Blogger of the Year Award 2012

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I received the Blog of the Year 2012 award! Thank you so much to FluxNews for nominating me 🙂 That blog is definitely worth checking out! Thank you very much for your support and being a constant visitor of my posts. So, one more time: THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!

The rules for this award are simple :
1 Select the blog(s) you think deserve the ‘Blog of the Year 2012’ Award.

2 Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you have chosen – there’s no minimum or maximum number of blogs required – and ‘present’ them with their award. Read the whole post

DIY Glitter Wine Glasses

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DIY glitter glasses! These glasses are the third gift in the Make Something Mondays Holiday Gift Series. They are a great gift and are easy to make.

materialsThings You Will Need:
Tape
Glass Paint
Wine Glass
Paint Sponge

glitter glass paint

Step 1:

Add some tape around the top of your glass as a barrier and paint on a thin layer of glass glitter paint. Let it dry.
Keep the paint below where your lips will touch the glass. Read the whole post

One Year of Blogging

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Today is the one year anniversary of the day I started Make Something Mondays! YAY!  Thank you, to my followers, for making my first year of blogging a great one!

What I’ve learned:

  • I am more crafty than I was a year ago– Seriously, I was WAAAAAAY more artsy than crafty. Now I can add another skill to my list.
  • You truly have to love what you choose to blog about– I could talk about art for hours, maybe even days, without running out of steam.
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Gift idea for Guys

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My boyfriend likes beer on occasion and I like typography. So, one of the gifts I am going to give him is one that I’ve made. The typography consists of all of the brands of beer that he enjoys. Photoshop is a wonderful tool 🙂

Beer-Typography

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DIY Candle | Holiday Gift

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Here is post #2 of the DIY Holiday Gift Series. This one is easy but takes about an hour to get together. That is still pretty quick for a candle, right? The girl you are giving it to will enjoy it 🙂

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Materials

Things You Will Need:
A Pot
Stove
water
Tongs
Glass Jar
Candle Wax
Candle Wick

Step 1: (I skipped the picture. I know you know what water in a pot looks like :-D)
Pour a small amount of water into your pot and place it on your stove burner. Read the whole post

DIY Holiday Party Decorations

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I was searching for something completely unrelated to this article and came across some useful DIYs for holiday parties on BlogHer. There are some great ideas on here guys! Check them out! Click the picture to go to her site for tutorials 🙂

DIY Tiered Serving Tray

DIY Christmas party decorations

diy Holiday party tiered tray

Christmas Kisses

Holiday party crafts

Holiday crafting

Mason Jars

Holiday party mason jars

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Ronit Bigal

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“Body Scripture II” is Ronit Bigal’s new exhibition at the Artists House. It is a combination of Photography, Calligraphy and floral ornamentation. Ronit uses digital photography topped with drawings in black Indian ink which produces a base-relief effect.

Bigal starts by photographing a completely exposed body and explores different areas of it with her lens. She wraps parts of her photos with floral ornamentation and others with cited calligraphy taken from Biblical texts. They are abstract and mysterious. Read the whole post