road. Other top album covers include Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason,The Clash’s London Calling, Prince’s Sign of the Times and Nirvana’s Nevermind. Some would argue for the Led Zeppelin IV symbolically anonymous cover or the Rolling Stones photo collage on Exile on Main St. It’s a debate worth hearing in an iTunes world.

DiFabio remembers when a trip to the music store was a day-long adventure. “Growing up, I loved hanging out at my local record store. I hope to get people excited about music when they discover an older artist who is new to them or a new artist they never heard about.”

Vinyl Revival will be stocked with many vintage and new albums from a wide variety of genres including folk, rock, pop, R&B, indie, children’s records, soundtracks and holiday albums. On the visual side of the business, Vinyl Revival will screen features, documentaries and short films by independent filmmakers. The theater will also be available to rent for private parties and cast and crew screenings.

In this age of digital downloads and music-on-the-go, DiFabio hopes to get people to take a few hours of their time and get intimate with art and music. “My mission for opening Vinyl Revival is two-fold: to give customers an alternative to digital music,Shop the latest collection of Michael Kors 2013 from the most popular stores. the multiplex movie theaters and national retail chains by focusing more on indie and local artists.

Vinyl Revival hopes to be a destination. A place where you can put on headphones and listen to some records,Shop cheap christian louboutin shoes,pumps,wedding shoes,sandals with low price in our discount christian louboutin sandals Store online. hang out and chat about music with other customers.View Michael Kors Handbags Outlet 2013 Collection. Buy Cheap Michael Kors Satchel at Michael kors handbags outlet online store.”

Click on their website www.pickmypumps.com for more information.