On the Button

The humble button has been helping us stay dressed since at least the Bronze Age of civilization. My grandma taught me to play Button, Button, Who Has My Button? In life (or the sport of Curling) you can be “On the Button”. If you deal poker, you get to wear a fancy button. And if [...]

Creatively Crafty with Cindi Bisson – Color Frosted ICE ® Resin

I am thrilled to be a part of the ICE Resin Technique Tuesday series this week! I love to combine mixed-media products to create unique projects. This technique combines two of my current favorites – ICE Resin and Jacquard Lumiere 3D paint. The adhesive quality of the paint enables it to stay in place in [...]

Belles Dames Francaises for Operation Write Home

Operation Write Home is a project that has brought over a million and a half handmade cards to veterans since 2007. These are blank cards the vets will be able to write a message in and send to a loved one. Get in on the fun this weekend and join people from all over the country [...]

Cards for Soldiers

The reason to participate in OPERATION WRITE HOME’s card making extravaganza is a win in itself. Operation Write Home is a non-profit that encourages others to make cards that our men and women serving the military overseas, often in combat zones, can send back home to their loved ones for birthdays, anniversaries, graduation, I love [...]

A ring and earrings for the City of Lights

Beetique’s Paris ring came about when she listed it on Etsy. It was made with a bamboo bezel, Painted Paris stampings and rhinestones from B’Sue Boutique and ICE Resin®. When a customer purchased the ring, she asked if Beetique had any other Paris rings so she made this one. Beetique wrote: “I really like working [...]

“Hands Full of Sand” by Cat Kerr

A hand full of sand, to most, slips out and through the fingers without the slightest of thought, but to me these tiny little precious fragments stay and linger, leaving me to examine the absolute of my own insignificance. A gift. A reminder. An answer. That we as a whole can move mountains. As individuals, [...]

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