XENOBIA BAILEY'S OUTSTANDING ETSY.COM CROCHET GIFT ITEM PICK: SOPHISTCATED AFGHAN & PILLOW SET by NPJ Designs

THIS IS THE MOST CONTEMPORARY, SOPHISTICATED, CASUALLY ELEGANT AFGHAN AND PILLOW SET I HAVE EVER SEEN, FRESH & SIMPLE PATTERN, WONDERFUL COLORS COMBINATIONS. EXCELLENT PHOTO.

DESIGNER DESCRIPTION : etsy.com , NPJ Designs

Bright, multi-colored stripes. Afghan is approximately 4 ft. x 5 ft. Pillow is approximately 22 in. x 22 in. You won't find a better deal for an original, hand-crafted set! Great gift idea and/or home accessory.

100% Acrylic
Washing Instructions:
Machine wash separately in cold water.
Tumble Dry LOW.

Please feel free to contact us with any questions. We will happily combine shipping costs on multiple purchases.

Thanks for looking!

www.NPJDesigns.com

XENOBIA BAILEY'S OUTSTANDING ETSY.COM CROCHET GIFT ITEM PICK: ULTRA CHIC SUMMERTIME SHRUG by trendyknitting's Shop

THE SUMMER ACCESSORY PIECE OF CROCHET ADORNMENT IS JUST TOO PERFECT... WONDERFUL WORK... EXTREMLY FLATTERING GREAT PHOTO.

DESIGNER DESCRIPTION: etsy.com : trendyknitting's Shop

With this lovely shrug you will draw all the attention of all people around you. It is made of %100 bamboo yarn, so you can use it willingly in spring and summer.
You'll love wearing it.

Size: One size will fit XS, S and M.

Measurements ( For Xtralicious ):
Shoulder: 17 inches
Shulder to arm: 11 inches
Bicep: 14 inches

Handmade with great care, in a smoke-free, pet-free home. Never been worn.

This item will be packaged with lots of love and care and shipped the day after payment received.

Please, contact me if you would like to make an order for L and XL.

Thanks for visiting Trendy Knitting store...

XENOBIA BAILEY'S OUTSTANDING ETSY.COM CROCHET GIFT ITEM PICK: ADORABLE BABY BOOTIES by KNEAT HEAVEN BOUTIQUE

Aaaaaaah!,... When I first saw these cute "widdle" booties, I totally lost it, I just can't believe how adorable these small original master pieces are,... I am totally blown away,... check out those sneakers... The Cowgirl/boy booties,....Ain't nothing wrong with adorning a baby... Did I hear someone say "Family heirlooms",.. "best dressed baby photo's"... or, heck,... just hang a pair from your car rearview mirror... need I say more. Check out etsy.com : Kneat Heaven Boutique.

Designers Description

Custom Size Auction
You are looking at a pair of Baby Booties. These adorable booties will make a perfect gift for the little one in your life.
This is not a completed item. Please allow 1 day for this item to be finished. These booties will be hand crocheted for your from very soft machine washable and dryable baby yarn in colours of your choice and custom sized in any size from newborn to 9 months. Please include the size with your payment. If no size is specified, they will be made to fit a newborn up to 3 months in colours shown in the picture
These booties are new and come from a smoke-free and
pet-free environment.

XENOBIA BAILEY'S OUTSTANDING ETSY.COM CROCHETED ITEMS PICKS: HATS BY PHOTOJENIC DESIGNS...FUN!...FUN!...FUN!

THESE ARE THE MOST ADORABLE CROCHET CROWN HATS I HAVE EVER SEEN, THE CRAFTSMANSHIP, CHOICES OF COLOR COMBINATION IS TOP SHELF. AND, NEED I SAY THE PHOTOGRAPHS ARE TOTALLY WORKING. THIS ITEM IS WHAT FUTURE PRIZE VINTAGE WEARABLE FUN ART IS MADE OF...FUN!...FUN!...AND MORE FUN!... MORE INFO AT etsy.com

etsy.com : Custom Order Crochet Crown Hats by Photojenic Designs

Crown hats are fun to wear for kids ages 0 - 99! They make great every day hats, or wear them on special occasions such as birthdays, Purim, Renaissance Fairs, and more!

Hats are made from a cotton blend yarn, which is machine washable, dryable and colorfast.

Simply send me a convo with your color choices and head size needed, and you'll soon be the proud owner of an adorable crown.

Please allow up to two weeks for delivery, especially during high volume seasons.

GREEN FOODS FESTIVAL IN HARLEM 6/21/08 (Yummy, yum, yum)

GREETINGS WORLD

SORRY FOR THE LONG BREAK FROM CYBER SPACE,.. I HAVE A LOT GOING ON IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW,.. THE TRAVELING EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED,.. A SEPT EXHIBIT IN JERSEY CITY, WITH OGECHI CHIEKE A FABULOUS DIGITAL ARTIST FROM NIGERIA THAT IS BI-COASTAL BETWEEN L.A. AND NEW YORK, THIS EXHIBIT WILL BE AT ESORO GALLERY IN JERSEY CITY www.esorogallery.com, THIS SMALL PUT VERY INNOVATED GALLERY IS FOUNDED BY THE BRILLIANT GALLERY OWNER ETO OTITIGBE, THE EXHIBIT WILL BE VERY 21ST CENTURY,... WE PROMISE!.

I WILL ALSO BE EXHIBITING MY CROCHET MANDALAS AT THE FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM AT BROCKTON, MA, www.fullercraft.org/ , THIS EXHIBIT WILL OPEN IN SEPT, I WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON THIS EXHIBIT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THE EXHIBIT (RE) POSSESSED WILL BE TRAVELING FROM THE JERSEY CITY MUSEUM AUG 24, 2008, TO COLUMBUS OHIO TO THE KING ARTS COMPLEX www.kingartscomplex.com/, FOR A OPENING THE EARLY PART OF SEPT, I WILL ALSO POST MORE DETAILS ON THIS EXHIBIT AND THE ALL THE EVENTS INVOLVED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

NOW!.. I COME TO THE EVENT IN HARLEM THAT MADE ME POST THIS UPDATE IN THE FIRST PLACE,.. THERE IS AN AMAZING "GREENFOOD FESTIVAL" GOING ON IN HARLEM JUNE 21, 2008 FROM 12:00PM-6:00PM www.greenfoodsfestival.com... THIS EVENT IS REALLY TIMLY AND IMPORTANT TO ME, BECAUSE, I HAVE BEEN WORKING TO IMPROVE MY DIET FOR VERY MANY, MANY, OOOOH TO MANY YEARS,..AND I MEAN A WHOLE BUNCH OF MANY YEARS... "BACK IN THE DAY", I WAS A FULL TIME VEGETARIAN FOR 7 YEARS, I NOW HAVE ADDED FISH & VERY LITTLE CHICKEN TO MY DIET. BUT NOW, I AM WORKING ON CREATING A VERY HEALTHY, TASTY, QUICK & EASY TO PREPARE LIVE FOOD DIET AND LIFESTYLE.

I HAVE TAKEN MANY VALUABLE FOOD PREPARATION CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS,.. AND BELIEVE ME,.. UNTIL YOU CAN GET THE RIGHT RECIPES, MENUS, FOOD PLANS FOR YOUR TASTE BUDS, BODY TYPE AND LIFESTYLE,.. UPGRADING YOUR EATING FOR A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE, IS GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME SO EXCITED ABOUT THE 2008 GREEN FOOD FESTIVAL IN HARLEM THAT IS HAPPENING THIS COMING WEEKEND... I HAVE TAKEN FOOD PREPARATION CLASSES AND WORKSHOP,.. INTERNAL BODY CLEANSING FAST,.. AND SHARED IN MANY EMPOWERING CONVERSATIONS ON THE POWER AND BENEFITS OF WHAT I CALL "THE SUPER-NATURAL, GREEN-LIFESTYLE EVOLUTION". WITH EVERYONE THAT IS A PART OF THIS FESTIVAL,.. AND TAKE MY WORD FOR IT!!.. WHEN HARLEM GETS A HAND ON LIVE-GREENS & "LIVE-FOOD" AND THE GREEN-LIFESTYLE... HOLD ON TO YOUR SEAT BELTS FOLKS... WHERE SPINNING FOR ANOTHER PLANET ON HIGHER GROUNDS FOLKS.

HOPEFULLY THIS FESTIVAL WILL FIND A WAY TO REACH OUT AND TRAVEL, SO THAT EVERYONE THAT IS INTERESTED CAN RECEIVE THIS VITAL INFORMATION.

I WILL TAKE GOOD NOTE, AND COLLECT LINK SO THAT I CAN SHARE THIS INFO IN MY BLOG.

SPRING IS HERE & IT'S TIME TO SHEAR, SPIN AND KNIT RABBIT FUR IN HARLEM WITH, THE ONE AND ONLY, FIBER ARTIST TWAIN REVELL

Fiber Artist Twain Revell is the only African American Fiber Artist that I know of that works with her fiber from start to finish.

I mean... Twain... “The Rabbit Lady”... (as the children Uptown refer to her)... is the only African American Fiber Artist that I know, that is raising her own live stock in her apartment in Harlem… Then, she combs and collects their fur, spins it, on one of her many spinning wheels or on a hand held drop spindle, knits and/or crochets it.

In the photo’s above you can see Twain with one of her rabbit, collecting fur to spin on her spinning wheel, The sweater that she is wearing in the photo, is made from fur that she spun from one of her rabbits.

She designed and knitted this sweater and the baby booties that she is holding in the last image.

Twain is a real talker, and she is very well informed about her fibers and the art of spinning. Like I said before, I don’t know anyone that does what Twain Revell does.

You can read more about Twain Revell is a wonderful article written by The Founder & Executive Director of Harlem Needle Arts Inc. Michelle Bishop in SPIN-OFF MAGAZINE, The summer issue 2007, pages 34-36 www.spinoffmagazine.com

Check out more of Twain Revell's Fiber Works on her website: http://www.twainstwines.com/

ADORABLE ONLINE PET PORTRAIT AUCTION, BY STUDENTS & FACULTY @ FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY GALLERY: BID'S START AT $20

My Brilliant, hard working, artist friend Meredith McNeal is the Director of Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation Education Programs, The Director of Rush East, N, and a practicing Fine Artist.

http://rushphilanthropic.org/Content/Main.aspx?pageId=1

Meredith has developed many creatively exciting education programs and workshops serving thousands of New York City children and adults each year.

One of the Saturday sessions that she created for the children in the neighborhood in Brooklyn which I think was so-right-on-the-mark, is a class that she designed called, The Pet Portrait Painting/Drawing class.

I remember seeing the children’s brilliant work, and I thought how great that project was, to teach how to visually articulate the emotion of the affection for the pet, and to turn that creative exercise into a work of art. REAL SMART MOVE MEREDITH!!!, (I wish I thought of that.)

Meredith has extended The Pet Portrait experience, by working with a drawing class at Fairleigh Dickinson University as a visiting artist, She stated, “During my recent exhibition "Dress Up" at FDU. I had the pleasure of working with Professor Marie Roberts' Drawing class as a invited artist on a pet painting class.”

The paintings created from that class are so full of character, charm and presence and they are now on view at FDU Gallery and are available for purchase through an online benefit auction.

Go to the link
http://ucoll.fdu.edu/arts/auction/index.php

To view more Pet Portraits to chose from.
I encourage you to place a bid at:

“Pet Portraits,” works by FDU students/faculty, proceeds to benefit Jersey Animal Coalition, Inc., South Orange, N.J.; $20 starting bid. To view portraits and submit bids go to

http://ucoll.fdu.edu/arts/auction/index.php

or go to the University College Art Gallery, Room 11, University Hall, Mon.–Fri., 9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., or to Silent Auction, for information call 201-692-2801, 201-456-0660 or e-mail lima@fdu.edu.

I’m not sure about the size of each painting, but I’m sure if you got in contact with the school they could give you the information you need.

PANGEA DAY 5/10/08: VERY INSPIRING PROJECT, "FOR THE WORLD BY THE WORLD,"

Last week I was working on the PR package for the exhibit (RE) POSSESSED at the Jersey City Museum, the exhibits website, and some other administrative work for my art, ( I have not crochet art work for weeks ), I have to redesign a few items in the exhibit, I had a few ideas for additions from reading some inspirational magazines over the past few days.

Last Saturday I got my bike out and took it to the bike shop to get air in the tires, I am not used to having a bike, so when I saw that my tires on the bike were flat from lose of air over the winter, I thought I had a flat, but the guys at the bike shop informed me that air should be put in the tires about every three weeks or when ever air is needed.

I took a real slow ride around Central Park, I was supprised that there were not that many bikers or runners in the park, it was a very beautiful day, all of the trees were in full bloom, the magnolia trees were at their peak of glory.

I came back inside and started working on a Obama project. I will share it very soon.
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A INTERESTING GLOBAL PROJECT: Take a look at these films from a very special project called www.pangeaday.org. They are each just one minute long. They feature a choir in one country singing another country's national anthem: a simple idea that packs surprising emotional power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TGAYa21ciQ&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxhRukX-vAw&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T60NaNPiMg&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAWarHi0OgE&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBStEQvgcyM&feature=user

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NRCt9NQqEE&feature=user

The link below is Jehane Noujaim Unveils Pangea Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CMQLwhwySs&NR=1

“They were shot by film directors looking to support the landmark TED project Pangea Day (which I hope you have calendared for Saturday, May 10).

The event is looking amazing, and I will be writing with some breaking news later in the week. Meanwhile, check out the trailer. And do feel free to forward this note.”

- Chris Anderson, TED Curator

http://pangeaday.org/

P.S. “There are more of these anthems on the way.”

I just got this information from TED. TED is a very inspiring & amazingly creative organization I have been following for about a year.

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

The annual conference now brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

TED’s mission: Spreading ideas.

TED believes passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world. So they are building a clearinghouse that offers free knowledge and inspiration from the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other. The TED site, launched April 2007, is an ever-evolving work in progress, and you're an important part of it. Have an idea? They want to hear from you.

You can go to www.ted.com, and get more detail about this organization.

OK WORLD, TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!

Today is my birthday, I have plans to go to the Brooklyn Museum to opening of the Takashi Murakami Exhbit.

Brooklyn Museum First Saturday Web Link
http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/first_saturdays.php

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/04/arts/design/04mura.html?em&ex=1207540800&en=2399191ef5c14cbd&ei=5087%0A

The Brooklyn Museum will be open until 11:00pm, with activities, films, workshop and people mixing all day. I am going to act like I am having my birthday party at the Brooklyn Museum and everybody that comes to the museum, is coming to my Birthday Party.

I wish I could go see Cat on A Hot Tin Roof, on Broadway. That's one of my favorite plays by Tennessee Williams. But, that's not in the stars for my today.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/theater/20cat.html

REMEMBERING THE LEGEND & LIFETIME OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.