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Towel Critter Art – Take 3

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Flickr – Ryan Island – Carnival Cruise Line

 

 

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Jodi Jill Towel Art

 

 

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Julian Frost

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Towel Critter Art – Take 2

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Cruise Stories

 

 

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Cuded

 

 

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Daily Dose of Cute

 

 

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Gorgeous Gourds – Take 7

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SustainableSeedCo.com

 

 

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Sustainable Seed Company

 

 

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The Art Zoo

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Towel Critter Art – Take 1

When I first started this blog, I displayed a bunch of wonderful towel animal art introduced to me by my sister-in-law, Mary Lou, when she and my brother-in-law were on a cruise. I was completely blown away and delightedly shared the images. Then I found out the hard way about image limits and what happens when you delete what you think are old images, and lost the whole section.

I found some new images yesterday, again smiling like an idiot every time I find another one, so I’m going to start that section again and share them with you. :0)

 

 

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Carnival – Beyondships.com

 

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Carnival Sunshine

 

 

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Craft Art Ideas

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Gorgeous Gourds – Take 6

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Pinterest

 

 

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Shades of Fall – Etsy

 

 

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Rocking V Cafe – The Afters Gallery

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Gorgeous Gourd Art – Take 5

 

 

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Marilyn Sunderland

 

 

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Matt Barna

I love gourd art!  It seems that the sky is the limit on what one can do with them. I can’t decide if I like the brightly colored and highly varnished ones best, or the ones that combine carving and painting – giving the gourd wonderful texture – or ones that have been completely cut out and then painted. I simply drool when I see the creativity and talent that goes into these!

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String Art – Take 9

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Sole Stitches

 

 

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String Simply

 

 

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String Art – Take 8

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Pinterest

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Pinterest

 

 

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Pinterest

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Oil Paintings I Love – Take 4

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“Girl and Dog” – artist unknown

I hope the girl will read to the dog.

 

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Kate Hoyer

I want to pet this sweet dog and make him smile.

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String Art – Take 7

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Imgur

 

 

 

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Nest

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Playing with Your Food – Food Train

Creative Things via Vickie Eisenlohr

Creative Things via Vickie Eisenlohr

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String Art – Take 6

Copper String Art DIY

stringartdiy.com

 

 

 

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Crafthubs – forgottenPLUM

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Button Art – Take 10

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Pinterest

 

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Pinterest

 

 

 

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The WHoot

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Beautiful Baskets – Take 6

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Talia Magazine Basket

 

 

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West Elm

 

 

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Zulu Liala Palm African Basket – FairTradeGifts

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Beautiful Baskets – Take 5

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Halton Basket – Crate & Barrel

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Moses Basket – Overstock.com

 

 

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Pinterest

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Button Art – Take 9

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Etsy

 

 

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Karen Hurley Button Art

 

 

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Pinterest

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Christmas Cookies

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Wallpaper Safari

I’m a bit disappointed that I’m not going to try to make sugar cookies for the first time this year. I have what a I think is a really good recipe from a friend, plus cookie cutters I had ordered online, plus some icing in different colors. THEN we learned my husband has diabetes…

Neither of us NEEDS sugar cookies, so I’ll wait and try the cookies at another time when we can split ONE and then give the rest away.

Meanwhile, I found some pictures of some online that I absolutely love and wanted to share them with you.

 

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I know a company who makes flat wooden designs. I’m thinking I’ll try to order some of their Christmas designs and then try to paint them to look like cookies for next year. I’m also thinking it would be fun to create some Christmas cards and other things using these ideas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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Button Art – Take 8

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CraftGawker

 

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Customs by Cristina

 

 

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Elephant Love

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Button Art – Take 7

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Etsy.com/BellePapiers

 

 

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Busted Button

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Watercolors I Love – Take 9

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pinterest

 

 

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Watercolors I Love – Take 8

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Watercolors I Love – Take 7

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FreeImages.com

I love the glorious color in this one, plus the LIGHT. Just beautiful!

 

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PhotoBucket

The softness of this one appeals to me. I want to reach out and pet the dog. I’ll bet his skin would be warm from sitting in the sun.

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Watercolors I Love – Take 6

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Frits Ahlefeldt – The Hiking Artist Project

 

 

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Jovan Lillic – You Tube

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Watercolors I Love – Take 5

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Joe Cartwright – Lake Bonney, South Australia

I love the color in this and the starkness of the trees versus the lush sunset and water.

 

 

This little guy just melted my heart. Great choice of subject, plus real talent in making him come to life.

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Watercolors I Love – Take 4

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Bored Panda

I love the softness of this one, and the contrast between the detailed painting and the merely suggestive.

 

 

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Etsy

I had a visceral reaction to this painting. I simply melted and said, “Awwwww!” inside.

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Monet’s Pond

This is a beautiful video that is mesmerizing. It’s called “Monet’s Pond, Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.

Art’s video, Cheryl Glatt, Via Angela Tag

If clicking on the link above doesn’t work, please paste this URL in your browser – http://www.facebook.com/artstorica/videos/10345

(trying again to get the URL to print out. Fingers crossed.)

 

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Watercolors I Love – Take 3

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Bored Panda

I love the way this artist has gone from an almost pointillism technique for the lion’s head to a free form, glorious color watercolor!

 

 

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Canvas Wall Art and Canvas Prints

I love the wonderful explosions of color, the soft edges of the flowers, and the background. Maybe in my next life I can learn to paint in this manner.

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String Art – Take 5

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reference.com

 

 

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Homedit

 

 

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The WHOot

 

 

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Button Art – Take 6

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Etsy – Bespoke Fox Art

 

 

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The WHOot

 

 

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The WHOot – Button and Doily Art

 

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String Art – Take 4

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Dicas de Mulher

 

 

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String Art With Heart – Etsy

 

 

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Miss Texan – fr.printerest.com

 

 

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Herring Design Co

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Happy Halloween – Carvings by Ray Villafane

And now we meet the grand master of pumpkin carving – Ray Villafane, from Queens, New York. The following examples of his work are my personal favorites –  (Thanks to Emily Davis, trendingly.com)

 

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Happy Halloween!

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