Sweet Land of Liberty -- Celebrating Independence Day!!

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

Sweet Land of Liberty

  Curated By: BeadSouk

ArtFire.com

Handmade Jewelry

Some like to show their Feelings for what Independence Day, July 4th, means to them by having around their home --

-- or wearing --

-- or carrying in some way --

-- the Patriotic Colors of the USA:   Red, White and Blue!!

Here is an Artfire Collection of a few of the Patriotically-Themed items on Artfire!!

 -- from The Handmade Place - done by Diane's Dangles of It's Better Handmade!!

It includes this Lace Bag I made in Red & White Stripes with Navy!!

Shelly (and Her Handmade Creations) - Featured Artisan from "On Fire For Handmade"

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

This weeks featured aritsan is Shelly - Handmade Creations by Shelly! 

Wonderful creations made by a wonderful lady!

You can find Shelly on:

Etsy

Artfire

Shelly's Knitting

Twitter

Facebook

Blog


This is part of a Blog Ring of the Facebook Group, "On Fire For Handmade" done by Anne Hopfer of "MadeForMeByOaklie"

Independence Day at "The Handmade Place" - another place to find Handmade!!

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

Independence Day: "Sweet Land of Liberty" at The Handmade Place

Since I started selling my Crochet and Knitting (My Fiber Arts), I have usually done some Americana -- and you will find some of it mentioned here on my blog!!

But this year, I found through Facebook and the Facebook Group, "It's Better Handmade", something new - it is "The Handmade Place" - a blog by Diane Schamp.

Using "Linky Tools", Diane creates "Events" on different themes -- allowing people to post photos of Handmade items they are selling online.

Right now (see date of this post) - the theme is "Sweet Land of Liberty" for Independence Day, July 4th - this will last until July 31, 2011.

Though they don't show in the photo above, I added 2 of my Americana items to the "Sweet Land of Liberty Event" on "The Handmade Place":

Americana Star Coaster Set in Celtic Woven Crochet

Americana Lace Bag

From Artfire - A Collection of Fiber Art

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

A FIBER ART Artfire Collection!!

THE WIDE WIDE WORLD OF FIBER ART

  Curated By: Heirloomlace

ArtFire.com

Handmade Gifts

As Fiber Art is what I do - I thought I would share this with you!!

And Thank You to HeirloomLace for Featuring my:
 "Woven Celtic Purple Flower Doily"!!

Table Decor with Bright, Cheerful Flowers .... New Series In My Online Shops!!

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



FLOWERS in Crochet, both Thread and Yarn, is just something I do!!  Have been for some years now -- All Kinds, as those reading my blog or watching my videos or browsing my Online Shops already know!!

Strawflower Coaster Doilies - Orange and Yellow

But to some extent, though I usually think "Seasonal", it has sort of been rather haphazard what I was doing at a time.

But now I have decided to actually do some items that should "mix and match", but offer up some Bright, Cheerful Colors and still some variety.

I have decided that I will focus on:

• Coasters (or Small Doilies - whatever someone uses them for)
• Napkin Holders
• Large Round and Oval Centerpieces
• Table Runners
• Baskets
• Cloths & Potholders

-- and the idea is that some of the different items will match by Color and/or Design with each other!!

Thanks to DMC and "America's Best", I have quite a stock of colors of Threads in sufficient quantity to actually do this - and the Threads actually match each other!!

I set up Sections in my Online Shops for Flower Designs -- like this new one in my Artfire Studio:  "FLOWER Coasters or Small Doilies" .

Right now I just have a few items -- and they can be "Mixed" to make some Bright Colorful Decor!!

But I am working on more -- and eventually plan to have different items that "Match" also !!

Of Course, I do CUSTOM ORDERS -- and I have the Threads and some Yarns to make Matching items!!  (Email me if interested - through this Blog or one of my Online Shops.)

Watch my blog for New Articles in this Series .... FLOWER DECOR!!

And ... Here are a Few More Items To Be Included In This FLOWER DECOR Series - with eventually some "Matching" items:

Golden 3D Flower Centerpiece

Yellow Flowers in Green Lace Round Doily or Placemat

Yellow Flowers in Green Lace - Coaster or Small Doily - Set of 2

Coaster Doilies - Blue Flower in Emerald Green

Creations By Moonlight - Featured Artisan from "On Fire For Handmade"

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

This weeks Featured Artisan is Allurynn - Creations by Moonlight! 

Alluryn has wonderful creations in her shop! 

A Must have for every jewelry box!! 

You can find Creations by Moonlight on:

Etsy

Website

Twitter

Facebook

This Blog Ring is an Event of the Facebook Group, "On Fire For Handmade" done by Anne Hopfer, "MadeForMeByOaklie"

Tali's Creations - Featured Artisan of "On Fire For Handmade"

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

This weeks Featured Artisan is Tali - Tali's Creations! 

Beautiful creations by a beautiful lady! 

You can find Tali's Creations at:

Artfire

Facebook Profile

Facebook Page

Rock Bug - A Featured Artisan of the "You Can Sell It" Artfire Guild

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

Elephant Necklace by Rock Bug on Artfire

In General, I am a big supporter of HANDMADE for quite a few reasons!!

But I am especially a supporter of HANDMADE that has anything to do with NATURE - the Animals and Plants and Lands and Waters on our Earth!!

So, when I was looking over the Artfire Studio of Rock Bug for this Feature (part of a blog ring of the "You Can Sell It" Artfire Guild), I was thrilled to find Handmade Jewelry on a NATURE theme - like the ELEPHANT Necklace above!!

Here are a couple more of Rock Bug's items on NATURE themes!

Dark wood and green glass bracelet by Rock Bug on Artfire

Tree and Bird Necklace by Rock Bug on Artfire

But Rock Bug has quite a collection of different Handmade items - Jewelry, Pet Tags and Bags - so take a look!!

Enjoy!

I do!!

Newest Fiber Art Crochet - Vase of Red Roses - One-Of-A-Kind

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

The Finished Project!

A Vase of Roses - 18 Irish Crochet Roses in Reds and Pinks!!

A total of 18 3-dimensional Roses - yes, I "winged it" - making each one as I went along to fit them all together to look like a "Bouquet" in a Vase!!

All of the 3D Roses are made in different Reds and Pinks in Beautiful, really Lustrous DMC Pearl Cotton, which has its own sheen!!

I made them with larger, curving petals in different multi-layer designs to look like the "Cabbage Roses" I see on some of the bushes locally.

The White "Vase" is from the Elizabeth Hiddleson book that I mentioned in my Works-In-Progress blog article , done in Filet Crochet.

This is truly One-Of-A-Kind, though, because of the way I did the 3D Roses!!

See the Closeups of the different styles of 3D Roses:

And the Total Completed Work: