Topic: Any Arts & Crafters Here? 

C'mon You guys and gals. I'm always seeing arts & crafters on profile pages. Don't sit on those beautiful creations. Get them out there for people to appreciate.

Put just one of your creative projects or works of art here for exchange. The more artisans who put some up the more we'll be able to exchange with each other.

Hoarding is not healthy. Appreciation of each others creations is.

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OK! So which of your lovely creations would you like to put on here for exchange?

Any pretty pictures?

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I don't have any pictures right now.  I will try to get some taken. I will soon have some rattles made that I could put up here.

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just joshing.

What types of crafts. I used to hold free classes for kids in the summer who put colorful paper mache on all shapes ans sizes of bottles. They were cool.

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You all will be able to tell that I am a crafter/craftster by my I love craftster icon. I like to stencil, collage, make ATC's, marble magnets, or magnets with beer caps, altered Altoin tins. i've done one screen printed shirt and I want to do more.

i want to learn how to sew. i got a knitting kit from a swap, bit i'm terrible at understaing how to knit. i want to become a really good drawer/painter.

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Sherrie......   I know you were!     I wasn't able to get back to post until just now.  

I dabble in all sorts....quilting, beading, scrapbooking, crocheting, mosaics, cross-stitch, jewelry making.....I love to learn new things and a new craft is often what I end up learning.     

So I've accumulated quite the stash of crafting items..... 

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all just put up a couple things each for exchange here we would be off to such a great start.

Personally I much prefer crafted items filled with love and creativity to the commercially made. 

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FRED - oooo   really nice - i like it.

I'm not so good w/art-crafts things. I do however sew quilts "when i have the time that is"  Very relaxing for me  & i'm a rodeo "part time" photographer-does that count??

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What would you like to put up here for exchange?

A quilt or photo or both?

We'd love to see it.

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WildOne- (by the way-like the name)

Hmm, if u could stomach a photo- i'd go for that. My quilts (not being selfish/greedy) is done more for my peace of mind kinda thing. BUT MY PHOTOS - i do not just for $$ but i just happen to have a good eye for sports photog especially rodeo  .  Hmm, bragging??  NOT - but yeah- i'll put up photo for trade- let me see if i can dig a decent one up thats not contracted ok.

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Go ahead and put the two you want to exchange on the WHATCHA GOT? thread so members can see them and then figure out what they want to exchange to get some great art from you.

Oh, I know, what are the dimensions? Include that so peeps will know.

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Hey Fred, have you showed any of your work on Craftster? People would love to more male crafters, and beautiful art like this.

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Here's one of my faves. I've made three of them so far and as always each one is unique.  It's a rock for the base and a twisted clothes hangar with a paper-mache sculpted mask that has a nice design cut into it and a tin can top attached to the back where a tealight candle or a cone incense can be placed. the light/smoke flows from the cutout design and they are so beautiful. I'd probably sell'em for about $80.00 but please use your own trash and make one that you'll enjoy for years. I've got projects for all kinds of trash and a group for them all here on care2.

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I am always busy with my hands.....MOST time on these keys...LOL !

ANyway I do many crafts...

Poetry is my best to me... MY best GOD given Talent ! I will be published one day! Till then check out my Poems and stuff.... http://spaces.msn.com/love-dixie/. I do mostly Praise to GOD ! BUT I do about life... and things I have gone thru in life... I do not mind you passing along to church or so.... as longs my name stays with it... IT is a way to Praise GOd... and it gets my name known so when I get published people will know my name I HOPE..

crafts:

Poetry

chrochet

Quilt

Paint rarely.... Folk style child like really....

OH that reminds me  I got to get my boyfriend to put some stuff up here.... IF I can  HE is great artist.... HE can take a PIC of you and do with pencils and such...  I will try to get stuff posted on pics..

I have made dolly clothes and blue jean bags in the past...

Will be real busy with holidays..I will have to start good after Christmas.... SORRY !

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I actually have several cards already made. I was going to turn them into blank cards for several little shops from here to Salem. Once again S!@!! happened and everything came to a halt.

I haven't even looked into this group for about two and a half weeks. If anyone got my network message a while back you would know that my oldest son was in an auto accident and almost died. He was in a coma for two weeks and just recently came out of it. I've spent several nights at the hospital dosing off holding his hand.

I'd love to get my work circulating around the globe "again" I had a great start several years ago. I'm supposed to have one of my smaller masks in a palace somewhere in Africa. I donated it to a group that was retracing the rout of the slave trade. Anyway, a friend sent me a link for a project that was getting a tour started for artists who work with trash. I'll share it here as soon as I find it. I have several pages of email to sift through.

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What is an ATC? (Artist Trading Card)

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This is an excellent time of year to recycle old artificial Christmas trees, and assorted decorations into wreaths. Millions and millions of artificial trees and decorations get thrown away contributing to the landfill mess all year long when people clean out attics and garages.

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Linda and I are cleaning out her collection of cross stitch patterns and she has a million of them!

No problem sending this across the line if anyone is interested in taking some of it.  Let me know and I will start a list of what she has.

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Sounds great Cam!

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that's what I'm wondering as sending overseas takes awhile and can be costly :/

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