From the Heart: b5 arts & crafts monthly artist showcase

Welcome to this month’s b5 artist’s showcase!

We usually have an artist’s showcase around the middle of the month, but the b5 arts/crafts bloggers decided to have it early this month.

That way, people can use our ideas to make great Valentine’s day presents.

Since I am hosting it this month, I am going to start off with some of the Valentines goodies that I have designed:

A Valentines day Friendship Bracelet to Spoolknit:

click Bracelet

Spoolknitted Heart Bookmarks: Click Bookmark

and, my last entry is not a Valentine, but, it really is from the heart! I have been having the most wonderful time, designing and making new wooden flat dolls that partner up beautifully with spoolknitting:

click: Noreen’s Wooden Dolls

And, now for the special entries from the other b5 bloggers:

• http://www.layersuponlayers.com/dreaming-of-june/
• Dreaming of June: a digital mixed media collage
• “Love can blossom anytime, but is there anything nicer to dream about on Valentine’s Day than a wedding in June?”

• Jewelry and Beading made a Valentine for one of her beloved purses. Charms and other ornaments are really popular right now, and not just for jewelry for the body, but also when making jewelry for other accessories such as purses. Tammy made the charm herself using paper clay and then used jewelry techniques to fashion it into a purse charm. Please click: t-purse-charm

• Valentine’s Day is a perfect time for a little gift ‘From the Heart’. You can make several of these wonderful cross-stitch bookmarks for those special people in your life.Here’s the link: tangledthread

• Here are two new goodies from the Mad Cropper:
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• Stamping Mad has created a trunkful of love for her favorite Valentine. If you don’t have a trunk stamp, she suggests substituting a different container stamp:
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• Mary Emma is so captivated by the Valentine’s Day fabric postcards her daughter created she wants to share them with her readers.

and last, but certainly not least, from William:

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• Painting is a lot like a good relationship. As you work on it, the more beautiful it gets,
• Here I work with a large abstract expressionism painting .. it’s still untitled, drying in the middle of the floor.

Hope you have enjoyed the b5 arts & crafts Artists showcase!

See you next month!

Noreen