I'd like to offer a warm welcome to my newest 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 accepting new sponsorship reservations for the holiday season (Oct/Nov/Dec).
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Want to experience more freedom and joy in your life? Rev. Dr. Charlene Proctor helps you rediscover your connection to Divine Spirit. Making positive change at the level of consciousness begins with a re-imagination of your own divinity and feeling one with humanity. A deeksha and oneness blessing giver, she authors books on oneness, spiritual awakenings, empowerment, and positive thinking and helps people learn to embrace life in the present moment. Blog with her on a variety of spiritual topics! And read about her newest title called The Oneness Gospel coming in 2011!
From January 9-15th, 2011, travel to the Mayan Riviera for a week of blessings, meditation, mala-making, sacred sites, yoga, and oneness teachings. She shares your interest in freebies and encourages you to join her online community to receive all kinds of lovely goodies which will always be in your inbox at the perfect time!
From January 9-15th, 2011, travel to the Mayan Riviera for a week of blessings, meditation, mala-making, sacred sites, yoga, and oneness teachings. She shares your interest in freebies and encourages you to join her online community to receive all kinds of lovely goodies which will always be in your inbox at the perfect time!
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A Little Shirley is a small vase, weighing no more than a pound, that fits comfortably in the palm of a hand. Each is a hand-made piece of art, making no two alike. They are simple, timeless, and carry with them a mission to improve local communities and the lives of the people within them. Little Shirleys are produced out of a ceramics studio located on Queen Anne Hill, in Seattle, Washington.
A Little Shirley is a small vase, weighing no more than a pound, that fits comfortably in the palm of a hand. Each is a hand-made piece of art, making no two alike. They are simple, timeless, and carry with them a mission to improve local communities and the lives of the people within them. Little Shirleys are produced out of a ceramics studio located on Queen Anne Hill, in Seattle, Washington.******************************************************
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Inspired by the colours of outback Australia, Lebenskuenstler ('the art of life') is a blog and shop created by Nicole Lawrence.
Wool and silk garments and artworks in warm natural hues and vibrant colours. Beautiful wrap-around felted silk scarves and Waldorf inspired toys including nativity scenes made from plant-dyed wool: you're sure to find something special!
Click here for this month's give-away.
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Hi I'm Amy
You know the pressure. You’ve created a deadline in your life where the task at hand is to write just a few sentences about the wonderful lovely that is your work. You sike yourself out. You productively procrastinate around the sentences. Do a load of laundry. Scrub a dish. Stare through a second latte at a blinking cursor. The silence is deafening. Oh yeah. You know it? Writing this sponsor spotlight took me to that very spot - productive procrastination and all (see image above).In the end, I pushed past it and decided to simply begin:
I was the kid that wanted to touch each and every painting. No museum was too wide, no gallery too small. Once alone you bet my fingers were skimming across centuries of textured, colorful surface. It’s this very “rule breaking, direct connect to details, love of touch” that pulsed my Painted Stones Collection into the heart of my etsy store. So come on over, pull up a chair, touch a rock, stay for a photograph, listen to a story, take a look around my paintings, become a friend…
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I have been creating as long as I can remember, but it wasn't until an eight-month trek around Europe after college that I knew I had to make art a much bigger part of my life. While traveling, I sent 23 postcards home to Tennessee. Those 23 are the inspiration for this company, and the things I saw and experienced while sending them affect each piece I make. Please check out my blog to learn more!
I LOVE everything vintage, especially photographs. I really enjoy incorporating them into my pieces, and I would love to create a piece for you with your own! I hope you find something in the 23Postcards shop that you love.
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Hi! I'm the Val behind Val's Art Studio. My passion is Needle Felting, my "canvas" is felted recycled wool, and my main inspiration are the birds outside my window. I needle felt Everything, but not only with birds! Pirates, Monsters, Kitties and Pups, Lovables, and more have all found their way into my creations; women's and children's clothing, hand dyed silk scarves, glorious pillows for your home, custom portraits of your favorite pet, even the paintings I paint, and the occasional jeweled finery. In my world, nothing is safe from felting, needle felting and embroidery! (Ok, well, except for my husband, 2 sons and Lola, the Portuguese Water Dog. Though supportive, they really just don't get it...) I live in sunny Southern California, but I'm right by the beach, so I wear and work wool and cashmere all year round. You can find out more about what I do, and see some of my latest creations by visiting my blog, my website, or my etsy shop.
I'm offering all Kelly Rae Readers a special 10% discount from anything in my shop! Simply message me with "Kelly Rae" in the notes to seller at check out, and I will refund the discount.
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Sandi’s work is influenced by her childhood spent learning many crafts from grandparents and aunts as well as growing up at “the shore” on New Jersey’s Atlantic coast. Her unique line of jewelry comes from her desire to create beautiful and often multi-functional pieces. Learn more about Sandi and her jewelry by visiting her blog and etsy shop.
To me, art has been the unexpected discovery of finding my passion. When I finally put paint onto paper, my heart and life exploded with a joy I hadn’t known before.
