Welcome to Discover Handmade Valentines for January 31 Good morning and welcome to Discover Handmade Valentines. Did you know *nearly 142 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged (excluding packaged kids for classroom exchanges). Wow! That is a lot of Love! Speaking of love, what did I find to share with you today? Gift suggestions for […]
What is your feeling when you are creating? According to Patti, “When I am imagining, drawing, sawing, and eventually mosaicking on of my creations, my mind is free of stress and problems. I am in a very quiet place that is free of the more negative aspects of life.” What an amazing way to spend […]
I was so flattered to be given the opportunity to be a contributor here on the HandmadeArtists Blog. It’s a simple commitment….write one article a month. I like to write so this should be easy….right? Not this month! The month is almost gone, and I hadn’t typed a single word. Yesterday and today, I’ve been […]
Handmade Artists Shout Out bjs gourdartetc is this weeks Handmade Aritsts Shout Out. You will find beautiful gourds to adorn your home or garden in this shop! Pictured above: Native Designed small gourd bowl Unlike some of my small gourd bowls this has different designs all the way around the bowl. Painted with Acrylics Bright […]
Welcome to Discover Handmade: It’s all about Garnet January 24 Discover Handmade is featuring Garnet themed products this week. The Gemological Institute of America (or GIA) notes “Red garnets have a long history, but there is a rich palette of garnet colors: greens, oranges, pinkish oranges, deeply saturated purplish reds, and even some blues”….read more […]
I know you just absolutely had to know this….right?! January 23 is “Measure Your Feet Day” – again I ask….”Why!?!” Could not find an answer, but thought it was interesting and funny enough to use it for a blog post. First to take care of your footisies, I do love these precious things…..made by iKnitQuiltSew […]
Welcome everyone, it’s January 17 and this is Discover Handmade Orchid Pantone (a company with authority on color) has named ‘Radiant Orchid‘ as the 2014 color of the year. With that in mind, I thought it would be fun to share ‘Orchid’ themed products this week. Move on over Emerald…..cause Orchid is taking over! Hunt […]
“I have always lived or wanted an interactive life. Watching television or sports or anything that did not involve me doing something hands on was never enough for me.” Laura Da Goddess Laura spent time as an IT tech for a nonprofit organization that provides advocates to the disabled and mentally challenged until about 8 […]
Pink is soft, comforting, gentle; red is bold, dangerous, alarming and dramatic. Blue is calm, serious, suggesting allegiance and loyalty. Yellow and green remind us of springtime, newness, happiness. Pantone.com is a color monitoring site that predicts the fashion hues of each season. The Pantone prime color of 2014 is called Radiant Orchid, red toned […]
New Years is traditionally a time to set goals for yourself and one of the biggest is to get organized! While this task may seem overwhelming to many of us, the talented artists on HandmadeArtists have made the job easier. May I present to you some amazing works in honor of National Organize Your Home […]
