I can't believe it's here...

 
Final Destination Blog Visit!

 
Our last and final blog destination belongs to and this is the final location where you'll find the last TWO words left in our secret word collection.

 
Pick up the last two words here.
Bring ALL your secret words here.

All Entries will Close May 5
 

Winners will be Announced May 7 at : ArtfulGathering.com

Winners will be drawn at random through random.org. One winner will be chosen to win the $200 e-card gift certificate to Jerry's Artarama, and two winners will be chosen at random to win a $25 e-gift card to Jerry's Artarama.
 

Please leave all the necessary contact info with your secret words in the moderated comment section of Artful Gathering's Hop Page.
 

 

Thank you so much for hopping with us and we look forward to seeing you at Artful Gathering 2012. Special thanks to Jerry's Artarama, Artful Gathering's prize sponsor of the blog hop event.

Good Luck, and thank you for playing!
 

 

Here’s a peek in my studio…

We are all getting ready for registration coming May 3 at Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat

New Beautiful Spring/Summer Catalog

I am thrilled to be included in this years Lovely Clusters Spring/Summer 2012 Catalog.  This season's catalog is full of beautiful handmade and vintage items from very creative artists and designers. Enjoy!

 

 

We are on our last leg

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerry's.

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing

Cristina Zinnia Galliher

http://zinniasart.blogspot.com

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

Don’t forget the hop…

Artist In the Spotlight Mónica Zúñiga
Mixed Media Artist and Painter, Mónica Zúñiga is our featured artist and her blog, Hands and Heart is our next destination in the Artful Gathering Spotlight, sponsored by Jerry's Artarama! She is teaching Whimsical Characters. Be sure to stop by Mónica's beautiful blog for more details. Read on right here to learn more about her.

Technorati Tags: Mónica Zúñiga,laura k aiken,online workshops,artfulgathering

Come Join US!

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Come Join US!

Technorati Tags: workshops,laura k aiken,random arts,mixed media painting

next up!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing

Diane Cook

http://www.rosa-josies.blogspot.com/

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

This weeks Hop

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing

Pam Carriker
http://pamcarriker.com/blog/
(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

If you have missed the past posts on the hop, they are still here!

Rain and Bows

It’s raining and stormy here in the South but, to make me smile, I saw a big fat rainbow!

Do they make you smile, like they make me smile?

Technorati Tags: Laura K Aiken,colorful,south carolina

Meet Hugo Grenville

For those who have followed my blog, you know how I love Matisse and Modigliani.  Today I ran across this talented painter Hugo Grenville a leading British Romantic painter.  Please read more about this delightful painter here and also be inspired by his video below.  I want to swim in the beautiful colors.

Romantic Vision from janet hodgson on Vimeo.

Technorati Tags: hugo grenville,matisse,laura k aiken

Great info on this summer's art retreat!

They are falling like domino’s…

Our next in line Hopper….

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing

Riki Schumacher
http://rikijewelry.blogspot.com/
(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

Next in line…

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,
Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys.

Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing
Cat Kerr Http://inthelightofthemoon.blogspot.com;
(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

Workshop fun at Random Arts

Technorati Tags: laurakaiken,workshops,original artwork

Saturday March 3, 2012 I was able to attend Jodi Ohl’s workshop at
 Random Arts in Saluda, NC.  SO much fun to be with liked minds. 
There was never a dull moment.

It’s hopping Sunday-

IF you are following or have just started the hop….

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing

Pat Winter Gatherings
http://gatherings100.blogspot.com/
(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

Sunday’s hop…

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat,

Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!
You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing
Christy Meyers of CC's Whimsies
http://www.ccswhimsies.blogspot.com/

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)

Who are your favorite artists?

Good grief, I had to just spit these out.  If I took any more time I would be here forever. 
Who are your favorites?  I want to know.

 Henri Matisse – Fauve Artist

 Cleo Mussi - European Mosaic

 Jonathon Green - South Carolina artist

 Barbara Keith - American Mosaic

 April Harrison – Local Artist (Greenville SC)

Can’t Find Color Inspiration?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, it is hard to find color inspiration, at least for me it is.  It’s like everyone else just pulls it out of their hat.  No, not really.  For me, I look through my favorite fabric.  Take this above fabric for example.  See those great pinks, blues, and greens and how they look so happy together?  That is how I put together my little “girlie’s” dress. I was fretting over what do with the colors in her dress, and that is when I pulled out some of my trusty fabric samples.  In my pile was the perfect color combination for my “girlie’s” dress.

So there your go. Now it seems kinda easy doesn’t?

Source: etsy.com via Amy on Pinterest

Blog Hop time!

Our Next Artist is Up for the Artful Gathering Blog Hop!

Celebrating Artful Gathering 2012 Online Art Retreat

 Open for Registration!

Blog Hop your way for chance to win!

From June to August 2012, ArtfulGathering.com will be presenting TWO exciting semesters of premiere online video workshops offered by fabulous artists who are known nationally and internationally. We are all very excited to share out knowledge, skill, and creativity with you, and we hope that you will join us for this AMAZING annual online event.

Blog Hop with us for a chance to win a prizes from Jerry's Artarama!

Each week the faculty of Artful Gathering will be announcing a featured blog to visit.

You can hop along with us until the final destination blog is reached, and where ONE Grand Prize winner will be chosen at Random for a chance to win a $200.00 e-gift card from Jerry's Artarama!!!

Two Runner Up winners will also be chosen at random for a chance to win a $25.00 e-gift card from Jerrys. Each week I will announce the next featured blog for you to visit, and there you will find a new secret word or words that you will need to collect along your way from blog to blog. Once you have collected all the words from each blog you visit, they will work out to say a very artsy phrase. Here are the rules:

1. For your chance to win, you must collect all the secret code words and submit them upon the final destination blog in May. A random drawing will be conducted from those contestants who have submitted the complete collection of secret words!
2. Three winners will be randomly drawn. One for the $200.00 e-card to Jerry's, and two runner's up for the 25.00 e-card to Jerrys.

Week by week we'll go from one blog to the next!

Remember to collect all the secret words. These words will work out to say a very artful phrase, and you'll need all the pieces to be eligible for the final prize drawings!

 

Please HOP over and visit the Amazing Iva Wilcox http://www.ivascreations.typepad.com/

(Pick Up the Next Secret Word)