Milliande Art Community for Women News

~ WEEK Two December 2008 Milliande Artist Date is out, you can read all the details here :-)
you can take a peek at the Artist Date Details here

DRUMROLL !!!! DUM DUM DUMMMM

..Vanessa

Congratulations .... could you please post me a message with your mailing address ...Wheeeeeeee ..Milliande

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A Prompt to Create an "Ice Mandala" ..come play with the "Mandala Maidens" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Once upon a time ..there was an "Icicle and an Icecube".... come get chilly with us at the "Art Journalers" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The "Lucky Lady" who won the Milliande "Altered Book" Guessing game has been revealed ... find out more here You can take a peek at who she is and close ups of my Altered Book here

~ WEEK ONE December 2008 Milliande Artist Date is out, you can read all the details here :-)

Artist Date Details

The Buzz is on ..

A New Artisan Market Place has opened its BETA version .... "ARTFIRE" and it has people talking .....

~ BETA means it is still being finetuned ...the official release will be next year ....once all the little niggles have been smoothed out ..once people have test driven the system and it has been optimized ...

~ The reward for those who are happy to work as part of this emerging Seller Community at the BETA stage as "TESTERS" is sweet
~Artfire offers right now ( until December 25th ) the Artisan Stimulus Package... " A $7 per month flat rate sellers account ...no commision charges , no listing charges, nothing else to pay EVER! So wether I sell one artwork or 1000 ... I can build the business at my own speed ... ...after that the ALL INCLUSIVE Monthly Rate is $20 /month ..which is still and excellent deal worth considering

~ they have a Comparison Chart Etsys versus Artfire here

~ Personally I have always struggled a little with Etsy , never being able to get much service over there... yes I have been impressed with the attention of ARTFIRE so far..I fired a few emails at them and got answers within 24 hours
~ they have a great forum where sellers can exchange ideas, ask for help etc ...so a real community feel to it .. I have a real good feeling about this one ...

Details for the November Artist Date Draw can be found here
November Artist Date Draw -- closing DAte for all entries is December 5th ( I am addingl add a few extra days due to people having celebrated Thanksgiving over at the US :-))

...Milliande

Week 3 Milliande Artist Date is Out ,take a peek here

~ Starting out "Shall we Play with Gary?

Week 3 Milliande Artist Date is Out ,take a peek here

 You can Download My Painted Papers for the Artist Date here

~ For my daughters 8th Birthday I wanted to make a a special little Love Shrine ..so this Altered Book fitted my vision perfectly ~Take a peek at a little video I made as well as close-up shots of the details of the Altered Book as well as info on materials used...

~ you can take a peek here if you like http://www.milliande.com/Altered-Books-Love-Shrine.html ... Milliande :-)

Announcing a NEW GROUP for the Club , " The Eclectic Collectors"

~ requested by Madejas as a group to share about your own personal eclectic collections , be it trolls or keychains, monkeys or bugs, stamps or dolls ... share what inspires you and your art

" We are going on a Wing Hunt"

~ in keeping with our Wing Theme over at "The Art Journalers" . lets get inspired . Grab your camera and go in search of Wings ... any wing, all wings, close-up macro shoots, full on large Wing Shots ... anything goes ..... think outside the box, think inside the box ... and bring back your artful shots of "WINGS" Upload your "Wing Finds" at

"THE LENS" Wing Hunt Gallery

Slowly ..she lifts her head

and gazes upon the wind ..

there are wings in the waiting ...

there are wings that have her name stamped right across the surface

there are wings that she is ready to claim ....

*** What are your Wings made of ? ***

Come visit "The Art Journalers" to take a peek