Freshly back from a 3 week trip to Central America at the end of December/beginning of January, I have created the first of a 3 part series of tropical bird prints. I visited a bird sanctuary in Honduras, and was inspired to illustrate these beautiful tropical birds. Here is the first print, available now on studioahimsa for $15! More about this print: This colorful print features 3 tropical birds on branches, printed on high quality thick art paper made of 90% bamboo 10% cotton with ...
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Love Notes for your Valentine
Leave messages of love any time of year to surprise your loved ones. Try stringing up a few of these heart-shaped paper or fabric hearts, which will serve as a nice welcome when placed near an entrance: See the instructions here. Rifle Paper Shop has a lovely selection of more typical love notes in the form of Valentine's Day cards: Keep this sign of your love displayed permanently, or bring it out when your loved one needs a reminder: ...
Handmade With Love Giveaway {Closed}
Welcome to the Handmade with Love Giveaway! This is all about celebrating handmade products to share with your loved ones. There are 4 days to enter this giveaway hop - after you've entered, hop to the next blog in the list at the end of this post and enter their giveaway! I have 3 different prize packages available to be won. 1) Personalized Prize Pack - Open to US/Canada only Sima G Jewelry makes gorgeous personalized necklaces, as well as simple, beautiful jewelry. You can win one of ...
Handmade Recycled Stationery from Studioahimsa
Studioahimsa specializes in stationery and (limited edition) prints. Linocut is our specialty. We love creating paper goods w/ 100% post-consumer recycled paper! All jewelry and paintings are now on Two Bears One Heart. Inspired by Canadian and other landscape, animals, and nature generally, we strive to respect all living things. Based in Vancouver, Canada, studioahimsa is the joint creative venture of Tazim and Greg. All envelopes, paper and cards in our greeting cards and letter sets ...
Shiny New Necklaces from Once Upon a Peony
If you've been reading this blog for a while now, you will be familiar with Marissa's Etsy shop Once Upon a Peony. Marissa offers a wide range of beautiful accessories in her shop, and currently has a Buy 3 Get 1 Free sale on earrings. This necklace - Rose Gold Geometry Necklace in Rhombus - is one of Marissa'a new creations, and you can enter to win it as part of the A Blogtastic Extravaganza giveaway package: ...
To Sell Artwork, You Must First Promote It {Guest Post}
My name is Gregory Peters and I am an artist living in Long Beach, California. I promote and sell artwork locally and on the Internet via my web site, DimensionalCanvas.com. Additionally, I write about promoting the sale of artwork. I’ve spent years promoting goods and services for many major companies, and have successfully applied many of those same skills to selling my artwork. It’s always an adventure selling art, and the experience is constantly changing. I’ve certainly learned a ...
Creative Organization Products – Mable Mae Feature
It's a new year and - I don't know about you - but, I have resolved to be more organized this year! Mable Mae, a lovely online shop, has all sorts of beautiful organizational products for your home/office to help you (and I) along with our goal. Here is a bit about the artist behind Mable Mae, from her profile: I’m Lenesha. I love old jars, bangle bracelets, weddings, patterned paper, Fashion Royalty dolls and the color pink. I'm a proud Air Force wife, whose days are filled with ...
Re-Creation – Creative Re-Use {Guest Post}
It breaks my heart to see what people throw in the trash. Junk mail, magazines and catalogs are some of my most favorite raw materials. I also scour thrift stores and yard sales to find out-of-date or unusable maps, dictionaries, books and wrapping paper. Many people see these items simply as garbage. I see a much bigger potential in every already used sheet’s texture and surface. Paper is stronger than we give it credit for, especially when it has joined forces with lots of other sheets. I love ...
It’s a Shiny New Year!
I already told you about the A Blogtastic Extravaganza prize package to help you keep your resolution to get more organized this year. This 2nd prize package for the giveaway hop has nothing to do with list-making. . .it is just a fun package of all things sparkly!! This prize package will include jewelry, glassware, and hopefully some other things. I am still looking for more sponsors for this package. Sponsors so far: Once Upon a Peony – Marrisa creates lovely accessories for hair, ...
Resolve to Support Handmade
For the holidays, I've sold a few items from my studioahimsa handmade recycled paper stationery shop. I'm so happy that some people have decided to shop from artisans and have supported handmade products. I hope that this continues, and in the new year more people pledge to support handmade products/artisans even more! I'm glad that the new giveaway hop hosted by Simply Stacie, Little Yaya's, Survey Junkie and Kelly's Lucky You, is all about handmade! The event runs in early February, before ...