Something New - Weekly Quick Bitch Picks

Today, I decided I would make a weekly habit of stalking the shops of my fellow Glitter Bitches Handmade members to see what I'm missing when I rely on the ol' Facebook feeds.  Yep, I realized there was a LOT of stuff I hadn't seen and some things that I'd forgotten about, so I decided to pick three items every week and tell my peeps...

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FAQ: You Stole My Idea! ... or did you? (aka Copyright 101)

As I mentioned in my last post on Copyright 101, I have just enough knowledge on the subject to be dangerous.  I am not a lawyer, but an artist who was a contract negotiator and legal analyst in a former life (and who actually enjoys the subject of intellectual property).  Go figure.  While the last entry focused on the artist's...

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Color Theory for Non-Artists Part IV - Complementary Colors

Back in February, I started a blog series to help my makeup followers and fans to get a little bit of an artist's eye for pigment colors. In Part I of this series I talked about the color wheel and even built one of my own from my mineral makeup collection so you could see the spectrum in action. In Part II, we looked at small chunks...

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Color Theory for Non-Artists Part III - Hues, Tints, Shades and Tones

I am writing a series on beginning color theory for my "other" interest, makeup.  Since it's an obvious crossover, I thought I'd post here too.  <3 Krissi  Originally posted at http://www.facebook.com/KrissisMakeup.  Click the badge in the sidebar to follow all of my makeup antics on facebook. Now that you're...

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Color Theory for Non-Artists Part II - Analogous Colors

I am writing a series on beginning color theory for my "other" interest, makeup.  Since it's an obvious crossover, I thought I'd post here too.  <3 Krissi  Originally posted at http://www.facebook.com/KrissisMakeup.  Click the badge in the sidebar to follow all of my makeup antics on facebook. In February, I wrote...

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