Inexpensive way to set up shop on your Web site

Another very interesting article if you are planning on creating your own website...this is a good resource.

Inexpensive way to set up shop on your Web site: "

Check out the online shop that Christie Remsen (Christie & Co., Palm Springs, Calif.) set up on her Web site, www.christieandco.biz using ...

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MARCH MADNESS: How Alexander Julian left his permanent mark on the UNC Tar Heels' uniforms

Great article from "Home Accents Today"...Thought I'd share.

MARCH MADNESS: How Alexander Julian left his permanent mark on the UNC Tar Heels' uniforms: "

Design Alexander Julian, the only designer to have received both a Pinnacle Award* for furniture and a Coty Award for fashion design, recently told...

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College bowl schedule

Congratulations to all the teams in teh bowl games. Below is the schedule and who is playing.

2008-09 College Football Bowl Schedule
BOWL LOCATION DATE/TIME NETWORK

EagleBank Bowl
Wake Forest vs. Navy Washington, D.C.
RFK Stadium Dec. 20, 11 a.m. ESPN

New Mexico
Colorado State vs. Fresno State Albuquerque
University Stadium Dec. 20, 2:30 p.m. ESPN

magicJack St. Petersburg
Memphis vs. South Florida St. Petersburg. Fla.
Tropicana Field Dec. 20, 4:30 p.m. ESPN2

Pioneer Las Vegas
BYU vs. Arizona Las Vegas
Sam Boyd Stadium Dec. 20, 8 p.m. ESPN

R+L Carriers New Orleans
Southern Miss vs. Troy New Orleans
Superdome Dec. 21, 8:15 p.m. ESPN

San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia
Boise State vs. TCU San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 23, 8 p.m. ESPN

Sheraton Hawaii
Hawaii vs. Notre Dame Honolulu
Aloha Stadium Dec. 24, 8 p.m. ESPN

Motor City
Florida Atlantic vs. Central Michigan Detroit
Ford Field Dec. 26, 8 p.m. ESPN

Meineke Car Care
West Virginia vs. North Carolina Charlotte, N.C.
Bank of America Stadium Dec. 27, 1 p.m. ESPN

Champs Sports
Wisconsin vs. Florida State Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Dec. 27, 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Emerald
Miami (Fla.) vs. California San Francisco
AT&T Park Dec. 27, 8 p.m. ESPN

Independence
Northern Illinois vs. Louisiana Tech Shreveport, La.
Independence Stadium Dec. 28, 8:15 p.m. ESPN

Papajohns.com
NC State vs. Rutgers Birmingham, Ala.
Legion Field Dec. 29, 3 p.m. ESPN

Valero Alamo
Missouri vs. Northwestern San Antonio
Alamodome Dec. 29, 8 p.m. ESPN

Roady's Humanitarian
Maryland vs. Nevada Boise, Idaho
Bronco Stadium Dec. 30, 4:30 p.m. ESPN

Texas
Rice vs. Western Michigan Houston
Reliant Stadium Dec. 30, 8 p.m. NFL Network

Pacific Life Holiday
Oklahoma State vs. Oregon San Diego
Qualcomm Stadium Dec. 30, 8 p.m. ESPN

Bell Helicopter Armed Forces
Houston vs. Air Force Fort Worth, Texas
Amon G. Carter Stadium Dec. 31, Noon ESPN

Brut Sun
Oregon State vs. Pittsburgh El Paso, Texas
Sun Bowl Dec. 31, 2 p.m. CBS

Gaylord Hotels Music City
Boston College vs. Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn.
LP Field Dec. 31, 3:30 p.m. ESPN

Insight
Kansas vs. Minnesota Tempe, Ariz.
Sun Devil Stadium Dec. 31, 5:30 p.m. NFL Network

Chick-fil-A
LSU vs. Georgia Tech Atlanta
Georgia Dome Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. ESPN

Outback
South Carolina vs. Iowa Tampa, Fla.
Raymond James Stadium Jan. 1, 2009, 11 a.m. ESPN

Capital One
Georgia vs. Michigan State Orlando, Fla.
Florida Citrus Bowl Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m. ABC

Konica Minolta Gator
Clemson vs. Nebraska Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Jan. 1, 2009, 1 p.m. CBS

Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi
Penn State vs. USC Pasadena, Calif.
Rose Bowl Jan. 1, 2009, 4:30 p.m. ABC

FedEx Orange
Cincinnati vs. Virginia Tech Miami
Dolphin Stadium Jan. 1, 2009, 8:30 p.m. FOX

AT&T Cotton
Ole Miss vs. Texas Tech Dallas
Cotton Bowl Jan. 2, 2009, 2 p.m. FOX

AutoZone Liberty
Kentucky vs. East Carolina Memphis, Tenn.
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Jan. 2, 2009, 5 p.m. ESPN

Allstate Sugar
Utah vs. Alabama New Orleans
Superdome Jan. 2, 2009, 8 p.m. FOX

International
Buffalo vs. Connecticut Toronto
Rogers Centre Jan. 3, 2009, Noon ESPN2

Tostitos Fiesta
Ohio State vs. Texas Glendale, Ariz.
University of Phoenix Stadium Jan. 5, 2009, 8 p.m. FOX

GMAC
Tulsa vs. Ball State Mobile, Ala.
Ladd-Peebles Stadium Jan. 6, 2009, 8 p.m. ESPN

FedEx BCS National Championship Game
Florida vs. Oklahoma Miami
Dolphin Stadium Jan. 8, 2009, 8 p.m. FOX

USA Today kind of likes us...

Just thought we would share with our friends, family and fans...Collegiateliving.com recieved a nice mention in USA Today's Blog section under Mary Beth Marklein's page.

A few gift ideas with a collegiate theme
Posted 12/2/2008 5:15 PM EST

http://www.usatoday.com/community/profile.htm?UID=ca617b94859be53c&plckController=PersonaBlog&plckScript=personaScript&plckElementId=personaDest&plckPersonaPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3aca617b94859be53cPost%3af684dbc2-84be-48c3-b713-8ba4df8a3bcf&plckCommentSortOrder=TimeStampAscending

Mary Beth has been covering higher education for USA TODAY since 1997. She also covers college admissions, college graduation and pretty much everything in between. Here is a link that you can find her articles and blogs. I highly recommend checking out.

Happy Holiday's Everyone,

--C.K.
Owner CollegiateLiving.com

http://www.collegiateliving.com/ E-mail: info@collegiateliving.com

Happy Holidays to our family and friends. We are entering another holiday season with collegiate Living and wanted to pass along the good news to everyone!

With another successful month of November under our belts, we have been able to expand our products to now include diploma frames, inflatable field goals, BBQ gear; and tailgating supplies that include chairs and back pack coolers!

As always, we strive to bring you the products you are looking for. We are going to be attending the Atlanta Gift Show in January 2009 in search of more cool, fun items that you are looking for. As always, please let us know if you are seeking certain products that you can not find anywhere! We will find them for you. Shoot us an email or drop us a VM and let us know what that special item is that you are seeking.

This month, our #1 selling item is the University of University of Florida Diploma Frame! Be sure to check out our new line of diploma frames as well…diplomas with lithographs!

As always, Happy Holidays and have a safe a wonderful time shopping!

Sincerely,
Staff at CollegiateLiving.com

http://www.collegiateliving.com/ E-mail: info@collegiateliving.com

1 Year Anniversary

To all of my friends, family and co-workers who have supported Collegiate Living’s launch almost a year ago, I wanted to thank each and every one of you for your support! It has been an interesting journey thus far as we approach our 1 year anniversary on October 31st!

What started out as a hobby has turned into a thriving business that allows me to take my passion for web marketing to another level. A year ago, we were excited about having 1 category of lamps and maybe sell an item or two. Now, we have over 700 products, and have expanded into not just college licensed merchandise but into the realm of the NFL also.

We have expanded into lamps and lighting, home décor, diploma frames, and fun tailgating gear as well. Also, I have been given the chance to travel around the U.S. to seek out new and exciting products that hopefully I can bring to the customers and give them unique and fun products that they seek.

If you have not had a chance, please check out the new Collegiate Living at www.collegiateliving.com. As always, I’d love to hear from you and let me know what you think about our products, the site, and anything else you would like to share.

From the Dorm Room to the Board Room--you never REALLY graduate!

Have fun shopping!

http://www.collegiateliving.com/ E-mail: info@collegiateliving.com

Summer Lovin

As the summer heats up, both families and frats pile into their cars, jam the highways, and head off to the solace of summer, the beach.
Ah the beach. Or for those in New Jersey… the shore, but who cares about them?
The days of getting a beach house with your friends for a week or two, filling up the fridge with nothing but beer and hangover cures, and trying to pack in as many wild nights as possible into a couple of hedonistic weeks seemed like the best times of your life. Those are the days to live for.
Or, in many a person’s case, were the days…
For many other tamed and maintained post-collegiates, the days of skinny dipping hot tubs and beer bongs are over. Instead of applying sun tan to a recently acquainted babe, you’re applying SPF 50 to your baby…
But now the beach has become something else entirely. Now it is a place to decompress and really enjoy the things that you work so hard for. Teaching your son how to fish on a pier. Bike rides with the family on the boardwalk. Taking a walk on the beach with that special someone.
Its funny how your perspectives and wants can change and how fast they do change. Once you were carefree and jubilant, and now you are careful, but still jubilant. The times you spent with your college friends were great, but in comparison, how do they stack up to your beach trips now? Would you trade a week of bachelordom at San Padre or Cabo San Lucas for a week with your family at Ocean City or the Outer Banks?
And for those lucky few that live on or near the beach, how has the beach changed for you? Many friends of mine were lucky to live by the sea, and seeing them grow, as have I, it’s interesting to see how the ocean environs have changed in meaning. Once a secluded inlet used to throw summer parties are now prime fishing spots for the family.
So for those of you in the throes of a decadent summer, hats off. These will be the times you won’t forget. Well, some of the moments you remember, but that’s because you downed too many PBRs. Others you’ll want to forget.
And those of you who are taking a week off from work to spend time with family, enjoy. These times are also memory making, but it’s more about the company your with than the company your trying to meet.

-Boomer

www.collegiateliving.com