Author: Anita Hummel
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What Does Hand Embroidery Mean? Mongolia’s Skill Of Hand Embroidery
Hand embroidery has been a handicraft in the world’s cultures and traditions for thousands of years. Hand embroidery is used in fashion, textiles, and home decor accessories. Hand embroidery is the handicraft of using fabric and other materials with a needle and thread to place a design on a textile or fabric. For a textile…
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What is the Pantone Color of the Year for 2021?
Before the close of every year, the Pantone Color Institute will identify their year’s trend color. Pantone will choose the color they feel best reflects the year ahead. For the year 2021, Pantone has chosen two colors as the year’s trend color choices: the colors are ultimate gray (17-5104 TCX) and illuminating (13-0647 TCX), a…
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What Is The Difference Between Supply Chain Management and Logistics?
There can sometimes be confusion about exactly what the difference is between supply chain management and logistics. The two may seem similar, but they have different functions. Supply chain management is about the collaboration and partnerships to get the goods from raw material to the end consumer; it is about the partnerships and collaborations within…
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What Is A Hardback Vs. A Softback Lampshade?
Two basic types of lampshades are used for lamps; knowing the difference between hardback and softback shades can help you understand what shade is best for your lamp. A hardback shade is a shade where the fabric is laminated to plastic, and then the shade is made with a metal ring on the top and…
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Procreate Color Palette: Tips for Designing
Procreate is a wonderful design tool that can help anyone to be a designer. One feature that every designer should understand is how to change the color palette in Procreate. The iPad Procreate app makes adding, deleting, or moving around colors on your color palettes very easy. We love the Procreate app because it is…
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How Does Poverty Affect Children’s Education? Vietnam’s Students
I have spent a lot of time in some of the poor Vietnam areas where many hill tribes live. Many of these same hill tribe areas have tiny primary schools. Children who are struggling with poverty usually have a more challenging time with education. This lack of education can lead to lifelong struggles and poverty,…