Friday Features

September is just around the corner, and with it brings the beautiful Sapphire birthstone! I enjoyed searching my team members' shops as well as all of Etsy to find these stunning sapphire finds.

Tennis Bracelet Blue Crystal - Summer Sky

 by BeadedTail 

Sapphire Blue Teardrop Crystals Surrounded with Pave CZs on Silver French Earrings

 by CJRoseBoutique 

 

 Swarovski Crystals Blue Sapphire Heart Earrings

by lindab142 

Blue Sapphire Ring, September Birthstone Solitaire Ring in Recycled Sterling Silver, Made To Order

by onegarnetgirl 

 

Worktable Wednesday: Show Prep

It may be August, but many of our bloggers are already getting ready for their fall and winter shows.  As an artist, it can take quite a bit of time to build up an inventory and even to get your display items made. 

Edi from Memories for Life Scrapbooks has been working on some new ways to display her products.  She makes a fantastic variety of personalized items.  This extends all the way into her display items.  Check out this creative piece she made to display her engraved bottle stoppers:

Display Piece from Edi

Another essential item at any craft show is business cards.  Judy from This Creative Journey just wrote a great post about Moo mini cards.  Not only does she show off some of her own, but she tells about a special deal going on now.  Go check it out!

Moo Mini Card from Judy

Sometimes craft show prep means you have to be the one that makes Christmas crafts in August.   Sher reminds us of this in her recent post.  If you need an extra reminder, just walk into any craft store...

Christmas Images from Sher's Creative Space

My own personal tip for a craft show?  Try not to fall and break your ankle.  Yep, that happened to me at a craft show this weekend.  But life goes on and I'm now working on my own upcoming art show :)

What are you doing for fall shows?  Any tips for someone new to the craft show world?

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Today's post was brought to you by Jenny of A Bird In The Hand Art.  As the artist and owner behind A Bird In The Hand Art, Jenny spends her time creating unique jewelry and one-of-a-kind home decor pieces.  See her work in her shop or read some of her craft tutorials on her blog.

Treasury Tuesday

Treasuries on etsy are gallery collections of items for sale grouped under a theme chosen by the curator.  This is a fun way to showcase the talents and work of creative shop owners.

Blogging Business Artisans requires its members to curate one treasury per month.  Each week we will feature one of the past week's treasuries here on our team blog.
The treasury and each item within the treasury is clickable!

I don't know about you, but I'm just not ready for summer to be over. That's why I love Margaret from Splendid Little Stars I Love Summer Treasury!

'I Love Summer!' by SplendidLittleStars

and don't want it to end!

Digital Floral Coll... AliferousExpre... $3.50	Chicago Cubs Adjust... lindab142 $7.68	Wooden Wall Sticker... byAnnoDomini $35.00	Personalized Journa... ArtfulRising $10.00
Custom Destination ... memoriesforlif... $30.00	Crochet Bear Amigur... MagnoliaSurpri... $32.00	Watercolor Hibiscus... PoppyHillCreat... $5.00	Button Dangle Earri... randomcreative $9.00
Summer Sunflower AC... clockworkghOst $10.00	Carnival Carousel N... pasqueflower $16.00	turquoise sky beach... smalltownartis... $28.00	Seahorses & Leafy S... studiotuesday $30.00
Mini pastel summer ... DeborahMcGeeAr... $17.00	The Very Hungry Cat... JadestoneStudi... $17.00	Wire Heart Fine Sil... WirequeenJewel... $65.00	Summer Surprise - A...   tapestry316 $8.00

Here are a couple items featured in this treasury:

I have always admired these Button Dangle Earrings - Two-Hole Explosion by randomcreative. With their fun, colorful style they just scream SUMMER!

And these Watercolor Hibiscus Digital Clip Art by Poppy Hill Creations make me want to go on a tropical getaway!

Our teammates have made some awesome treasuries!  I highly urge you to visit them if you have not yet seen them.

Janet of HoneyFromTheBee curated Chocolate of Blueberry Pie

Linda of lindab142 curated Red Hot

Judy from JNOriginals curated The Rainbow Carousel as well as Brown Bounty

more August treasuries

Be sure to check back here every week for more Tuesday Treasuries!

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Edi is the creative mind behind Memories for Life Scrapbooks (and Laser Engraving). She has been paper crafting for over 15 years and recently purchased a laser engraver that is keeping her creativity at an all time high!

Monday Member Mini -- JN Originals

It's time for our Monday Member Mini again, and this time we are featuring Judy of JN Originals!

Judy is a very talented crocheter and makes lovely accessories for women such as hats, scarves and fingerless gloves. Her flower brooches are beautifully made of perle cotton thread which makes them just the slightest bit shiny -- and they are finished off with a pretty button or silk flower in the center! Lovely! Judy uses a similar technique on her hats and headwarmers -- they are accessorized with a large flower with a button for the center that always completes her pieces and makes them very unique.

Before I was ever on this team, I had marked Judy's felted needle books as some of my favorites -- little round wool booklets to put your pins and needles in as you sew or do needlework. No more sticking the needle in the arm of the couch! Judy also carries felted "Rebecca Bags" -- clutches just the right size for your necessities -- and felted bowls and cup cozies. All with her signature flower or special button to make each a one-of-a-kind creation!

With a couple of other Etsy shops, Judy is certainly a busy artist! She makes papercrafted accessories and gifts in her Mister PenQuin shop, and also carries craft supplies and needlework patterns and kits in her 2nd Chance Treasures shop.

To visit Judy's shop, just click on the JN Originals mini!

Be sure to check back here for more Monday Member Minis for a little sneak peek into our members' shops! 

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Sarah is the owner of Magnolia Surprise where you can find crochet toys and play food for the kids, as well as fun coasters, potholders and other items for the home. In addition to crochet, she loves needlework of all types, especially cross-stitch and embroidery, and also enjoys painting on wood and found objects.

Back to School Monthly Challenge Link Party

The Monthly Challenge for August was Back to School by Erika of Artful Rising. We were asked to be inspired by anything related to back to school--fashion, accessories, supplies, you name it!

Show us what you created!

"Is Autumn here yet?" Friday Features

Today was the first day that we have had a cooler temperature in my neck of the woods; it almost felt like fall!  I am soooo thinking of the autumn season and anticipating it!!  I am finished with the heat of summer, although I know there will probably be a few more hot days.  This first day of coolness, has encouraged me more to dream of autumn!  See what I found from some of the members of the Blogging Business Artisans Team:



Table runner by pasqueflower 

 

Fall Autumn by randomcreative




Digital sheet by PoppyHillCreations



Autumn Leaves Clip Board by MisterPenQuin

And I added this one in anticipation of Halloween!



Paper Beads Earrings by StoryBeader


This post by BBA member Linda of PruittCreations, and Pruitt Design. 

Giveaway Winner

The entries are tallied and the winner has been selected!

Congrats to Sarah who is the winner of the $50 Store Credit to KAW! Studios!

Random.org selected #49 as our winner!

 Stop back soon for the reveal of our next giveaway!

Worktable Wednesday- The BBA is Bursting with New Listings!

Worktable Wednesday features something new happening with the BBA members or something of interest we spy online.

Today I thought I'd share a few bran spankin' new listings from various members of our team:

Butterfly Magnets- Artful Rising

Turquoise Gemstone Necklace- Linda B.

Cloth Napkins- Pasque Flower

Key To My Heart- Beaded Tail

Blue Beaded Music Notes Bracelet- Randomcreative

Aren't they beautiful??  Have you made anything new lately?


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Today's post was written by Nancy of N. Fallon Design Studio.  Established in 2008, the shop houses a whimsical line of knit purses, wallets, and knitwear.  An artist at heart, Nancy also dabbles in watercolors, mixed media sculpture, and poetry.  You can read more about her life and work on her blog One Loopy Knitter.

Tuesday Treasuries

Treasuries on etsy are gallery collections of items for sale grouped under a theme chosen by the curator.  This is a fun way to showcase the talents and work of creative shop owners.

Blogging Business Artisans requires its members to curate one treasury per month.  Each week we will feature one of the past week's treasuries here on our team blog.
The treasury and each item within the treasury is clickable!

Kaili of clockworkghost curated this lovely treasury BBArtisans Garden featuring members of our won team!

Sharla of Beaded Tail curated this fun, summery treasury Summer Sun, Birds, Cats and a Bear - OH MY!

'Summer Sun, Birds, Cats and a Bear - OH MY!' by BeadedTail

Hope you enjoy this sunny collection!

Crochet Bear Amigur... MagnoliaSurpri... $32.00	Beaded Bracelet - B... randomcreative $22.00	Yellow cat - felted... farberovao $25.00	Three 5 x 7 Digital... AliferousExpre... $11.50
Goldfinch Ornament ABirdInTheHand... $24.00	Handmade Journal, M... ArtfulRising $12.00	Cat Snap Wallet Pur... bubbledog $20.00	Small Zipper Pouch ... pasqueflower $8.00
Yellow cat illustra... LVAP $12.00	DIY Printable Mama ... PoppyHillCreat... $4.00	Art journal - paint... storybeader $55.00	Knit Coin Purse Zip... NFallonDesignS... $20.00
Summer Sunflower AC... clockworkghOst $10.00	Cute Yellow Cat and... vpauld $12.00	Duck 1 - Applique T... SherHastingsDe... $2.00	Fimo Yellow Cat wit... Coloraudia $10.00

Here are a couple items featured in this treasury:

 

 

Look at this lovely painting by Kaili of clockworkghost!  She says, " This is the second of a four part series inspired by the seasons. Summer is bright and fun, captured here by the sun and the sunflower...a simple but vibrant portrait of the summer season."  It's an original painting in an ACEO (Art Cards Editions & Originals) size.  Kaili's shop is full of her art and photography.

  

These are the cutest mama and baby elephant printable cupcake wrappers created by Jamie of Poppy Hill Creations! Of herself and her shop, Jamie says, "I love creating special and unique digital designs for all sorts of occasions, especially birthday parties and baby showers."

Our teammates have made some awesome treasuries!  I highly urge you to visit them if you have not yet seen them. 

Kaili of clockworkghost curated BBArtisans Garden

Nancy of N Fallon Design Studio curated Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Erika of Artful Rising curated Apples and Oranges

Linda of Pruitt Creations curated I See the Sea Everywhere . . .

Sarah of Magnolia Surprise curated Black and White and Red All Over!

more August treasuries

Be sure to check back here every week for more Tuesday Treasuries!

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Today's guest blogger is Margaret.  She is the artist/owner of Splendid Little Stars, a shop filled with cotton and silk clothing and accessories for children and adults.  She loves many crafts and has been dyeing and painting fabric for more than 20 years.  Find her blog Splendid Little Stars HERE.

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