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!
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When we tell our stories, we shine a light on the beauty of what is real. We heal. We dance inside joy. We find our way to laughter. We fill in the cracks that life creates in our hearts. We sit inside love and truth. We find ourselves standing tall and we give ourselves the much needed permission to rest. I believe we must sift through all that has been to find our way to all that is to come. Come and find a piece of your story in The Little Room, designs by Liz Lamoreux.
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Checkout the new specialty Textile collection line from Nest Pretty Things, the line is made with fabric covered buttons using vintage and modern cotton fabrics from the Tamar's vast textile collection. The necklaces and soon to come earrings and bracelets are light weight and very comfortable to wear and will make a fun, funky and colorful addition to any wardrobe. This new line is also available for children in the Nest Pretty Things Kids shop with teeny tiny buttons and lovely sweet calico flower cotton fabrics.
The collection consists of the "Modern Necklaces" made with fabrics from the 60's, 70's and new contemporary designs, The "Vintage Necklaces" made with fabric from the 30's-70's , "The Liberty Necklaces" made with Liberty Of London fabrics, and the "Little Flower" collection with three little flower buttons for a sweet summery look. Nest Pretty Things Also has a newFacebook Fan Page, make sure you sign up for news, sales, tutorials and updates!
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Experimental art e-course: Take 6 weeks to delve into the process of creating art in its many forms. Together we will paint, collage, take photos, sculpt with paper and much more! Take your first steps into creating art or get re-inspired with what you already do. Discover your passion, share ideas, and benefit from individual feedback on your creations from me (Amelia Critchlow); I’m a practicing artist and trained tutor working in the UK. The world is your oyster, so lets start creating the ideas you have. The course has many pdf and web resources, links to a wide range of artists, art books (with a give-away), a private online group space, and I share tips and strategies from years of making and teaching art.
As a special offer - exclusive to Kelly Rae readers – I’m offering 10% discount on places for the Spring 2011 course, until 1st April 2011. To take this offer up, see here. Visit my art website here and blog here, and read what others have said about the course here.
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My name is Kate Johnson, and I began Heartwork to encourage the creativity inherent in all of us. I started by wondering, what are the obstacles we create that keep us from feeling able to fully express ourselves? How do we gently and compassionately set aside self-doubts and feelings of insufficiency to just get to it? So many of us are trying to find some sort of balance between the pragmatic (must make money to eat and be clothed) and the creative sides of ourselves. I want so much to fuse the two into a more holistic life.
I think and write a lot about identity and the creative process, and would love it if you'd stop by. Also, artwork is welcome! Please let me know if you have an image that I could use with full attribution, and I would be delighted to do so. I recently took a bit of my own advice and now I have a new Etsy site with a few paintings. Soon there will be cards and prints too.
I also blog at i-cant-whistle.blogspot.com, and intuitiveleadership.blogspot.com.
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My name is Lisa Ferrante and I am a self taught mixed media artist. All my pieces are about love, maternal love, romantic love, self love and self empowerment. They are me exposed; each purges a powerful emotion, a profound realization, another step in my evolution as a woman. A customer recently wrote: “Lisa, your package brought me, my sister and my daughter to tears. Your generosity of spirit and kindness on top of the sheer beauty of the pieces filled us to overflowing with gratitude, love for art, artists and life! We all felt so aware that what we were celebrating was the supportive relationships between women and the amazing effects we can have on our worlds”.
Kelly Rae readers receive a free gift with purchase just write in “message to seller” Kelly Rae sent me! Browse my shop at chloeandsofiasmom.etsy.com for beautiful and inspirational prints and reproductions pieces for you and every woman you love. Or check out my blog atLisaFerrante.com
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When not traveling around the world. Flora's home base is Portland, Oregon, where she is inspired by magical forests, abundant gardens, a vibrant community of fellow artists, and her love affair with the present moment. Her work can be found in numerous galleries and homes across the US and internationally, and also on a variety of unique products made in collaboration with Papaya! Find out more about Flora on her website and read about her current travels in Bali on her blog.
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.
