"The Heart Has its Reasons" Copyright 2008 Margot Potter
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Hey There Hep Cats and Hep Kitties!
It's time once again to spread the Linky Love across the Blogosphere! Huzzah! This week's offerings include a few extra links that are well worth the click. Have a fabulous weekend and I shall return to tickle your cerebellum and your funny bone on Monday.
I'm sharing a necklace I made to sport at CHA above. It features two fabulous ceramic steam punk beads from my friend Melanie of Earthenwood Studio
with gunmetal chain from Plaid, freshwater pearls, frosted stone beads, keys from Ornamentea and a little charm I made for the new book. The name is from a quote from mathemetician and philosopher Blaise Pascal. I felt it aptly suited the piece.
How to make jewelry blog shows Madge some linky love.
The Bead Women of Denver need our help.
The Girl Effect Website shares more info about what we can do to help one girl (and many girls) change the world.
Starr of Luna Arcana and Grandia Road fame shares her favorite objets d'art from Etsy.
Check out Krissi Sandvik's blog where she's sharing news about her brand new line ofSkelekitty Stamps! The Impatient Blogger is a Skelekitty Approved blog! YAY!
And without further adieu, here's what the gals from the crafty bloggers have for your craftertainment this week:
About Family Crafts Is it time to start planning your Christmas crafts?
About.com Cross Stitch When do you do the back stitch on your needlework projects? Vote in the poll and let us know.
Aileen's Musings Visit Aileen's Musings to find out what Firecracker Martinis and Christmas have in common.
Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world Kicking off the summer Craftside brings you a password for 15% of Voyager Press titles through July 8th, a funky woven lamp project, the Making Designer Jewelry with Hardware, Gems. and Beads contest extended, a quick and easy party banner idea and some fun pictures from Swap-o-rama rama.
Crafty Princess Diaries Tammy is "so" learning the ropes over at Etsy.com with her new jewelry making supplies shop. Is it too much of a hodge podge? How big of a learning curve are we talking about here?!
Layers Upon Layers Cyndi has DVDs to giveaway from "Beads & Beyond" Magazine!
http://polymerclay.craftgossip.com/low-tech-tools/2008/06/30 No batteries required - Heather shares a list of low-tech tools for creating with polymer clay.
Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery There are giant pom poms, a giant aluminum craft project, "Superfly", and a fun video from the Knitty Gritty peeps.
The Impatient Blogger Madge shares a link to three fabulous free projects on the Simply Beads website and some thoughts about inspiring creativity from a professional designer.