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<title><![CDATA[Affordable and Most Comfortable Contract Furniture]]></title>
<link>http://smalbusinesses.wordpress.com/2013/05/16/affordable-and-most-comfortable-contract-furniture/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>smalbusinesses</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[The idyllic picture of furniture in one’s mind is no longer just a lackluster wooden piece that is h]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The idyllic picture of furniture in one’s mind is no longer just a lackluster wooden piece that is heavy to move and maintain. Trends have evolved from wooden heavy furniture to the latest lightweight, purposeful, and chic bespoke furniture that can enhance the beauty and inventiveness of any situate. The demands get hoisted to a large extent when it has to be for banquette seating or for restaurant furniture or even for nightclub furniture.</p>
<p>Most bar, nightclub and restaurant owners prefer having contract furniture typically because, one, they find it a fitting option to have custom made furniture that suits their requirements and budget and two, because such custom made furniture add more functionality, captivation, and the much desired exclusivity to the entire ambience.</p>
<p>Crafting and furnishing the furniture for hospitality establishment is not a walk in the park. It needs high end planning and great experience. There are many vendors who provide contract furniture pieces that are extremely harmonized and add to the theme but still are exceedingly comfortable and stylish to please your patrons. If you too are planning to have contract furniture for your establishment, you should take in to account the following pointers for an exemplary end result:</p>
<p>- Check for more than just one manufacturer to get more ideas about space planning and pricing</p>
<p>- Style is of utmost important but keep the furniture to be inviting and extremely sustainable.</p>
<p>- You can play safe by following the current design trend of bar tables, bar chairs, sofas, koinor sofas and other pieces or you can create your own unique bespoke piece of furniture that meets your demands</p>
<p>- Never compromise on quality. Even if the quantity is huge, make your furniture to be functional, durable, and sustainably affordable</p>
<p>- For reference on the latest trends of chairs and tables, you can check online sites of Pedralli, Area Declic, Infinity and many other leading manufacturers of Italian designer furniture</p>
<p>- Along with furniture, you can also plan for interior lighting or redesigning of tiles as well to compliment and complete the desired ambience</p>
<p>Spoil your patrons with the most welcoming and comfy piece of furniture that they find it hard to leave the premises.</p>
<p>For more details please visit <a href="http://www.stevewardstyling.com/">http://www.stevewardstyling.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Learning new stuff ...]]></title>
<link>http://enijewelry.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/learning-new-stuff-2/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 14:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eni</dc:creator>
<guid>http://enijewelry.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/learning-new-stuff-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[&#8230; first time etching &#8230;. this technique is harder than it looks, at least the way I was s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color:#888888;"><em>&#8230; first time etching &#8230;. this technique is harder than it looks, at least the way I was shown how to do it &#8230;.</em></span></p>
<p><a href="http://enijewelry.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/sargarez-karperec-maratas.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-3740 alignleft" title="Brass etched bracelet" alt="brass etched bracelet" src="http://enijewelry.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/sargarez-karperec-maratas.jpg?w=512&#038;h=414" width="512" height="414" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Ceas vintage din alama antichizata cu lant si model gravat]]></title>
<link>http://constantastiri.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/ceas-vintage-din-alama-antichizata-cu-lant-si-model-gravat/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Constanta WebSite</dc:creator>
<guid>http://constantastiri.wordpress.com/2013/04/01/ceas-vintage-din-alama-antichizata-cu-lant-si-model-gravat/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ceasurile sunt, de la o vreme, nu doar simple accesorii, ci adevărate bijuterii. Te &icirc;ntorc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ceasurile sunt, de la o vreme, nu doar simple accesorii, ci adevărate bijuterii. Te &#238;ntorc &#238;n timp şi &#238;n acelaşi timp te păstrează &#238;n realitate mai mult chiar dec&#226;t ţi-ai dori. Bijuterie sau ceas, este fără discuţie o piesă de rezistenţă &#238;ntre&#8230; &#8211; Citeste tot articolul: <a href="http://www.constanta.ws/promotii/ceas-vintage-din-alama-antichizata-cu-lant-si-model-gravat/" rel="nofollow">http://www.constanta.ws/promotii/ceas-vintage-din-alama-antichizata-cu-lant-si-model-gravat/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Golden Dragon]]></title>
<link>http://zephyrdesigns.wordpress.com/2012/06/20/golden-dragon/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>zephyrdesigns</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Bratara chainmaille in imbinare queen’s link, din sarma argintata non tarnish, sarma de alama, sarma]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Arab Idol]]></title>
<link>http://cuwait.com/2012/01/08/arab-idol/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:58:54 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Baraa</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cuwait.com/2012/01/08/arab-idol/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I am sure many of you are laughing at the comments that judges of Arab Idol are passing at the conte]]></description>
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<p>I am sure many of you are laughing at the comments that judges of Arab Idol are passing at the contestants. Especially at the way they dance while singing.</p>
<p>Ragheb Alama and the happy butterfly dance.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[THE START OF OUR JOURNEY]]></title>
<link>http://henderbalz.com/2011/07/27/the-start-of-our-journey/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>HenderBalz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://henderbalz.com/2011/07/27/the-start-of-our-journey/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, in 2008 we sold our home and a lot of our stuff, packed up the rest, and then h]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As many of you know, in 2008 we sold our home and a lot of our stuff, packed up the rest, and then hit the road gnome roaming  these United States.</p>
<p><span style="color:#993366;"><strong>TRIP STATS:</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Time on Journey</span> - 5 Weeks</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Miles</span> &#8211; 5,300</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">States</span> - 20</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Friends/family visited</span> &#8211; 5 groups (43 people total)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Places we spent at least one night</span> &#8211; 17</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Photos taken</span>  1328</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Historic Places / National Parks Visited</span> - 22</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Bottles of wine drank from Jim&#8217;s collection</span> -  4</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Got Lost</span> - 2 for sure others we may have just turned into a side adventure!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Fights over driving/directions</span> - Countless!</p>
<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>This is a photographic journey of our journey!</strong></span></p>
<p>AS ALWAYS CLICK ON ANY OF THE PHOTOS TO BRING YOU TO ONE BIG ALBUM OF ALL THE PHOTOS (288 TOTAL).</p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#ff6600;">TRIP FROM SACRAMENTO, CA TO LAS VEGAS, NY</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">LAS VEGAS, NV</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ffff00;"><strong>HOOVER DAM</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#00ffff;"><strong>HACKBERRY GENERAL STORE ON ROUTE 66, AZ</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#00ff00;"><strong>THE GRAND CANYON!</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#00ffff;">THE</span> <span style="color:#ffff00;">PAINTED</span> <span style="color:#00ff00;">DESERT</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><strong> THE PETRIFIED FOREST</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ff99cc;">BUG ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ARIZON AND NEW MEXICO IN A MOUNTAIN RANGE</span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#99ccff;">THE ALAMO, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">RURAL SUBURB ON EAST SIDE OF HOUSE &#8211; THE DUFFY&#8217;S MUSTANG-MOTORCYCLE CREATION!</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#99cc00;">SOMEWHERE BETWEEN VICKSBURG, MS AND CHATTANOOGA, TN</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#00ccff;">OUTSIDE OF RADFORD, VA</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#99ccff;"><strong>THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY, VA</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#ffcc00;"><strong>PHILADELPHIA, PA</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">LONG ISLAND, NY</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#cc99ff;"><strong>NEW YORK, NEW YORK</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#00ffff;"><strong>ATLANTIC CITY, NJ</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#d22c36;"><strong>WASHINGTON, DC</strong></span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#a1d32b;"><strong>NORFOLK, VA</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#4389bc;">VIRGINIA BEACH, VA</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#ffff00;">CHARLESTON, SC</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#e4971a;">SAVANNAH, GA</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#33cccc;">OUR FINAL DESTINATION &#8211; DAYTONA BEACH, FL</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#d82686;">WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED OUR JOURNEY AS MUCH AS WE DID!</span></strong></p>
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<p><span style="color:#e82b16;">AND SKIMBLESHANK SAYS, &#8220;GOOD-BYE!&#8221;</span></p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our day started cool and cloudy, but later warmed up to a nice sunny day. What a difference a day makes.</p>
<p>Our first stop was the Wings of Liberation Museum in Oosterbeek. <a href="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-museum-crowd-2.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1849" title="Digital StillCamera" src="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-museum-crowd-2.jpg?w=500&#038;h=375" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a>This was the site of the British First Airborne Division’s drop and most of its fighting during the Market Garden operation. <a href="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-museum-outside.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1851" title="Digital StillCamera" src="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-museum-outside.jpg?w=500&#038;h=375" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a>The museum is outstanding. It is located in the Harkenstein Hotel, which was the site of German General Model’s headquarters before the air drop, and then the HQ for the 1<sup>st</sup> Airborne Div.</p>
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<p>In the front is the apparently obligatory US M4 Sherman tank, although there were none of these weapons involved in this part of the battle. (The British paratroopers had no tanks.) The museum had the usual artifacts, with a focus on the Dutch population.       Its crowning touch was an “Airborne Experience”in the basement.</p>
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<p>This was almost like a Disneyworld walk-though experience with projected images and sound effects, as if you were a part of the battle. Very impressive.</p>
<p>The museum left me with two questions.</p>
<p>The first – why are the Dutch so willing to remember and commemorate this battle? The battle was a debacle for the Allies, especially the British airborne troops who dropped in Oosterbeek to seize the Arnhem bridge. They didn’t keep the bridge, and only roughly 2,500 of the 12,000 troopers escaped death or capture.  For the Dutch, this short-lived liberation went very poorly in the long run. After the battle, the Germans expelled all the residents from the city. The coming winter of 1944-45 was extremely difficult on the Dutch. Food was extremely scarce. More than 22,000 died of starvation or malnutrition.</p>
<p>Yet they commemorate this battle all over Arnhem and elsewhere in the area.</p>
<p>The second questions echoes historian/biographer William Manchester who observed that historians tend to glorify battles that result in heavy casualties.</p>
<p>For example, everyone knows about the Alamo, where all the defenders were killed. But how many people outside of Texas can describe the subsequent Battle of San Jacinto, that was a decisive and overwhelming victory for the Texans with relatively low casualties.</p>
<p>For history, it seems “the bloodier, the better.” And if it is a defeat (like Arnhem) even better still. Market Garden was a tremendous battle, but the other guys won.</p>
<p>From there, we went to central Nijmegan for lunch, only to find we were at the wrong place.</p>
<div id="attachment_1852" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><a href="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-nijmegan.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1852" title="Digital StillCamera" src="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-nijmegan.jpg?w=500&#038;h=375" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Oops! Wrong address.</p></div>
<p>Back on the bus and drive to a suburban resort hotel for an outstanding lunch of curry soup, steak with a Bordeaux sauce, fries, vegetables and ice cream sundae. <a href="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-lunch1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1848" title="Digital StillCamera" src="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-lunch1.jpg?w=500&#038;h=375" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a>It was not a rushed meal. We must have been there for two hours.</p>
<p>We had one more museum near where the 82<sup>nd</sup> Airborne Div drooped at Groesbeek.</p>
<p>We then went off in search of “the arch.” In the book Band of Brothers, there is a photo of Dick Winters standing in front of an arch.</p>
<div id="attachment_1846" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-winters.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1846" title="Blog winters" src="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-winters.jpg?w=300&#038;h=501" alt="" width="300" height="501" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dick Winters in 1944.l</p></div>
<p>We ended up driving around for the better part of an hour looking for this thing. <a href="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-arch-house.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1847" title="Digital StillCamera" src="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blog-arch-house.jpg?w=500&#038;h=375" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a>We finally found it, and the owners of the house were most gracious to allow us to tramp up their driveway for everyone to pose at the arch.</p>
<div id="attachment_1854" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 447px"><a href="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blogt-arch.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1854" title="Blogt Arch" src="http://anotherbeautifulday.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/blogt-arch.jpg?w=437&#038;h=582" alt="" width="437" height="582" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Poolman, Dan, Birdie and Ron at the arch</p></div>
<p>The arch is part of a 100 year-old farm house on a still-working farm.</p>
<p>We are on our way to Maastricht. Tomorrow we are on to Bastogne and the Battle of the Bulge.</p>
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<link>http://armyofmice.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/ballerina-rockroll/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[NU MAI ESTE Pauza de lipsa de inspiratie tocmai a luat sfarsit Detalii despre geanta gasiti mai jos.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3508" title="ballerina rock&#38;roll" src="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll.jpg?w=500&#038;h=666" alt="" width="500" height="666" /></a></p>
<p>Pauza de lipsa de inspiratie tocmai a luat sfarsit <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>Detalii</strong> despre geanta gasiti <em>mai jos</em>.</p>
<p><!--more--> <a href="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-lateral.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3510" title="ballerina rock&#38;roll - lateral" src="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-lateral.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a><a href="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-centru.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3509" title="ballerina rock&#38;roll - centru" src="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-centru.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Exterior</strong>:</p>
<p>- bumbac satenat mov, tulle mov si roz, paspoal negru</p>
<p>- geanta este intarita cu un fel de vatelina pt a-si mentine forma</p>
<p>- lant si inele de culoarea alamei</p>
<p><a href="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-fata.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3511" title="ballerina rock&#38;roll - fata" src="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-fata.jpg?w=500&#038;h=375" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Dimensiuni aproximative</strong>:</p>
<p>- 20 cm (diametru) X 7 cm (grosime)</p>
<p>- lungimea toartei (lant): 135 cm</p>
<p><a href="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-verso.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3512" title="ballerina rock&#38;roll - verso" src="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-verso.jpg?w=500&#038;h=375" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Interior</strong>:</p>
<p>- captuseala bleumarin</p>
<p>- buzunar interior</p>
<p>- inchidere cu fermoar</p>
<p><a href="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-interior.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3513" title="ballerina rock&#38;roll - interior" src="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-interior.jpg?w=500&#038;h=666" alt="" width="500" height="666" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Curatare</strong>:</p>
<p>- <em> inainte</em> de spalare indepartati lantul</p>
<p>- gentuta trebuie spalata <span style="text-decoration:underline;">cu grija</span>, in apa calduta (<strong>maxim</strong> 40 grade) si uscata <em>fara</em> a fi stoarsa</p>
<p>- dupa spalare, <em>daca este cazul</em>, se poate calca</p>
<p><a href="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-detaliu.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-3514" title="ballerina rock&#38;roll - detaliu" src="http://armyofmice.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ballerina-rockroll-detaliu.jpg?w=500&#038;h=666" alt="" width="500" height="666" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Bentita Sweets Mania]]></title>
<link>http://funkcesorii.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/384/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>funkcesorii</dc:creator>
<guid>http://funkcesorii.wordpress.com/2010/11/18/384/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bentita cu baza realizata din lant din alama si panglica din satin, prevazuta cu doua flori delicate]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://funkcesorii.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/s28c.jpg"><img src="http://funkcesorii.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/s28c.jpg?w=300&#038;h=212" alt="" title="s28c" width="300" height="212" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-385" /></a>Bentita cu baza realizata din lant din alama si panglica din satin, prevazuta cu doua flori delicate, in culoarea persicii si cu buline rozalii. Una din flori este prevazuta cu fundita din satin, in timp ce a doua este prevazuta cu un nasture lila, cu insertii aurii.<br />
Dimensiuni flori: aprox. 3,5 cm, respectiv 4,5 cm.<br />
Cod: s28. Pret: 27 RON.</p>
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