In Accounting, What Is the Difference Between a Liability Account and an Expense Account?
First, let’s define liabilities vs. expenses and review some examples of each. Your loan is a liability if you borrow money to purchase a car. The portion of the vehicle that you’ve already paid for is an asset. Financial liabilities can be either long-term or short-term depending on whether you’ll be paying them off within […]
A Guide to Sober Living: What it is, Why, and How
Residents may choose to engage in community support groups, counseling, and anything else to help them stay sober. Some sober living facilities provide substance-free transitional housing for only men or only women, meaning men live with men and women live with women. While a sober living house doesn’t offer individual or group counseling, it offers […]
Crystal Horoscope: Healing Gemstones for Aquarius Season
In our monthly Crystal Horoscope column, spiritually savvy Gemini Chartreuse Tembo Barriere —who is the founder and headMIZtress of The Venus Academy —selects the most powerful stones for the solar season. She teaches us how to use crystals in meditation to stay aligned with the energy of both the heavens and the Earth. Aquamarine and […]
Beading and Jewelry Making
I love working with beads. It’s meditative and relaxing and gives me creative satisfaction. Beading materials can be bought from specialist suppliers in stores and from shops on the internet. You can also shop by catalogue. For me, one of the best ways to buy beads is on the internet as you can really take […]
About Our Jewelry Designs
Blithe Jewellery Designs Beads are fascinating. They can help to create wonderful wearable collectable art. Beads come in a large variety of shapes and colors from many different parts of the world. Some examples of glass beads are Czech Republic faceted beads, American furnace beads and Venetian millefiore beads. And of course, Austrian crystal glass […]
Gem Stone Guide
The Blithe Designs gemstone guide is a quick reference to all of the gem stones commonly used in jewelry making. From Agate to Unakite, these photos and descriptions will help recognize gemstones at a glance. Agate Agate is a variety of Chalcedony Quartz and comes in many different forms. Varieties include Blue Lace, Crazy Lace, […]
Precious and Semi-Precious Stones
To be regarded as a jewel a gemstone must be rare and beautiful and durable enough to withstand handling and use. Not only diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds can be classified as gemstones, aquamarine, peridot, amethyst and pearls are also gemstones. Rocks such as lapis lazuli and organic substances such as amber are considered to […]
Daily Gemstone Guide
Amber Sunday The dominating celestial body for Sunday is the Sun which is the brightest star in the sky. The gemstone Amber is our choice for this day. Like the Sun the colour of Amber generates a sense of strength and energy. Try wearing an Amber necklace or bracelet or even an Amber pendant or […]
Caring For Beaded Jewelry
Care of Beaded Jewelry A good tip that is easy to remember in caring for and storing your handmade jewellery is to remove your jewellery before swimming or bathing as water will weaken the stringing material and cause it to deterioate and the beaded jewellery will start to break apart or sag. Soap and chemicals […]
5 Crystals For Capricorn Season To Help You Get Back On Your Grind
Time to reel in the happy-go-lucky and fiery vibes of Sagittarius season and majorly ground ourselves as we enter earthy Capricorn season . While Sag the archer taught us to aim our proverbial bow and arrow for the stars, Capricorn, which is represented by the determined and persistent mountain goat, is here to show us […]