Archive for the ‘Art Ideas’ Category
Imaginative, Bright, Colorful and Nature Inspired
Nature. Plants and animals inspire me to no end. I also love architecture but my drawing and crafting tends to be more fluid and imaginative.
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- Classic, Modern, Clean, Vibrant, and Appealing I like the unique, one of a kind items that…
- Simple, Modern and Balanced When a crafter or artist puts that love and attention…
- Quirky, Illustrated Handmade Cards and Gifts Today’s featured crafter submission came with a special little message:…
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Unique accessories from summer to winter
Making handmade makes me feel special that I too contribute to this wonderful, colourful and sometimes bizarre world!
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- Playing with Fire Recently, with valentines I’ve been busting out hearts, hearts and…
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Upcycle, recycle, vintage substrates become new art
Growing up in Germany shortly after WWII; watching my parents re-use, re-cycle, re-invent – my involvement in the arts developed very early at about 5 years of age.
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- Fresh and Functional Upcycled Crafts Craft and the environment are my passions, I want to…
- Color, Texture, Thread and Fun! Laughter and a light heart is the very best recipe…
- Repurposed Childrens Toys I love owning items that I know someone has poured…
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Customized Jewelry and Handmade Crafts
Handmade items have a warmth that regular marketplace items lack. They are more personal, more original. I love knowing that my customers have something noone else owns. I don’t doubt that every designer of handmade goods feels the same way.
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- Unique, fashionable and whimsical jewelry Every piece I create represents my feelings, my dreams, my…
- Handmade Gemstone Jewelry – Luscious and Romantic We are two sisters who share a 13 year age…
- Unique, Trendy, Classic, Young and Fresh Handmade is something you can appreciate rather that take advantage…
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Modern, versatile, fun and colorful jewelry
Thank you for featuring my line of jewelry on your blog 
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- Modern Chic Handiwork my inspiration is constantly fueled by mothering. not just the…
- Creating Beauty in Metal, Wax and Paint We have two cats, one twice the size as the…
- Looks good enough to eat! The Candy Tree started as a hobby for me but…
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handmade, unique, quirky, kitsch, unusual
I have recently made rings which have been created from a blank ring finding and vintage buttons from my mum’s button collection which are all approx. 50 years old.
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- You Imagine it, We Create it A lover of black, this Quebec native in inspired by…
- bold, beautiful, quirky and chic I love that my daughter, Miranda encouraged me to do…
- Colorful yet elegant. Always classy. I’m primarily a stay at home mom. I make my…
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Bohemian Indie Style Jewelry and Accessories
I like coffee in the morning and tea in the afternoon. I recently traveled to England to meet my new family there. I am a single mom to five children ages two to eight. I would rather see a sunrise than a sunset.
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- Handmade Jewelry Using Reclaimed Materials We both work in fashion designing apparel, and began Cold…
- Custom Modern Hemp Jewelry I am a vegetarian, I love to knit, I live…
- I Make Rainbows Oh yes and did I mention we travel full time…
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Leap Day Giveaway
Happy Leap Day!
Today is the day to do a little something extra you wouldn’t normally do – so why not enter our super special giveaway?!
This month our generous sponsors are each giving away gift cards to ONE lucky winner.
What You Can Win:
- Xperience Days gift certificate
- gift card to Target from The Attic Light
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Xperience Days
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Xperience Days is the country’s leading adventure and experience gifts company, offering thousands of unique gift experiences nationwide. All their unique gifts are presented in the form of a gift certificate which may be redeemed by the recipient at their convenience. All experience gifts are sent in an attractive gift pack.
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The Attic Light
The Attic Light is an online venue showcasing handmade items at a discount for members. Their goal is to connect items and interested buyers.
Think about all those treasures, hidden in that space below your roof – The Attic Light can help guide you to the box that contains that unique item you may have not known was there.
By taking part in the showcase at The Attic Light you will be making a difference in the lives of a small business, the weekend crafter, and the soccer mom of four that somehow finds time to create a beautiful piece of jewelry for someone to enjoy. Sign up for The Attic Light today and be part of this new online crafting experience.
Interested in becoming a vendor? Please visit their website to apply and for more information – http://www.theatticlight.com/vendor-application/
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Good Luck!
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Make life natural and fancy
Thank you for looking and for checking out Omoo Rose. This has been a dream of mine. I have danced my whole life and now I am actually doing what I want to be doing. Thank you for believing in the little crafters.
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CHOCOLATE IN BLOOM
The Mayans seem to have used it years before the Spanish came. By the seventeenth century cocoa was a widespread drink, and in the nineteenth century, Cadbury had invented the candy bar. The connection with Eros anticipated St. Valentine by many centuries. As an enthusiast of chocolate, I began to think about its presence in literature.
Joyce in Finnegans Wake, remarks, “Mine’s me of squisious, the chocolate with a soul.” And that made me remember all the references to Epps’s Cocoa, such as in Joyce’s letter to Nora when she was only 24 and much too thin for a mother of a 4 year-old. Joyce is away and tells her she must eat more to make her fuller and healthier.
In Ulysses Van Houten’s cocoa is mentioned frequently along with Epps’s cocoa, and chocolate takes on an aphrodisiac role in the Nighttown episode (Hades) when Bloom goes chasing after Stephen Dedalus. We see him, in his haste, “On the farther side under the railway bridge Bloom appears, flushed, panting, cramming bread and chocolate into a sidepocket.” That chocolate figures much later when he is in the company of Zoe, the accommodating lady of the night. Bloom is in an awkward position in the House of Bella Cohen, standing in a hallway not quite knowing what to say: “( A male form passes down the creaking staircase and is heard taking the waterproof and hat from the rack. Bloom starts forward involuntarily and, half closing the door as he passes, takes the chocolate from his pocket and offers it nervously to Zoe.)”
