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Featured Artist Chris of CTCosta Photography

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When life gives you lemons you make lemonade, right? Easier said than done, though I have found an amazing artist who did just that and found a renewed love for an old passion. Chris Costa lives in beautiful Broomall, Pennsylvania with his wife and four children who range in age from 1 to 17. When [...]

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Finding Inspiration for Combining the New Colors in your Craft

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Terri from Craft Biz Blog.com Ever since I posted the Pantone Fall 2013 color palette, I’ve heard from readers saying they are having difficulty combining the colors in their work. I have a 3 word solution to that dilemma. “Take a Walk”. Just glancing at the color swatches, it does look like an odd group [...]

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Featured Artist Tamara of Art by Tam

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We learn from our mistakes. We have all heard this before, but Tamara really took this to heart! Tamera is a loving mother of two teenage boys that sees life through an artist’s eyes. She is married to her High School sweetheart…..awe! And is often surrounded by a large and loving family. She credits her [...]

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World Penguin Day

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Today is the day to celebrate those wonderful, tux wearing, flightless birds that thrive in the coldest of climates. Like something out of a children’s book, these wonderful birds are amazing to see. In celebration of these unique creatures, and World Penguin Day, I present to you some amazing works of art celebrating penguins! Penguin [...]

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Featured Artist Pat of Chase Your Dreams

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Some live their lives with absolute passion…living to fullest in everything that they do. This is the case of Pat..whose life is a whirlwind of activity; all creative and full of color. Pat is a professional trainer of Miniature Horses and Shetland Ponies which she shows on both local and national levels. She has published [...]

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National Stress Awareness Day

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In this day and age we are always running from one obligation to the next, checking our phones and scheduling our time. It is no wonder we are stressed! Maybe it is time to take a break and distress? In honor of this need to relax, let’s celebrate National Stress Awareness Day with some amazing [...]

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Backlinks – DIY for SEO

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I’ve been trying to spend a little time each day to learn something new about SEO (search engine optimization), tags, metatags, anything to help with getting my brand out there so people will love my shop, and more importantly, purchase from my shop. I have discovered, the hard way, that the phrase “if you build [...]

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What is Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed. There is an important distinction between “mixed-media” artworks and “multimedia art”. Mixed Media.tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct visual art media. For example, a work on [...]

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Herb and Dorothy 2008

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Filmmaker Megumi Sasaki’s-”Herb and Dorothy” 2008 An independent film review….. Meet The Vogel’s, an unassuming but inspiring couple who spent their lives obsessively and respectfully acquiring one of the most significant collections of contemporary art in New York City beginning in the 1960′s. Herbert and Dorothy Vogel began their relationship as wannabe artists living in [...]

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Spring is Sprung

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Thanks to Larissa of Fabric of My Mind for allowing me to use her photos to illustrate my blog today. Spring has certainly sprung in Florida. I thought that the last little cold snap was going to hurt the beautiful buds I see sprouting everywhere, but alas, not enough of the cold to stand in [...]

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