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  • Even something as simple as a coffee grinder would have an ornate handle, some cast iron embelishments, a shiny brass door and polished with a little drawer to hold the grounds, complete with an intricately wrought pull.

    Interesting Observations on Steampunk wendigomountain 2008

  • Tales which gained in fame and embelishments with every incarnation.

    February 2008 2008

  • I love this picture - Leicestershire hunting country at its best, these little embelishments delivered by the agricultural community really bring out the full glory.

    Lunchtime of the Hunter Peter Ashley 2008

  • Tales which gained in fame and embelishments with every incarnation.

    sense of place 2008

  • The band can play with peel-the-paint intensity contrasted by embelishments of mandolins, banjos and even touches of strings.

    Buzzine » Indie CD Grab Bag 2009

  • There's no point in me repeating what he has said as he has taken the words right out of my mouth so please read his post here and then have a look at the letters he has sent to The Telegraph, the BBC who picked up the story and effectively republished it with embelishments in a full Flat Earth News styley and The Guardian who really should know better than this.

    James Graham is spot on about Jo Swinson Mark Reckons 2009

  • There's no point in me repeating what he has said as he has taken the words right out of my mouth so please read his post here and then have a look at the letters he has sent to The Telegraph, the BBC who picked up the story and effectively republished it with embelishments in a full Flat Earth News styley and The Guardian who really should know better than this.

    Archive 2009-05-01 Mark Reckons 2009

  • Without the embelishments, the simple sentence would read: We are short on provision andarms

    The Tail Section » Lost Finale Analysis - The Journal 2007

  • Very cool idea using the baretts for embelishments.

    Layouts For Your Viewing Pleasure... Sarah Moore 2008

  • Sure Twiggy, Jean Shrimpton and Jackie Kennedy did it best, but the styles were easy to whip up and their simplicity never drove you nuts like the embelishments we sometimes see today.

    While You Wait - A Dress A Day 2008

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