A1Holiday Gift Guide A2 Page A2 – The Daily Post-Athenian, " Holiday Gift Guide 2012", Wednesday, November 21, 2012 http://www.dailypostathenian.com Use your imagination and make your own holiday ornaments Holiday decorating is a big part of the a photo to a ceramic orna- pieces after they are painted painted and ribbon-adorned gift boxes. holiday season. Bins are taken out of the ment and cover it with so that they are shiny and Stain a treasure chest that can be used attic or garage, and decorations are once decoupage glaze to set it hardened for display. to store reindeer snacks for Santa’s crew. again given their opportunity to shine for permanently. Try pur- Those who want Turn small decorative pieces into orna- several weeks before being packed away chasing clear, glass to do their painting ments for the tree. Paint and affix wood again. ornaments, then at home can visit initials onto stocking holders to identify Among the many decorations families remove the top their local craft or to whom each stocking belongs. Crafty use to deck the halls are ornaments that of the ornament, hobby shop, where individuals also can turn plain wood were made by hand. This year creating which is usu- typically there are plaques into signs with clever sayings, homemade ornaments can be a crafty ally spring-loaded, unfinished ceram- such as “Park your sleigh here.” project that helps families make new before slipping a ic ornaments that holiday memories. photo inside and can be painted with Scavenge around the house Christmas tree ornaments come in all replacing the top. acrylic paints found Young children can use any medium shapes and sizes and often tell the stories You also can lami- right in the next aisle. for making ornaments. Garlands made of holiday traditions. There are several nate a photo, punch a A finishing coat of of macaroni or popcorn are traditional. different ways to create personalized, hole in the top and affix clear glaze will help pro- Fabric scraps can be sewn and stuffed do-it-yourself ornaments and leave the a ribbon. tect the ornaments from with potpourri for homemade scent cheap, easily broken ornaments from the year to year. satchels. Hand-drawn pictures can be dollar stores behind. Ceramic ornaments Wood crafts made and laminated and hung on the The popularity of paint-it-yourself Many of today’s craft centers have tree. Photo ornaments pottery has led to an increase in ceramic expanded to include sections devoted The only obstacle with regard to Fun photo ornaments showcase how and crafts shops across the country. to unfinished wood items. Everything DIY ornaments is a limited imagina- a family has changed and grown over the During the holiday season such shops from letters to animal cutouts to boxes tion. Homemade items can add whim- years. Experiment with different ways offer many holiday items that can be and rocking horses can be purchased sy and a personal touch to the holiday to create these ornaments. You can glue painted. Often the store will then fire the and finished. Turn keepsake boxes into season.
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Greg Moses Community Life Editor
Small works of art can really pack an impres- sive punch – so be sure to stock up on plenty of SAFE !2% 9/5 them for yourself and SAFE 3!&% !4 those on your holiday gift list this year. (/-% The Community Artists League is hosting its 5th Annual Small Works and SALE SALE Miniatures Show and Sale through January in the PRICES STARTING AT E.G. Fisher Public Library’s Mayfield Gallery. “This is a good time for Safe Co. people to buy unique and $ 02)#%3 34!24).' !4 original artworks for gift- giving,” said CAL member ed about commissioned Lisa Bell, who is also one works and purchasing of the artists featured in other items such as cards 650 this year’s show. “It’s also a $ and ornaments they may great opportunity for peo- have available. DELIVERY AVAILABLE ple to collect pieces from “Information will be their favorite artists and to posted with the pieces so Perfect For Keeping even begin a collection.” 599 patrons can contact the The show features artists,” Bell said. Firearms, Jewelry & a range of pieces by Founded in 1966 and numerous local artists, chartered in 1975, the Important0ERFECT &OR +EEPING Documents from original paintings, Community Artists League photography and stained meets regularly to discuss &IREARMS *EWELRY Secure & Safe! glass to greeting cards and various types of art and )MPORTANT $OCUMENTS other miniature pieces. to support local artists in HOURS: “Small works” are defined, ‘Small works’ by the creative process. Their 3ECURE 3AFE according to Bell, as pieces Lisa Bell (top) spirit and love for art has MONDAY-SATURDAY of roughly 12-inches and Vickie Blair. remained strong and con- HOURS: in height or smaller. Of and Kathy Rhodes, among tinues to burn brightly in MONDAY-SATURDAY9AM-6PM 9AM-6PM course, a few slightly larger many others. the many new generations pieces are also featured in Admission to the show of artists in the Athens this year’s show. is free and open to the area. Artists featured in public. CAL meets on the first the show include Robin “The show has really Monday of each month Champagne, Sheila grown in the last five at 7 p.m. in the Varnadow Chesanow, Lisa Bell, years,” Bell said. “People Community Room of the Joy Merckson, Laura really look forward to it. It’s E.G. Fisher Public Library. Abbott, Ron Hood, Shirel always a fun event.” For more information Highway 411 Benton, TN Grimmett, Sally Fleming, Pieces on display will about the Community Vickie Blair, Maximo Ortiz, be available for purchase, Artists League, contact Visit Us Online At: www.bentonshooters.com Susan Ward, Chris Ingram and artists can be contact- Lisa Bell at 435-4431. A5 http://www.dailypostathenian.com The Daily Post-Athenian, " Holiday Gift Guide 2012", Wednesday, November 21, 2012 – Page A5 Tips for getting your Christmas cards mailed out on time
Millions of greeting cards trend toward general-theme Those who want their cards to wishing health and prosperity be printed and mailed and still are sent out each holiday cards has streamlined the pro- arrive first will mail them with- for the new year, rather than arrive on time. Also, be sure to season. Estimates suggest cess and can help senders start in a few days of Thanksgiving. sending a card tied to a specif- heed copyright laws concern- that 85 percent of the United their tasks earlier than ever When sent domestically, it ic holiday. This gives extra time ing photographs. It may be States population, or roughly before. Some people like to is safe to assume that cards for mailing and will set cards illegal to scan an image from a 250 million people, mails out take advantage of post-holiday mailed out up to 2 weeks apart from the many others. photographer or photo studio greeting cards. That adds up to sales to stock up on greeting before Christmas will arrive on Photo cards have grown in and have prints made without billions of cards going through cards for the fol- time. After that popularity, and people inter- written permission. the postal system -- and all lowing year at a point, you may ested in having a professional Postage is another thing in a relatively short period of deep discount. It is never too be risking late- photographer shoot their that will have to be considered time. This means they early to begin ness, particularly holiday card photos would when mailing out cards. While Men and women who hope can write the cards greeting card for rural delivery be wise to make an appoint- many cards fall under the to send holiday greeting cards out at their leisure preparation addresses unless ment as early as possible. weight and size limits of a reg- must purchase, prepare and and then simply cards are sent Popular photographers often ular first class postage stamp, mail the cards early enough so toss them into and assembly. priority. For those start holiday photo shoots in unusually shaped envelopes or they are received prior to the the mailbox at the who need to mail October. Keep in mind that the heavy greeting cards may cost holiday. It is never too early to appropriate time. cards internationally, sticking photographs can take a while more. Rather than have them begin greeting card prepara- Much in the way people close to the end of November to be processed and arrive. For returned, it is a good idea to tion and assembly. begin their holiday shopping will ensure they arrive in a those who are on borrowed have at least one card weighed The majority of cards are or decorating right after the timely manner. time, taking a photo with a at the post office to ensure bought in boxed packages Thanksgiving turkey leftovers People who want to make a personal camera and having the right amount of postage or groupings of photo cards. have been stored away, a good statement and not have their prints made up at a pharmacy is affixed. Some cards will be Gone are the days of hand- majority of people also begin greeting cards get lost in the or retail store can save time. packaged with envelopes that picking individual greeting their greeting card writing crowd may intentionally mail It is unlikely that professional state “Additional postage may cards for every recipient. This after Thanksgiving as well. them late and lean toward photos taken in December can be required” right on the box.
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From Consumer Reports excellent screen that’s big- • L o a d e d • First ultrawide ger (at 4.8 inches) than the While Consumer iPhone 5’s, this Android lightweight TV Reports recently tested model offers some fea- Sony Cyber-shot Vizio CinemaWide more than 600 smart- tures you can’t get on RX100 ($650). You don’t XVT3D580CM ($1,530). phones, tablets, TVs and Apple’s phone. You can have to lug around a Cinephiles finally have more, only 10 standout watch a video while doing big, heavy camera to a TV that displays flicks products made the short other tasks on the desk- get great photos. This in all their wide-screen list for performance and top, for example, and the 20-megapixel point-and- splendor. This 58-inch innovation. screen is smart enough shoot weighs about 9 LED set is the first The products from the not to time out when ounces – half as much Consumer Reports has list are: you’re looking at it. as many models of this tested with an ultrawide, type. 21:9 display that mimics • Groundbreaking • Tip-top TV the shape of a movie the- tablet Panasonic Viera • E x c e l l e n c e ater screen. Samsung Galaxy Note TC-P55VT50 ($2,500). OK, in a box 10.1 (16GB, $500). The it costs a bundle, but this Samsung HT-E6730W • Wi-Fi winner 10-inch Galaxy Note adds 55-inch plasma is one of ($800). This 7.1-chan- Sonos Play:3 ($300). capabilities that no other the best TVs Consumer nel system marries old- This compact stereo tablet, not even the Apple Reports has ever tested. school vacuum tubes speaker system is a great, iPad, currently offers. An Deep, rich blacks and Photo courtesy of Consumer Reports with digital amps to pro- easy way to enjoy music excellent performer over- spot-on colors contribute The Panasonic Viera TC-P55VT50 costs a bun- duce excellent sound. It throughout the house. all, it almost matches the to superb picture quality, dle, but this 55-inch plasma is one of the best comes with a 3D-capable Pair it with the Sonos superb battery life of the and it has an unlimited TVs Consumer Reports has ever tested. Blu-ray player, wire- Bridge adapter and you iPad and adds a memory viewing angle, plus very less amplifiers for the can wirelessly access card slot that its rival lacks. good 3D performance and rear surround speakers, streaming Internet radio sound. that go with it. 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Do you feel lonely unique knick-knacks to shoes Jim and in need of human contact and clothing, Athens’ downtown Nelson after clicking “Purchase” on shopping district has gifts to and the Internet shopping sites? tickle anyone’s fancy. hot Athens’ annual Old-Fashioned No shopping trip is complete chocolate Downtown Christmas offers the without a nice dinner, and the he serves perfect solution. restaurants Downtown offer the in front his The event will be held same eclectic fare as the shops to Edward Saturday, Dec. 8, from 5 to 8 p.m. satisfy a variety of tastes. D. Jones throughout Downtown Athens, Whether you shop now or office are from the Square to Knight Park. shop later, Downtown Athens part of the With a petting zoo, live musi- merchants can always offer tradition of cal entertainment, carriage rides, DPA File Photo something the shopping malls the Athens food, visits with Santa, and, of Santa Claus always makes abroad cannot: Shorter drives. Old- course, a festive atmosphere an appearance at the Athens For more information on Fashioned filled with Christmas decora- Old-Fashioned Downtown the Old-Fashioned Downtown Downtown tions, Old-Fashioned Downtown Christmas. Christmas – as well as a listing Christmas. Christmas combines old-fash- of downtown shops, restaurants ioned Christmas fun with old- Whether buying gifts for oth- and other businesses – visit the fashioned downtown Christmas ers or yourself or just browsing Downtown Business Association’s shopping. to write your own personal wish website at www.athensdba.org Shopping with us is like a treasure hunt! Check us out for gift items and stocking stuffers! Bargain UNITED GROCERY Barn OUTLET Tennessee Avenue • Etowah Decatur Pike • Athens A8 Page A8 – The Daily Post-Athenian, " Holiday Gift Guide 2012", Wednesday, November 21, 2012 http://www.dailypostathenian.com AACA offers everything arts lovers could want Tickets to see Masters Greg Moses of Motown and Jake Community Life Editor Shimabukuro will make great stocking stuffers. Deck the halls with arts and crafts this Christmas season. From cards and paint- ings by local artists to handcrafted pieces and custom candles, the Athens Area Council for the Arts’ Art Market has many unique gifts that will at delight the tastes of any- one on your gift-buying 320 list this holiday season. before, come back, always give someone 2013). Also available are Box” shows will be North Located in The Arts because there’s always you love the gift of great “Black Box” concert series held in The Sue E. White Center in Downtown something new,” performance art. AACA tickets, including EG Kight Trotter Theater at Street in Athens, The Art Market Armstrong said. hosts a variety of shows (Jan. 18, 2013), Brushfire The Arts Center in Downtown features an assortment The Art Market is throughout the year. Stankgrass (Feb. 8), and Downtown Athens. Athens, across of items crafted by local opened year-round during Anyone on your gift-giving Harpeth Rising (March 8). Show tickets from Knight artists, including glass, The Arts Center’s regular list would love to unwrap All “Big Time/Small Town” can be purchased Park. pottery, photography, hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tickets to some of the “Big shows will be held in the online, over the phone For more information, paintings and prints, Monday through Friday. It Time/Small Town” per- auditorium of Athens City and in person at The Arts call 745-8781 or visit www. books, jewelry, hand-spun is also open during special formance season shows, Middle School. “Black Center, which is located athensartscouncil.org yarns and cloths, scented events held at The Arts including: “The Knoxville soaps and candles, and Center. Symphony Chamber children’s art kits, among For more information Orchestra Holiday other items. about The Art Market, Concert” featuring Our Sliger’s “If you’re wanting to call The Arts Center at Three Tenors (Dec. 4), get someone a unique 745-8781, or visit www. “Masters of Motown” gift for Christmas, these athensartscouncil.org (Jan. 8, 2013) and Jake items are all one-of-a-kind Of course, you can Shimabukuro (March 21, Jewelers pieces you can only find in The Art Market,” said Pat Armstrong, Athens “Your Christmas Gift Headquarters Since 1946” Area Council for the Arts program director. Sweet Savings! 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Buying a home can be one of the • Welcome mat • Portrait most rewarding experiences in a person’s life. It also can be one of the Welcome mats can be custom- Give the gift of memories by most stressful. ized with the owner’s last name, and setting up a photo session with a New homeowners are faced some customizing services also can photographer that enables the new with many expenses after buying print an image on a door mat or a homeowners to have a print made a home, and the holiday season is quirky saying. that can be hung up and enjoyed. a great time to help them out with • Linens a thoughtful gift for the place they • Gift certificate Buying a home can be one of the now call home. The following are A new home means new proj- most rewarding experiences in a some great gift ideas for the new ects large and small. Homeowners person’s life. It also can be one of the homeowner on your holiday shop- will be making frequent trips to the most stressful. ping list. home improvement center, and such trips can get costly. A gift card • Furniture • How-to books will help lessen that financial bur- Ask the homeowner what room Owning a home presents many den. needs furnishing and offer to pur- opportunities for repairs and chase one or more pieces for the renovations. Oftentimes, this is a • Door knocker space. homeowner’s initial foray into do-it- Although door bells have New homeowners are faced with yourself projects, so consider giving replaced door knockers for practical many situations that can be both a library of instructional books that use, a nice metal door knocker still exciting and stressful as they move walk homeowners through some makes a decorative statement on into new homes. Many gifts can basics, like plumbing, electrical the front door. Have the door knock- make the process of settling in that Furniture or linens make a great holiday gift work or basic construction. er engraved with the family name. much easier. for the new homeowner on your list.
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An abundance Before electric-powered twinkle lights pets great holiday gifts. of rich foods and vari- were invented and even before electricity But in spite of their popu- ous decorations could be was discovered, people used actual candles larity as presents, pets do ingested, potentially caus- to adorn the Christmas tree. As one can not always make the most ing illness. imagine, having an open flame next to a appropriate holiday gift. • New pets should dried-out tree was risky, so it was customary Giving a pet as a pres- be carefully supervised to keep a bucket of water next to the tree in ent seems like a great idea, around children to see the case of fire. but shoppers might want how they behave. A child As if fire wasn’t enough, the tinsel used to give it more consider- may not be accustomed to ation before giving a gift handling a puppy or kitten to decorate trees was made from strips of that is such a considerable and could injure the ani- silver and even lead – something that is now responsibility. A puppy at mal. Similarly, the pet may known to be a health hazard to adults and Christmas or a bunny at be skittish and lash out children alike. Easter may be given with at the child. Adults busy Although we’ve come a long way since good intentions, but that with holiday obligations candles and lead, even now trees that are well-meaning sentiment may be easily distracted overly dry and decorated with lights that can easily backfire, ending and miss how their child have frayed wires can just as easily lead to with the pet being given is interacting with the new fires. Plus, plastic tinsel can be a choking up for adoption when pet. hazard for children and pets. recipients don’t feel up to to care for an animal that pets. • Once the glow of the One Christmas staple that has lost its sta- the task of raising a pet. In will cost money? Are you • Holiday visitors may holidays wear off, children such instances, the com- aware of how long the pet frighten the new pet and may be disillusioned with tus as a safety hazard is the poinsettia plant. panion animal pays the will live? Making those big he or she may become the new responsibility It has long been thought that poinsettias steepest price. decisions for a person on weary of strangers at the that has fallen into their are poisonous to people and animals. While According to the the receiving end of your outset. hands. They may not like there is some toxicity to the plant, it would Humane Society of the well-intentioned gift may • The activities in the the responsibility that require the ingestion of hundreds of leaves United States, most pup- be crossing a line. Would household may pose safe- comes with being a good to get a toxic dose of a plant’s poison. pies and kittens born in you want to have such ty hazards for the young pet owner. the United States never a life-changing decision reach their second birth- made for you? days. They die from being Financing Furthermore, the Available hit by cars, are euthanized holiday season is not one by their owners, succumb ideally suited for making to starvation, or suffer careful decisions. People fatal injuries in fights with are often swept up in Gadgets to Make other animals. emotions and even stress, Cooking Fun Though it often is, and shoppers may not be buying a pet should not thinking rationally. s 2ADA +NIVES s 3PICES be an impulse purchase. 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Some fine games from the past critics were skeptical that players Both versions come couple of years — Warner Bros.’ could focus on two images at once. with the GamePad, but “Batman: Arkham City,” Electronic Yet the handheld DS, blending one you’ll need to snag old- Arts’ “Mass Effect 3” and THQ Inc.’s touch-sensitive screen with a slightly school Wii controllers from “Darksiders II” — are finally coming larger video display, became a run- older Wiis or buy them to a Nintendo console. The enhanced away hit. separately. GamePad controls don’t substantially Turns out the portable DS may alter their DNA, and if you’ve already have just been a dress rehearsal for Nintendo’s latest home console, the played them on the Xbox or PS3, you Wii U, which blows up the dual- Wiimotes — see the maze from a playing with just a regular joystick. aren’t missing much. But if I’d had screen concept to living-room size. first-person perspective on the TV But in “ZombiU,” the GamePad adds the option to play them the first time The Wii U is the heir to the screen. to the atmosphere, creating the pan- around with the enhanced GamePad Nintendo Wii system, whose motion- “New Super Mario Bros. U” brings icky feeling of scrambling around in controls, I would have. based controls got couch potatoes the asymmetric approach to coopera- a backpack while another undead The Wii U’s online functions around the world to burn calories tive action. While Wiimote-wielding horde approaches. include video chat, its own social net- as they swung virtual tennis rackets, players scamper across its side- The high-definition graphics work and the ability to search for TV bowled and flailed around in their scrolling landscapes, the GamePad produced by the Wii U are close to shows and movies from services such living rooms. The new console still user can create “boost blocks” to those of Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox 360 as Netflix and Hulu. These are all free. allows you to use your old “Wiimotes,” help them reach otherwise inacces- and Sony Corp.’s PlayStation 3. That I wasn’t able to test those features but its major advancement is a new sible areas. If you’re going solo, you should bring back some of the game before writing this review. controller, the GamePad, with a built- can play the entire adventure on the in touch screen that measures 6.2 GamePad screen, freeing up the TV inches diagonally. for family members who might want The GamePad looks like the spawn to watch something else. of a tablet computer and a classic On a more basic level, the game controller. 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