Art & Craft

Australian Doll of the Year 2007

But more than being just a gorgeous looking doll is the conditions under which Merridae was made that astound me. I can’t believe that Doreen designed and made this beautiful doll, capable of winning Doll of the Year, in less than a week end!

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PaintJammin’ – Check out this Amazing Painter

If you want to see some absolutely amazing painting you have got to watch this video. This guy Dan Dunn, is truly awesome.
It’s like watching hyperactive musical painting.

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From Scrapbooking to Banners and Bunting

I’ve come across a couple of sites in recent weeks that have featured making banners and bunting for your next festive occasion from your scrapbooking stash. And I thought “What a cool idea”. Bonnie posted this article on the Snap and Scrap Blog giving instructions and a template for making this cute banner for her [...]

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One Minute Painting

Have you ever wanted to be an artist of the painting kind? My friend Doreen found this video on YouTube. This guy is amazing. He makes it look like nothing but I know if I tried it, it would look nothing like this. Maybe there’s some techniques here we could pinch to create our scrapbook [...]

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Fabric Artistry

Let me state up front that the Sewing Machine and I have never been friends. But a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I used to make embroidery and cross-stitch pictures (still have them dotted about my house). And although I don’t work with needles any more, I truly admire the [...]

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The fine line between Craft and Art

I have always been interested in crafts of one kind or another. In the past I was right into cross-stitch and embroidery and now I am absorbed in papercrafts: scrapbooking, cardmaking and just starting to dabble in artist trading cards. So I’ve always appreciated the wonderful things that crafting people make and pondered the fine [...]

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