Happy Halloween Everyone! :)

Hope you like the temporary change of theme. Muahahahahah! ;) Dylan and I have been dressing up and have done some Halloween art and video making of our own!

Watch my Halloween Edition Video ici:

NEW - 24.10.09 - Don't forget to post all your Spooky Halloween work in our Monthly Challenge Group HERE this month.

NEW - 24.10.09 - For those who take part in this month's Halloween ATC swap; please make sure to get in touch with your partners regarding postal addresses if you haven't already! Thanks!

NEW - 24.10.09 - Remember to sign up for Rhomany's new awesome workshop Eve to Eve! Over 9 weeks you'll be creating your own little soulbook of inspiration, knowledge and keepsakes and sharing it with other women. The course will start on Halloween Eve! :) Read more about it on the front page!

NEW - 24.10.09 - Several pieces of Halloween art are being featured by several artists! Find their user icons on the main page and leave some encouraging comments or go visit their blogs! :) They are; Rhomany, Micky, Bonnie Rose, Tammy's Studio, Joyce van der Lely, Hetha Fetha and Joyce.

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 new forum/ thread.

NEW - 24.10.09 - Have a look in our Green Section below for some Halloween Recycling Craft and Making Your Own Gift Bows out of old magazines!

NEW - 24.10.09 - Check out nings new 'gift application', we can now all send each other virtual gifts, how lovely is that? :) gift away!! x

A spooky muahahaha to you! ;x

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Thank You!

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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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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learn how to make these adorable little stuffies in recycled boxes by visiting Lizette Greco's flickr tutorial HERE.

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How to make Pop Bottle Lid Magnets

Jackie Laing reused pop bottle lids to make up some cute magnets. She gives a tutorial in her blog post HERE. One photo is shown below.

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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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The RAINNbow Project an arc of art and compassion
The wonderful Bonnie Rose is organising a fundraiser for the organisation RAINN (co-founded by Tori Amos).

RAINN is the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network, a non-profit organization which funds an automated and descrete hotline (within the USA,) to help victims of abuse to get in touch with counseling centers, report crimes, and get legal advice.


Please find more information HERE to find out how you can help.

Bonnie is calling all artists to submit art work!

www.willowing.org
www.willowing.etsy.com