Sunday, October 31, 2010

WIN FREE AMERICA United State Map Colorful Graphics Retro Towel

WIN FREE !! America United State Map Colorful Graphics Retro Towel

We have a fun blog giveaway for you!!!
What you win
This great USA map towel has wonderful colorful retro grahics. You will find fun graphics for Mt Rushmore, Route 66, The Statue of Liberty The Rockies, Covered Bridges, Southern Belle, The Great Lakes, Georgia Peaches, and much more! Take a close up look at photos. Perfect addition to any textile maps collection.

This towel is from a fun collection of city, state, and special places retro styled kitchen towels. Reminiscent of vacations from days gone by. Each towel has original copyrighted designs printed on hand loomed 100% cotton fabric. Silk screened in 12 colors the design is framed by hand embroidery work and the towels are finished with hand dyed rick rack.
Each towel has a trio of colorful stripes on each side and comes in a nice organza pouch ready for gift giving. These fabulous towels make wonderful gifts. Besides adding a retro touch to any kitchen they could also be used as a guest / hand towel or a bar towel. They would be a lot of fun to frame or make pillows out of too. See last photo for framing idea.

Towel measures about 22"x 28 "


Retail Value 17.99 + free shipping


Look for more cities and state here:







These are fun to frame, see sample of France below


How to win:

Visit our website Nanalulus Linens & Handkerchiefs


Find any item you would like to receive as a gift or give as a gift. Come back to blog and leave a comment noting which item you chose, why you'd like to receive it, or whom you would give it to as a gift. Let us know how to get a hold of you if you win! SIMPLE That's it!

We will choose a winner using a random number picker on Sunday night November 7, 2010 Prize will be mailed to US addresses only. Must be 18 or over to win.

GOOD LUCK & Thanks for visiting!


Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Marie Shrivers Report On Alzheimers & Caregivers

Marie Shrivers has writteh a new report on Alzheimers. She has come out with a study on Alzheimers with interesting facts on caregivers. There are 10.9 million unpaid caregivers of people with Alzheimers. The biggest percentage of them are women, many being "sandwiched" between their own children and careers. It takes a toll on them emotionally & physically. They suffer from more depression, more illnesses, and more hospitalizations than non caregivers. 40% suffer from the most severe forms of depression.

Caregivers spend 4 BILLION dollars on their own health care costs due to the stress of being a caregiver. If the caregiver is elderly their death rate is 63% higher than non-cargivers. This is not good news with the expectancy of the number of people that will be afflicted with Alzheimers disease to triple to 16 million by 2050. Two-thirds of those will be women. Young men you better prepare now to become caregivers yourself. Please give to Alzheimers research in any way you can, and if you know a caregiver tell them you appreciate what they do. You can hear a little about the research on the ABC link below. Shriver has a book available on the study also.
My mom suffers from Alzheimers here are some photos of her.






PLEASE NOTE THESE PICTURES ARE A LITTLE GRAPHIC

These show why some people do not want to put their family in elder care facilities


Thanks for reading

Monday, October 11, 2010

Gorgeous Earrings Giveaway!

Would you like to win these beautiful earrings? Mary Jane is celebrating her birthday by giving away these sweet handmade earrings. Check out the details here