This week’s Best of the Web: Be @ Home is a celebration of the assortment of activities that crafts offer. Each individual is unique and yet there is aesthetic similarity. Let us embrace and celebrate the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each individual’s creative work with this week’s Best of the Web’s featured bloggers.

Lara describes the blog by stating the following: “A Vintage Touch is a collection of my current paintings. It includes everything from still life paintings to pet portraits. The primary focus of the blog are paintings incorporating a vintage flavor, such as fresh fruit on an old piece of china, a vignette with a rotary phone, or a Westie on top of a vintage striped suitcase. It is combining the old with the new in a flea market style kind of way.”

At Buttons and Bling, Maureen had this to say regarding her blog: “The main purpose of my blog is to connect with other card makers and share our passion for card making.  I am inspired by many things, but mostly bright colors, variety of textures and sparkle. I hope that people who visit my blog are inspired to create cards or projects that they love, not just the finished product but the process as well.  One of the biggest thrills for me is when I hear a card of mine has touched the heart of the recipient.  Card making brings me much joy and personal satisfaction.”

Here is a snippet of Heather’s blog A Little Time: “The inspiration for my blog was my interest in scrapbooking and sharing my scrapbook layouts with family and friends. I started the blog in 2005, since then I’ve since added cards and sometimes other paper projects in addition to the scrapbooking layouts. I also love to take pictures and post the goofy things my kids say. I hope readers enjoy looking at my projects as much as I like looking at their projects. I love to find inspiration on the internet and I hope my blog provides others with inspiration, too.”

Upon describing the blog, Susan states the following to describe Not Quite June Cleaver ; ” The inspiration behind starting the blog was reading other, all sorts of blogs. I love meeting people with new and interesting ideas and especially those that share my lifestyle as a career homemaker. I am all about being at home in my cozy little green house at the end of the dirt road that we call Rose Cottage. My best days are when I don’t leave this place. Blogging and reading blogs is my way of “getting out in the world” some days.”

This is what Cheryl had to share when asked about her blog, “I love how my Bingle Bears blog connects me to so many people around the world. It never ceases to amaze me how I hear from so many different people–everyone from other teddy bear artists to people interested in teddy bears to others who just enjoy hearing about the experiences this bear-maker has while trying to create stuffed critters. Interest in “artist bears” spans the world, but it’s a little slice of heaven that seems relatively unknown to the general public. We have special shows, competitions, and shops that cater just to bear-makers like me who hand make each individual bear with a unique personality. With my blog, I love to let people know what I’m up to in the world of artist bears, the bumps and joys along the road, and how ordinary life fits into it all.”

The Blog Cards by MarionE has been summarized by Marion as: ” I’ve always been creative, and I am passionate about scrapbooking. I love using stamps and paint in my scrapbooks. Making scrap-cards and coloring stamps with pencils and copic markers is a vibrant new dimension of designing scrapbooks. Crafting is like breathing for me and so I have to craft every day. All my cards are displayed at my blog and are for sale.”  Get a card or scrapbook albums made on request. Or if you like you could attend a workshop in working with Copic Markers and making projects from this Blogger.

Craftwomen blog started as a friendly circle initiative that moved to a bigger platform with the positive feedback. Apart from the purely artistic impulses and strive for expressing our personalities our efforts are fueled by the urge to achieve appreciation and recognition for our talent through satisfying our customers’ expectations and desires. We are continuously learning and improving and you will be able to sense that in our work. Because in the end Satisfaction will be shared.

My blog  A Blessed Life (http://lisadorsey.blogspot.com/), says Lisa, ” is a place where I can share a bit about my passions, whether it is paper crafting, scrapbooking or my sweet family.  I have been involved in the scrapbooking/card making industry for about 8 years.  I have been incredibly blessed to create for some wonderful companies and my blog gives me an outlet to share those projects.”

Erin created Dessert Girl (http://dessertgirl.blogspot.com/) as a way to combine her interest in creative expression with her passion for desserts. Her site features everything from Gummi bear chandeliers to couture dresses made of chocolate, as well as dessert recipes by some of her favorite designers and illustrators. Meet design and dessert together at this blog.

Through her blog M Ann M Creations, Melanie showcases her original creations of jack-in-the-boxes, hot air balloons, paper dolls, art dolls and other playful decorative folk art and paper arts. She additionally, presents links to the most fantastic paper artists who share her love of the medium.   You will also find the occasional post relating to her love of childhood memories and what she refers to as, “the good old days”.

Charlene’s inspiration has been Melissa Phillips, who is an amazing papercrafter. She inspired her to start paper crafting. Her motivation for starting Expressions of me (http://ccundy.blogspot.com/) blog is her love for all things crafty. Whether it is scrap booking, making jewelry or painting, if its crafts she loves it. She hopes the readers who visit her blog will hopefully be inspired to make come creations of their own. Charlene’s cards have been in Paper Crafts, CARDS and Scrapbook Trends magazines. Share her passion for crafts and feel inspired.

For her blog Khai Handmade Khai shared this with us: “Making crafts is my passion, putting in every little personal touch that creates uniqueness. Customization is my strength; tell me what you want, and I’ll design and make it for you. Whether you want a doll, pillow, necklace, earrings, key chain, cell phone hanger, brooch or a purse, all is possible given my passion and patience.” Take a peek into the world of this master of customized dolls.

Here are a couple lines about Danielle blog Candid FitNut: ” I am obsessed with my body and getting rid of its wobbly-bits. I still haven’t been able to get it together, but I’ll keep trying. And the readers get to read and laugh about it.” Share the trails, successes and failures of this blogger in her journey to reach the perfect 10 look.

Whether you enjoy card making, are looking for making a babydoll dress or a world famous recipe, Best of the Web: Be@ Home endeavors to hunt for gems in the blogging community every week. It highlights the unique perspective each featured blog offers.  Submit your much loved blog to be highlighted on the Best of the Web: Be@Home by mailing at blog@become.com