House of Six Cats Fine Art Photography Artisan of the Week

House of Six Cats

My name is Bill, and I have been a photographer since I got my first SLR camera for my 16th birthday, way back in 1983. Yes, that makes me 42. I fell in love with the art from the first roll of film I shot! Long story short; Worked too long in the custom photo lab business, and hated everything about photography. Didn't pick up a camera for over ten years, until our daughter, Cyan, was born in April of 2007. When I saw the images of Cyan, that our friends took of her, with their DSLR, and knew I had to get one! I picked up a Canon Rebel XT, started shooting our beautiful little girl, and my passion was re-ignited! Since Cyan was my inspiration, she has been my avatar since I opened my Etsy shop in June of '07.

Since then, I have since developed a decent online presence. I signed up with RedBubble, Trunkt, 1000Markets, Flickr, Twitter and Facebook. I have made a great deal of friends on Etsy and have also started collaboating with a few of them. I also run the POE (Photographers of Etsy) Street Team.

My family and I moved from NY to Portland, Oregon in October of '08. I love it here, it a real mecca for the indie artist!! The community and support here is fantastic! I have started doing local craft shows, doing tons of networking, and I am going to be on permanent display in a new retail gallery called Love Art!

I am proud to be co-leader of POE, the photographers of Etsy, and proud member of the Interior Design - Home Decor team!! Search "POE Team" and "interiordesignteam", to find more great items for your walls and home!

Bill offers his photography in many mediums.

Sepia Dewdrops Triptych - Sepia Fine Art Photograph - 10 X 20

Early morning dewdrops sepia series, all three images in one print.

You will be purchasing an original 10x20 borderless digital photograph.

This image will be printed on Kodak Professional Endura Paper, with a lustre surface. Also available on metallic Archival photo paper, just state metallic in the notes to seller at checkout.All items are carefully shipped in cardboard via the US Postal Service.

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Cuddlerriffic...

that's a word right? Well, that is a great word to use to describe this lovely shop, Babeeluvclothing. The brains and talent behind Babeeluvclothing is a talented seamstress named Lori. Lori sat down with Blockhead Radio and let us into her brain and heart! Continue on to read more as the BHR staff virtually rolls around in her cuddly blankets and soft toys!

Lori is new to Etsy but not new to creating and selling gorgeous handmade items. She "created Babeeluvclothing "For Your Little Heart" in January 2009. She has been an Ebay Seller for over 6 years, selling vintage items as well as her first craft making beachglass jewelry and related items." Lori is a WAHM to a lovely baby boy. When asked where she drew her inspiration from, Lori naturally replied, "Now, it is my son for sure! My world has been consumed with becoming a new mom and always thinking of him and related items. If it catches his attention--its a keeper!" I agree that is a fantastic way to test new items!! If the little one's like it, then other little one's will to! And you know what they say, if baby is happy, then mama is happy and EVERYONE is happy!

She also draws some inspiration from days gone by as she says, "I do come from a family of women that sew, so I believe it is in my blood! A lot of the details in my sewing, especially on my blankies, baby toys comes from my Gramma. She used to make me clothes as a little girl and baby toys and they always had to have a little heart sewn on the front so I have tried to carry on that tradition."

You will most certainly find just what you want or need in this lovely shop, and at a wonderfully reasonable price as well! Lovely minky blankets, adorable clothing, and sweet stuffed toys can be found in her Etsy shop, her web store, or her Ebay profile.

Lori dabbles in a bit of everything, "sewing, jewelry making, custom picture frames and sun catchers, while working with beach glass, stones and driftwood." Lori's favorite pieces (and I'd have to agree) are her Snuggle Blankets. She finds "working with various fabrics" one of the most challenging things about creating handmade, as well as finding the time to begin "designing some of her own clothing."

Lori runs into problems that probably affect many of our dear readers, the cost of supplies as well as finding the TIME to work on her craft! Anyone who has children and attempts to run shops on any selling venue knows just how difficult that can be! Throw in full time jobs for some, and I'm not sure when some artisans sleep! But Lori can be proud of what she's accomplished in a short time, that's for sure!

Lori does blog and belong to the Alberta Street Team who can find by searching "Alberta Team" on Etsy.

She was also recently featured on CafeHandmade and you can find her on Aisle 1 of the Virtual Craft Show for a limited time!

Lori shares my love of minky fabrics and would probably go bankrupt if we could go shopping for them together! We all know my weakness for fabric.....

So take a break from your busy day, and check out any of these great links and enjoy Lori's snuggable work! I know, I have!