I Love....

Image Courtesy of Single Stone Studios

It's All About LOVE today and I thought I'd share a few of mine with you.

Friends Whose Art I Love:
-Shelley, from Single Stone Studios (art top left) is one of my very best friends and a wonderful artist/designer. I love her vinyl decals- they're gorgeous designer art for your walls. I have her "fly".
-Cristi, from 2 if by Sea (art top right) is another one of those love to talk to you friends of mine, and I truly think she's one of the most talented jewelry designers out there. She puts beads, trinkets, pendants and wire together in ways that are always just right and just perfect. I have a few of her necklaces and a bracelet that makes me feel amazing whenever I wear it.
-Catina of Catina Jane Arts (art bottom left) is a new friend of mine but I am lovin' getting to know her and her art a bit more. She's truly truly amazing and I need to make one of her collages mine. Soon. :)

Supplies I Love:
Just tonight I was cleaning off my craft mat and rejoicing in it's ability to look completely grimy and yet clean up so spectacularly. It's an amazing bit of technology I've gotten really really attached to.

My Sakura glaze pens and souffle pens are my go to's for making marks on paper, canvas, and metal. It's the writing on metal part that really hooked me.

My wire. It's oily and grimy but comes in big ol' spools that just make me happy to see them.

Giveaway's as a way to Pay it Forward

Twice in one day- again. The new tutorial is below but I thought I'd share something exciting. One of my BFF's (Blog Friends Forever) Christi over at 2 if by Sea is offering one of my all time favorite necklaces of hers, "go", in a Giveaway this week.

Fabulous- but I love the conditions of entering. You have to PAY IT FORWARD and in order to enter, have to host a giveaway yourself. I'd been toying with the idea already, as a way to introduce you all to my new Facebook Fan Page. So I took this for a sign from above and am planning to do my own giveaway later this week. So stay tuned!!!!!

And hop on over to Christi's blog and maybe give it a go yourself. :)

PS I have a couple of Christi's necklaces and they are AMAZING!!!!!!!