Blog Love: River Girls Studio 365

Meet Wanda Fleming of River Girls Studio 365.

What does Wanda have to say about herself?  

I am the girl, who at eight, loved to make her own dollhouse and furniture to fill it. After all, what are shoeboxes and vintage fabrics for? Valentines emerged from lace doilies, and quilts from found cottons and silks. Over the years, before babies and between writing, I fell in love with card design, stained glass window making and mostly soaping. In 2010, I celebrated 10 years of handcrafting River Girls gentle soap and bath products--always colorful, kind to the earth and 100% vegetarian.

Each day in the River Girls Studio, I seek to make the rudimentary-- pretty, the plain--witty and memorable. My sense of humor is a bit twisted and always wry! ;-) . And, I adore my work because, step-by-step, it recalls how to explore and play.

What can you expect to find on Wanda's blog?

Lovely soap creations...

 

 

Beautifully created Etsy montages...

 

 

and loads of humor!

To learn more about Wanda's work and to see what else is on her River Girls Studio 365 Menu, please visit her blog or her Etsy shop!

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Lime and Chocolate Etsy Treasury

Here is a new Etsy Treasury featuring the work of EAOC artists.

'Lime and Chocolate' by ArtisticExpressionsE

Who can resist these colors or flavors!

Urbanknit $25.00	JarvisGift $42.00	yarncoture $72.00	BeadtifulDesig... $14.00
Kezzmit $14.00	sabbio $16.00	DiasporaDesign... $18.00	sedruola $76.97
Jamilary $65.00	calabashcreati... $18.00	calabashcreati... $95.00	michemozaix $32.50
mrroberttrujil... $20.00	stoneandbone $45.95	thesoapseducti... $4.50	ChocolateCherr... $24.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

To view the Etsy Treasury page, click here.  Go, EAOC!

Blog Love: Stone and Bone

Meet Puakea, known to most as Pk, of Stone & Bone.

What does Pk have to say about herself?

I was born and raised in a sleepy little town called Hilo, on the Big Island of Hawaii, smack right in the middle of the Pacific ocean. Stone & Bone, is my love child. Everyone who knows me, knows that creating beautiful handmade jewelry and painting Hawaii’s beautiful landscape is my passion. Since I've been doing this for as long as I can remember.

My idea of all things handmade comes with a purpose, as well as practicality. If not, well, why do it. I'm most excited about designing wire wrapped and bead embroidered ethnic jewelry and accessories for both men and women, as well as making old vintage jewelry fashionable again. Creating anything with up-cycled discarded items, gives me such a creative rush. It pushes and challenges the artist craftsman to rethink, reestablish, and most of all really get inspired about the world around me, especially due to the fact that I believe in being eco friendly and going green in whatever way possible.

I also love the many native cultures that make me who I am, so I use nature as well as native tribal heritage to inspire and lend to my pieces. Knowing everything has a story, everything comes from the source, and there's no separating that, gives me a sense of pure joy to be apart of life’s magic evolution.

Stone & Bone, http://www.stoneandbone.etsy.com is pure essence to me, I love bridging the past with the future, native style with urban panache, which birthed a style all it's own, I like to call it Tribal Chic. I myself love to mix and match trends, styles, and cultures, borrowing from her, taking from there, and who knows what I'll come up with next. All I do know is I'm truly having fun doing it., and meeting a lot of wonderful people in the process. 

What can you expect to find on Pk's blog?
Loads of fabulously created jewelry...

 

 

 

 

 

...and Etsy treasuries, featured artists, and the motivations behind her Tribal Chic philosophy!

To learn more about Pk's work, please visit her blog or her Etsy shop!

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Blog Love: Sydney Austin Designs

Meet Robyn of Sydney Austin Designs.

What does Robyn have to say about herself?

"Keep in my mind that I'm a artist and I'm sensitive about my..." - Erykah Badu.

I have been a jewelry designer since 2004. My designs are created with lampwork, semi-precious gemstones, vintage beads, sterling silver,copper, pewter, freshwater pearls, shells, wood, swarovski crystals, and more. I rarely make the same thing twice!

What gorgeous jewels can you expect to find on Robyn's blog?

 

 

 

 

 

 

To learn more about Robyn's work, please visit her blog or her Etsy shop!

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Blog Love: The Artful Chatterbox

Meet Renaissance Austin, the creative force that is Raghouse International!  Follow her blog, The Artful Chatterbox, to learn about her passions for crafting, fashion, photography and more!

So what does Renaissance have to say about herself? 

Creativity, I cannot live without. I love all things beautiful and the visual and performing arts. And most of all I love love...

I was taught crochet at the age of eight by my grandma who is my creative foundation. I love her! By eleven, I was sketching and designing women's clothing and hand sewing by twelve. I continued with my fashion studies all the way through school and into college where I double majored in fashion design and fashion marketing.

I officially opened the doors of my shop to the online community in 2007 and I have not looked back!

Since that time I've learned knitting,jewelry assembly and design and am continuing to learn and grow from amazing artisans from all over the world!

Raghouse International's mission is to finally put the rest the bad reputation that crochet has had from its birth. In the early years of this art form, crochet was know as a poor man's craft, bulky, ugly to wear, not comparable to knitting, but the past ten years have changed this and revolutionized the craft. Crochet and even knitwear in general have pushed their way to the forefront of the fashion industry and because I am so passionate about texture, I create every piece with texture in mind. I don't see crochet or knit, but feel, mood, and style. I hope you see it too!

What can you expect to find on Renaissance's blog?

...and video clips showcasing her work, like this one - Cat in a Hat.




Be sure to check out Renaissance's $31 Pre Fall sale while it lasts!

To learn more about Renaissance and her work, visit her blog and the Raghouse International Etsy shop!

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