Summer Lovin Link Party

It is time to link up with your July Monthly Challenge! Jenny of A Bird in the Hand Art was inspired by the movie Grease, Summer Lovin', and thoughts of warm days. What did you create?

Please note that the linky will close at 11:58 pm Central Time on the 31st.

This Monthly Challenge Link Party is brought to you by Erika of Artful Rising, the place for personalized and custom journals.

Worktable Wednesday- 80 Custom Oven Mits by Pasque Flower Creations!

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


Our own LeAnn of Pasque Flower Creations has been busy sewing her fingers to the bone recently attempting to fill an astronomically large custom order- 80 Oven Mits!!  She's up to her elbows in poppies, & up to her ears in her "Metro Cafe" style fabric!


You can read the details on her blog, but here's her progress so far: 

Quilting mits!

This poppy fabric is lovely, but LeAnn comments that she feels, "a little like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, getting a bit weary looking at all those poppies."  Wouldn't you??

38 Metro Cafe Mits Done, 18 Cuffed Mits in Progress!

70 down, 10 to go!

 The latest progress report states that she had 10 partially finished mits left to go!  I'm sure by now LeAnn has them completed, but what a marathon!  



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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! 

This week we feature a very special treasury, Ode to Sadie, a tribute to a favorite sweet dog, dear Sadie.  This treasury was curated by Nancy of N Fallon Design Studio.

Here are a couple items featured in this treasury:

The photo (left) of this journal features Sadie herself!  Sharla offers a few journals in her shop Beaded Tail along with her lovely jewelry--earrings, bracelets, and necklaces.  Many of her jewelry pieces feature an animal theme.  In addition, Sharla gives a portion of her proceeds to animal causes.

Look at this cute dog PDF pattern from  Sher Hastings Designs!  Sher's shop is full of lovely, fun, and cute patterns for sewing and paper arts.

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

Oh how I could decorate with these . . . including myself by Linda of Pruitt Design

Rhapsody in Blue by LeAnn of Pasque Flower Creations

and more...July 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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