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This is an early draft of our site redesign for GiftsWithHumanity.com. Among other things you may notice is that we intend to make the Good Cause Program an integral part of who we are. When we relaunch every purchase will directly benefit a US based good cause. Let us know about your good cause, we [...]
Every New Year it is a long held tradition to make some changes, whether it’s losing some weight or quitting a bad habit. Our New Year Resolution for 2011 is to help local US communities in addition to communities worldwide. We hope to develop a few initiatives to support this New Year resolution; today we will make a [...]
Congratulations to Dawn for winning first prize with 208 votes. Her piece was titled The Gardian. Congratulations to Nikki for winning second prize with 161 votes. Her piece was titled Paper Mache Giraffe. To see all the entries visit our Facebook fan page at www.facebook.com/GiftsWithHumanity.
I’ve dreamt of a place similar to this… When someone would say, “just go to the quiet place, in your mind” ~ this is similar to where I’d be. My granddaughter & I love butterflies & fairies, so they were always there. The plants in my yard are Florida plants meant to attract butterflies. Almost everything [...]
The piece I have created for Gifts With Humanity is made using a recycled cardboard pylon (used in advertising at grocery stores, primarily), enamel paint and label paper. The concept is based on Gifts With Humanity itself. The angel represents the message and doctrine behind GWH, the birds represent freedom and giving. The base is [...]
From Southern California, Laura enjoys working with textile art. She likes the intricacy and detail that can be created with a familiar common object such as cloth. The project that I have created is a functional hand woven basket. Title – Label Container Measurements - 18″ x 24″ x 18″ Materials - label paper Technique - twining Laura
My process for creating “Pallet of Parrots” – I did a simple sketch in my sketchbook. I prepped a wooden paint pallet with clear gesso and then drew my sketch on the pallet. Then I cut and taped strips of the label paper to a foam core sheet to keep them still and painted them [...]
Paper mache’d giraffe made from recycled bottles and label paper. Nikki
I chose to make a wedding cake which is a symbol of love, marriage, etc. to most Americans. Though 50% of all marriages fail, 50% of them succeed. My husband, Wayne, helped with sawing a 36″ wooden circle for the base, cutting chicken wire for me and heavy lifting. Other materials used: cotton, silk flowers, wire, twist [...]
Mariposa Tree by VET – 57″ x 57″ The Making of Mariposa Tree…
