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December Monthly Challenge Color Palette

This month, we have the lovely Winter Landscape by Kandinsky as our monthly challenge inspiration. Winter Landscape is a fun painting to use, because it has colors in it that people wouldn’t normally associate with December or winter. Instead…

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December Monthly Challenge

Winter Landscape by Wassily Kandinsky, 1909 Oil on cardboard 75.5 cm × 97.5 cm The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia About the Art Colour played a major role in Kandinsky’s progress towards abstract art. It is said that…

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November Monthly Challenge Winners

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 SJ Wentling/Sarajo Wentling. She has won 2 Pendants and 2 Beads from Swoondimples. Our second lucky winner is BeadLove/Ann Schroeder.…

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Amuse Your Muse Monday with Rebecca of Songbead

Pinch, punch, first second of the month….happy December everyone! I love this month, even with it’s cold, wet weather and extreme busy-ness – there are twinkling lights, festivities, mulled wine and mince pies – what more could you want from this…

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20 Sales in 20 Days Challenge

Want a boost to your holiday sales?  I invite you take the Flourish & Thrive Academy’s 20 Sales in 20 Days Challenge.  I did this in October and had great results.  You can rearrange the daily challenges to fit…

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November Monthly Challenge Recap

November’s challenge painting treated us to the bounty of the harvest season. The juicy fruit, the celebration of wine, the welcoming at the table. This reminds me of good food shared with family and friends. And our various challenge…

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Happy Thanksgiving and Bead Sale Round Up

The Art Bead Scene team is so thankful for our readers! Today as we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the U.S. we want to say a huge and heart-felt thank you for stopping by, leaving comments and participating in our…

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Tutorial Tuesday: Wooded Path Bracelet

  Add a little color and texture to a simple design with this knotted waxed linen technique.  Pair up any trio of art beads with larger holes to create endless variations of this style. My art bead trio includes…