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This weeks Featured Artisan is Deans Designs.

Beautiful creations by a very talented artisan! You can find Deans Designs at:

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Gabs Bags! Beautiful One of a Kind bags to Jazz up your wardrobe with!

You can find Gabs Bags at

Shop URL
http://www.gabsbags.artfire.com

2nd Shop URL
http://www.gabsbags.etsy.com

Website URL
http://www.gabsbags.net

Twitter Page
http://www.twitter.com/gabsbags

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http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Austin-TX/GabsBags/194470116610?ref=ts

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http://www.gabsbags.net/category/news

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This weeks Featured Artisan is B Blonski Designs. Unique gift ideas personalized just for YOU!!

You can find B Blonski at:

http://www.ultramedialabs.com

http://www.ultramediapublications.com

http://www.artisticweekly.com

http://www.bbdesigns.etsy.com

http://www.bblonskidesigns.com

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This weeks Featured Artisan is MoonSong Ranch! Beautiful Creations by a very talented Artisan!

Moonsong Ranch Handmade Alpaca Fashion products include felt nuno scarves, western style hats, purses, cases, knitted scarves and many other unique gift items

You can Find MoonSong Ranch at:

Kansas in July…. a time for big yellow sunflowers with bright green leaves, amber waves of grain with the beautiful wheat fields, and fields of green corn (sweet and field corn).   To capture the colors of Kansas in a new piece of jewelry, I created my “sunflower” necklace using items from my favorite bead supplier… Artbeads.

For my inspiration piece, I chose the beautiful Stoneware Rectangle Pendant – Sunflowers.

Stoneware Pendant - Sunflowers

I then needed something for the “petals”.  I found the perfect bead with some Flat Teardrop Pendant beads in amber.  To compliment the amber and yellow, I wanted a pretty green bead for more color for my piece.  I just love the Wasabi beads that Artbeads has, and I found some beautiful Wasabi luster glass brick beads that worked perfectly!

Sunflower Necklace

I couldn’t decide how I wanted to attach the teardrop pendants to the necklace at first, and then I remembered that I had a huge bag of vintage sterling silver bails that my Mom used to sell at her antique shop (she carried native American jewelry in her shop in addition to some silversmith supplies).  They were just what I need to attach the teardrops.  I also wanted to add some brown tones to the necklace, and found some rectangle Tiger Eye beads leftover from a previous project.  They work well with the new Artbeads components that I was using for this Sunflower necklace, and with a few small seed beads for accent, I started my work.

The result is this “Sunflower Necklace”.  I think it reflects the beautiful colors found in Kansas in July… what do you think?

Sunflower Necklace

Disclosure: I have received some of the components used for this design from Artbeads free of charge. I am posting an honest review of said products and have not been paid to endorse said products.

This Weeks Featured Artisan is Creations with Heart

I truly enjoy creating jewelry and it\’s a bonus and a pleasure to make it available to you!

I hope you enjoy the jewelry I\’ve created and may it bring you joy and happiness

You can find Creations with Heart @

Shop Name:

Creations With Heart

Shop URL:

Etsy

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Website URL:

http://CreationsWithHeart.com

Twitter Page:

http://twitter.com/CreationsWHeart

Blog:

http://CreationsWithHeart.blogspot.com

This weeks Featured Artisan on Share the Love… Blogger’s Unite is

Finding Charm

I started making jewelry because I had outfits I just couldn’t find that perfect piece to go with. So I thought I’d buy some beads and give it a try. I was hooked, it’s almost an addiction! It’s important to me that I create charming pieces that don’t break the bank. I started getting compliments and requests and decided I should help others in their journey of finding charm.

I am a member of the Etsy Texas Crafters Team. Search for items using the team tag ‘TeamEtsyTx’ to find listings of fabulous crafters!

I am a member of the Etsy Bloggers Team. http://etsybloggers.com/ Search for items using the team tag ‘etsybloggersteam’ to find listings of fabulous crafters.

Female, Born on February 10

You can find Finding Charm on:

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Love you More Designs

Kathleen is a  stay-at-home mom of three who was a lawyer in another life. She has always been interested in creating — jewelry, poetry, scrapbooking and loves to create unique jewelry designs. She is also a member of the Ets yMom Street Team.

You can find Love You More Designs  on: Etsy

Kathleen also has a blog called Charm Bracelet Diva – Be sure to visit her blog too!

This weeks Featured Artisan on Share the Love – Blogger’s Unite is Caliope! Jazz up your warderobe with a stunning creation by Caliope. Visit her shop to see all of her beautiful works of art!!

You can find Caliope at:

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This Weeks Featured Shop is pamannie ink- beautiful cards for all occassions! Say it with Love.. say it with Handmade! Stop by and see all of her wonderful creations! You can find pamannie at: