Weekly Sponsor Spotlights: Katherine Quinn, Sacred Cake, Louise Gale, + Stephanie Lee

Big thanks to my sponsors...I'm really enjoying these weekly sponsor spotlights where their creative talents and businesses are featured. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor (includes your ad on the sidebar + ongoing spotlights), please send me an email for further information! Now taking sign-ups for the holiday season (Oct/Nov/Dec).

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My name is Katherine Quinn and I am the New Zealand artist behind Sleep And Her Sisters. I sell my original works to 8 galleries around New Zealand and have three online shops where I also sell originals, prints and other goodies. I live with my two children, 17 year old Hannah, 5 year old Ben and our 10 year old cat... Holly. I work from my kitchen table at our home in the sunny Hawke's Bay where I love to create with paint, chalk pastels, graphite, paper and a little bit of jewellery… I also love to collect things. My favourite colour at the moment is a soft, pale, antique sort of blue.

I am a firm believer that our stories are not for us alone that they are for us to give courage, support and wisdom to each other. You can read about my creative journey and see my latest works on my blog.

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Jennifer Valentine of Sacred Cake is an assemblage artist and vintage assemblage jewelry designer living in Michigan with her husband, a talented portrait painter, and four of her five lively children. Her inspiration drawn from natural elements, religious iconography, and remnants of the past all come together to create one of a kind assemblage jewelry and functional artwork infused with spirit and the stories of her heart. You can read more about her on her blog (where she's currently hosting a great giveaway!) and her website or you can follow her on Twitter and on Facebook. To celebrate my recent article in Belle Armoire Jewelry, I'd like to offer a 10% to all Kelly Rae blog readers for purchases made in my etsy shop.

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Creativity, Color and Community have been three of Louise’s words for the past month as she hosted the Creative Color Challenge on her blog “Dream, Inspire, Create” for some summer fun. Picking a different color each week in August, Louise brought together over 80 artists to be challenged, explore color and post their artwork to share. It was free to join in and over 400+ creations were posted which included: art, photography, jewelry, stitched items, graphic design and mixed media. Louise chose colors that sparked Energy, Passion, Tranquility, Growth and Spiritualism. Louise said “I really wanted to explore color over the summer and have some fun doing so, so I posted a call out on my blog and was so excited when others wanted to join in. The sense of creativity and community was fantastic.

Sound like fun? Louise will be hosting another official Color Challenge in the new year, but she also plans a special color inspired Holiday Ornament swap being announced late October, so if you would like to join in, make sure you sign up to Louise’s newsletter here or “follow” her blog to get the scoop.

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Stephanie Lee writes, "I'm so pleased to present another round of my most comprehensive, non-traditional metal-smithing class to date! The first four-week round was a huge success and I'm so excited to be sharing an entire weeks worth of new information this go 'round. (You don't have to have taken session one to join in on session two.) It comes at the perfect time of year...just in time for Holiday gift giving. Imagine being able to generously give your own handcrafted beautiful works of metal art and jewelry to all your amazed friends! Heck, you could even give the class itself as an early present! If you've never done anything like this before, no worries. I'm totally committed to helping you comfortably explore the medium at whatever pace you want.

There is so much information I'll be sharing with you in class. FIVE (!!) weeks of video tutorials, PDF's, and a heckuva lot more. Not only that, but you will also have three full months after the last official day of class where you will have access to the class site and all content so's you can digest it all at your own pace. Whether you are a jeweler or a dabbler in other mediums, this class is sure to have plenty of spark to light your creative fire! I'd love to have you in on the fun!