Featured artist this week is Robinsheart

Robin feels that being able to do what you love in this life is truly a blessing. She has been beading for five years now- obsessed with creating something for most of her life. She loves to see various colors and types of beads - or any medium- worked together to form a new and beautiful creation. It reminds her of God's work in our lives - taking these lumps of clay and molding us into beautiful works of art- to His glory!

She is a Believer in God, wife to her one and only love, a mom to two incredible kids, a homeschool teacher, an optimist, a "creative sort"...

Her heart overflows with the blessings she has received - precious family, dear friends and the gift of Jesus Christ. She prays that something you find on her site will speak to your heart.

I know that something on her site spoke to mine.

The necklace you see above is one of Robins many items that she makes and I loved it so much when I saw it. At the time I was having a few troubles in my own life and wanted to have something that physically reminded me of the things that I was joyful for. So, this necklace spoke to me...and continues to do so every time I wear it. Other people notice it too. They love it and ask where I got it.

Robins designs speak for themselves.


Robin is working on some new handbags to list soon so stay tuned. She is in the process of photographing them and finds that end of her creativity much more challenging than anything else. Like me,she feels that getting a picture to speak to someone isn't as easy as making the item in the first place.

Let Robin's shop speak to you and visit her at

http://www.robinsheart.etsy.com

Robin also has a blog site. Come visit her at

http://robinsheart.blogspot.com

Sorry folks. I tried to get Robin's sites to link but for some reason, the link icon isn't working right for me today. You may just have to use that old copy and paste method instead until I can get it work right. OR...you can check out my recent purchases section and you will notice that "robinsheart" is listed there, and that DOES link directly to her shop :)

Featuring..... Loopdesigns

Loopsdesigns has created things for as long as...well, a long time! Loopdesigns grew up all over the World with some fondest memories and inspiration from childhood in Rwanda, Africa and has been making jewelry for others since getting married in 1998 when she made necklaces and earrings for her bridesmaids.

She started selling jewelry in 2002 when patients she worked with (she is a Physical Therapist) started asking about the jewelry she was wearing/making.

ABOUT HER JEWELRY:She handcrafts all the jewelry in her shop and endeavors that all her jewelry have have individual distinctions as many materials are formed by nature.
She makes her wire components freehand so they do vary slightly from earring to earring.

-------OTHER INTERESTING TIDBITS-------
"Crocs for Orphan Tots" is a program Loopdesigns has started to collect used croc like shoes for orphans in the the Congo. Convo her or check out her Blog http://crocsfororphantots.com/ for more info.

-}}} PUBLICATIONS {{{-In the new "Step by Step Wire Jewelry" magazine (on sale now) you can learn how to make her VINEYARD EARRINGS.

-}}} BLOG {{{-http://www.loopsdesigns.blogspot.com/

-}} OTHER ETSY STORE {{{-For formal and Bridal jewelry:http://www.twizzledesigns.etsy.com/

-}}} BABY'S ARRIVAL {{{-She is a new mom too! DeLuca Noelle was born Sept 1st, 2007. A healthy little girl at 8lbs, 1oz. with a full head of dark hair. Due to this life transition, purchases will ship in 7-10 days from date payment is received.

Featured artist this week--- tlc designs

I've chosen to feature tlc designs on my blog this week. This piece shown here is one of my favorite designs of hers. If you go down a ways on my blog and look to your right, you will see a section and a link to her site. It is well worth checking it out.
http://www.tlcdesigns.etsy.com/