Craft Ideas

Allentown Morning Call – On the slope behind the hotel on land intersected by the Monocacy Creek lies the section of town the Moravians reserved for crafts and trades. You can still see the tannery, grist mill, waterworks (the nation’s first municipal water sytem) and more here

Egypt Today – What amazes me is that many of the crafts and trades of the past still exist in Cairo, making it truly unique. The rope makers, the leather makers, et cetera. And each craft or trade is surrounded by the smaller trades that feed it. This has more here

Philadelphia Inquirer – PhotoMedex was the third area company to receive a delisting notice from Nasdaq this week. The others were Willow Financial Bancorp Inc., of Wayne, and A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts Inc., of Berlin, N.J., both of which cited delays in regulatory filings more here

Venezuelanalysis.com – The popular power is organized via communal councils, workers’ councils, student councils, farmer councils, crafts councils, fisher councils, sports councils, youth councils, elderly councils, women’s councils, disables persons’ councils, and others more here

Sun-Journal – With the rising popularity of scrapbooking and crafts that emphasize personalization, many family “memory keepers” aren’t settling for conventional 4×6 printouts anymore. They want their images – and their holiday gifts – to stand out from the crowd. more here

St. Petersburg Times – Programs in Ruskin include arts and crafts for children ages 5 to 12 at 4 p.m. every Thursday, story time from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Fridays, and GED preparation from 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays. Call 641-5600 or log on to www.familysupporthc.org for more here