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Are you over committed?

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Do you get excited and say yes, or volunteer without a thought of all other prior commitments? We creative types are just naturally generous and helpful, right? I know from experience how easy it is to throw up my hand and say I can do that! Saying you will do it is so much easier [...]

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This story is dedicated to all Artist’s working with their hands

Friday, March 9th, 2012

Grandpa, some ninety plus years young, sat feebly on the patio bench. He didn’t move, he just sat with his head down staring at his hands. When I sat down beside him he didn’t acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat, I wondered if he was OK. Finally, not really wanting to disturb him [...]

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I Beat those Handmade Button Blues

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

By Beverley Start, March 2012 I’ll be enjoying one of those afternoons where I will be cruising the internet and finding inspiration again and again, meeting new artists, and just loving the access we have these days because we’re all online. I mean, it’s such a wonderful thing that we can interact with artists across [...]

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My European Touch

Thursday, March 8th, 2012

Born and raised in Germany, I have been an artist all my life and worked with a lot of different mediums; been a mosaic artist for 9 years now. I specialize in doing mosaics using a style referred to as “Pique Assiette or Tesserae” This process involves transforming vintage china/porcelain plates into artistic designs that [...]

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” Support Handmade… It’s Where The Hearts At ” …

Friday, February 10th, 2012

My newest treasury… there are so many absolutely talented artists/artisans .. here in Etsyland… from painters.. photographers… crafters…. beaders…sculpters… seamstresses…just to name a few… people that are so visually keen… have a sense of style.. proportion… just know what works!! .. We are the small folk… no big corporation behind us .. but we are [...]

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European Box Bracelet

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

I thought and thought and thought and just could not devise an unique chain pattern of my own, so I sat down and made a European Box chain with 6 mm ID rings (hand cut from 18 gauge round copper wire). The result is a 7 inch bracelet here displayed on a flocked hand. The [...]

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handcrafted

Are you over committed?

This story is dedicated to all Artist’s working with their hands

I Beat those Handmade Button Blues

My European Touch

” Support Handmade… It’s Where The Hearts At ” …

European Box Bracelet

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