tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17124271528087539492012-01-28T12:13:50.993-05:00Mixed media including fiber arts, collage, digital mixed medium, encaustics, and assemblage, sponsored by the etsy street team Melange.Laurelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06815589966608353520noreply@blogger.comBlogger1311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-86752831914866704632011-08-29T12:51:00.001-04:002011-08-29T12:51:56.287-04:00

'Transition....Summer Turns To Autumn.' by SeaBreezeUK A collection of work by the talented members of the Melange Team celebrates the last days of summer and the change from bold yellows through to the golds, browns and vivid reds and oranges of autumn. Sun Tea and Summer Reading i... Carapace $10.00 Ray of Sunshine Pocket Mirro... LiteraryTease $4.99 Original colorful

Ann Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11351182320553751958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-21426081044313014352011-08-15T10:30:00.001-04:002011-08-15T10:30:45.865-04:00

'Melange Team - In Flight' by SeaBreezeUK A collection of creatures of the air (including a flying cow...) to show off the wonderful talents of the Melange Team. Enjoy! dragonfly, original mixed-me... kimthepainter $45.00 Bird ACEO Mixed Media Origin... whyte $8.00 Mixed Media, Flight, Melange... Raedawn $200.00 Monarch Butterfly Dreams Gic... LaurenSnyder

Ann Mackayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11351182320553751958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-23094026345270568132011-06-21T11:46:00.005-04:002011-07-17T12:45:42.972-04:00

*** In honor of Independence Day and our brave men and women serving in the military, our prompt for July is FREEDOM. *** Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Karen the prompt for this month's challenge is FREEDOM. Create a piece of mixed

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-32296974935485639702011-06-02T15:41:00.004-04:002011-06-04T15:11:49.976-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Stacey Merrill the prompt for this month's challenge is GROW. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-42541820788105713652011-05-02T13:35:00.003-04:002011-05-04T07:54:34.865-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Linda Harbin Beard the prompt for this month's challenge is ROYALTY. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-29488362586296724202011-04-01T20:21:00.002-04:002011-04-10T08:30:56.956-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.The prompt for this month's challenge is UMBRELLA. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your blog, website,

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-57993780154796556222011-03-01T15:34:00.004-05:002011-03-06T12:39:45.544-05:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Pat May, the prompt for this month's challenge is CHARTREUSE. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-33165506819219128642011-02-02T19:30:00.004-05:002011-02-06T17:00:17.779-05:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.The prompt for this month's challenge is HEARTS AND FLOWERS. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your blog

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-26731131293259322592011-01-31T16:09:00.001-05:002011-01-31T16:10:35.133-05:00

Violet by Sammie Flame of RawkMama.etsy.com Last week we popped by Melange Team member Sammie Flame's new studio. Lucky for us, Sammie returns today for a cup of tea and a lovely chat - and we are both so glad you could join us!  Sammie is a talented mixed media artist with a unique style and wonderful rich colors. In her online shop RawkMama.Etsy.com you can find a mix of original art... and

ArtSnarknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-10995941952778444572011-01-20T16:22:00.002-05:002011-01-20T16:24:09.385-05:00

Keeping Faith by Sammie D. Flame Got your traveling coat on? Today we are off to Arizona for a visit with RawkMama. RawkMama.Etsy.com Also known as artist (& fellow Etsy's Melange Team member) Sammie Flame. She recently moved to a new house and has kindly agreed to show us around her expanded creative space.  Ready? Here we go... SF: Here is a picture of my old "living room" studio. My old

ArtSnarknoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-72203539792210753322011-01-04T10:58:00.005-05:002011-01-10T17:10:30.221-05:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Linda Harbin Beard the prompt for this month's challenge is BEGINNING. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-86244035252258255612010-12-06T15:36:00.002-05:002010-12-09T07:25:37.217-05:00

Thanks to Stacey Merrill the prompt for this month's challenge is DREAMING. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your blog, website, Flickr page, Etsy or elsewhere INCLUDING a link back to the Melange Team blog.2) Comment to this blog post INCLUDING the link to where we can find your

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-37410368471855716442010-11-01T13:18:00.004-04:002010-11-08T08:13:29.586-05:00

The prompt for this month's challenge is HOME. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your blog, website, Flickr page, Etsy or elsewhere INCLUDING a link back to the Melange Team blog.2) Comment to this blog post INCLUDING the link to where we can find your beautiful piece.3) Please link

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-42348363932344215982010-10-05T11:17:00.002-04:002010-10-06T19:52:22.278-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.The prompt for this month's challenge is SPOOKY. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your blog, website,

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-72859629124051878912010-09-20T13:17:00.000-04:002010-09-20T13:17:41.068-04:00

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2010 The Pre-Raphaelite BrotherhoodI previously posted a blog series on Claude Monet and Impressionism. This new post is going to begin another series on my favorite period, the Pre-Raphaelites. The Impressionist era lasted basically from 1863 to 1886. The Pre-Raphaelite movement was founded in 1848 by English painters Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel

Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06773593266379014642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-23973107638913928052010-09-01T08:05:00.002-04:002010-09-01T08:11:00.561-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Karen of Lemachi Designs the prompt for this month's challenge is HUGS AND KISSES. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-7584344275312037252010-08-12T19:49:00.002-04:002010-08-15T09:53:21.412-04:00

Elenamary was the hostess to a Melange mixed media ACEO swap a few weeks ago. 6 of us had a great time creating ACEO's to swap. It was an open swap, meaning we could create from whatever theme we wanted. If time would allow, I'd post all the ACEOs elenamary received but I'm going to do just a representation. Most everyone did 6 different ACEOs to trade. I would not have wanted to have been in

whytenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-7726086284857824102010-08-07T20:42:00.006-04:002010-08-27T20:59:36.887-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Linda Harbin Beard the prompt for this month's challenge is RAIN. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-14252692889607283252010-08-01T08:20:00.001-04:002010-08-01T08:20:49.310-04:00

whytenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-51477585827179725082010-07-16T15:27:00.000-04:002010-07-16T15:27:36.210-04:00

Lily Elsie had a flawless face, true perfection in my estimation. She was one of the most photographed women of le Belle Epoque. She was born Elsie Hodder on April 8, 1886 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. On her birth certificate, her mother, Elizabeth Hodder, was listed as a dressmaker. There was no father recorded. Then in 1891 her mother married William Cotton and Elsie took the Cotton name at

Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06773593266379014642noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-51310022087717913102010-07-01T08:48:00.006-04:002010-07-18T12:05:07.701-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the month's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Pat May the prompt for this month's challenge is CHAPEAU. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-35784857129594825222010-06-16T18:51:00.000-04:002010-06-16T19:08:26.119-04:00

Lina Cavalieri - le Belle Epoque beauty and Italian Opera Star Lina Cavalieri was called the most beautiful woman in the world - and she may have been. She was born Natalina Cavalieri on Christmas Day in 1874 in Viterbo, Latium, Italy. She lost her parents at the age of 15 and became a ward of the state. She was sent to live in a Roman Catholic orphanage where the strictness of the nuns

Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06773593266379014642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-90706909728318179182010-05-26T16:37:00.001-04:002010-06-04T12:48:46.765-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Stacey Merrill the prompt for this week's challenge is ANTIQUE. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-17985568161423416002010-05-21T00:38:00.000-04:002010-06-16T19:10:30.475-04:00

        Evelyn Nesbit, Supermodel of le Belle Epoque Who was Evelyn Nesbit? If you lived at the turn of the century you wouldn't have asked that question. Everyone knew who she was! Some call her the world's first supermodel. She was a chorus girl and artist's model in New York City who was swept up in one of the era's most infamous murder cases.

Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06773593266379014642noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-68879492003272753812010-05-15T00:45:00.003-04:002010-09-09T18:46:47.418-04:00

Read the comments here for Blog Giveaways sponsored by our Melange team members. Members who have giveaways on their blogs will post them here with a description of the giveaway, an end date, and an appropriate hot link to their blog. Please do not leave any other kinds of comments here, just Melange team giveaway promotions. Anyone can enter and participate! Please link to a static page (What

Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06773593266379014642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-11141092388552402882010-05-05T07:43:00.000-04:002010-05-27T16:04:05.489-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Jodi Ohl the prompt for this week's challenge is MOTHERHOOD. Jodi is also offering an original 6" x 6" Sweet HeART block embellished with the word MOTHERHOOD (or a word of the winner's choosing.) This is an

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-20184230829433464412010-05-02T07:38:00.000-04:002010-05-02T07:38:42.997-04:00

whytenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-16880766310371032692010-04-28T11:42:00.000-04:002010-04-28T17:40:23.725-04:00

The Song of the Siren I must have been a woodworker in my previous life. Just like the heroes of the 40s noir movies who could not resist the allure of those mysterious sultry sirens, a bare wooden box entices me into the trap of drawing on it, painting, coloring and decorating it. The interest in decorating boxes really became addictive during the six months between my daughter's engagement

Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06773593266379014642noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-90565076182748902982010-04-21T08:35:00.000-04:002010-05-02T20:54:23.556-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Karen the prompt for this week's challenge is CHIT-CHAT. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-17053100252282490282010-04-16T23:08:00.000-04:002010-04-17T08:36:29.625-04:00

Imagine! Feel the breeze off the lake, the sun on your face and enjoy this wonderful interview of LizAnna by Brenda Lynn of Peace of Mind Studio Thank you Bren for a fun read! *Where do you call home? Are you married? Do you have children?I live in the north central interior of British Columbia, Canada on a beautiful lake that is clean enough to drink from. My home is shared with my husband and

Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06773593266379014642noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-77322101915822831112010-04-07T08:33:00.000-04:002010-04-11T16:47:56.504-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Elizabeth Johnson the prompt for this week's challenge is ICE CREAM. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-54017409735930462572010-04-06T16:29:00.000-04:002010-04-07T11:41:12.845-04:00

I recently committed to writing new posts for this wonderful Melange Team Etsy blog. I love Melange and I want it to thrive and grow, and prosper would be nice too! It is a wonderfully supportive group of artists and I am proud to be a member. While I ponder about what to write in future blogs, I am posting this tutorial of mine from one of my previous blogs. My blog is at http://

Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06773593266379014642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-3641668391536634572010-03-24T08:12:00.000-04:002010-03-31T19:06:29.563-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Linda Harbin Beard the prompt for this week's challenge is SUNSHINE. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-7465873285535292522010-02-24T08:21:00.000-05:002010-03-12T17:47:31.618-05:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Maureen Tillman the prompt for this week's challenge is MIRROR. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-22419184524994576202010-02-10T09:14:00.000-05:002010-02-10T19:58:51.910-05:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Stacey Merrill the prompt for this week's challenge is LOVE LETTERS. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-47037771988801332902010-01-28T15:48:00.000-05:002010-01-28T15:50:10.476-05:00

Here is the utube video of the challenge entries for altered bottles/jars. This was such a great challenge and all of the entries from Melange team members and friends are just beautiful.

Glenda-TwoCoolTexansnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-63803382857691768252010-01-28T08:01:00.001-05:002010-02-01T13:20:31.642-05:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Brenda the prompt for this week's challenge is FRESH. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-82425904950118235382010-01-25T15:59:00.001-05:002010-01-25T16:00:23.106-05:00

"Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur" by Lesley Riley is an all-encompassing how-to guide to working with this revolutionary product. That’s the tag-line on the book cover -- “Revolutionize Your Craft Experience,” and I certainly see how this could be so, through the addition of Lutradur to your arsenal.Lesley has organized the book into two sections: one containing “27 Things To Do with Lutradur”

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-54042475674667163662010-01-13T18:47:00.000-05:002010-01-16T22:59:22.304-05:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Karen the prompt for this week's challenge is TIMELESS. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-30564337751404229492010-01-13T17:00:00.000-05:002010-01-13T20:28:38.252-05:00

Thanks to Karen for creating a lovely showcase of Melange members' artwork for a ByHand.Me spotlight. If you visit the site and click on each image it will take you to that artist's Etsy page.Thanks, Karen.

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-73920144727764336122010-01-07T15:08:00.000-05:002010-01-07T15:17:58.474-05:00

Here we go. The latest mixed media challenge for Melange team members (but actually anybody can join in) is off and running...Due on the 22nd of January. Make your altered art, post the url in the comments section here under this post on the 22nd to be eligible to win (drawing, not judging) a book donated by our LindaB (MidwestieLady) and a second prize from TwoCoolTexans (that would be me).

Glenda-TwoCoolTexansnoreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-55246938884444464722010-01-05T20:38:00.000-05:002010-01-05T20:39:53.421-05:00

Here is our latest video.

Glenda-TwoCoolTexansnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-1495541553327384702010-01-04T10:52:00.000-05:002010-01-04T11:41:06.931-05:00

Welcome fellow creators to 2010 and our first Artist Profile of the new year. Over the past few weeks we've had several new members join the Melange Team, and over time I would like to introduce you to each of them and their work. If you recall, our last profile featured one of our new members, Heidi Rand of GardenDelightsArts and her scrumptious textile beauties. However, this month I step back

Brenda Lynnnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-58579126104661863232010-01-02T18:03:00.000-05:002010-01-02T18:44:40.410-05:00

I wanted to do a tutorial for those of you who were wanting to try encaustic art this year. But, I wanted to do something really simple that would give you a "taste" of working with wax, without the investment. That way, you can see how you and the wax feel about each other. Also, I wanted to incorporate some stitching if I could, so those of you who are chomping at the bit to dust off your

Glenda-TwoCoolTexansnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-48289096897971167422010-01-02T13:34:00.000-05:002010-01-03T08:56:48.255-05:00

No, not really. No more at least will I do the "I am going to lose weight, start exercizing". Nope, give up on that. I am only going to make art "resolutions". Well, sort of resolutions. What I aspire to do in the coming year about art, my favorite subject. More likely to get those done than the exercize stuff. Although I need to do those of course. So, I asked my fellow Melange team

Glenda-TwoCoolTexansnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-28147966803797838422009-12-30T08:26:00.000-05:002009-12-31T17:19:59.602-05:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Stacey Merrill the prompt for this week's challenge is ILLUMINATING. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished

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For those of you who missed it the first time, my Mixed Media/Collage Backgrounds Workshop is back at Creative Workshops commencing January 11, 2010. This workshop is OPEN ENDED. You can join at any time and not miss a thing. Once you register you will have unlimited access to the instructions, video and teacher assistance and can take this course AT YOUR OWN PACE.Why not while away those long

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Elizabeth Johnson the prompt for this week's challenge is SECRETS. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished

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 Hello and welcome to our December Artist Profile. This month we are featuring one of our newest Melange Team members Heidi Rand of GardenDelightsArts. Heidi has a very distinct and unique style encompassing her various interests in nature, textiles, and photography. Stay a while and learn a little more about this very distinctive artist. Double Exposure Mixed Media & Transfer © Heidi Rand

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Jodi Ohl the prompt for this week's challenge is BLACK & WHITE. Create a piece of mixed media art using this prompt as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece

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http://www.byhand.me/component/option,com_content/Itemid,70/id,15470/task,view/Thank you Karen, LemachiGallery, for putting this together for us. You always do an absolutely beautiful job and we appreciate it so much.Visit Karen's shop at www.LemachiGallery.etsy.com

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Eva the prompt for this week's challenge is PRAYER. Create a piece of mixed media art using this word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your blog,

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Heidi, a member of the Melange street team just did a tutorial on how to hang a gorgeous art quilt that she had done. Hope you enjoy it; this is always such a hard thing to figure out--how to display these kinds of fabric art pieces.From Heidi's Blog:When last we met, I had printed and quilted an art quilt from a blended collage of my photographs of a lavender flower and a piece of rusted

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Here is number 5 of the weekly utube slide shows of artwork from the members.

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Brenda Lynn the prompt for this week's challenge is CHANGE. Create a piece of mixed media art using this word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on

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Hello everyone. Bren here. I am happy to reintroduce Artist Profiles here on the Melange blog. This will be a recurring monthly event, so please join us on the first Monday of each month to learn a little more about our fellow artists and team members. Here in our first interview I am so pleased to introduce Renee Gandy, curator of both FauveStudio and FauveBohemian on Etsy. Many of you are

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Glenda Bailey the prompt for this week's challenge is DRAMA QUEEN. Create a piece of mixed media art using this phrase as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished

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Here is our slide show on utube for this week. Hope you all like it.

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I wanted to write a tutorial on how to take magazines pages that you cannot use in your work due to copyright issues and make them usable. Finally, I am sitting down to get this done. It may not be new to some of you, I actually started doing this and wrote it up 5 years ago. There have been lots of people change it up a little and use it, and that is just a-okay with me. I am for finding

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Linda B. aka Midwestie Lady the prompt for this week's challenge is BELIEVE. Create a piece of mixed media art using this word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your

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This week the crowabout page was all western, complete with a gun-totten cowgirl. While the cowgirl and the words "WANTED" appealed to me, I kept seeing the words "A horse is a horse, is a horse..." and a tune came to mind. Yes, of course, it was the tune for the TV show "Mr. Ed" that was so popular back in the 60's. So Mr. Ed's theme song became the focal point of this collage piece. I enlarged

Midwestie Lady - Lindanoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-91553878210104846362009-10-17T14:09:00.000-04:002009-10-17T14:10:01.003-04:00

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Maureen Tillman the prompt for this week's challenge is WANDER. Create a piece of mixed media art using this word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on

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Hi Everybody! Stacey (ArtSnark) here. I recently had some good fortune & decided to share it with my fellow team members. 2 months ago I hosted a random drawing of 250 custom printed greeting cards from DigitalRoom.com on my blog. Well, that generous sponsor then gave me the same prize to thank me for hosting their giveaway.I decided to print up some cards to promote the Melange Team & its

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I am proud to show off the brand new utube video/slideshow of Melange team member's works of art. Hope you like it.

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Elizabeth Johnson the prompt for this week's challenge is FALLING. Create a piece of mixed media art using these words as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished

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This is our very first utube slide show. Needs a little work, but we will be doing better, and doing them regularly. Hope you like it

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Stacey Merrill the prompt for this week's challenge is GATEWAY. Create a piece of mixed media art using these words as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece

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The winner of the book by Gwen Diehl is ta da........Pat. Congratulations Pat! You work so hard for our team, and this is so exciting that you won the drawing. Send me your snail mail by convo and I will get your book right out to you.This was a fun challenge. To everybody who joined in the fun. Thank you so much, truly a team who jumps in and supports one another and I am so grateful

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Janet of Paper Dreamer the prompt for this week's challenge is HEAVENLY. Create a piece of mixed media art using these words as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your

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Today is the day! The "hey, add a little fabric to one of your art pieces" challenge is due today. I, for one, who am addicted to using fabric in my work, cannot wait to see what everyone has created. So, post your pieces in the comments section so that we can see. I will hot link if you are having problems with that, so not to worry. Just post where the piece is located, and I will catch up

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1) Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed as an artist in the Melange Team on Etsy group. To start off, why don't you give us a little background information about yourself. When was it you discovered you wanted to be an artist? I was one of those people who always wanted to be an artist, but tamped down the thought because I thought I needed to be “practical.” I thought I could take care of

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Kathy Maximo the prompt for this week's challenge is WEE WITCHES. Create a piece of mixed media art using these words as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished

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I could literally fill up 24 hours a day with something, if only I didn’t have to sleep! I can never relate to boredom or to people who retire and don’t know what to do with their time. So much to do... so little time. I’ve tried to develop a bit of a routine as a Melange Team member, with resolutions that I’ll do better. Since I’m a list maker I thought I’d share some thoughts and perhaps

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Fabric Art Collage by Rebekah Meier is a wonderful resource book with a wealth of over 40 mixed media techniques.Divided into nine sections, this book is well-organized and reader-friendly. The full color photographs showcase not only finished projects and techniques, but also key steps along the way.Beginning with the section entitled TOOLS AND SUPPLIES, Rebekah offers an extensive and thorough

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Are you ready for another challenge? This one for Melange members this go round. Just pretty much like we did last time. Anybody who wants to be featured can write up a blog post (and then you can post it on your own blog also) or anybody who wants to just take part in the challenge can leave comments where your piece is located...Etsy, Flickr, web page, etc.In honor of the fact that I have

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Jodi Ohl the prompt for this week's challenge is SERENITY. Create a piece of mixed media art using that word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Eva the prompt for this week's challenge is NAUGHTY. Create a piece of mixed media art using that word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on your blog,

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First, I again want to thank everyone who joined in this challenge. We even had two visitors, Silke and Abby. Who, by the way, did fantastic work. If you all didn't look at their pieces, do yourself a favor and do that. I think what was so exciting for me was the participation that we had. It was phenomenal. So many of you, tried and tried and showed us your results. Thank you again for

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By now you’ve read several informative posts on various image transfer techniques and some of the trials and tribulations related to the different processes. Hopefully you’ve been inspired to try some of them yourself. I know it sure has helped me overcome my transfer phobia, and I now have oodles of tips and tricks to help me on my way. Our little “challenge” was inspired by a book called Image

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Well, it is the 31st. All entries for the Melange transfer challenge are due today!Several of our members wrote up their results and already showed us their pieces.Amazing. I think everyone did something different and all of the results are just amazing. This was really really a fun challenge. I will draw a name from the particpants on the 3d to win the book. It's a great book, you will

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I couldn't believe it! I tried every liquid and glue in my home mixed with every type of paper in my studio, and nothing was working. I was experimenting with transfers. Then one amazing combination worked!An ink jet print on glossy photo paper + cotton cloth + Mod Podge (gloss)First I printed a small picture in dark colors on my HP ink jet printer onto Burlington glossy photo paper. (I also

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Brenda Lynn the prompt for this week's challenge is ABUNDANCE. Create a piece of mixed media art using that word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on

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This was an idea that I had when I was experimenting with different ways to do collage transfers . I had a stack of very old clear glass slides that was sitting around and I thought I would try to transfer an image on them . I laser copied some old photos and applied Golden gel medium to the front with my fingers and then let it set up for an hour or two and the peeled off the paper . Rubbing off

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I used copies from our copier machine at home. Just a run of the mill copy machine but I put the ink slide all the way over to the darkest copy I could get. Hope that helps.

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my last pictures.

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Simple image transfer technique by Linda Donnelly ldphotographyI decided to try doing an image transfer but my first couple of tries were failures So I turned to the place where I seem to be able to learn many craft techniques, Youtube. I came across this video called , Range ; Claudine Hellmuth, Adirondack paint image transfer. I had just purchased some of the metallic acrylics from Ranger

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I have been a member of the group of artists frustrated by unsuccessful photo image transfers. It's been very hit and miss for me and mostly *miss*. But I think I've finally conquered one method using an inkjet printer and the final result, left, will be listed in my etsy shop Whyte this weekend. This was actually a second transfer from the same original inkjet image.Our Melange team member,

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Linda B. aka "Midwestie Lady" the prompt for this week's challenge is FLIGHT. Create a piece of mixed media art using that word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your

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Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Glenda Bailey the prompt for this week's challenge is USE YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE IN YOUR ART. Create a piece of mixed media art using that quote as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1)

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Okay, hopefully, everyone who bought the new book on transfers has gotten theirs by now. And, if you didn't purchase the book, hey.....here is a blog and the blog author has done a wonderful job of listing tons of methods to try. http://www.mixed-media-artist.com/2009/04/image-transfer-methods.htmlYou don't have to do any specific kind of transfer, you don't have to be a member of the Melange

Glenda-TwoCoolTexansnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-66475856454951920132009-08-06T21:52:00.000-04:002009-08-06T21:57:12.020-04:00

"The ETSY street team "Melange" is having a WEEKEND DEAL of 15% off everything, excluding shipping. Melange is a group of Mixed Media Artists, many of who have been published. Each shop may also have additional sales of their own. The following is a list of active, participating Melange members who are participating in the WEEKEND DEAL from August 7th, through the 9th.After the item is purchased

Kathynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-36231788724560846882009-08-05T07:21:00.000-04:002009-08-05T14:48:46.958-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Renee Gandy the prompt for this week's challenge is ARCHETYPE. Create a piece of mixed media art using that word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-86154902646929298322009-08-03T11:45:00.000-04:002009-08-03T12:16:43.915-04:00

Sorry to shout!!! But the Melange team is having our first team SALE this weekend. For participating members, please check out the "comments" section under this post.The sale will run 8/7 - 8/9 and will be 15% off all shop items, excluding shipping charges. The refund will be made to your PayPal account upon notification of payment by the buyer. Sounds like fun, doesn't it? I know I am ready

Glenda-TwoCoolTexansnoreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-5300257441059829092009-07-25T15:30:00.000-04:002009-07-25T15:42:08.291-04:00

Now, you all know that I absolutely love transfers. Have done every single kind that I could find, and I do have some favorites. Well, maybe three. I am a microwave type of transfer gal and I like the ones that are easy, fast, and fairly fail proof.Since I am also a book junkie, I pre-ordered this new book on transfers, sight unseen, from Amazon. Turned out to be a good choice. Some of these

Glenda-TwoCoolTexansnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-45382487907536323062009-07-19T21:04:00.000-04:002009-07-26T09:36:13.077-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Maureen Tillman the prompt for this week's challenge is HARBOR. Create a piece of mixed media art using that word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple rules:1) Post your finished piece on

NANCY LEFKOhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11617374474115579956noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1712427152808753949.post-42131074882790720082009-07-15T08:03:00.000-04:002009-07-15T22:00:38.173-04:00

Welcome...everyone is invited to join in the challenge. You do not have to be on the team or an Etsy seller to create a piece of art with the week's theme and show it on this blog.Thanks to Elizabeth Johnson, of Wind and Honey Creations, the prompt for this week's challenge is WHISPER. Create a piece of mixed media art using that word as inspiration. When you are finished follow these simple

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