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Born and raised in Germany as an army brat, West Milford, NJ is now my home. A quaint former vacation lake community we are nestled in the northwest corner of NJ just south of the Vernon snow skiing slopes. With bear-proof trash cans, our neighborhood cat Jake was featured on the yahoo.com main page for scaring a bear up a tree!

I live with my wonderfully supportive boyfriend and our loving children Lance the yellow lab 13yo, Merlin the smelly cat who MUST be on his 29th life, and Nisha who is definitely NOT so loving and is called Catan and Nishafer... (satan and lucifer)

I have always been very artsy even though my work has taken me to opposite ends of the career spectrum as a financial educator and money and wealth coach. I teach families how to become debt-free and financially independent.

JEWELCOME! Make sure to post YOUR Handmade WISH LIST at the TOP of your profile to be featured on our FRONT PAGE! :o) siempre - dorana

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At 9:09am on January 29, 2010, Lynette Fitzpatrick said…: Dorana, is this forum still actively open> http://www.myhandmaderegistry.com/group/my5khandmadewedding/forum/topics/group-asked-to-join-large I added a few posts, and am excited about being involved, and **seeing what others add**, but am unsure how to proceed. Thanks. xo Lynette

At 11:09am on January 6, 2010, Cori Bitterman said…: i have a question...is there anyway to post more than 15 items? do i need to delete items from my etsy favorites if i want to replace an item on my wishlist? is there a way to post two etsy minis? does that make any sense? i am mildly confused...sorry! thanks so much!! i love this idea! i am so excited.
cori

At 7:54am on January 6, 2010, SANDY said…: Thank you!

At 12:13pm on December 8, 2009, kcwhite said…: Hi Dorana thanks for clicking me to be your firned. How do you get your Etsy or Artfire stuff to show up here above. I checked things out, but I have not been able to spend as much time on here as I would love to right now. Perhaps in January when things are slow on my website.

At 1:48pm on December 1, 2009, Sarah Mandile said…: Thank you so much!!

At 8:16am on December 1, 2009, Cori Bitterman said…: hey...thanks so much. i am soo excited about this site. i was wanting so badly to register somewhere awesome...and i was thinking idealistically about etsy...and then i found this...its my dream come true. haha. but seriously. i was wondering...what happens when something that i "register" for reaches its expiration on etsy? does it just disappear from my registry? my wedding is in may, and im worried about selecting items that will expire by the time anyone would want to buy them. also, is the seller made aware that i am using them for my registry? thanks so much! i cant wait to use this!
cori bitterman

At 2:19am on November 30, 2009, Beth E Miller gave Dorana a gift…: Silver Heart Toggle Necklace
Thank you so much for your encouraging words and tips on proper placement of my work. This is a wonderful way to share and learn from others.
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At 2:07pm on November 28, 2009, Chabri said…: Thank you! I'm so excited about being able to start using this registry and share with my friends! What an awesome idea!! And awesome motivation =)

At 2:37pm on November 20, 2009, Shelly Medeiros gave Dorana a gift…: Thank You!
Thank You!
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At 10:45am on November 16, 2009, Leslii Stevens -Triniti's Closet said…: Hey Dorana, Thanks for the welcome :). I look forward to getting to know the many crafty people around here.

-Leslii

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3/6/09 myHandmadeRegistry.com FEATURED in ETSY BLOG/STORQUE

I'd like to thank the Social Marketing Expert for his help tonight in capturing this screen shot of o

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Posted on March 7, 2009 at 1:06am —

WE'RE IN FACEBOOK!

Good morning gang! Our little family continues to grow and we're finding ourselves in new avenues!

You can now find us in the my HANDMADE REGISTRY GROUP in facebook!

Just another way to share YOUR HANDMADE WISHLIST with your friends and family!

siempre - dorana

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Posted on February 5, 2009 at 9:00am —

LOOKING FOR GROUP MODERATORS!

PLEASE SEND ME A MESSAGE OR APPLY HERE

Good morning everyone!

I want to thank you again for a wonderfully successful launch week! We are now working to put together the daily functions of the site as we continue to market and promote our Handmade Registry Website!

I'd like to start an OPEN FORUM DIALOGUE with everyone who is currently assisting and anyone who would like to know mor… Continue

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Your HANDMADE WISH LIST!

Check out these Step-by-Step Tutorials on

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Adding YOUR Handmade… Continue

Posted on January 25, 2009 at 11:30am —

NOT JUST ANOTHER NETWORKING SITE!

What I think sets apart successes from failures are those that find adversities and ADVERTISE them and those that find adversities and look for ways to make them ASSETS!

After half of a year dedicated to the idea that people really are interested in the artisan community and then researching, promoting and marketing my jewelry shoppes from various online retailing sites, I came to an enlightening conclusion that I had heard over and over again...

"These sites are really just SELLERS… Continue

Posted on December 9, 2008 at 3:06pm — 3 Comments

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The INVITATION - Our HANDMADE ETSY WEDDING - Dorana & Todd 12/26/2009

We've all seen it before.The bright fuschia dress from a guest that somehow appears in EVERY wedding photo!NOPE, not at OUR wedding!It took some serious convincing, but after much begging and pleading, Todd relented and I was thrilled!A BLACK AND…

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The Engagement Announcement - Our HANDMADE ETSY WEDDING - Dorana & Todd 12/26/2009

I am SO excited to finally get the opportunity to catch up on the last eight months!Had someone told me eight months ago that we were going to buy a new house in a dream of a historic town, spend six months giving birth to a new kitchen as a DIY pro…

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