Perfume, cologne and even scented candles are such a personal choice. Fragrances might smell different when they react with your skin versus someone else’s, and something that smells good to your ...

On nearly every wall in JoAnn Myers' home hangs at least one sampler featuring the alphabet, animals, flowers and decorative borders. Myers created most of the samplers, often using a magnifying glass ...

The word ”sampler” is from the Latin exemplar, meaning ”pattern,” and that`s exactly what the early samplers were. Stitched on long, narrow pieces of cloth, samplers were records of random stitches in ...

Some admirers might associate samplers (cloths embroidered with designs in different stitches) with American Colonial women. But samplers have played a pivotal role in women’s lives throughout the ...

The Pilgrim Society and Pilgrim Hall Museum has announced the Feb. 1 opening of a new exhibition, "Needlework Samplers, Wrought by Tradition," at Pilgrim Hall Museum, located at 75 Court St. The ...

Twenty-eight years ago, a sampler cross-stitched by a young Lancaster County Amish woman in 1914 had a cameo in the Harrison Ford film "Witness." Last month, the piece was reunited with two others ...

Confirming speculation generated by a teaser post earlier this week, E-MU co-founder Dave Rossum has announced an official re-release of the SP-1200 sampler. The Rossum SP-1200 sampling percussion ...