Creative Quote December 31

“There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.” — Edward de Bono

Creative Quote December 30

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.”
— John F. Kennedy

Creative Quote of the Day

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ~Jack London

Now I have to go find my club.

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Barbie Furniture Gift Ideas

Okay so I am going back to my second childhood. I admit it. It's just too much fun!!!

I started designing Barbie Fashion Doll Furniture for my Artfire Shop and it just brought back so many memories of making Barbie Furniture for my daughter when she was young. That was 30 years ago, but the memories are so wonderful. Waiting until she was sound asleep then dragging out all my supplies to work on more fun things for Barbie.

Yes, I did usually stay up too late trying to finish another piece. But it was all worth it on Christmas Day when she saw her Barbie House with all the furniture.

The image of my daughter falling to her knees in front of her new Barbie house, screaming with delight when she first saw that doll house. Her excitement soared when I showed her how to turn on all the lights. Those are the moments we cherish, the moments that matter the most.

I am excited to introduce you to the new line of Collectible Crocheted Fashion Dolls available in my Artfire Shop. Each doll is designed and hand crocheted with lots of love and attention to detail. These fashion dolls are Whimsical Amigurumi Dolls that will delight any doll collector on your gift ideas Christmas shopping list.

I have crocheted for many years, so I felt brave enough to design these one of a kind Collector Fashion Dolls. Crocheting one from a pattern would be easy. Unfortunately there are no written patterns available for this style doll. Creating my own design was the only answer. I spent many hours of trial and error until finally I was finally satisfied with the design.

The wonderful thing about this new line of Collector Dolls I am creating is they do not require a special doll stand. I designed these dolls to be easily displayed sitting on an empty soft drink or water bottle. Also the Dolls are fully posable.

It does take time to create each Doll but stop by my Artfire Shop often to see the new Dolls that I will be offering.

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Artfire Day. Let's Trend ourselves.

Artfire Day. Thursday November 4th, 2010. Artfire isn't just a website for artisans. Artfire is a wonderful community of energetic, creative, talented artisans that are always looking for creative ways to promote their fellow artisans.

November 4th Artfire artisans will begin a promotional campaign to capture the attention of online shoppers. The participating artisans will select 1 item from 10 shops on Artfire to share on Twitter, Facebook, or their personal blogs.

Be sure to search #artfire on Twitter to discover some of the incredible handmade gift ideas we will discover. There are so many wonderful gift ideas on Artfire you won't want to miss out on any of our great finds.

If you're an Artfire artisan make sure you join our Twitter campaign. Wouldn't it be great to see Artfire trending on Twitter??? I think it would. You can read all about it here.

We've lost Santa !!! Get a big reward for finding him...: Win a shopping spree on Artfire !

WIN a shopping spree in Santa's Handmade workshop !

Artfire is a site where artisans from all over our planet get together and sell their beautiful handmade items.

We are now running a contest so you can go do some serious Holiday shopping FOR FREE !
Help us find Santa and win some great prizes !

If you're having trouble finding the perfect gift this holiday season, take a look at the beautiful, unique selection of handmade gifts available on Artfire. I'm sure you'll be able to find something special for everyone on your list.

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Handmade Unique Gifts

I am showing off a little, well okay alot!! I just received my Certified Handmade Artifact for my Artfire shop
So I just had to get it posted on my blog. Artfire has been busy adding many new tools for the Artfire Artisans to use. It makes running an on line shop very easy and enjoyable.