Showing posts with label artfirelink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artfirelink. Show all posts

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Beautiful Artfire Collections - What Are They? How Can They Help Anyone?

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - My Handmade Designs on ARTFIRE


You can VOTE for this Collection in this Contest today!






ARTFIRE COLLECTIONS are a Great way for Members of Artfire to show the items they've found on ARTFIRE that they like - or that they like on a certain theme!!!

Above is one I made during the Month of March -- and is in this Contest for Collections on ArtfireLink.com .

I included a number of different Artfire Sellers whose items I saw on Facebook in Guild Groups for the Artfire Guilds:  Artfire Link, Check In Today Guild, Artfire California Crafters Guild -- they all have Facebook Groups and Facebook Group Pages where we all interact -- and on Saturdays we all show off our Handmade at the Facebook Group, Handmade Saturday !!!

I do my Handmade for several different reasons -- I believe in doing and having Handmade things, it is fun doing it -- and some people like mine enough to purchase it!!

ARTFIRE COLLECTIONS are actually a great way to Shop on Artfire - in addition to regular search and categories - because they are full of things that others think are worthy of being in a Public Collection!!

Also, some Shops have a link to the Collections they have made on their Studio - like I do for RSS Designs In Fiber:  "Collections" ~~~ so if you like what a specific Studio puts in ARTFIRE COLLECTIONS, check their Studio and look for the link to the ones they have Curated in the Bar right under the Studio Banner!!

Have a good time checking out any ARTFIRE COLLECTIONS!!

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Celebrating Colors In Handmade - Fading From 2012 Into 2013

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - My Handmade Designs on ARTFIRE


COLORS!!  All of Them!!  They Color our Lives - bring Joy, Fun, Brightness -- sometimes using a Color is better than using words!!

In Handmade -- choosing what Colors you use in making something determines:

  • Who it is for, 
  • Who will buy it, 
  • What Holiday it is for, 
  • What Season it is for!!


On Artfire, the Artisans and other Sellers curate Collections to show off what is in their studios.  Curating them is actually almost an Art in itself -- it is actually composing -- when putting the ones I Curate together, I use some of my composition skills that I learned when studying photography.

Here in chronological order are a number of Artfire Collections -- each one focusing on certain Colors - from late November to now -- and the last, my newest Collection "Winter Whites and Reds for 2013" - to Welcome the New Year -- and CELEBRATE THE COLORS IN HANDMADE!!!