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Reader, Vicki Forrester sent us information on her very exciting venture in London. She is the founder of Flux Studios in South London, which is a great opportunity for professional jewelry makers, hobbyists, new graduates, those new to jewelry making etc.
Flux…
image by CC Designs and Christina
Kiki La Rue is an absolutely adorable new stamp line from CC Deisgns available at All That Stamps. I can totally relate this this cute little coffee girl, can’t you?? 
-Heather
by Lala Ortiz
Lala Ortiz has been posting her process as she created this Fire Dragon mask, and I have loved watching it take shape!
Click here to go see the completed mask, but be sure and click through previous entries to get…
by Kathy Canuel
Going through my personal archives of favorite tutorials, I rediscovered this tutorial by Kathy Canuel on how to make word stamps out of polymer clay. Click here to go check it out.
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Fire Mountain Gem and Beads are having a big close-out sale on certain lines of beads.
Here is what they have to say about it:
The $3 Bead-a-Rama is back! Stock up on limited inventory closeout buys, starting under $3. Fill your bead box…
image by Tim Holtz
It’s no secret that I LOVE Tim Holtz, his products are always wonderful and I’m so excited when he comes out with something new. One of my favorite products from him is his crackle paint, it’s so…
I got an email this morning from a shop that said “Summer’s slowly drawing to a close, there’s a tinge of Autumn in the air….”
If that were only true. We had a frost advisory last night. We had 37 degrees…
Shirley Anne Sherris’ new book Embroidered Jewellery is now available on Amazon.
This book discusses using hand and machine embroidery techniques to create pieces of jewelry. It comes with projects for the reader to create and discusses topics such as how to…
Spend Saturday, September 12, with designer & author Véronik Avery: Beyond the Pattern Workshop plus Book Signing and Trunk Show. - 8/27/2009…
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image by Squigglefly
Squigglefly Digital stamps has a huge selection of great digital stamp images, everything from anime images to sweet kids, funny people and cute animals. And if you’ve never tried digital stamps before they offer several free images to try.
-Heather
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Originally uploaded by Yummy Pancake
Forget the kids, I know a few husbands who would like to play with this baby rattle.
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by Foah Designs
Pamela of Foah Designs has posted this tutorial for a polymer clay wallet. She’s included lots of pictures and explanations to make you confident in tackling this project! Click here to go to her site and get started!
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image by Judi Anderson and Pink Persimmon
I just found the coolest clear stamps called Pink Persimmon. Several of their sets have a wonderful “yesteryear” feeling to them. I *love* this Little Red Wagon set, so fun and nostalgic!
image by Pink Persimmon
by Victoria James
Aren’t these ATCs (Artist Trading Cards) by Victoria James lovely? Painted on the front, and finished with mica shift on the back. Click here to head over to her site and check them out!
What a wonderful resource for teachers!! Not only does Picture Book of the Day give recommendations for great books to read aloud in the classroom, but also mini lessons that go along with each book!! She even categorizes the lessons…
Martha Stewart comes to the rescue with adorable printable stickers for your notebooks and lunches. The instructions say that you just download the file and then print on sticker paper that you purchase at your local office supply store. Fantastic!
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My family has been in town all week, so it’s been hard to find time for the computer. Everyone else is still asleep this morning, so I’m typing up a few fun ideas to get you pumped this new school…
image by Norajane
Norajane stamps on Etsy offers the cutest tiniest little peg stamps from her families company Rubber Stamp Tapestry. The floral stamps work well together to make wonderful stamped backgrounds, scenes, floral arrangements and wreaths. What a sweet way to…
image by Interweave and Art Gone Wild
Interweave has a small selection of cool artsy stamps on sale from now until Sept 2. enter code MM0809 at checkout to save 15% off! Click here to view their stamps.
-Heather
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