Artist's Spotlight - Larissa Symbouras

Wow........I have never, ever wanted to smell beer in the morning before, but this soap appeals to the beer snob in me too.



Larissa's Blog is eloquent, humorous, beautiful and has some of the most enticing product photography I think I have ever seen. Can you tell that I have a serious handmade soap fetish!

Check this out! Now this is the kind of wakeup call that I like the look of! Cafe Mocha Scrub...yumyumyumyummy



Larissa makes great stuff for guys too, check out this superb Clean Cut Saving soap in the Reef Botanicals artfire shop.



You can find more about what is hot and new from Reef Botanicals on twitter and Facebook

Artists spotlight - Nancy Rawlison

Nancy Rawlison is creative butterfly; with every style of craft she touches down upon, a pretty something comes to life. Nancy is a great blogger and looking around 'Twas Brillig Whiffling through the Tulgey Wood... brings to me a sense of wonder that I remember from childhood. And here is a little example of why....



As a child I loved the dark and whimsical writings of Lewis Carroll and this elegant print is one of three in an Alice in Wonderland triptych created by Nancy.
Below is an image of Nancy hard at work, creating art outside her real life brick and mortar store.



Nancy says her three main creative loves are handcrafted jewelry, silk floral design and photography. I'll try almost any craft once to see if I like it! Here a just a few more pics of her work.





You can find more stunning designs by Nancy at Shop Handmade and Etsy.

Artist's Spotlight - Sharon Paradiso

Seedlings Jewellery - Just because.........a fantastic by-line because let’s face it, a girl wants what she wants.....just because. Sharon Paridiso is not only an extremely talented jewellery artist but a humanitarian too. 20% of all her sales on Etsy go Heifer International



Not only that but Sharon has designed a cute and quirky moustache range of stylish neck apparel - these raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation



You can read more about Mo-Stashe for Movember on Sharon’s wonderful blog.

Sharon also strives to create her beautiful designs using recycled, fair trade, eco-friendly, and green elements when possible. This one has to be my favourite design by Sharon so far........



And are all the more special as Sharon has shared the entire creative process for her Pentaloops earring design HERE

You can find more stunning designs by Sharon at SeedlingJewelry