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Inspired by shopping sprees and first kisses, chocolate cake and belly laughs, Abby Jean note cards are fashion accessories unto themselves. Despite their girlish colors and quirky designs, they are unfussy. Each piece is handmade with care and attention that tempts grandmothers and best friends alike into sending one to everyone they know.Priced from $4-$18, Abby Jean note cards can be purchased online at www.abbyjeanpress.com or at select specialty boutiques across the country. Wholesale options are available online or by calling 832-816-1172.To read the article in full, go to: http://www.dailycandy.com/article.jsp?ArticleId=22723&city=8.

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We must find the funding to put more officers on our streets, fix the City of Dallas 3-1-1 system, and make our code enforcement division stronger. The tax burden must be lifted from homeowners and I support a long overdue organized and streamlined effort to bring more business to Dallas," notes Marcum. District 14 voters will have the opportunity to elect a new member to the Dallas City Council on May 7, 2005. The district consists of East Dallas, Downtown, Oak Lawn, and the Love Field area east to the Park Cities. Marcum remarks "I am so proud to assemble a great campaign team and neighborhood advisory group of members from every corner of the district.

We are prepared for a grassroots and exciting campaign." To learn more about Candy Marcum visit http://www.candymarcum.comAbout Candy Marcum Community service has been an important and productive commitment for Candy Marcum. As Chairperson of the City of Dallas Human Services Commission and member of the City's Board of Adjustment, Candy is known for her hard work as a coalition builder and leader. She has been involved at the city level as an appointee for almost a decade. With tremendous energy, optimism and vision, Candy is ready to take her talents to Dallas City Hall and work with colleagues and the people of District 14 to make our neighborhoods stronger. As a business owner in District 14 for more than 20 years and a resident for 30 years, Candy has seen the good times as well as the challenging.

Candy is committed to bringing quality economic growth to Dallas, while making sound decisions to safeguard taxpayer dollars and lift the tax burden from homeowners. Candy Marcum is a psychotherapist with a specialization in marriage, family, and chemical dependency counseling. She completed a Bachelor's degree from Texas Christian University and a Master's degree from University of North Texas. Candy is a frequent presenter and speaker for the American and Texas Associations of Marriage and Family Therapy, Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Texas Counseling Association, and the SMU Annual Women's Symposium.Website: http://www.candymarcum.com.

You don't want to be a Scrooge about things. But you also know that if it makes it in the door, you will eat it.The Short Term ProblemSugar not only provides needless calories for your expanding horizons, but also destabilizes your insulin levels ? a result that can lead to overweight, obesity, and even diabetes. Remember that sugar is not the problem. Overconsumption of sugar is the problem. There is nothing wrong with sugar per se, only when you eat it as a jelly doughnut chased with a soda and a candy cane! The Long Term ProblemSugar consumption leads to more sugar consumption.

Anyone with a weight problem will recognize the slippery slope this can become ? the more you eat, the more you want to eat. This is so deadly for your weight, leading straight into a spiral that circles the weight gain drain. The SolutionFor your house.Ban the sugar bomb. Don't even bring it inside. If you need to have nibbles about, use unsalted nuts or fruit.

Remember fruit? Apples come in single serving sizes, wrapped in a handy, edible, holiday colored packaging! Tangerines are fabulous to have around. If you have guests over, set a few olives out. They are so great for you, and you can't take 27 of them in your hand and down them all at once. For your weight.If you do find your house with candies about, you have got to make it your policy to eat only one of them at a time. One M&M? Yes.

One mint? Yes. Eat one and walk away to do something else. Learn this habit and burn it in. This will save you a ton of calories.For your health.Remember that brown sugar is better for you than white sugar. So if you do use it, darker is better.

If you do have chocolate, darker is better because it has more cocoa and less sugar. Remember that fruit, although it has sugar, also has the fiber that lowers the glycemic index of the juice. In other words, it doesn't just make you tired and hungry like plain sugar can..

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With Nature, users can now create new layers with effects without modifying the original layer. Viewing, editing and turning-off the effects are simple and doesn't change even an iota from the original image. The versatile and elegant renditions of the effects of nature will definitely be a hit among graphic designers, digital photographers and Web or multimedia content creators. Effects that create nature's phenomena?With the 10 plug-in filters provided in Nature, nature's phenomena can be recreated by the user to provide effects to the text and photo images.?Ripples- This filter has three modes that create refractive ripples around any shape, as well as chaotic reflective waves. ?Rust- From iron oxide to tarnished brass, this filter tarnishes and corrodes images and text along with mold and mildew.

Controls specify the size, color and texture of rust spots. And users can drip rusty water streaks down the selection surface. ?Snow Drift- It piles snow on text and lightly dusts images with surface snow and frost. Simple controls simulate deep, wet snow or a light dusting. By integrating Snow Drift with Icicles, users can produce winter effects on text and photos.?Icicles- Drip icy stalactites from ay selection.

Glaze surfaces with realistic ice. The Icicle filter makes any text adopt a wintry environment. It works great with Snow Drift. ?Smoke- Using two modes, users can simulate anything from voluminous clouds of smoke to murky haze. From volcanic eruptions to a steaming cup of coffee, users can create great effects with this new filter.

?Drip- It melts images, melds colors and provides oozing drops that drip from selections. This particular filter creates great wet paint effects on text. Users could even liquefy selections, artwork or photographic objects by altering the melt controls. ?Corona- This filter creates radiant solar flares, organic glows, and wispy auroras. You could also render coronas to a new layer, within the Eye candy interface, without affecting the original selection.?Squint- From the twinkling of the stars to the frosting of diamonds, this filter mimics poor or wet vision or camerawork, defocuses images and adds highlights and halos to the selection.

It provides that extra sparkle to any user's art with its classic, radial blur and soft light effects. ?Water Drops- Users can select color, opacity and viscosity of the water drops for that splash image and more.?Fire- A reincarnated classic, it provides more realistic flames, creating effects from blue flames to white-hot rocket exhaust. With two new modes, the filter offers greater versatility and flexibility, simulating anything from the romance of candlelight to towering furnaces of infernos..

Quality sugars, flavors and other ingredients all help to shape and form a wonderful, delicious treat. Candy has been around for a long time and adding enjoyment to both young and old. Remember Grandfather's horehounds? Yes, people still enjoy them.Only deal with quality makers of candy and chocolates that use the finest, freshest quality ingredients and that are offered at reasonable prices..

Cotton candy is so attractive, that once the first person has some, everybody notices and wants some too. A cotton candy machine usually pays for itself easily, making the rest of the sales pure profit for your fundraiser. Many people associate cotton candy with fairs, carnivals, and the circus. A cotton candy machine can bring that feeling to your event, however large or small it may be.Cotton candy has been around for nearly a hundred years. The interesting thing about a cotton candy machine is that it can take regular sugar and melt it into a liquid.

The machine then spins the liquid sugar at a high speed and forces it through several tiny holes. As the liquid passes through the holes and cools it becomes a wispy, cotton like candy; a treat that is colorful, light and very tasty?all made from your cotton candy machine..

Seeing his wife trying to manage passing out treats from her Halloween candy cauldron while trying to hold the heavy door open with her hip gave him the idea to invent a Halloween door that would both add to the d?cor and make passing out candy much easier.The Eerie Entrance is available at www.bokoideas.com for $24.99 including shipping and handling..