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Graffiti has received a mixed press in the last 5 years or so. On the plus side, creatives like Banksy have made graffiti an aesthetic pleasure, applying stencils to create technically tricky artworks loaded with a nuanced political point. This kind of graffiti was bound to grow popular with the public and the artworld : attention-getting to both eye and intellect. This type of graffiti is now even purchased as graffiti prints, and hung on the walls of suburban households and corporate reception areas.

Nevertheless, what of the common or garden sort – the tagger, the gangbanger type – this type of graffiti is oftentimes seen as hooliganism, an offence perpetrated by the talentless. But is graffiti just art? To many people, it’s not only an artform, but a means to put your stamp on a neighbourhood, or even a rejection of society altogether : anti-social, anti-art, anti-establishment.

Graffiti has invariably been an underground pursuit, although the effects are public. The intended market is oftentimes unidentified. Is it for a competing gang? A message to a single person? To the public? Or….maybe it’s just uncalled-for and out of boredom.

Whatever the causes, there appears to be some kind of permanent need to spray on walls. Some cities have admitted that graffiti isn’t a short-term craze, so they’ve designated zones where graffiti is allowed – usually uninhabited areas, but occasionally more civic zones like temporary boarding around urban buildings under construction.

There are silver antiques of so many varieties. Perfect for the horse lover is an exotic riding crop with a sugar-crusher handle for feeding horses!

Equally exotic is a six-slice, boat-shaped, toastrack (circa 1790) that could be used to hold papers upright on your desk. Also for your desk, adolescent, chastity devices would definitely be conversation pieces.

For women, silver antiques in the form of embossed Victorian wire-dangle earrings would be oh-so-elegant. From England in 1904 for women into purses, there is a lovely mesh finger purse.

For babies there are silver antiques (circa 1901) such as mugs engraved with leaves and flowers but also a place for engraving baby’s initials.

A thoughtful hostess could definitely use an English, basket/Bon Bon dish and a Victorian tea pot. And wouldn’t any chef be ecstatic with a fiddle-shape, English, fish slice with an acorn decorated blade?

A Victorian bellied tankard surely would delight any tankard/mug collector.

A few of the items above are priced at least in the low hundreds of dollars, but if you want to invest in silver antiques, there are Revolutionary-era coffee pots for a mere $1,850,000.00!

Whatever your taste or means, there are silver antiques out there to fulfill your choices.

Fundraising is a social awareness for everyone to know that efforts should be made for the sake of those in need. Many individuals or communities are in difficult situations soliciting organizations for money for donations. Raising Funds for a good cause and doing it for the benefit for the people can also be very satisfying work when you feel you’ve made a difference.

As we all know the saying “Charity begins at home” so, for that we can start working from home. For some fundraising ideas, consider the following. You can ask your family and friends and near ones to start donating money, jewelry, clothes and useful items for the needy, or start making some baked cookies at home and then selling them to people for money. Tell people about your motive and they would be highly appreciative of your efforts and would help out.

You can also try making some ribbons or lapel pins so that when you sell them, people can wear them on their clothes, and publicize their contribution and activity towards a cause. Jars can be kept in the shops as many people drop money while leaving the shops. Many nonprofit organizations or individuals can also start fundraising and for doing this you just need a good heart and a positive approach for this kind of work. It’s always nice to work for humanity sometimes.