Today's featured artisan is DogsRULE. All items are 100% original designs: hand-painted, sketched, colored, and crafted by the artist, Misti Murphy. Each piece is a unique work of art.

She creates gorgeous portraits of all kinds of dogs. She has been an artist since she was 10 years old. Her skills were mastered as she attended art schools and went into Architecture.

Any dog lovers on your christmas list would absolutely love these products. She offers magnets, coasters, ornaments, and wall hangings.

Today I am going to introduce to you Orin Drake from Wicked Orin. Has many talents that are displayed in the store. Makes jewelry, writes original fiction, act as writer, director, mixer and voice actor wrangler of radio plays (OrgLIX and Crisis Perverted), play guitar and sing, paint, and sculpts.

The love of the 80's and video games inspire this artisan in creating unique off the wall products.

YCSI HIT PARADE FLOAT #6

This week's float is Lesley at Lesley Payne Photography. She has a degree in Art and has been photography for about ten years. She loves to show the effect of light and loves to show the world around you.




What gorgeous photos!!

Want some real unique and handcrafted items? Well look no futher stop by Nature Manipulated at artfire. Michelle from New York runs this great store. She creates visual, wearable and practical art that reflects upon nature and all of its elements.

Michelle creates a variety of items earrings, greeting cards, bookmarks, necklaces, and many more. She has study art and photography and has enjoyed creating since she was a kid.

Today I want to introduce to you Michelle who owns the Creative Critters store.
She make polymer clay sculptures, mixed media jewelry, adorable handsewn cloth dolls, knit stuffed toys, polymer clay pen sets, and World of Warcraft plush characters.

Michelle has been an artist all of her life. She is a self taught creator who has been featured twice in the Polymer Cafe Magazine.





With Christmas Shopping season almost here what a great store to browse around and find that unique gift.

Today's featured artisan is ShesThatGirl. I introduce Kelly from California who does some amazing pieces of work. What the artist says:
I really enjoy creating my altered art charm bracelets. I put careful detail into the choice of colors and types of beads and charms. I know my work is of exceptional quality and anyone who has purchased one would agree. I feel it’s important to deliver a quality product that will last for many years.


She offers a variety of pendants in many different fashions. Also offers necklaces, tin boxes, fiber arts, and much more.

A great place to find some beautiful journals is at ArtbyJean. She has some of the most unique and handcrafted journals I have seen. Her store also offers many other different products as well like cd/dvd labels and embellishments for scrapbooking or card making.