Karen Trizese goes by the name of Ditsy Blue and is both the art bead artist and the designer of this delightful necklace. Miss Karen tells us that she is not normally a fan of green and red together,…
POW! Don’t you love these colours? I do. I adore this mix of tropical, juicy, fruity pinks, yellows, oranges and reds. I picked up this bundle of sari silk recently and I knew straight away that I wanted to…
Hello June-Bugs! Can you believe we are almost halfway through 2014? I really and truly can’t. I have about 7 weeks left until we leave Northern Ireland – I’m trying not to count down the days too much, but live…
I’m going to start this Inside the Studio post with a shot taken just outside my studio. I did my regular artisan market at the weekend. My flat (where I work) is in the town centre, in the market…
When I first saw this month’s challenge artwork, all I could see was the complements of red and green. That combo reminds me of Christmas, but it’s also a really powerful complementary color scheme. Red never looks more red…
Our Wonderful sponsors for the June Challenge. We will have 2 Lucky Winners this Month! Ema K Design Ema Kilroy of Ema K Designs specializes in handmade beads and jewelry. She works with Italian, German and American glass to create…
Trees Laden with Parasites and Epiphytes in a Brazilian Garden, 1873 by Marianne North Oil on Paper About the Art Marianne North was a prolific English Victorian biologist and botanical artist, notable for her plant and landscape paintings, her extensive…
Congratulations to this Month’s winners! 1 winner was chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants. 1 winner was chosen randomly from the InLinkz blog entries. Our first lucky winner is Mona Arnot/bijouxgemsjoy. She has won 3 Simple Truth Pendants from Tesori Trovati. Our second lucky winner is Biehive/Honey…
I have to apologize for the lack of a Perfect Pairings post on Wednesday. I have been having some technical difficulties this week accessing the Flickr pool. That and I was busy with the funeral for my 89 year…
Long story short, I recently went to a beady event where there were a number of art bead makers selling their work. Obviously I had to get a wee (or, in some cases, no so wee) something from every…