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Porta creates a wide variety of cards including notecards, specialty cards and designs for birthdays, weddings, holidays and ...

When Krupa Paranjape’s mother taught her to embroider as a child in India, she would make Paranjape rip out the stitches if they were not precisely lined up in the front and the threads were not ...

"I hope people will value the importance of company more between family, friends and lovers after they finish the film, especially in this fast-paced society." Another unique animated short film to ...

The card will be sold at auction alongside a series of Royal letters Credit: BPM Media A rare and "charming" embroidered card made by Her Majesty the Queen when she was only a child is to be sold at ...

Hand-embroidered cards lovely enough to frame are displayed at Soolip (8646 Melrose Ave., West Hollywood, 310-360-0545) alongside 100-percent-silk hand-dyed ribbon, drawers of pressed flowers, and ...