Welcome to Lessons

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Welcome to the lessons portion of our website. We have dedicated this are to How-To’s and DIY’s.
Below you will find images that link to four categories: Crochet, Art Friends, Painting and Photography. Below that is an ad for Shutterstock, which is an awesome stock photography site.

Below that are some recent blog posts. Click around, have fun!

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Wedding Veil

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This veil has a detachable blushers that has three buttons. It can be buttoned on to the main veil, then buttoned on to the included headband for reception fun! Continue reading

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iPhoneography- fun with a phone

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For Christmas this year my Husband got me this lovely item to the left! A tripod mount for my iPhone. Continue reading

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Painting Lesson 2- Dandelion Painting

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Making this painting should take you about an hour or to an hour and a half. Plan on spending 2 and a half hours, with one hour of that time set aside for set up and clean up. Continue reading

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Painting Lesson 1 – The Apple

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Step one: Start with a lovely looking apple. This one was hand picked this fall when we all went apple picking at Bowmen Orchard. If you have never gone- it was a crazy fun family activity. Continue reading

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Dee Lind

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My plush animals were born on etsy. I had inherited my grandmother’s 1940 singer sewing machine, it had gone for a tune up and when it arrived back home I wanted to take it for a spin. Drawing from my … Continue reading

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Theresa Crane

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I use a PC and I use Illustrator CS4 to design my greeting cards and prints. I send out my prints to a local vendor for professional printing and I cut and assemble the cards in my studio. Continue reading

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Diana Marie LaRocca Saputo

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I received a Antique Jewelry Set from my Grandmother when she passed away. The pieces peaked my interest so I started to do research and read a lot then and I started to teach myself the Jewelry design business. Continue reading

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Windi Rosson

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I had always incorporated the dried acrylic paint into other art projects, and had wanted to figure out something to do with it for a while.
It’s a fun play around with and has endless possibilities. Jewelry, hair accessories, and home accents are just the start of what is planned for Art Skrap. Continue reading

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Dana Perea-Bloede

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I was taught about fine art and its history from a variety of artists and professors at Chicago State University. Continue reading

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