From the monthly archives:

January 2009

Eye Candy – Issue 1

21 January 2009

Hey gentle readers!
It is Ngaire here with a brand new column to (hopefully!) inspire and delight you. As the name suggests…this post is all about gorgeousness, things that inspire me…both from within the craft/art world…and beyond. Put simply…all you gotta do is look. Remember that ANYTHING can be an inspiration for your art/crafting. So grab [...]

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Where Women Create

18 January 2009

Guest post written by Sarah Schwerin of My Creative Existence and Inkurable Stampers.
If you’re anything like me, you love checking out the glorious scrap rooms that you see on people’s blogs and in online galleries. I love drooling over the awesome creative spaces, and coveting the look, feel, and fabulous organisation of these heavenly [...]

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Ngaire’s Latest & Greatest – 16th Jan 2009

16 January 2009

So! Hello and hi, and peace! Welcome back to a new year of the best and the interesting and the inspiring with me, in the latest and greatest! I hope your resolutions are going well…and that 2009 is a top year for you, with good health and creating abound.
Straight back into it…
1. Some sweet vintage [...]

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Mix It Up Challenge Blog

14 January 2009

This is a challenge blog with a difference. Each week they challenge you with a different technique and provide you with a sketch, then you just leave a comment with a link back to your creation and you will be entered into a monthly draw to win something fabulous from one of their sponsors.

January’s sponsor [...]

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52Q With Emily Falconbridge

12 January 2009

2009 is starting with a bang and Emily Falconbridge is going to be hosting a week by week journal prompt.

Each week, Sunday to Monday, she will post a question which you are to ask yourself, interpret as you will and then journalled into a creation of your choice.
Emily suggests keeping your creation surface small so that [...]

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Featured Reader’s Blog: Joyful Scraps

12 January 2009

This post is the tenth in a series. You might like to go back and read the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and nineth instalments. If you would like your scrapbooking blog featured in this series, read this.

Our tenth featured reader’s blog belongs to Leanne Payne. Leanne is the owner online store [...]

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Featured Reader’s Blog: Kristine Collins

5 January 2009

This post is the nineth in a series. You might like to go back and read the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth instalments. If you would like your scrapbooking blog featured in this series, read this.
Our nineth featured reader’s blog belongs to Kristine Collins…

We asked readers to tell us a little [...]

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Featured Reader’s Blog: Tiffany Sawyer

4 January 2009

This post is the eighth in a series. You might like to go back and read the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh parts. If you would like your scrapbooking blog featured in this series, read this.
Our eighth featured reader’s blog belongs to Tiffany Sawyer…

We asked readers to tell us a little about [...]

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Card Sketch Blog: Mojo Monday

3 January 2009

I don’t know about you, but I love a good sketch blog…and this is something new…

Well actually when I say "new", the owner has been making card sketches for some time at her personal blog.
However, from 5th Jan 2009 the sketches are being posted each Monday to a dedicated blog called Mojo Monday.
Be sure and [...]

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