FREE SHIPPING til 2014!!!

Free Shipping til 2014!! No code needed! 

Black Friday, Small Business Saturday & Cyber Monday Sales!!!!! 20% OFF & FREE Worldwide Shipping!

Black Friday,  Small Business Saturday & Cyber Monday Sales!!!!!  20% OFF & FREE Worldwide Shipping!  Use code: BF2013 now through Monday, December 2 @ midnight EST!  Happy Shopping!  This sale cannot be combined with other offers.  Not valid on wholesale orders and some
custom orders.

BLOCK PARTY PRINTS SALE! Black Friday, Small Business Saturday & Cyber Monday Sales!!!!! 20% OFF ! Use code: BF2013 now through Monday, December 2 @ midnight EST! Happy Shopping! This sale cannot be combined with other offers. Not valid on wholesale orders and some custom orders.

Happy Holidays!!!! 2013 Sales & Info

Happy Holidays!!!  I'm celebrating with an Early Bird Sale!  Save 20% off your entire order at Block Party Press. Use code:  EARLYBIRD2013 . Why should you have to wait until Black Friday to get a good deal? This sale is for you early bird holiday shoppers. This sale cannot be combined with other offers. Not valid on wholesale orders and some custom orders.

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!!

Back to School/Moving SALE!!!!!

Last Sale of the Year!

The last sale of the year at Block Party Press is this weekend! It's covering Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Starving Artist Sunday (I made that one up but Sunday needed a name) & Cyber Monday. It's the only time this year you'll get 20% off plus Free Shipping. The sale ends Monday, November 26th at midnight EST. All you need to do is use this coupon code at checkout: BF2012 . This offer can't be combined with any other offer and is not valid for wholesale orders. *Please remember to look at the tab at the top of the blog which outlines my shipping deadlines Happy Shopping!

2012 Holiday Show Schedule

2012 Holiday Show Schedule

HOLIDAY HEAP

Saturday, December 1st 

10AM - 5PM

2640 St. Paul St.

Baltimore, MD 21218

Vendor Page

Pinterest - 2012 vendors 

Facebook Page

MERRY MART

Sunday, December 2nd

11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Creative Alliance

 3134 Eastern Avenue, 

Baltimore, MD

Facebook Page 

GRUMP 

 Saturday, Dec 15th

10am-4pm 

1101 Wilson Boulevard

Arlington, VA 22209

                                                             

 Facebook Page

This info will be linked as a separate page at the top of the blog for future reference!  You can also find a page referencing my holiday shipping deadlines.

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration - Mottled Color

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration

Back to School Sale Time!

I'm having "Back to School" Sales in both my shops this week.  It's probably the last sale till the holidays, so don't miss out.  I've got lots of new items in both shops:

Block Party Press 20% Off Sale  - Use Code "B2S2012" at checkout

Here are some fun "Back to School" Necklaces:

BOGO SALE at Block Party Prints - Buy one print and get a 2nd of equal or lesser value free(limit 3 free prints per customer) Just put the name of your free print in the "note to seller" at checkout. Here are some new prints:

 

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration - An Unexpected Pop of Color

This little guy was lurking around our back door. I didn't notice his green fangs until I loaded the pic onto the computer. It was a wonderful surprise. Give the viewers of your artwork a little surprise by adding an unexpected pop of color to one of your pieces this week.

Be Inspired to Morph Your Work into Something New

While you always hear about people creating art with old items or recycling items to make new art, you don't hear as much about turning older art pieces into new art.  If you create art regularly, you probably have a lot of finished pieces around.  Have you ever taken a finished piece and added to it or even turned it into a completely new piece of art?  That's just what my son did. I'm borrowing from his blog today in hopes of inspiring you to do something with those old pieces of art.  Here's a space helmet he made from a paper mache globe that he made in school:



I love the fact that he can see something new in something he's made and be able to bring that new idea to life.  While I tend to be very attached to my finished pieces, Kyle is constantly reworking his and often transforming them into something new.  It's the ultimate in art recycling. It's bonus that he just used things we had around the house.

Take a little time this week to look at some of your older pieces.  Can you turn them into something new?  Can you take a piece of them and use it in a newer piece? Or perhaps just looking at them will inspire you to evolve a past design or concept or inspire you finish a series or start a new one. As artists we are always evolving with each new piece we create, so why shouldn't our finished pieces evolve over time too.  Follow my son's blog, Kyle's Kreations, to see more of art pieces.  Who knows, next week his space helmet might become pinata or a planter.

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration - Belated Happy Mother's Day!

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration

Be Inspired by My Son

My 9 year old son Kyle is relaunching his blog , Kyle's Kreations, now that school is almost out for summer.  He creates things daily and wanted to share them on the internet.  Please follow his blog or leave him a comment.  He'd love to hear from you and who knows, you just might get inspired.  Here's a sample of what you'll find on his blog:

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration

Today's Daily Dose of Inspiration

Happy Earth Day! Be inspired to recycle, reuse and repurpose!

While polymer clay is not the most environmentally conscious craft, I do make an effort to do use recycled materials in some of my other crafts. I like being able to show my kids how you can make something new from materials you have around the house. I use cardboard from Caprisun boxes as a painting surface for some of my paintings.  It's a nice sturdy surface to paint on and it gives an interesting texture and sometimes the lines of the corrugated cardboard show through which I love.  Plus it's basically free!  Here are some examples:

I also like to use product packaging, catalogs and magazines to make my "Full Circle Trees". Here's one I made from a couple decks of playing cards:

Here's one made from a popsicle box:

And here are 2 from my new candy box series:

Here's a little treasury featuring some other great re-purposed items:

Take a little time this week to think about what you have around your house that you could re-purpose into some amazing art! Pay close attention to how you can transform different materials. Look at the different shapes of things that you throw in the recycling bin. Pay close attention to the colors and graphics in product packaging. All of these things can also spark inspiration without having to re-purpose, but it's a great feeling knowing you're saving something from the landfill and turning it into a masterpiece!