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Artsy Blogger Weekend Roundup~ Fun Stuff For Fall Edition

September 19, 2010 By Linette 2 Comments

The air has been crisp, and a little cooler here for about the last week. I’ve really been enjoying the fall like weather, I just wish we’d get a little rain! Everything here is looking brown and crispy! It does have me in the mood for fall! I’m ready for bonfires, and pumpkin pie.

I hope this weeks Artsy Blogger roundup gets you in the mood for fall too! Check out these links for some fun reading.

Beading Arts
Wool roving for a necklace? Cyndi’s tutorial is finished!

Creative Dreamer
Part b of the cutie Halloween pumpkin… and in next week’s link, the wrap up and pattern!

Cthulhu Fireworm Scarf – Free Crochet Pattern
A fast and easy crocheted scarf for the geek in your life.

Eileen – The Artful Crafter
Many artists and crafters find it helpful to set goals for their art but do so in different ways. How about you? Do you have any goals or methods for improving in your art?

Jack o Lantern Pumpkin Cheesecake Balls
A fun treat to make for those fall and Halloween parties.

Filed Under: Handmade, Seasons/Holiday Tagged With: arts and crafts, crafts, fall, Halloween

Artsy Blogger Links~ Beginning of July Edition

July 5, 2010 By Linette Leave a Comment

I’m a little behind on my links this week! I think I just had too much 4th of July, and not enough worry about working! We had a wonderful weekend at the lake, with plenty of fireworks and swimming. Now it’s back to reality! Well at least a little more reality.

Here are some great artsy and crafty links for you to check out this week, with plenty of fun fresh ideas.

Baby teething necklace part 2
Last week, Noreen posted part 1 of the process (including some how NOT to’s) of making wonderful oversize wooden beads for a baby teething necklace for her grandbaby. This week, she shows how she put it all together.

Beading Arts
Do you like beaded beads? Cyndi shares a tubular peyote bead that takes center stage!

Creative Dreamer
I issued a creativity prompt for our Creativity Invitation at the beginning of June…”Let them eat cake!”…here is my own entry into the challenge!

Fun 4th of July Cake and Cupcake Ideas
A little last minute cake and cupcake inspiration for your 4th of July celebration.

Making an Art Pact
When life stresses you out and you don’t have time to do something creative, how about making a pact with a friend?

The Artful Crafter
Eileen shares step-by-step instructions for making a wooden country critter wall plaque.

Hope you have a good one!

Filed Under: Handmade Tagged With: 4th of July, arts and crafts, creative, cupcake ideas, step by step

Artsy Blogger’s Weekend Roundup: Mother’s Day Weekend Edition

May 8, 2010 By Linette 1 Comment

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Mother’s Day Weekend!

I’m super excited this weekend for my friend Cyndi! Cyndi has launched the first installment of her brand new e-book on bead embroidery… called Every Bead Has a Story, and the first chapter’s free! Hurry over for your copy! Cyndi does some fabulous work, and she’s sharing some of her fabulous techniques. Click on the image above to head on over!

June is setting up a monthly creativity prompt at Creative Dreamer, and would LOVE having you play along…come see how it works and join in the fun!

Do you enjoy Digital collage art? Or are you afraid to give it a try? Katelyn talks about what goes into a digital collage.

Cherie shares some Tips for Making an Inexpensive Comforter. Check out some frugal ways to make a quick and easy bed quilt.

Did you know you can make your own puzzles? Check it out. How to make your own puzzles.

Know someone who’s getting married? The DIY wedding series continues with tips and tricks for making your own wedding favors.

Hmmm… the tooth fairy takes teeth and leaves money, so what does the Menopause fairy take and what does she leave behind? Well… hopefully a sense of humour and delight. Noreen has designed a fun homage to the Menopause Fairy, and has also uploaded a very neat new video tutorial on how to adapt a 4 peg spool knitter into a 5 peg spool knitter. So cool!

I’m super excited about the new Cricut Cake! Have you seen this latest machine from Cricut? It’s not for scrapbooking, it’s for cake decorating! Go check it out! Woot!

Filed Under: Handmade Tagged With: arts and crafts, beading arts book, creativity prompt, Cricut Cake, digital collage, diy wedding, make a bed quilt, make puzzles, peg spool knitting

Artsy Blogger Roundup~ Spring Fun Edition!

April 18, 2010 By Linette Leave a Comment

It’s been a beautiful Ohio spring weekend here. Things always seem to start to get hectic this time of the year. Just when you want to slow down and enjoy the sunshine! This weekend was crazy busy, so I’m just getting the Artsy Blogger roundup done. It’s technically still the weekend until midnight, right?

Our fruit trees are blooming and looking fabulous! Here’s a quick shot of a few of the blooms on one of the apple trees.

Spring is a wonderful time for new beginnings, and cleaning out the old so you can have in with the new. I have some fun links to share with you this weekend and many of them do just that. From candied violets, to fishing cupcakes, and organizing your scrapbook stickers, there are tons of fun weekend reading links for you to check out for spring ideas.

Mirrors and Poetry ~ Cherie uses lines from her poetry to create one-of-a-kind mirrors.

Knitting Video Tutorials ~ This week, Noreen made 3 new video tutorials showing different techniques for spool knitting with 2 pegs – great for jewelry making and lots of other things, too!

Fabulous Floral Necklace ~Cyndi has just finished up a floral necklace that features fabric!

Envelope Books ~How to make an envelope book for little treasures or clutter.

Make Candied Violets ~ Violets are everywhere! Let’s sugar some for sweet goodie decorations!

Organizing Scrapbooking Stickers ~ Follow along with Katelyn as she organizes her art studio, starting with scrapbooking stickers.

Easy Dog Bandannas ~ How to make bandannas for your favorite fur kid.

Gone Fishing Cupcakes ~ Super quick and easy. Perfect for dad on Father’s Day.

Filed Under: Handmade, Home Tagged With: arts and crafts, candied violets, crafts, decorative mirrors, organization, scrapbooking, tutorials

Weekend Arts and Crafts Blog Links

April 11, 2010 By Linette Leave a Comment

I hope you’re having a wonderful weekend! It’s been a beautiful weekend here so far. Sunny and very spring like. I have a few fun weekend craft links for you to check out for your weekend reading.

Katelyn has an easy tutorial on How to Make Stencils from Magazine Pages.

How to Transform an Old Desk and make it come back to life.

Cyndi has found a *lot* of seed bead tutorials lurking in her blog’s archives at Beading Arts!

Do you have a beloved piece of fabric, but can’t decide what to make out of it? How about making a piece of jewelry? You can make 3D pins from fabric motivesIt’s quick, easy and very pretty!

Noreen has figured out several different ways of weaving triangles on the pothholder loom, using yarn. Hop on over to check out the video tutorial for the bias or continuous weaving technique.

Does your craft space need some decluttering? Here are some ways to donate your excess projects and supplies.

Image: sxc.hu

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

Artsy Blogger Weekend Roundup~ It’s Spring! Edition

April 4, 2010 By Linette Leave a Comment

It’s been sunny and in the 70′s here all week. It’s been such a wonderful week to have my son home on spring break. We’ve gotten outside and had some fun every day.

My daffodils are in full bloom, and looking fabulous.

This weekend’s links are all about celebrating spring, so I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I have.

Chloe has posted a tutorial on how to make your own stamped scrapbooking ribbons.
The Artful Crafter read about some glass etching tips from master etcher Eric Robert.
With spring springing up all over, Creative Dreamer shared her favorite cake recipe for spring. It goes PERFECTLY with fresh fruit…or, candied violets….
Nostepinnes are an ancient way of winding flat, stackable, center pull balls of yarn. There is a knack to learning the skill of winding yarn on the nostie, and at Tottie Talks Crafts Noreen has made a video tutorial to show how it’s done.
At Beading Arts Cyndi shares how she constructs her bead embroidered cuff bracelets for the Bead Journal Project.
The Kid’s Fun Review has a cute sweet pea cupcake topper and a scrapbook page.
Etsy find~ check out these Poetry Mirrors~ Painted mirrors, handcrafted, with lines from poems.

Have a wonderful Easter!

Filed Under: Handmade, Home Tagged With: arts and crafts, crafts, glass etching, scrapbooking, spring projects

Artsy Blogger’s Weekend Roundup

March 29, 2010 By Linette Leave a Comment

I’m late on my weekend arts and craft links this week. It’s been a super busy weekend at our house, and it’s the start of what’s sure to be a crazy busy week. Hopefully you’ll still have time to sit down and take a look at some of the fun links we have this week.

There are several spring and Easter inspired projects in the group, hopefully they’ll inspire you to do some spring creating. Check them out!

Noreen was inspired by some links from the Artsy Bloggers group and has designed some adorable paper Springtime eggs.
Are you ready for spring? Cyndi’s made a spring bracelet sponsored by Artbeads to celebrate this most wonderful of all seasons.
This month has been a month of give aways, there have been twelve “doodles” so far, with three more to go, and one art doll still to find a new home…here’s one final “bonus” doodle.
Have you seen Xyron’s Creatopia? Prepare to be amazed by the baby booties going through a Creatopia in the video!
A trip to the Dollar Store yielded the supplies to make this fun Easter craft.

Have fun!

Filed Under: Handmade Tagged With: arts and crafts, crafty links, Easter crafts, spring projects

Artsy Bloggers Link Roundup~ A Roundup of Some Really Cool Arts and Crafts

March 20, 2010 By Linette Leave a Comment

I have some really cool arts and crafts links to share with you today for your weekend reading enjoyment.

I don’t know about you, but the weather has been beautiful here! Sunny and spring-like all week. I think we’re supposed to get some rain Sunday, so I’m taking advantage of the sun while I can.

I hope you find as much inspiration in this weeks links as I have. Enjoy!

At Tottie Talks Crafts Noreen talks about Zentangling (something I’d really like to try) and how doodling is so much more than mindless twiddling with a pencil- it can be a great source of design inspiration.
At Beading Arts Cyndi worked out a pattern for a simple but pretty floral seed bead chain!
Looking for canning jar art ideas and supplies? Let Eileen at The Artful Crafter help you out with resources and tips.
It’s a month of give-aways over at Creative Dreamer…and she’s half way through. Go check out what’s going on and toss your name in the hat!!!
At Gadabout DIY you can learn how to turn a fabric remnant into a pretty and stylish fringed scarf in an afternoon.
Did you art your mission statement this year? Katelyn at Crafty Blogger finally got her yearly mixed media mission statement done and is hanging it right in front of her desk so she stays inspired to follow it.
Here at The Home and Garden Cafe I shared a paper mache Easter table centerpiece that was super simple to create.

That’s it for this weeks crafty inspiration. Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Filed Under: Handmade, Home Tagged With: arts and crafts, crafts, Easter crafts, mason jar crafts, mixed media, zentangling

Arts and Crafts Blogger Roundup

March 12, 2010 By Linette Leave a Comment

I have a new feature I’m starting here at The Home and Garden Cafe! Every weekend I’ll have a roundup of fun artsy projects and information for your enjoyment from some of my talented blogging friends. I hope you enjoy it!

I have a few arts and crafts up my own sleeve to bring you in the next couple weeks, so stay tuned!

Here’s what’s up for this week:

Cyndi has a fabulous Zulugrass bracelet to giveaway at Beading Arts!
Let’s finish the book…Creative Dream shows you how to put together your own book...come see how it was done!
Chloe at Gadabout Media DIY shares how to use your sewing machine to help decorate for Easter with some cute embroidered Easter eggs.
Gadabout Media Holidays invites you to spring into warmer weather with mixed media wooden letters.
Takes a spin with Eileen and Shaaron at the Artful Crafter on the Craft-N-Spin crafting turntable.
I posted some fun St. Patrick’s Day craft ideas for kids at The Kid’s Fun Review.
A friend of Noreen’s mentioned that she uses her doodling for inspiration in crochet. That inspired Noreen to make a Doodle Doll with spool knitted arms and legs. Check out how to make a Doodle Doll at Tottie Talks Crafts.

That’s this weeks crafty inspiration for you, hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Filed Under: Handmade, Home Tagged With: arts and crafts, crafts, Easter crafts, make a doll, mixed media, St. Patrick's day crafts