Best of the Web: Be @ Home# 31

Human beings have had the longing to create and invent since time immemorial. This week’s highlighted blogs celebrate this creativity by showcasing their talent in the following areas:
Beading, art of soap making, paper crafting, soft sculpture making, preparing exotic recipes and designing distinct miniature dollhouse creations. Read on for this week’s unique Best of the Web picks!

Upon describing the blog, Kerry states the following to describe Ella-Rose Miniatures: “Creating 1/12th scale miniatures has become a large part of my life. After making all the food items for my own dollhouse I found that I enjoyed it and wanted to carry on creating and sharing my passion with like-minded enthusiasts and so I created my blog. All of my miniatures are handcrafted individually and are one-of-a-kind. Through this blog, I am able to reach out to a wider audience and also showcase the miniatures that I create.”

Marie summed up the blog Recreation miniature by stating the following: “When I decided to open my blog, it was mainly because I wanted to show my work. It was a way for me to break away from the loneliness of a workshop. Since I got this blog, I met wonderful people with whom I can share my passion. I have no idea of what I give through my blog, but it is sure that I receive a lot from all the miniaturists around the world.”

Jill describes his blog Bittersweet and the little soap company in three simple words – pure, clean and simple. Go ahead and watch Jill make soap and see his soap samples on his blog.

According to Heather, the reason for starting her blog The Culinary Chase ,” is a deep passion for food and an understanding how we can all sustain a healthy body when foods are used correctly to fuel them.” She feels families must visit local farms or market and educate themselves and their kids on the different fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and other natural herbs. So get the family involved with meal preparation and take the time to discuss the health benefits of what you eat.

At Jolie’s Sanctuary, Jolie had this to say regarding her blog: “I am mad about dolls house miniatures. My blog, Jolie’s Sanctuary, is a collection of on going dolls house projects and stories about people who have influenced the beginning of my obsession with miniatures.”

For Dawn,“ 3 Sneezes and a Magpie ” blog is an extension of her love for reading other blogs, craft blogs in particular. She was so amazed at the talent in blog land that it inspired her to create a blog of her own. This is what she had to say, “I blog as it gives me an interest and I feel it keeps me connected to the outside world. If I inspire someone to make a card, to knit, crochet or even help someone who is housebound frequently, see that their life can be worth a few lines in a blog post, then I’d be really happy.”

Ree Medina in her blog Tipsy Teacup Creations had this to share, “Soft sculpture art is my true passion and blessing. With no end to my imagination I feel I can create just about anything and I feel so blessed to be able to share my love with the world. I am also passionate about supporting other artists and promoting them when I can. Let the talent rock on.”

Here is the snippet of Nona’s Pearls of Wisdom: “I’m a busy wife, mother, and entrepreneur who is obsessed with knitting, paper crafts and all things “Martha Stewarty”. While I don’t always have time to make everything from scratch, I enjoy the challenge of expressing my creativity through different mediums. My blog is part “how to”, part journal of success/failures, and hopefully a humorous look at real life.”
At CrochetHooked, Cari uses a crochet hook, artistic wire, Japanese seed beads or Swarovski Elements Crystals, and her creative technique to design a one-of-a-kind bracelet. She has branded these bracelets as Braidlets.™ She personally constructs each Braidlet that she sells, which allows her to offer an exciting and fun way to place a custom order. Check out her Etsy profile for all the inspiration to make one yourself.

For her blog La Belle Brigante, Margot had this to say,” I have a passion for the miniature world of dollhouses and their inhabitants. The scale is 1:12 and everything you need for a dollhouse you can find on Dollhouse shows and the internet. Everything I am fascinated by, comes together in this hobby: costume, history, art, crafts, period home interior. I hope I inspire my readers the same way as I feel inspired looking at my followers’ blogs.” So dive into the fascinating world of miniature creations and stay in touch with your child-side with this blog.









July 14th, 2011 at 12:49 pm
Thank you for featuring my blog CrochetHooked, amongst this group of talented and creative artists. I appreciate pocketchange.become.com and all you do for the artistic community. Cari