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Saturday, June 18, 2011

Shrine

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Obvious

Obvious

Vintage look jewelry
ross-simons.com

Butterfly Background
€70 - heine.de

Hedwig™ Flying
$20 - harrypotterwallart.com

ikea SLÄTTHULT
$4.99 - ikea.com

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Time Flies Away

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Shrine

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

Confession :Polyvore Anyone?


I have to admit,  I'm addicted to eye candy. Anything that catches my eye is flame for the fire. Perhaps I should say food for the gluttonous visual feast. As far as eye candy is concerned, I have a huge appetite.

I am an artist by nature. I even would admit that I am a secret hoarder, a crow cawing with glee when I find a glittery treasure that is visible to only me. 

Now I must say that anyone who knows me well knows that I am a hoarder. My dear husband of 21 years knows this secret all too well. My hoarding, which I prefer to call my collection in the sacred pursuit of Art, is limited to books and magazines and clippings.  Thankfully my husband is accepting because he loves me and is very wise.

If it weren't for him, our home could be wall to wall books with a small path leading from room to room with a small corner for chairs, tables, and furniture. I tend to think of him as the voice of reason. His influence and my pocketbook keep me from slipping into complete slobdom or being seen on tv as the woman who died in her house surrounded by a tower of leaning books.

Once again, I must say that I prefer to think of myself as a collector. I'm not a mere slob hoarding cheese wrappers and paper towels. My collection is for a higher calling. Making art.

So what does this have to do with anything? I'm sure you are wondering what this has to do with polyvore. Some of you may be asking what in god's name is polyvore. Seven days ago, I had never heard of polyvore.

Polyvore is the leading community site for online style where users are empowered to discover their style and set trends.  (I got this directly from the web.) Polyvore is a lot like playing paper dolls with pictures of real clothes. (Another quote from the web)

For me as an artist,  polyvore is this amazing online community of artists. For me as an artist, polyvore is this huge artistic playground, one big magazine that I can clip these cool images from.

Polyvore is EYE CANDY HEAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!


I stumbled onto polyvore when I was googling images for Frida Kahlo. Googling images for this and that is another one of my ways of scrolling for eye candy. I had just read a book about Frida and I discovered this set:

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Swarovski orange jewelry
38 GBP - avalaya.com

Avalaya boho jewelry
11 GBP - avalaya.com

Gold Mirror
insideavenue.com



Catalog - Flowers - Leaves
$7.50 - tinseltrading.com

 
As soon as I saw it I had to know more!  I joined immediately.
 
This was my first set!
 



Fly 53 Dulcimer Jumper
34 GBP - fashionbeans.com

Driftwood Mirror
$199 - crateandbarrel.com




Second Set:



Polyvore is good news, for all these reasons!

1.   I can keep my collections in one central place on the computer.
2.   I get to see as much eye candy as I want, as often as I want, whenver I want.
3.   Not as many trips to the library
4.   Not so much clutter around the house.
5.   Some of the creations on polyvore are so amazing, artistic and creative!
6.   I can start releasing back into the wild some of my treasured collection.
7.  Most importantly, my husband will be so happy when I let go of a lot of my stuff! Notice, I didn't say all of my stuff. It will take awhile.

I might even step away from the computer once in awhile and paint.

Until next time,
Kim
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Promotional Frenzy Blog List :All the shop urls

So I've put it off making a blog list for a while, because I did it before, but did it wrong. I linked to the blogs instead of to promotional frenzy etsy shops. So I pushed up my sleeves and redid it. I'm hoping that this list will make it a little easier for the next member of the team to add their etsy shops to their blog roll.

To add shop links in your sidebar;


*First go to your dashboard and click on "Design"
*Then select a blank page element (one of the rectangles on the side that says add gadget") and open it

*When it opens select "Link List"

*Then Label the Title something like "Promotional Frenzy"

*Below that type in or copy and paste the URL from each shop one at a time

*If you don't want the whole URL shown you can paste into the line below also and take out the http:// and .etsy.com in that line that says "New Site Name".
*Then save, and these should show up when you view your blog.
*Repeat, until finished.

* Here's all the urls for you that you will need. I'll update, as needed.

I wish someone had made this list for me, so I did it for you.


Here's the complete list:
galla15 - http://www.etsy.com/shop/galla15
jQjewelrydesigns- http://www.etsy.com/shop/jQjewelrydesigns
GlitterbirdGlamour - http://www.etsy.com/shop/GlitterbirdGlamour
Petite Hermine - http://www.etsy.com/shop/petitehermine
DivineInTime - http://www.etsy.com/shop/DivineinTime
Kater's Acres (ToyStoryNutty) - http://www.etsy.com/shop/toystorynutty
Prittyfy - http://www.etsy.com/shop/Prittyfy
sammi10 - http://www.etsy.com/shop/sammi10
Makenzi&Madilyn -    http://www.etsy.com/shop/im2keys
BijiBijoux -   http://www.etsy.com/shop/im2keys
CrimsonHill - http://www.etsy.com/shop/crimsonhill
KrystalsJewelry - http://www.etsy.com/shop/krystalsjewelry
CrochetedbyCharlene –   http://www.etsy.com/shop/crochetedbycharlene
tfamily5 -   http://www.etsy.com/shop/tfamily5
NewCreatioNZ -  http://www.etsy.com/shop/NewCreatioNZ
Jane Hamill - http://www.etsy.com/shop/janehamill
crystalphotography - http://www.etsy.com/shop/Crystalphotography
CalliopeAZCreations- http://www.etsy.com/shop/CalliopeAZCreations
HogansHandiwork - http://www.etsy.com/shop/HogansHandiwork
AngelasPaperArt- http://www.etsy.com/shop/angelaspaperart
TheMayFlower- http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheMayFlower
PaintedMemoriesByRos- http://www.etsy.com/shop/PaintedMemoriesByRos
BountyofBeads - http://www.etsy.com/shop/bountyofbeads
ArielSimone - http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArielSimone
Bagsofblessing -http://www.etsy.com/shop/bagsofblessing
LaRueFashions - http://www.etsy.com/shop/laruefashions
Angelsneverlastings - http://www.etsy.com/shop/AngelsNEverlastings
PowersOfLove - http://www.etsy.com/shop/PowersOfLove
turtlexiii - http://www.etsy.com/shop/TurtleXIII
Lbtoyos - http://www.etsy.com/shop/Lbtoyos
rabbithollowprims - http://www.etsy.com/shop/Rabbithollowprims
terraverdegoods - http://www.etsy.com/shop/terraverdegoods
treehouseherbs -  http://www.etsy.com/shop/treehouseherbs
Green Dragon Books  http://www.etsy.com/shop/GreenDragonBooks
RhettDidntGiveADamn -  http://www.etsy.com/shop/RhettDidntGiveADamn
SabtisDesigns -  http://www.etsy.com/shop/SabtisDesigns
Lissie Design -  http://www.etsy.com/shop/lissies
ModBrush - http://www.etsy.com/shop/ModBrush
GrapeVineCeramicsGft - http://www.etsy.com/shop/GrapeVineCeramicsGft
charmeddesign1012 -  http://www.etsy.com/shop/charmeddesign1012
cigarboxbeads - http://www.etsy.com/shop/cigarboxbeads
Magdamagda -  http://www.etsy.com/shop/magdamagda
GetThePartyStarted -  http://www.etsy.com/shop/getthepartystarted
designs by Leah R. Hood-  http://www.etsy.com/shop/LeahRHood
BeadLightning-   http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadLightning
Poison Garden - http://www.etsy.com/shop/PoisonGarden
Kelly Designs - http://www.etsy.com/shop/kellyjsorenson
Teacup Teddies-   http://www.etsy.com/shop/TeacupTeddies
EldoradoSoap -   http://www.etsy.com/shop/EldoradoSoap
PrintsByFormedByFire-   http://www.etsy.com/shop/printsbyformedbyfire
sewinggranny- http://www.etsy.com/shop/sewinggranny
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Sunday, March 6, 2011

Laurel Burch

Next week, I plan on having students begin a painting unit in the style of Laurel Burch. Kindergarteners will be focusing on pattern. As you can see, many of Laurel's cats feature pattern. 
As usual, one of my passions is doing research on the internet. So I spent some time on the internet to discover what I could about her as an artist. I discovered that not only was she an amazing artist, she was an amazing person. At 14,  she left home with a paper bag of clothes and osteoporous. She began making jewelry which became collectable. In spite of her illness, Laurel was always prolific. Even when she was forced to paint from a bed or wheelchair, she seldom put her brushes down. Laurel said, “I refuse to have anything in my life that I can’t turn around into something magical and beautiful. I just refuse.” Due to her illness, healing was always on her mind. She considered her illness a gift. I was saddened to discover that in 2007, she passed away.




One of my students, a sixth grader, mentioned that art has nothing to do with the real world. And art grades, not important! I agree with her about art grades, not important, but art, that's a different story! Art is important, art just makes life better. So, Laurel Burch to the rescue! Let's see if I can entice her into the excitement of art by way of Laurel Burch.


Can't wait to share all the colorful artwork that we will create!
Until next time,
Kim

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