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So, because of the way the dates fall, sometimes I miss out my first Amuse the Muse post due to housekeeping – new challenge, challenge winners, new sponsors etc. All the…
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This month’s challenge painting is “Untitled” by Augustin Lesage. “Lesage’s patterns are unmistakable. After noting the symmetry of the first large canvas, he began organizing his compositions along a central axis,…
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Our Wonderful sponsors for the May Challenge. We will have 3 Lucky Winners this Month! B’Sue Boutique Brenda Sue Lansdowne of B’Sue Boutique offers quality jewelry making products. With her roots in…
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Untitled, 1926-1954 By Augustin Lesage Oil on Canvas About the Art Lesage’s patterns are unmistakable. After noting the symmetry of the first large canvas, he began organizing his compositions along a…
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Congratulations to the April Monthly Challenge winners! 2 winners were chosen randomly from all the challenge entrants. 1 winner was chosen randomly from the InLinkz blog entries. Winner of a month of advertising on ABS from the Monthly Challenge Bead…
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Frida Kahlo was a fascinating woman. Her short life was filled with great pain and great passion. This month’s challenge painting was filled with a great array of images rich with…
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The mother-daughter duo of Beth and Evie McCord are back at it again with their entry for this month. They create these marvelous hand cut and enameled focal pieces. I have…
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For some time now I’ve been big admirer of the work of Dawn Dodson of La Touchables. If you participate in or follow the monthly ABS challenge, you’re likely to have…
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Hello ABS-ers! How’s your week been? Good? Sunny? Beady? I hope so. My week has been more ‘song-y’ than ‘bead-y’ but I think this next one will be both, with any…