This week's FABULOUS Friday Artists are the lovely ladies from
www.joli-paquet.blogspot.com
Joli Paquet is a gathering of artist friends that started in 2009. Cerri Campbell, of Little Pink Studio, started the group to inspire others to create. So with the help of her friends, Brandy, Jeanne, and Cindy, they have turned their little creative blog into a seasonal inspiration place. A place that anyone can visit and be inspired by seasonal free tutorials and tips. They also share their talents in the form of seasonal creative DIY kits that can be purchased. The gals at Joli love to see others being creative and they hope that their little blog will inspire just that…CREATIVITY!
Cerri Campbell of Little Pink Studio
Hello, I’m Cerri Campbell, the founder of Joli Paquet, and the owner of an online boutique The Little Pink Studio. I have a great love of all things vintage, creating, and incorporating vintage items into my creations. I spend most days in my studio shipping orders, creating pretty things, or dreaming up the next kit I want to create. When not in my studio, I love spending time with my husband and two teenage daughters, one of which will be leaving the nest in just a few short months to start her journey in art school.
Being a part of Joli Paquet is wonderful as it brings so many different women together, all with the same love of creating. I love that we continue to offer creative tutorials to inspire our readers as well as affordable seasonal kits! My hope is that our little community will continue to grow and to nurture the love of creating and sharing.
Visit Cerri at:
www.littlepinkstudio.typepad.com
www.thelittlepinkstudio.com
Brandy Faulkner of Brandywine
My name is Brandy Faulkner. I was born and raised in Texas. I’m a country farm girl at heart but for right now I live in the city of Abilene. I love muted tones, paper, ephemera, glass glitter, and anything to do with natural history. I have been married to my best friend for 5 years. He’s super supportive of my business and hobby even though he totally doesn’t get my “aged, vintage” style. He’s a contractor and just doesn’t know why anyone would want to make new stuff look old!
I have one son and two stepsons. They are part of the reason I started an ETSY shop. You have to be creative coming up with big parties for three boys on a small budget. I would come up with themes and hand make everything. I would get so many complements and people would tell me I should sell the things I made. In May 2007 I opened Brandywine Boutique on ETSY. I have the best most loyal customers that inspire me to create everyday. The motto of my business is “Make Everyday Magic”. I really believe using hand made items can make your families’ day a little more special. And I think every single day should be full of little things that make you happy. My goal is to become a product designer and to do more freelance work.
Visit Brandy at:
www.brandywineboutique.blogspot.com
www.etsy.com/shop/brandywine
Jeanne Szewczyk of Dream Create Inspire
My name is Jeanne Szewczyk and my husband and I live in the Midwest – just outside Chicago to be exact. I was born and raised in this area and although many of our friends have moved away to avoid the cold winters, I find the four seasons and the colors they produce to be a huge source of inspiration for me. I have a degree in Early Childhood Education, but my real passion has always been art. I like to dabble in a variety of medias, but always with a vintage touch. I began my art blog, Dream, Create, Inspire, four years ago as a way to connect with other artists who had similar interests as mine. Little did I know back then that I would discover such a wonderful, supportive, world of talented people that would soon become dear friends.
Not long after that, I opened my Etsy shop called, Collage Art Studio, as a place to sell my original mixed-media artwork, kits and supplies. And eventually I ended up collaborating with the lovely and talented girls of Joli Paquet to create a place to share tutorials and kits for artists of all levels to enjoy. So in the end, I guess you could say I have gone back to my roots in teaching to “show and tell” others how to make pretty little things to adorn their homes or give as gifts. As the saying goes “everything comes full circle,” and for me this has proven to be very true.
Visit Jeanne at:
www.jeanneszewczyk.com
Cindy Gilstrap of Junque Art
My name is Cindy Gilstrap and I live in McKinney, Texas with my wonderful hubby, 2 kiddos, and 2 dogs. I got started in scrapbooking in the late 90’s when my kids were born. My love of paper evolved into a passion for paper art and mixed media collage art. I love creating and I guess you could say I have an eclectic style. I tend to gravitate towards vintage with an shabby chic and rustic touch.
My creative love turned into an art blog and then into a web shop at JunqueArt.com. I was very flattered when my friend, Cerri, asked me to be a part of Joli Paquet. It is a wonderful gathering of artist friends that want to share their love of creating beautiful things with others. Creating things is “good for the soul” and hopefully we are sharing some of “our soul” with others through our free tutorials and creative seasonal kits. You can also find me teaching mixed media workshops throughout Texas.
Visit Cindy at:
www.cindygilstrap.typepad.com/junqueart
www.junqueart.com
Nice to meet you ladies!
Now get ready for not one, but FOUR great prizes!
The gals at Joli-Paquet are each giving away one of their exclusive Spring Kits!
Aren't those FABULOUS! Thanks Cindy, Jeanne, Brandy and Cerri for offering these great prizes to our readers.
All you need to do is comment and you're entered!
Additional entries:
*Follow WWC on Twitter @WHEREWOMENCREAT
*Tweet about this contest
*Follow TCC on Twitter @TCCEVENT
*Have a WWC button or link on your blog
*Have a TCC button or link on your blog
Remember to post separately for each additional entry.
This contest ends on Monday, May 3rd at Midnight (MST), so make sure to get your comments in by then. We will announce the winner on Tuesday, May 4th by email and on the blog, then you will have until May 11th to claim your prize.
~Thanks so much for your support of
Where Women Create~
I have been a fan of thelittlepinkstudio and joli paquet for some time. how wonderful to see all the gals work here!! congrats!!!
This is a great blog post, it was lovely to find out a little about these creative girls, I now have even more to follow on my Google reader now!
Kiss Noises Linda
Oh I am also now following you on Twitter…pity the’e’ didn’t fit in the title isn’t it?
Kiss Noises again Linda
Lovely creations from the ladies at Joli Paquet!
I enjoy your blog & have a WWC link on my blog :)
The spring kits are simply adorable! :) Thanks for this wonderful giveaway.
Greetings from Munich,
Birgit
hello! what wonderful work, i love little pink studio!
i have a link on my blog :)
i follow where women create on twitter :)
love it! so springy and fun!
love to inspiration!
Thanks!
i have a link on my webpage to WWC and to TCC!
xoxo
I love Joli Paquet! So inspiring!
I tweeted about this @cheekymagpie
Now following on twitter!
Wonderful items they create! I love kits so I will have to visit their blog. I’m fairly new to doing a lot of paper crafts and mixed items, so kits are a good way for me to get a feel for what I can do on my own.
I have the WWC button on my blog sidebar.
I follow many of the blogs listed above but there are a couple that are new to me! So much eye candy! I love blogging! For so many years I’ve been focusing on my miniaure dolls and since I started blogging I’ve reacquainted myself with my love of crafting, decorating, vintage shopping!
xxoo
I follow WWC on Twitter @sassyminidolls
Great blogs to visit and thanks for the enjoyable times to come!
Wow, what talented women! Thanks for the giveaway!
These kits are absolutely adorable! Thanks for the chance :)
lovely items for giveaway, thanks for a chance.
THIS REALY IS A GREAT SITE- I SO LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR PROJECTS.
what talented women. Blogging is such a great way to get inspired!
I love all of the gals of Joli Paquet and follow each of their blogs. Of course I would be thrilled to win any of their kits!
I love their site! Visit all the time!!!
What a talented group of ladies. I love the cherry colors and love love love birds so I’m always excited to see birds in Art. Thanks for the chance to win.
Regina
It’s great to see the Joli Paquet artists her on WWC. These kits are lovely and just what we adore about JP.
I just love seeing all the creativity of so many wonderful ladies!! I would be so blessed to win this wonderful giveaway!
bee blessed
mary
I have the WWC button on my side bar but am not sure where to find the other button or what it is (ok so I am showing my stupidity here)
These ladies are all so inspiring!! I love their work!!!
I follow WWC on Twitter.
I follow TCC on Twitter.
I tweeted about this contest!!! :)
I love hearing about these amazing women!
Such beautiful eye candy! Thank you for entering me :)
I follow on FB! :)
Those are some wonderful kits. The projects make me happy!
Love all that I see!!!!
You ladies do a wonderful job of sharing creative ideas. I always love the kits. Thanks for spreading the love of creating:)
Yay!! Follwing on twitter and facebook:)
Great giveaway! I would be happy to win :)
All sooo lovely! Now I have more blogs to follow thanks to WWC :-)
I love these spring crafts!!! please enter me, thanks
I Follow WWC on Twitter @WHEREWOMENCREAT
I re-Tweeted about this contest.
I Follow TCC on Twitter @TCCEVENT
I Have a WWC button and link on my blog
I have a TCC button and link on my blog.
I love all of these artists. It’s so inspiring. I feel like a kid in a candy store :) :) :) I can’t make up my mind and I just want to take it all home :) :) :)
cute cute cute! Please enter me!
Danielle
Great job Ladies!! LizlovesVintage
Please count me in…thanks! Susie Harris
This is a wonderful giveaway! Such talented ladies!
I would love it if you could add me to this list.Thank you ~ Susie Harris
Great giveaway!!! Thanks for the chance to win and happy weekend!
I follow WWC on twitter!!!
I also have a WWC button on my blog – bottom left hand corner under daily reads!
It’s so wonderful to see these girls on WWC! I always enjoy seeing what projects they’re showing! thanks for the chance to win a fun kit!
xo natalea
Those kits are adorable. I love visiting this blog on Fridays. I feel as if I’m make a new friend every week.
What lovely pieces of art! I would love to try one of their kits and am going to go check out their site!
Love Love Love all these lovely ladies creations! Makes me want to get busy and create something of my own!
Love Joli Paquet and loved the spring kits!
I’ve had so much fun exploring the Joli Paquet site – I know I will be back often!
These kits are wonderful!
These ladies are all great! All their creations are all just beautiful.
wow! gorgeous prizes! Keeping my fingers crossed!
Very pretty….they make me happy just looking at them!
Hope I’m the lucky winner of this week’s great giveaway!
thanks for showcasing these artists and I now have some new blogs to visit. I have your link and several of the others on my sidebar. Beautiful creations to swoon over here!
I follow @wherewomencreat on Twitter!
I tweeted about this giveaway! http://twitter.com/_sarah_b_/status/13200678393
I also follow @TCCevent!
Such beautiful giveaway gifts!! I just love each one of these blogs!
How lovely to have Joli Paquet featured on your blog – they are always so inspiring! Thanks gals for the awesome kit giveaways!
WOW! What an awesome giveaway! These ladies are so very talented! Would love to win a kit, but good luck to all who enter! ~Joann
What talented artists. Every item is charming, and I want each one. Thank you for this giveaway.
I have added the WWC button to my blog.
I have followed your blog, I love your creativity! What fabulously creative women you have featured! I am a new blogger on the block so, I thought I would stop in and say Hi. I would be honored if you would take a peak at my blog. I think you might like it? It is filled with DIY tips, tricks, and secrets. Thank you!! http://thepolkadotcloset.blogspot.com/
I am inspired just from reading this post, thanks ladies!
Those kits are adorable! Thank you for the chance to win!
Great post on these talented artists!
Kathy
I have a link on my blog.
I enjoyed seeing all of the projects from these talented ladies, very inspiring!
Those are some talented ladies! We get to really see some of the best here on your blog…I thank you!
so lovely! i love jolie paquet and the creative women involved. such fun tutorials fabulous kits!
I love all of these artists! I follow their blogs regularly and Joli Paquet, they are so talented and inspiring. I am so glad you chose to highlight them and of course I would love to win one of their kits!
Happy Spring Jo! karen…
Oh one of my fav sites !!!
I have a WWC button on my blog !!!
Talk about adorable! I love all of them. :)
So neat to see so many talented people coming together. I always think that when you gather talent it begats talent! How can it not! Wishing loads of sucess in your combined efforts!
Lovely! I feel inspired to go do some creating.
I love all these kits and would be thrilled to win any of them! Have really enjoyed the tutorials on Joli Paquet – very inspiring.
Thanks,
Jane – Jacksonville
Oh, these kits are so beautiful. I am always inspired when I see vintage items like these. I wish I can get my hands on some of them.
I have been addicted to Joli Paquet for quite some time. I love tutorials and their projects always inspire me!
-Amy
Way cool prizes from some talented ladies!
I love the fact that you not only create such cute items
but that you make kits for them so we can all have the creative experience. Thanks
it would be my delight to be entered in your giveaway. i so love the work of these most talented women at wwc. they stimulate my mind. Bestest,Denise
i would be delighted to be entered in your giveaway. i love the work of all the women connected with wwc. they are most talented and inspiring for me.Bestest,Denise
I have the WWC button on my sidebar…
these kits are beautiful :D
The Joli kits are always so lovely and the attention to detail is amazing! I’m so happy to see them featured here.
i am also inspired by joli paquet and by the women featured, each of whom make it all happen with their generous donations of time and talent. it’s always a swoonfest at JP and all of their blogs and shops.
let’s see, i follow WWC on facebook and have many of these sites listed on my sidebar. i’ll keep my fingers crossed, too.
xo
elyse