A MAGICAL WHIMSY

A MAGICAL WHIMSY IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING DOLL MAKING SITES, MIXED MEDIA SITES, AND CHILDREN'S BOOK AUTHOR'S SITES. PLEASE VIEW MY SIDE BARS FOR VARIOUS LINKS TO CREATIVE ARTIST'S SITES.

Friday, February 24, 2012

CASTLES, COTTAGES, AND CROWNS HAS NEW BUNNY WANDS IN HER ESTY SHOP!

 Oh! You must catch up on the latest additions to Anita's Etsy shop! Her gloriously made bunny wand confections!
Also, her Marie Antoinette tags, blue bird journals, and her signature castle print and other goodies!
They are divine!  May you have a wonderful weekend!  Oh! And you can access Anita's Etsy shop from my left side bar...Castles, Crowns, and Cottages Etsy shop~  Thank you ever so very much!!!
Sweet bunny wands!!!
<3  Teresa

Saturday, February 18, 2012

STAMPINGTON PUBLICATIONS....ART DOLL QUARTERLY, PRIMS, AND SEW SOMERSET

 Over the past three and a half years I have come to appreciate Stampington Publications.  As I am a doll maker my favorite magazine of theirs is Art Doll Quarterly.   I also enjoy PRIMS which is dedicated to dolls which are more vintage looking.  The one-of-a-kind dolls in both publications are all handmade by wondrously talented doll makers.   I also like Sew Somerset, as I am becoming interested in fabric journals of which there are quite a few beautiful examples shown by extraordinarily gifted artists.  To view all of the publications Stampington.com has to offer go to their website and click on 'Publications' on their top menu bar.  You will be amazed at the variety of craft publications they have to offer.
You can purchase these lovely magazines from Stampington.com  or sometimes issues will be sold out and you can purchase them in Etsy.com  under the category: Supplies.  Then you click on 'commercial' and in the search bar type in 'magazines' or 'stampington'  or even the name of the publication you are searching for.  There is always someone in Etsy who is trying to sell current or back issues of many Stampington publications.  But they go VERY FAST once they are listed.  E-bay may possibly have some for sale too.  I haven't tried that venue. But let me warn you....IT IS VERY ADDICTING once you start collecting their amazing array of various publications they have to offer. You can also find some Stampington publications at Jo-Ann Fabrics, and Michaels or possibly Barnes and Noble.  I used to buy mine at Borders so I miss that convenience so much! 
Have a very lovely weekend~
Teresa

The most recent issue.  Absolute Bliss!!!

The most recent issue.  Charming Vintage Creations!!!
OH! I quite forgot.  If you are a doll maker or an artist you can submit your creations to any of the Stampington Publications.  Just go to Stampington.com and look under the category of 'submissions' or 'challenges' for whatever particular type of artwork you will be submitting. All of the submitting rules are given on the Stampington site.  Or, if you purchase one of their magazines there is usually 'challenge' information toward the back of the magazine telling you how to submit your work. They are looking for exceptionally made one-of-a-kind artwork of all types of art mediums so you can't loose!  Sometimes there are designated 'challenges' with a particular themed doll, for instance, like a circus theme, or ballerina theme, or jar dolls which happens to be one of the challenges showcased in the latest Art Doll Quarterly.  But their other publications accept handmade journals, stamped projects, clothing, etc.  Stampington has a wide variety of publications to look to for ideas on various mixed media techniques.  Come join the fun!

Sunday, February 5, 2012

TROUBLESHOOTING RETRIEVING COMMENTS ON MY BLOG - PROBLEM SOLVED

Have any of you been experiencing problems in your Blogger comments with accessing comments from other bloggers on your post?  I have since the beginning of January.  So I went to Blogger 'help' and found a comment that said to turn off the 'embeded' setting on the 'comments' page, which is a separate page you access from your Dashboard.  You click on the 'comments' section on your Dashboard page and it will take you to the page which shows lots of settings for your comments.  When you find the setting that shows 'embeded'  click on the word 'embeded' and it will show 'Full Page' and a couple of other options.  Go ahead and click the 'Full Page' option. Which BTW was how my comment section was before January 2012. So, some how after the new year began, maybe when Blogger added the automatic spam feature, my 'Full Page' option for my comments was deactivated somehow, and it wasn't me.  So, I had to go to the 'comment's' page in order to renew that setting...and thankfully it worked.  I couldn't  access or read any comments as it would  immediately redirect me to www.google.com and then it would sit there and sit there loading and never going to google with a blank white page.  I know one gal who had made the comment that she was experiencing the same thing.  I hope she comes back to my page as I cannot leave a comment on her page either.  So, if any of you have not been able to leave comments on my posts lately, that is probably the reason.

AND HERE ARE A FEW 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND' VINTAGE ILLUSTRATIONS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT~ To find more vintage Alice Illustrators go to: http://www.laurenharman.com/alice/




FOLK AND CHARLES

DAVID FRANKLAND

ALICE IN WONDERLAND MUSEUM DOLLS

FRANK ADAMS

MALCOM ASHMAN

HARRY FURNISS

I DO ADORE 'ALICE IN WONDERLAND'.  THERE IS A SITE WHERE YOU CAN SEE MORE OF THESE VINTAGE ILLUSTRATION AND MORE RECENT ONES TOO.