Summer Scholar Sunday #2

Each week, I will feature an activity found in the Sun Scholars Summer Program and share some highlights from our Summer Scholar Families.  We'd love to have you follow along.  If you like what you see, and would like to learn more about my Sun Scholar Summer Program, click HERE.Bird FeedersSubjects:    Art & ScienceTime:         10+ minsSupplies:        Pine Cone or Wooden Bird House, Peanut

Daisy Chain Count Down

 Only 13 days of school left for my kiddos.To mark these last days, we made these daisy chain count downs.WAY more fun than a paper chain count down if you ask me... and who doesn't have a pile of plastic eggs laying around from Easter?!Supplies Needed:-  Flowers (I printed them on card stock), you can find mine HERE-  Plastic Eggs, one half for each day-  Small Candy, Toys, or Notes, one for

Recycle/Reuse/Upcycle

Three R's of CDs in the digital age: resell, reuse, recycleby Ashley CullinsApril 07, 2011Ashley Cullins/MedillCDs can be used as easy, light-reflecting candleholders.A cathode lamp is one of millions of ideas for projects made with used CDs.Cullins -Etsy"Kusudama is traditionally a Japanese art of paperfolding that results in a beautiful ball of flowers. This particular piece is a modern update

Nature Scavenger Hunt

Here is a great way to turn the outdoors into a game your children can enjoy over and over again.  Better yet, they can create themselves!  Use your backyard, playground, favorite park, or campground, in a Nature Scavenger Hunt!Step 1 - Make a ListYour neck of the woods (ha ha.. get it?) might not have all of the same goodies as another part of the country, or world for that matter, so come up

Chicks & Bunnies

Boy, do I have a fun and easy Easter craft for you and the kids!Aren't they cute?And even more fun... they hold little treats!Supplies Needed:-  Plastic Easter Eggs-  Craft Foam (I used blue, pink and yellow... I needed orange, but card stock did the trick!)-  Googly Eyes-  PomPoms (for bunny tail)-  String or Embroidery Floss (for bunny whiskers)-  Feathers (for the chick)-  Glue (I used hot

Recycle/Reuse/Upcycle

The Blue cobalt dish was just completed. I turned a blue cobalt water bottle into a beautiful amazing dish. The dish is cleaned,sanitized,fused,slumped,etched and wire wrapped with beads. I LOVE it! Let me know what you think.

Toledo Art Treasury

Rock N' Roll Is Free

By Matthew PerpetuaMarch 29, 2011 1:45 PM ETBen Harper is taking the title of his new single "Rock N' Roll Is Free" very literally by giving the track away for a limited time. The sunny, upbeat rocker is the first taste from his new album Give Till It's Gone, which will hit stores on May 17th, but for now the song is, as Harper sings, "free if you want it."

NBCU and Etsy partner... Contest starts today!

NBCU, Etsy partnerEffort part of 'Green Is Universal' pushBy Sam ThielmanFor its "Green Is Universal" initiative, NBCUniversal is partnering with online handcrafted goods retailer Etsy to sponsor a recycled handmade goods contest, starting today, as a run-up to the conglom's Earth Week. For the competish, christened "Art of Reuse," do-it-yourselfers are tasked with creating new products from

Earth Grrrl Crafts

http://www.etsy.com/shop/EarthGrrrlCrafts25% off on all items to help pay for my cat's Emergency vet bill. It's up over $2,000 at this point, and may be higher before all is said and done. Checkout code Earth25 for 25% off. Everything on sale 25% off! Great deals!http://www.etsy.com/shop/EarthGrrrlCrafts

Stone Carving

http://landing.newsinc.com/shared/video.html?freewheel=69016&sitesection=ndnsubss&VID=23385963Stone Carving VideoAn extinct art form?

New Glass Product... Green Glass and the Lady bug

This Bird feeder is created out of a beautiful hand cut, green glass and hand cut red and black glass for the lady bug.It has yellow glass accents running through the piece. It sits on a 16" fabricated wrought iron stand. The glass it self is 6" in diameter and 4.5" deep.

Crystal Phan's Jewelry from Etsy featured in the News

Congratulations to yet another Etsy seller in the News! Great article inWilkes Barre Times....Paper Heroes Crystals  ETSY SHOP: Crystal Phan's jewelry

The Baltimore Sun features Kristen Christy from Little Acorn Products

Congratulations to Kristen Christy from Little Acorn Products on Etsy. She was featured in The Baltimore sun!Check her shop out her Birdhouses are beautiful. Great decor for children s rooms.

NEW! Glass Gifts

Both Projects from last week are finished! This is the Bird Feeder!Bird feeder With wrought Iron StandBlue Fish Hanging from fishing pole.Suncatcher!Fused Glass Fish close-up

Blue Bird Feeder

Here are pictures from the bird feeder I started last week. Its Nearly complete. I just have to add the stand! Love the Blue Glass! It turned out perfect.

New Glass Product!.......Fused Fish

The fish are finally finished. Remember I blogged about these fish a week ago. They were hand cut. Kiln fired.Here are before and after pictures.Hand cut glass fish before the kiln!10 hrs later...After the kiln! And finally the finished product:   This suncatcher has a stainless steel chain to hang from.It has 3 blue glass fish fused with fish hooks and red and white beads hanging by fishing line

New product...Etched Red poppy Fields

Red Poppy Fields! This square dish is 5.5" x 3" and tapers down. I draw,etch,and hand paint the Poppies on the bowl. The paint is kiln baked on making it permanent.The bowl can be used for just about anything,candle holder, use in the kitchen or to hold your rings.Makes a cute gift! Fill it with their favorite little candies!Mothers Day! Is May 8

Are you an artist or Craftsman? Handmade or hand assembled?

Is your work considered handmade or not? Are you an Artist or craftsman?Hello everyone Im Jenny Reinhart.Basically I need a break from the social networking!I wanted to write an article addressing what seems to be two highly controversial topics among artists and craftsman on Etsy.1) Are you an artist or a crafter/craftsman?2) Is your product considered handmade or hand assembled and is there a

Rockford woman turns trash into art - WREX.com – Rockford’s News Leader

Rockford woman turns trash into art - WREX.com – Rockford’s News Leader"Lori's Recycled Chic"Another Great Etsy shop featured in the news!By: Rebecca KlopfROCKFORD (WREX) - You might think of things like empty pop bottles and old window panes as trash, but one women is turning them into art. The owner of "Lori's Recycled Chic" says if its an odd shape or has an interesting design, she can remake