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Here's what one lady from down under does with cards!

The Quilters of South Carolina have created one-of-a-kind bras for Breast Cancer Awareness. The forty-nine unique and entertaining bras will hopefully increase public awareness of breast cancer and to help remember those lost to the disease as well as to honor the survivors. The bras will be auctioned at the end of the touring exhibition. Here are a tew -

Swiedebie's sock monsters had me rolling on the floor, laughing!

Fibre artist Ann Wood's latest whimsical creation -

Fraser Smith did not use need needle, thread or fabric, to quilt these.

Now you can have a whole box of sinful-looking chocolates for Valentines day, with no worries about the guilt!

I love glass bottles. And if the bottle has a nice shape, color or detail, I find it impossible to throw out. When I came across what Steven Farrington has done with some antique bottles, I was blown away.

Steven starts with an antique bottle - each has it's own history and some have been buried for many years. He goes on to create a unique sculpture for each bottle top including reclaimed chandelier parts, crystals, semi-precious stones, glass beads, beveled glass, copper wire, crucifixes, religious ornaments and rosaries.

Want to start your own collection? You can start here.

Sometimes, even shadows are more than what they seem.





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Elan Isaksson has some ethereal glass-blown sculptural pieces and lights.

Little bits of glass and stone - mosaic artists get together in NSW, Australia.

Joana Vasconcelos is a Paris born artist who now lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal.
She primarily creates sculpture and installation pieces, many of them applying white crochet patterns to a variety of objects like computers, sculptures, pianos and even bridges. The works are completely covered in crochet, with only the form and negative space to identify the object.

An exquisite collection of Santas.

Halloween has come and gone, but Frederik Peeters deftly captures the spirits in his quirky cartoons.

A true fabric artist would suffer pangs at having to cut a length of cloth. And would never be able to part with the trimmed-off selvedges.

This is what one creative stasher did with her collection of selvedges.

The Washington Post Food Section just crowned  Georgetown Cupcake the best of all cupcake shops. With each delicious offering an artistic creation, it's no wonder they won. 

These pumpkins are scary any time of the day..

 

Great design is calling! Dress up your iPhone with a unique limited edition artist series skin. Easily applied, the skins decorate and protect your iPhone and are both reusable and removable. 

Feel like a splurge  Feel like a splurge to do up your home for the party season? Check out these beauties from Preston Bailey.

You don't have to wield a needle to use these beauties! Pick up a passion for  collectible thimbles.

 

Mongolian-style handmade wooden carving  of Argal sheep.

Jack o' Lanterns of all shapes and sizes grace these vivid posters. Get one or steal a carving idea or two.

These spooky prints will surely send a chill down yor spine!

Check out this year's National Design Award nominees, and vote for your favourites.

In an age when artists are turning more and more to the surreal and the abstract, there are those who are turning to Ultra-realism. Take a look at Evan Penny's sculptures.

Autumn Leaves, Lake George, NY, 1924 by Georgia O'Keeffe,  The Columbus Museum of Art.

Try some of these Egypt-motif clip art pictures.

Check out these African-inspired doorstoppers. Try and fashion some of your own.

This rolling, scrolling, needle point frame is a work of art in itself.

The Hoffman Challenge is one of the largest competitive activities in the dollmakers' diary. Take a look at this year's winners.

Aah to dance the night away with as much poise as Henri Matisse's Blue Nude With Green Stockings!

 

Wonderful models of the brave conquerors of the high seas. Be inspired and make a ship in a bottle for yourself.

Have a look at these scintillating winners of the Bead Arts Awards.

Check out these pictures of truck art - they are only digital images of the actual entries in a competition held in Germany, but worth a look-see at any rate.

Pirates were creative when it came to their flags. Most of them had their own personal favourite.

Look how these ancient Egyptian motifs have been used to turn everyday items into exotic collectibles.

Try this new product to create beautiful art. Look at some of the projects made using it.

Check out this Disney collectible !

Bakelite, lucite, glass, celluloid, studio, moonglow.. buttons of all shapes and sizes. Take a look.

Some of mankind's most exquisite creations are found among the shelves of the glass blowers of Murano.

The centuries-old tradition has given us both kitsch and sublime art,  made using the most refined glass-working technologies and a myriad colors.

Take a look at these decorative handmade tiles. With some apoxy clay and no-bake ceramic paints, you could re-create some of these yourself.

The Victorians dressed their lamps in style. You may be tempted to try it too.

Handcrafted puzzles for your tiny ones to put together. Or if you wish to, grab a jigsaw and some paint and put one together yourself.

For the little girl in all of us - beautifully crafted and costumed one of a kind dolls.

                                                         

Now that the World Cup Season has wound down, get a colourful poster to reminisce with!