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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.2

                                   BLYTH, INC.

                                  CERTIFICATION

     I, the undersigned Secretary of BLYTH, INC., a Delaware corporation,
certify that the attached is a true copy of resolutions adopted by the Board of
Directors of Blyth, Inc. on April 4, 2002, at a meeting throughout which a
quorum was present, and that the same is still in full force and effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
Blyth, Inc. this 1st day of May, 2002.

                                       /s/ Bruce D. Kreiger
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                                       Name: Bruce D. Kreiger
                                       Title: Secretary

                                   BLYTH, INC.

                          Board of Directors Resolution

                                  April 4, 2002

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                                    FORM 10-K

RESOLVED, that the form, terms, and provisions of the Annual Report on Form 10-K
(the "Form 10-K") in substantially the draft form presented to and reviewed by
this Board, are approved and that Robert B. Goergen and Robert H Barghaus be,
and each of them with full power to act without the other hereby is, authorized
(i) to sign the Form 10-K on behalf of the Corporation and any amendments
thereto as either of them may approve on behalf of the Corporation, in such form
as the officer executing the Form 10-K or any such amendment may approve, with
any changes from the form presented to this meeting as he may approve, such
execution to be conclusive evidence of such approval, and (ii) to file the Form
10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"); and be it
further

RESOLVED, that each of the directors, the Chairman, President and Chief
Executive Officer, the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and the Vice
President and General Counsel, of the Corporation, are each hereby authorized to
execute in their respective capacities, a power of attorney in favor of Robert
B. Goergen, Robert H. Barghaus and Bruce D. Kreiger designating each of them as
the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the signatory with full
power and authority to execute and to cause to be filed with the Commission the
Form 10-K for fiscal year 2002 with all exhibits and other documents in
connection therewith as such attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, may deem
necessary or desirable; and to do and perform each and every act and thing
necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises as fully to all
intents and purposes as such officers and directors could do themselves.