Welcome to a new wintery theme everyone! :-) I know we're still in autumn/ fall, but it's getting quite chilly here already so I went for a winter theme!

NEW - 11.11.09 - I've been very busy looking after Dylan who is now nearly 3 months old! Yay! :) But! I've been able to do some art, and am happy to announce that I will be offering a set of little girl xmas cards, a 2010 willowing art calendar and several special deals in my etsy shop! I'm not quite ready with all the offers yet, but keep an eye out this week, all items and special offers will be for sale soon! :)

NEW - 11.11.09 - Even though I've gone for a wintery theme, I've just started an autumn/ fall challenge in our monthly art challenge group, come join it if you'd like to share your own autumn/ fall inspired art!

NEW - 11.11.09 - We started a new ATC swap with the theme; Remember - in honour of Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day. I'm a bit late with announcing this swap, as partners are meant to be assigned today, but if you really want to join in as well, I can extend the sign up deadline by 2 days! Pls hurry to join this month's swap!

NEW - 11.11.09 - Rho's new art journalling workshop is in full swing and can still be joined! Over 9 weeks you'll be creating your own little soulbook of inspiration, knowledge and keepsakes and sharing it with other women. Read more about it and sign up by scrolling down the page!

NEW - 11.11.09 - 4 new members of the network are being featured below! Please check out their work and leave them some love on their profiles or pages! They are; Valarie Wade, Lecchi Marino, Little Dirt Lane and Chrystine Davison!

Remember that if you want to be featured at some point to have at least 3 images of your art (any kind of your art, doesn't have to be whimsy!) in your photo folder and make sure that your user icon is your own, not the default network icon.

If you want to be featured, please leave your name in this forum/ thread.

NEW - 11.11.09 - I've put up a new threadbanger video in our green section! Check out how to make a Fame inspired duffel bag out of old umbrellas!

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Art Journal Workshop: Eve to Eve

Workshop leader: Rhomany

There's a little magic in all of us and it's time we let it out! Some of us know instinctively how to tend a plant or a sick child, others can befriend any animal, still others know colour magic and can create a beautiful ensemble whether it's in the lounge or out of the wardrobe. Maybe you can work magic in the kitchen, always getting the bread to rise just so or you can weave beautiful works from thread, paint or words.

Over 9 weeks we'll be creating our own little soulbook of inspiration, knowledge and keepsakes and sharing it with other women. The name of the workshop is twofold; we'll be working from Hallowe'en to New Year's Eve, but also sharing ideas together as women, 'from one Eve to another'. We'll look at Godesses and Muses, Calligraphy, Astrology, Traditions, Meditation, Celtic Knotwork, Sacred texts** and much, much more (see pdf below for details). It's all about taking that knowledge you have, those special gifts and turning them into a beautiful keepsake that will be a joy to look through and add to over the years and maybe pass on one day.

Eve to Eve Materials List (Right Click and 'Save As' to Download)

*If you're an Adam rather than an Eve, you are, of course, still welcome. I just couldn't fit 'Eve to Eve or Adam to Adam, depending on your gender preference' onto the banner.
** When studying sacred texts, everyone will be encouraged to look at those pertaining to their own belief systems/book themes. You can use the techniques for any keepsake book - a recipe book, a Bible study book, a Book of Shadows, a book of quotes - to name but a few. I don't care if your sacred text is the Bible, the I Ching or Mrs Beeton's Book of Home Cookery!
This is a spiritual course, not a religious one. Choose your own path.

Location: Willowing & Friends Start Date: October 31st 2009 Registration open now! Price: $65

There is a special offer available on this workshop. Please click here for more details!!!

I, like many others, am quite concerned with the wellbeing of our beautiful planet. I will be devoting this section to conscious living, environmentally related art projects and things such as recycling, green living and helping those in need both humans, animals and/or plant life.

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Learn how to make a Fame Inspired Duffel Bag out of Old Umbrellas with Threadbanger's awesome tutorial:

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Check out this HALLOWEEN RECYCLING PROJECT; Terra Cotta Mosaic Pumpkin

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Learn to make your own gift bow from old magazines!

for tutorial instructions visit THIS WONDERFUL ORANGE BLOG.

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if you have some awesome green living or green art ideas, pls let me know! :)

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Lindsay has started up an art shop of which all proceeds will go to hopeline which is an organisation that works on preventing suicides. Please find out more HERE.

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Amanda Howard needs handmade art items for a fundraising project in Haiti! Read more about it HERE.

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Mindy Blanchard has posted some information about The Butterfly Project which seeks artists to submit butterfly art works in memory of the children that have died in the holocaust!

Read more about it HERE in her forum thread.

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Tammy Moynihan is asking for art donations for a silent art auction which will help children with cancer. Read more about it HERE in her forum thread.

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