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It’s DIY (Do It Yourself) Project time again!!! I decided to spruce up, refresh…okay totally makeover my in-home art studio…and make over I did…this is the story of how drab beige walls (there when I moved in trust me) were transformed into a riot of color…here is the result:
here is a virtual studio tour of [...]
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Madame Grès: Couture at Work Exhibit
Musée Bourdelle, Paris – through July 24….
If you are in Paris this week, don’t miss this exhibit. These vintage designs give me ideas…ideas from Madame Grés from Paris Muses…known as a sculptor of fabric…Enjoy!!!
“I wanted to be a sculptor — for me it is just the same to work with [...]
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WELCOME to Cre8tive Compass Magazine and Viva Las Vegastamps! Design Team Blog Hop… I imagine you hopped over from Kim’s blog… if not, YOU CAN still win BIG BIG BIG~Blog Candy~a Pound O’ Rubber from VLV….!!! See below… Isn’t this fun???
Steampunk designs are really hot, hot, hot!!! I waited a while to jump on board, [...]
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You know me and my imagination…which seems to be running amuck with glee and wild abandon these days. It all started when I signed up was drafted was cajoled ,,,okay, I volunteered to be Dant-da-da Daaaaa Cre8iva-Ace Reporter of All Things Vintage Artsy and Craftsy for Vintage Allies, VAV! Lifestyle Magazine and Variety Broadcasting. [...]
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This is my first design for Viva Las Vegastamps! I am honored to be on their new design team.
I love dress forms and this VLV stamp (6388) inspired me to create an artwork that honors the time worn tradition of dressmaking. I design all my cards to be frameable pieces of art for the reciepent. [...]
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Okay…I admit it…I AM old enough to remember when!!! I keep telling my children there was so a FaceBook and Twitter in the 1960s. FaceBook was falling asleep face down while pulling an all-nighter because you waited until the last minute to study for an exam. And Twitter, as in my heart was a—-, happened [...]
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I heart Valentine’s Day. It is my second favorite holiday next to Thanksgiving. I am sending this greeting and tiny artwork, inspired by a vintage Valentine’s Day card of old.
What I did:
I created this from a vintage postcard image that was taken into PhotoShop and adjusted and cleaned up. Then I printed the image on [...]
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Your editor and fellow creative journeyer, Rebecca E. Parsons is a Renaissance gal with designers eye...a digital and photographic mixed media R-tiste, Professional Blogger, Retreat Leader, Dreamer, Possibility Coach, Lifelong Communicator & Blissful Wordsmith...just one inspired creative soul on a journey to Cre8Topia. Unconventional and delightfully curious, she is passionate about helping others embrace the artist within and create a life around their passion. She believes that every dream is possible and possible is everywhere! So meet her at the corner of Intuition and Creativity.
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