New Free Tutorial! Classy Chassis Necklace

I just finished posting this free tutorial up on the website.  I hope you all enjoy it!  I had a blast designing it.

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Big News!

Big, big news in the world of little circles...  We've got a website!  Not a personal website, but a social one where quillers can meet, get inspired, exchange and learn.  There are galleries, tutorials, and soon a shop that will be filled with more than 100 shades of quilling paper and the latest tools.  We may have a few surprises up our sleeve as well ;) I am so excited for this new endeavor and I hope that other paper rolling enthusiasts will like it as well.  If you are one of them, why not check it out?  There will be many additions coming in the next few months, but the site is worth a good look around.  Let me know what you think!

www.littlecircles.net

The Bride.

I belong to quite a few different art and quilling groups, both online and off, but my favorite one at the moment is Craftster.  There are so many incredibly talented and inspiring people on there that post pictures of their ideas and projects.  They also hold different challenges and swaps which I adore.  I love swapping.  I do personal swaps at festivals and such all of the time and some of the most amazing art I own was acquired in this manor.  My new obsession in the world of swaps however is one that I  was introduced to recently: Art Trading Cards (ATC).  I posted previously about a card that I created (the robot) and I am back to share my latest with you today.  The thing I love about doing ATC swaps is that the person you are swapping with dictates the subject matter based on their personal preferences.  These likes and dislikes are usually quite different from my own which pushes my brain.  I am creating a work with another person in mind while keeping to my artistic methods and creativity.  The same is done when I do most commission work, but the ATC cards have the added element of being extremely tiny. A finished piece must measure in at 2.5 x 3.5 inches in total.  Which when you are used to working with much more space, is a great challenge.  I love it.  Troy has imposed a limit as to how many swaps I am allowed to participate in at any given time (they take a lot of time and I do create such work as a living normally) but I am embracing it.  The swaps seem to give me the feeling I used to have when I was more craft, less art.  I don't know why, but it is nice to step back once in awhile.  I also get beautiful little cards of art in the mail themed on MY preferences, which is simply amazing.

Shannon's Perfect Tree

Here is the third piece I have completed for the friend of mine who has started a collection.  It was inspired by a photo he sent me of a tree that his wife loves in Michigan.  The kids call it 'Mom's Perfect Tree'.

Sarah Yakawonis

Sarah Yakawonis is an amazing paper artist that I have admired since I first stumbled upon one of her anatomy pieces a couple of years ago.  She is innovative, original and I love following her work.  Check out her Etsy store, her blog, like her on Facebook... all that good stuff.  I do!

Shop Sarah's Etsy shop HERE

Follow Sarah @ Twitter HERE

Read Sarah's blog HERE

Like Sarah on Facebook HERE

Amazing Quilled Map of the World.

I just stumbled onto this picture while dinking around on the web and was stopped in my tracks.  It is stunning and amazing and it needs to be shared.  I just love it.

I could not find the artist's name, so I am including the link to his blog.

Quilled Map of the World