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World of Cross-Stitching
by NUDUL
I have subscribed to this magazine for over 12 months now, I love all things cross stitch and of the three major cross stitch magazines that are released each month this one is my favourite. The magazine comes loaded every month with charts from small to large by a number of different designers who include Lucie Heaton, Margaret Sherry, ... Joan Elliot and Heritage Crafts, a cross stitch themed alphabet, letters from readers and top tips from readers and staff alike.
The magazine has a tendency to feature 'cutesy' characters such as Fizzy Moon, Tatty Teddy and Disney characters as well designs for home wears such as cushions, aprons and kitchen style patterns. All charts are labled with DMC, Anchor and Mediera colour codes so you can use what ever you have in your stash rather than having to go out and purchase all the threads for each new project.
Each magazine also feature a monthly design from Lucie Heaton along with a cross word to keep you on your toes while you relax away from your stitching or you can make a start on the free kit that comes with each magazine and includes, chart, fabric, threads and everything you need to get started including a getting started guide towards the back of every issue for new stitchers.
If you like cute characters this magazine is definitely for you.
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Nursery World - Magazine
by diddldonna
The Magazine:
Nursery World is a magazine for Childcare providers throughout the UK, it has been publishing magazines since 1925.
Publication contact details:
Nursery World
Haymarket Media Group
174 Hammersmith Road
London W6 7JP
UK
There are several phone numbers for ... this magazine depending on your reasons on calling them, please check out the following link for phone numbers and email address to make any contact: http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/go/contact​us/
I am a Nursery Practitioner and will be starting my foundation degree in Early Years this Autumn and Nursery World is used a lot in researching and doing essays and is highly recommended as a reference resource in doing any Childcare related Training, especially degrees where referencing and researching is highly used.
This Magazine can only be purchased in some newsagents and can be hard to find, in our local town only WHSmiths stock this. I however purchase mine as a subscription online and did this through the website: http://www.nurseryworld.magazine.co.uk/
I pay mine by subscription Quarterly paying by direct debit at £21. You can also pay annually for £84 direct debit or £99 using a credit card. This subscription gets you fortnightly magazines, online members access to hundreds of useful resources (More details about website below), Supplement downloads and much more.
Each Magazine come packed with updated articles related to different types of Childcare for the 0-5 years and is also useful for child-minders. The magazine is released fortnightly with 24 issues a year. The magazine covers all areas of Child Development and links to the EYFS (Early Years foundations stage which childcares must use in planning and assessments). The Magazine provides sessional activity's throughout the year giving you more ideas to extend children's play. There are several adverts throughout the magazine promoting toys, educational resources and Training.
The Magazine is a great resource in learning about any course/training changes or updates which we may need as childcare providers, it helps us understand what is needed by us to continue provided excellent standards of care to children in different childcare settings.
The Magazine is always bright and cheerful mostly with colours related to the current time of year, it really keeps me interested and is very resourceful. The magazine has an equal amount of articles, stories, activities, adverts. I hate magazines that just advertises way too much and this magazine doesn't do this.
I keep all my magazine as they are great for helping you with planning and activity ideas and i refer back to mine often, mostly due to my training and using these while referencing pieces of work.
Website:
http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/
The Magazine and Website have a big link and work alongside each other providing us childcare providers with instant updates by email, it provides extra support to use and extra articles to refer to. The Magazine refers to the website on a regular basis i.e. most details on this can be found at .........
The Website also provides links and downloads to relevant and important childcare files which we must keep up to date with. The links are easy to find and simple to download. A search box helps you find these quickly. You can also as a subscriber download extra magazine supplements free including Nursery Management and toys and equipment to name a few.
The Forum is a great place to meet other childcare providers and to share in discussions and ask questions, the forum isn't that busy but your question is normally answered within a day.
The Website provides an excellent Training and employment page where you can find out more about training and look for jobs around the uk. The process of applying for jobs on the site is very easy to do, you click on the job that you wish to apply for and attach your cv and send.
Extra Information:
Nursery World has is own show once a year where childcare providers can visit different stalls where we can meet different suppliers and organisations to help strengthen our work. The next show is in Feb 2013.
If you have any questions about this magazine please feel free to ask me any questions.
Review also on Ciao.
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Skin Deep - magazine
by Kahdeksantoista
Skin Deep is without a doubt the UK's best selling tattoo magazine on the market. And yes for those that are not aware, there are about five or six tattoo magazines out there. A few of them are imported though.
I started getting Skin Deep after I got my first tattoo. It is a magazine that features interviews with tattoo ... artists from all over the world and reviews conventions with plenty of pictures. This months issue (Jan '11 (on sale in December '10)) however sports the lovely Kat Von D (celebrity tattoo artist) on the cover with a nice long interview inside.
I bought the magazine continuously for about a year in 2009 before getting a subscription. The women on the front were not anyone that anyone knew. They were just professional tattooed models or uniquely tattooed girls-next-door.
The feel of the magazine is unlike any other. When reading it you feel part of a community. Unlike when I, as a female mechanic, read any type of car magazine, I feel slightly outcast just because the writing seems to aim at males. With Skin Deep you don't get that despite the tattoo industry being somewhat male dominated (but not for long!).
The magazine itself has your bog standard front. Cover girl (seldom a male) with random headings (but not so many that the front looks busy) and a big banner across the top stating something amazing is inside; usually they include a piece of flash which is a couple of pages of tattoo designs by one particular artist.
This month, just like the last few years at the end of the year, has included a calendar for the following year. The pictures on every month are all of light and heavily tattooed females of all shapes and sizes in colourful dress, provocative and strange positions/situations.
The content inside the magazine includes some advertising but not too much, unlike other publications. On the odd occasion there will be a feature on tattoo care or "Is tattooing a form of self harm?", or the best tattoo books on the market. Right at the beginning there is usually a two page spread on something amazing a tattoo artist has done or a reminder that a certain convention will be taking place. Sometimes there is a book review or two.
There is always a section listing the conventions over the coming year and it covers conventions in this country and all over the world. The pictures of tattoos are very detailed and well picked. You are never short of something beautiful to look at.
Since the new editor has taken the throne the layout has changed a little but the classifieds are still at the back. The "tattooist available" and "tattooist needed" sections are still there.
--Price and Availability--
Current price is £3.95 and available in a lot of independent news agents and all leading supermarkets as well as good old WH Smiths. Great subscription offers also.
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