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Early September Arts and Craft Links

September 6, 2011 By Linette Leave a Comment

I was a slacker over the holiday weekend, so today I have some fun arts and crafts reading to share with you. Let me tell you these girls are so creative! You’ve got to check out some of the fun ideas they came up with just this week! Check out this teal garden sculpture Cherie made, then click the link below the photo to see how she made it! I want one for my garden!

Teal Garden Sculpture Finished
Cherie shows the finished glass totem she started last week.

Beading Arts
Cyndi shares the work of some amazing bead embroidery artists!

Creative Dreamer
Check out the adorable little bluebird of happiness! So cute!

Eileen – The Artful Crafter
Check out Eileen’s crafty solution to an accident waiting to happen.

I hope you enjoy checking out all these great reads as much as I did! Have a great week!

Filed Under: Featured, Garden, Handmade Tagged With: arts and crafts, garden sculpture

Weekend Crafty Links~ Mid August Edition

August 26, 2011 By Linette Leave a Comment

Can you believe it’s almost the end of August already? Many kids are already back in school. My son is going back on Monday. He’s going into Jr. High this year, so it’s a little bittersweet getting him ready to go back. He’s taller than I am now, and I swear he grows about an inch a day!

This summer has flown by! It seems like he just got out of school for the summer yesterday. Why does the summer fly by so fast, with so much going on? Then winter comes and drags on forever. I love fall, but I’m not ready for it yet!

Our county fair was this last weekend. You can always tell fall is coming fast when the fair gets here.

Anyway, I have some really great links to share with you today, and I’m wayyyy behind on posting them. I hope you enjoy checking them all out as much as I did.

Beading Arts
The “Mostly Metal” challenge was a great success, many thanks to Michelle Mach! Come and see all the fun pieces that were made.

Kim-Flowers and Art
Kim continues work on her crazy colorful craft room

Creative Dreamer
From a journal page to a three dimensional piece of folk art, June shares her completed bird!

Glass Garden Sculpture
Cherie makes a glass totem with recyled items for the garden.

Eileen – The Artful Crafter
Did you love finger painting as a child? Hereâ€™s a â€“ sort of â€“ grown-up version you might enjoy.

Filed Under: Handmade Tagged With: arts and crafts, beading, crafts

Mid July Crafty Weekend Links

July 17, 2011 By Linette Leave a Comment

This summer has flown by! I can’t believe July is halfway over already! I haven’t done the crafty links the last couple weeks. I haven’t had any time for crafting myself lately. We were at the lake the first part of July, and before that the summer went really fast.

This weekend has flown by too, I can’t believe it’s Sunday night already, and I haven’t even posted this weeks crafty links. Here they are. I hope you enjoy checking them all out as much as I did!

Experimenting With Mixed Media
Cherie plays with mixed media techniques for a picture.

Eileen – The Artful Crafter
There are probably as many art journal techniques as there are artists who keep visual journals. See which ones Eileen chose for her first art journal page.

Beading Arts
Cyndi shares the instructions for making a freeform peyote stitch necklace. Now the piece just needs a name!

Butterfly Coloring Pages
Linette played with different ways to create coloring pages.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: arts and crafts, beading, coloring pages, crafts, mixed media

Weekend Craft Roundup~ Mid May Edition

May 15, 2011 By Linette Leave a Comment

This weekend flew by! I can’t believe it’s Sunday night already! I was hoping to get some work done in the garden, but we’ve had rain most of the weekend, with some crazy storms last night, so no gardening, and no baseball for my son.

I have some really fun links for you this weekend, from bling to poetry and everything in between. I hope you enjoy checking them all out as much as I did.

Moore (Gourd)Whimsies ~ Put a little bling in your life!

Made By Nicole ~ Learn how to make easy paper flowers with this step by step tutorial.

Beading Arts ~ Cyndi shares her method of making a charm necklace from a vintage button!

Eileen – The Artful Crafter ~ Believe it or not, a friend of a friend whom Eileen had never even met gave her everything she needed to explore the luscious art of silk painting.

Laura – Taz’s Corner ~ A Recap of Found Poetry and Altered Text

Pinwheel Craft ~ A fun and easy summer project for kids.

Have a great week!

Filed Under: Handmade Tagged With: arts and crafts, beading, crafts, painting, poetry

Arts and Crafts Blogger Roundup~ Easter Weekend Edition

April 23, 2011 By Linette Leave a Comment

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Easter weekend! I have some fun art and craft links to share with you this weekend, with some Easter goodness thrown in for good measure.

We’re celebrating Easter on Sunday with my family. I’m sure there will be some Easter egg hunting going on! If you have any big plans from the weekend, please feel free to share them below. Meanwhile, here is some fun weekend craft reading for you to check out.

Peep Flower Centerpiece
Cherie makes a table decoration using what else? Peeps!

Eileen – The Artful Crafter
Learn how to dye Easter eggs naturally. Not everything needs to come from a kit or a mix.

Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Easter Eggs
It’s fun to make, fun to give these delicious handmade Easter treats.

Taz’s Corner
Laura has an announcement and an exciting opportunity!

Creative Dreamer
All of those altered books June has been doing has left her with lots of pages she has to do something with. Here’s her first project… a frame!

Flowers and Art
This week Kim experiments with monoprinting.

Made By Nicole
Learn how to make graffiti backgrounds using materials you have on hand.

Mixed Media Artist
Cyndi has been sharing a travelog of her most recent trip to Guatemala!

Moore (Gourd)Whimsies
100th Follower Giveaway Winner!!

I hope you enjoy checking out all the links as much as I have!

Filed Under: Featured, Handmade Tagged With: arts and crafts, crafts, Easter crafts

Mid April Weekly Craft Links

April 9, 2011 By Linette Leave a Comment

April’s been plenty rainy so far, but I’m not complaining, rain beats snow every day in my world! If it’s been rainy in your area too, I have some great rainy day craft ideas to share with you this weekend, and a rainy day recipe to go along with them.

There’s plenty of inspiration here from butterflies, to bracelets, and beautiful beaded necklaces. I hope you enjoy checking out all the ideas as much as I did!

Canvas Paper House – Part 2 ~Second part of the canvas paper house Cherie is making for her aunt.

Barbara-MooreWhimsies ~Weekly thoughts and Goings On

Egg Carton Easter Bunny Craft ~A quick and easy Easter for the kids (and it uses up those extra egg cartons).

Kim- Flowers and Art ~Kim finishes her needle-felted bracelet with a flower theme.

Taz’s Corner – Free-Mixed Media Tips and Techniques! Art Journals and More… ~Laura shares tips from her secret stash of techniques and tricks!

Beading Arts ~Cyndi has a copy of the wonderful new book “Endless Sparkle” that she is just dying to give away!

Creative Dreamer ~June is sharing a recipe for Spicy Thai Peanut Noodles…yum!

Eileen – The Artful Crafter ~Eileen made a necklace and earring set using shells gathered on vacation and shares the directions.

Made By Nicole ~If Nothing Ever Changed, There’d Be No Butterflies – this mixed-media art piece was made using the bits of paper trash acquired during the weekend.

Happy crafting! Have a wonderful weekend!

Filed Under: Handmade Tagged With: arts and crafts, beading, crafts, recipes

First Week of April Crafty Links

April 6, 2011 By Linette Leave a Comment

Yay! It’s April and spring seems to be in full swing here in Ohio. Of course I’m running behind on my craft links again this week! I should be done with vacations and deadlines for a while, so hopefully I’ll get back in the swing of things and get these posted on the weekend. But then again, knowing me, maybe not!

Laura – Taz’s Corner ~Cherie talks about what to buy and what to skip at rummages this summer.

Rummage Sales for Craft Supplies ~Cherie talks about what to buy and what to skip at rummages this summer.

Moore (Gourd)Whimsies ~100th Follower and a Giveaway!

Beading Arts ~Do you like copper and turquoise together? Then you’re going to love this new tutorial that Cyndi wrote up for you!

Pirate Scrapbook Pages ~Fun scrapbook idea for the pirate fan in the family.

Creative Dreamer ~The March Creativity Invitation prompt is to create a journal page, and this month June has shared her techniques to create an entire journal… now she’s giving that journal away. Come put your entry in!

Eileen – The Artful Crafter ~Eileen shares directions for sewing a secret pockets hanger cover. This clever organizer can also be used to organize outfits.

Kim-Flowers and Art ~Kim makes a bracelet out of wool roving. Come see how !!

Made By Nicole ~You’d never guess this pretty spring wreath is made quickly and simply with ordinary paper towels.

Have a wonderful week!

Filed Under: Handmade Tagged With: arts and crafts, beading, craft supplies, scrapbook pages, spring crafts

Arts and Crafts Link Roundup~ Hello New Crafters!

March 30, 2011 By Linette 1 Comment

We have some new crafters who have joined our little group, so I just wanted to take this opportunity to officially welcome them! I also wanted to give you the opportunity to check out some of their cool crafts (and recipes). I’m a little late getting things posted this week. I had a deadline to meet with another project, so I’m running a bit behind!

I definitely found plenty of inspiration in this weeks links and I hope you do too! I don’t know about you, but it’s starting to look a little like spring here! Well, except for the snow we got today, but I have high hopes…

Barbara Moore-Gourd Art
Look how close Barbara’s getting!!!

Made By Nicole
If you like Sticky Toffee Pudding, you’re going to love this easy recipe for Arabian Date Cake!

Canvas Paper House
Step one of a journaling house Cherie is making, using canvas paper and collage.

Kim- Flowers and Art
A Shot of Spring-Kim dresses up her window with a little springtime crafting

Creative Dreamer
Let’s talk paper…Some ideas about what kinds of papers to use for creative journaling.

Eileen – The Artful Crafter
Eileen reviews Chapter 4 of Cyndi Lavin’s eBook, “Every Bead Has a Story”.

Hope you all are having a wonderful week!

Filed Under: Handmade, Home Tagged With: arts and crafts, beading, crafts, journaling, recipes

End Of January Crafty Links

January 29, 2011 By Linette Leave a Comment

I can’t believe it’s almost the end of January already! C’mon spring! Actually just a little warmer weather would be nice. I wouldn’t really want to skip February (as long as I could spend it somewhere warm).

I have some fun crafty links to share with you this weekend. I hope you enjoy checking them all out as much as I did.

Mixed Media Picture Experiment Love this! Cherie tries to change the look of a painting using mixed media techniques.

Creative Dreamer
The first two hearts in a series of six… just in time for Valentine’s Day. And the best part? They’re for you! (More freebies!!!)

Beading Arts
Cyndi put the finishing touches on her beaded postcards!

Eileen – The Artful Crafter
Have you ever crafted by camp light? Come on a crafting adventure with Eileen.

Robot Treat Bag
This little robot would be cute for a robot birthday party, or to hold your Valentine’s Day cards.

Do you have any crafty plans for this weekend?

Filed Under: Handmade Tagged With: arts and crafts, beading, crafts, painting

Crafty Christmas Gift Ideas Roundup

December 19, 2010 By Linette Leave a Comment

Looking for some crafty gift ideas this holiday season, or something to give that crafty person on your Christmas list? Check out a few of these fun ideas from some of my crafty blogger friends:

Creative Dreamer
Shows you how to make a really cute gift idea a Christmas Nail ornament from an old nail.

Beading Arts
How about an entire month of fast and easy tutorials for handmade jewelry gifts?

Gifts for Your Favorite Crafter
Gift ideas to buy for that crafty person on your list.

Eileen – The Artful Crafter
Come join The Artful Crafter Christmas Parade of Crafts. Pssst … don’t miss the fabulous freebies at the end of the parade.

Pine Cone Craft Ideas
A list of 12 fun pine cone craft ideas kids can make, and they’d make great handmade gifts!

Filed Under: Handmade, Home Tagged With: arts and crafts, Christmas crafts, crafts, handmade, handmade Christmas