The first part lists friends, acquaintances and fellow artist/crafters' sites that I admire and respect. Some have blogs. Check out their sites! The other link page are general links I use for various purposes.
Aziza Aziza is a wearable art artist. She makes clothing, costumes, various items and belly-dancing costumes. Awesome artist. And my best friend. *grin* Anne (Anneliese). A mix of fiber, aeronautics, ham radio and more. Anne is interesting. *grin* Dragonfly Farm ~Alden Amos Equipment and Stephenie Gaustad art works. The best spinning equipment out there. Period. The Funny Farm ~Marie McCoy-Houk. Wool and mohair products and fibers. Excellent fleeces. Chilhowee Manor Art Glass ~Jola Gayle's art glass site. Lovely work! Chilhowee Manor Art Glass - eBay ~Jola Gayle's eBay Auction page. Check it out! Knitted Threads ~Janet Rehfeldt, arts and designer. Lovely patterns. Countrywool ~Claudia sells angora fiber, patterns, spinning wheels and equipment, yarns and more. RoseHawke ~Cindy has some of the finest dragons and other clay figures out there. Del Rio Havanese ~My mom's page, featuring her show dogs.
Blogs Verna ~Verna's blog page. She also has other pages features her fiber work and other interests. Sara Lamb ~Weaving and dye maven's blog page.
Terry ~Terry talks about her new life on the coast, fiber and her goats. Joy ~Joy is a fiber artist, among other talents. Her blog tells of her and her partner Lena's travels around the world. They are in Nepal for now. Very interesting reading.
Glass Links Arrow Springs ~Arrow Springs carries supplies for lampworks. *Everything*. They even make some of the tools! Bullseye ~Bullseye is my favorite lampworking glass. They are an American company. Their color palette is lovely and their colors really work well with the flame. Black Swamp Glass ~Tink is a glass artist, to say the least. She makes the best vessels you have ever seen, tiny wearable perfume bottles. Wonderful artwork. Lampwork, Etc. ~Lampwork, Etc. is a forum for glass artists. Wet Canvas Art Glass ~Wet Canvas' Art Glass forum. Wet Canvas also features other srts and crafts. Art Glass Answers ~Art Glass Answers is a forum for glass artists that... yep, answers questions.
Books & Magazines Jeryl Metz, Books. I am a professional bookseller & book-searcher specializing in out-of-print & collectible children's books & illustrated books. In particular, books by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen & other fine illustrators of the early Twentieth Century & modern illustrators such as Edward Gorey, Ronald Searle, Ralph Steadman & William Steig. Amazon ~The best place to find books at a discount price. Hard To Find Needlework Books Frugal Knitting Haus ~She has a great supply of knitting and crocheting pattern books, booklets, etc. Schoolhouse Press ~The best knitting books out there, by Elizabeth Zimmerman and Meg Swanson. They also carry videos, kits and more.
Cooking Arielle's Recipe Archive ~Tons of good recipes. Cake Recipes ~There is also links for other recipe types. The link keeps timing out. I will check it again in case the site went down. Cookbooks Online ~Over one million recipes available. CopyKat Creations ~You have tried it in the restaurant, now make it at home and they will show you how. Top Secret Recipes ~They analyze various favorite commercial foods and make up recipes. Most are pretty close.
Various Craft Supplies Rings & Things ~A wonderful site for jewelry findings, gems charms, etc. Their prices are great and the staff is friendly and helpful. Aftosa ~Wholesale pottery and craft supplies. Dharma Trading Company ~Cotton clothing, dyes and more.
Computer Stuff BladePro ~Plug-In for Paint Shop Pro and other graphic programs. Paint Shop Pro ~The best, I think, graphics program. HTML Goodies ~Joe Burns has the best HTML, JavaScript, etc. tutorials and books available. HomeSite ~A HTML text editor and webpage site builder. You can not get any better than this software. It doesn't not write your code and they now include a WYSIWYG for those new to website design. Bought by Macromedia. So far, they have kept the software "true". Web Laws ~I think that says it all.
