LESLEY RILEY'S FAVORITE LINKS (updated 7/19/07)

The links section of a site is always an exciting place to visit. Aren't we all always searching for something new and different? Here are my favorite sites. They include other artists' web sites, sites that inspire me and encourage my creativity and sources I have used. If you know of a site that I may find of interest, or if you would like me to link to your site, please E-Mail me. Check back often as I will be adding sites frequently.



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*NEW SECTION*

BLOGS

Blogs are so full of interesting info and links. There are so many of them that one could start reading and never stop. Here are a few that I find to be the most inspirational or full of juicy links.

ART HEART ~ MY blog!

ORNAMENTAL ~ Nina Bagley's new blog

TONGUE IN CHEEK - Corey Amaro photogrpahs and wise words - don't miss!

POSY GETS COZY ~ Wonderful Portland based shop owner

JUJU LOVES POLKA DOTS ~ Based in the UK. Watch for her new altered clothing blog this year

DAILY POETICS - One of the first blogs I ever read. Still my favorite

GYYPHON'S FEATHER STUDIO - LK Ludwig

POMEGRANATES & PAPER - Loretta Marvel

WHIFFS, GLIMMERS & LEFT-OEUVRES - Deb Lactiva


MY FAVORITE SOURCES

ALTERED DIVA IMAGE COLLECTION - Great vintage images to purchase on CDs

ANGELICO - Fine paper, ribbon & buttons

ANIMA DESIGNS - Kim Nicken's fantastic line of rubber stamps and so much more!

ANNA'S BEST - The BEST source for book arts and mixed media supplies

ARTCHIX STUDIO - The creators of Artitude zine's new line of rubber stamp images

ARTFABRIK - Hand-dyed Fabric and Pearle Cotton - I rarely buy from anyone else

*NEW* ARTISTIC ARTIFACTS - Judy Gula's eclectic collection of mixed media necessities - check out her fiber kits.

ARTGIRLZ - Sisters Allison & Tracy Stilwell are craft designers, teacher and artists who share creativity ideas, sell stuff and MORE!

ARTEMIS EXQUISITE EMBELLISHMENTS - Beautiful dyed, bias cut silk ribbons and more

BATIK QUILTS - Wonderful source for unusual batkis and marbled fabrics

BELLA ROSA PAPER ARTS - Great line of rubber stamps and other goodies

BIG HORN QUILTS - Large line of commerical fabrics. My order comes so fast, it's almost like shopping in person

BUTTON MAD - Handmade buttons of all sorts

CATSLIFE PRESS - More unique rubber stamps

CLOTHING LABELS 4 U - Need custom woven labels for your fiber art?

COLLAGE JOY - Fantastic source for collage papers by Leanne Bishop (this should have been listed here a long time ago)

DANIEL SMITH ARTISTS MATERIALS - Large, informative site for art supplies, techniques and galleries

DHARMA TRADING COMPANY - The source for dyes, fabric and clothing blanks

DICK BLICK ART SUPPLIES - Good on-line source for supplies

*NEW* DIVAS D'ESTE - De-lightful, De Crow and daughter Dawn's website for wonderful collage sheets and CDs.

DOLLMAKERS JOURNEY - Wonderful site for dollmaking supplies & patterns.

E-QUILTER FABRIC - Another of my favorite fabric sources with a large line of commerical fabrics and fast service

*NEW* FIBER ON A WHIM - Jan Girod's new website & store in Atlanta

FLIGHTS OF FANCY BOUTIQUE - A fabulous source for vintage buttons, trims, embellishments, etc. that I use in my work

FOUND ELEMENTS - Collage kits and individual items for sale - she's done all the hard work finding the stuff for you to use in your art!

FREE IMAGES - Copyright free images to use in your art

MORE FREE IMAGES!!! - STOCK.XCHNG is a friendly community of photography addicts who generously offer their works to the public free of charge.

GLIMA - Fabulous T-Shirts screen printed with QUOTES & IMAGES we all love

IMPRESS ME ARTISTIC RUBBER STAMPS - Sherrill Kahn's line of wonderful rubber stamps that often appear in my work. Great site with projects and on-line catalog. You MUST get her new book, Creating with Paint.

Clothing Labels 4 U - Custom woven labels for your artwork

LUNN FABRICS - Hand Dyed and PFD Fabrics. Michael and Debra are always experimenting and adding new things

MARBLE-T DESIGN - Hand Marbled cottons, silks and ribbons.

MA VINCI'S RELIQUARY - Unique & wonderful rubber stamps

MOOSEWINKS - Unique handmade beads and jewelry

OLIVE WIMPLE - Christelle's line of collage supplies & stamps and more

PAPER COLLECTIONS - Collage sheets and ephemera

PAPER RELICS - Great collage fodder.

PERIWINKLE DESIGN - Charlene Phinney sells beautiful dyed and rusted fabric (and patterns)

*NEW* PRECISION BLUE - Their product, PYM II (for Preserve Your Memories) is the BEST sealer I have found for artwork and any inkjet printed image, including transfers. you won't be sorry!

QUEEN OF TARTS - New line of rubber stamps

THE SAMPLER - A great place to get Kaffe Fassett fabric, even in 1/4 yd cuts

SKY BLUE PINK - Great source for collage supplies

THE THREAD STUDIO - Wonderful Australian source for fiberart supplies

TREENWAY SILKS - The source for silk fibers for felting and silk paper making.

VOLCANO BOOK ARTS - Christine Cox's wonderful source for everything a book (and mixed media) artist needs


ARTISTS

LINDA ABBOTT - Mixed Media artist. Check out her Art Dolls!

GILLIAN ALLEN's ART-E-ZINE - Wonderful Site with many, many wonderful artists and photos as well as how-to info.

BRIAN ANDREAS - STORYPEOPLE - If you are not familiar with Brian's work you MUST visit. Whimsical stories, imaginative art and now, animated greeting cards

PAT AUTENRIETH - Art Quilter and Mixed Media Artist

NINA BAGLEY - Jeweler and Journaler, friend and inspiration. Her own line of rubber stamps are available here.

ELINOR PEACE BAILEY - elinor finally has a website. elinor has introduced dollmaking to more people thanyou can imagine.

LENA BARTULA - Evoctive paintings. Check out her Bound by Books project.

AKIRA BLOUNT - One of the country's premier cloth doll artists

JULIE BOOTH - Wonderful one-of-a-kind art dolls by artist & teacher.

*NEW* MANDY BRANNAN - Book artist

BURNT OFFERINGS - Linda & Opie O'Brien. Mixed Media Artists with extensive offerings

MINDY CARPENTER - New site for this talented collage artist

ANGELA CARTWRIGHT - Child actress (Sound of Music/Make Room for Daddy) now amazing artist!

LAURA CATER-WOODS - Award Winning Quilt Artist, Friend and another LaLa!

CAJUN BLUES STUDIO - Quilt Artist Barbara Randall's site

ANTONETTE CELY - Another one of the country's top cloth doll artists

JESSE CHANDLER - Doll Artist & Designer and Great Teacher

PATRICIA CHAPMAN - Charming new site for this assemblage/collage artist

CHOMICK & MEDLER - Husband & wife doll artists with a beautifu and entertaining site and great links

JETTE CLOVER - Wonderful quilt artist. I just love her work

SAS COLBY - Mixed Media Artist and inspirational teacher. It's just nice being in her space.

*NEW* CLAUDIA CONGLETON - COllage artist using vintage photos

WENDY COOK - Great new site for this mixed media artist. Check out her "cookware" and "cookbooks."

BETH COTE - Altered book artist & author

*NEW* CINDY COULING - Mixed media artist, designer, illustrator

MICHAEL DeMENG ~ Amazing assemblage artist. He turns everyday objects into ART!

DALE DEVEREUX COPELAND - New Zealand Assemblage artist

JANE DARIN - Fabric Sculptures and Fine Art Dolls

AISLING D'ART - Multi-talented artist

*NEW* INGRID DIJKERS - Art doll artist

LAURIE DOCTOR - Another collage artist whose work stirs my soul

SANDRA TOWNSEND DONABED - Quilt Artist

JANE DUNNEWOLD - Informative and inspirational site by the author of Complex Cloth

TONYA DYCE - Tonya's Painted Threads website features her fabric collage greeting cards and "fabric art that speaks to your heart"

ROSEMARY EICHORN - Warm, wonderful teacher, wearables artist and author

ROBBI JOY EKLOW - Award winning Quilt Artist and entertaining teacher

JEANNE ELMER - Talented artist teaches journalling to her 7th & 8th grade students. Zine, artwork, shopping, oh my!

DARCY FALK - Simply gorgeous stitch textile collages and insightful writing

CLAIRE FENTON - Wonderful mixed media artist with fresh ideas

DIANE FENSTER - Digital collage artist

KATHLEEN FIELD - A fiber and mixed media artist who uses imagery and methods similar to my own, but with a totally different outcome.

SARAH FISHBURN - Finally, a way to see Sara's beautiful collage art online

MARY FISHER - Amazing woman, artist, AIDS activist, dear friend and more

ELIZABETH FRANK - wood and mixed media sculpture

RICË FREEMAN-ZACHERY - Rice is a wonderful mixed-media artist. Check out the dolls!

CYNTHIA FUSILLO - Fresh new look by a talented artist.

*NEW* MARY GARVEY - Shimmerbelle Designs is home to Mary's beautiful paintings. You can buy greeting cards too!

SHERI GAYNOR - Talented digital illustration artist and creativity coach

COLETTE GEORGE - Talented home decor artist with new book, Rediscovering Decoupage, 25 projects combining Decoupage, Collage and Mixed Media

TERRY LEE GETZ - Terry has a wonderful 'zine called Pisces Rising that all artists should subscribe to.

GWEN GIBSON - Gwen is a talented polymer clay artist who has had a strong influence on my work

RAYNA GILLMAN - Quilt artist who uses a lot of transfer. She'll teach you how too! See her quilt in my book, Quilted Memories

LORI GLESSNER - Mixed Media and Fabric Collage (lots of links)

JOANNE GOLDSTEIN - Quilter, Designer, Author, Teacher

KIM GRANT DESIGNS - Kim is a fine artist as well as a contemporaty mixed media collage artist. Take a look at her ethereal painting!

GLORIA HANSEN - Quilter, Writer and Artist. A wonderful site full of information. I used Gloria's book "Quilter's Computer Companion" to guide me through printing on fabric.

SABRINA WARD HARRISON - Author of Spilling Open. Beautiful site - MUST SEE!.

*NEW* LORESE HARPER - Photographic memory artist

DEANA HARTMAN - CHAMELEON QUILT STUDIO - Deana has a wonderful site where she shows us her quilts and shares her process.

AUTUMN HATHAWAY - Talented mixed-media artist.

*NEW* VALERIE HEARDER - Canadian Textile art quilter

CLAUDINE HELLMUTH - COLLAGE ARTIST - A wonderful gallery of paper collage and the source for my favorite FREE screensaver and beautiful virtual postcards. And yes, good friend!

SUSAN HENSEL - Artist's Books and Narrative Sculpture - WOW!

ANN HESSE - DOLLMAKER - Talented artist and dollmaker

HOP HOP JINGLE BOO - Debra Schoch's unique creations

JILL K. JONES - Jill's BrainWaves Art Studio.

ARLENE HORVATH - Wearable Art, Original Jewelry

*NEW* Ilka's Attic - Susan Tuttle's website full of wonderful mixed media and collage work

KATHERINE LASLIE - Katie is a creative mixed media artist

MAVIS LEAHY - Her website, TURKEY RED showcases Mavis's use of vintage textiles to create her beautiful work

SUSAN LENART KAZMER - Talented jewelry artist, teacher and friend

KEITH LO BUE - Assemblage, mixed media, jeweler, inspiration....

LONE PRARIE ART WORKS - Lots of art, journals and more

LK LUDWIG - LK's an inspirational photographer and multi-media artist.

FULVIA LUCIANO - Talented mixed media artist and photographer

SYLVIA LUNA - Wonderful, inspiring Silver Moon Studio site that showcases Sylvia's talent. PS. She loves Steve.

*NEW* MISTY MAWN - Wonderful collage artist.

DARLENE MCELROY - Talented mixed media and assemblage artist

SUE MCFADDEN - DOLLMAKER - Doll artist and good friend!

ELIZABETH McGRATH - Cool FLASH site for artist & illustrator

KAREN MICHEL - What a wonderful women, and she makes art too. Is there a better combination?

MARLENE MILLER - MillerClay Designs, figurative ceramic sculpture, an ACC show find

CATHERINE MOORE - Mixed Media & Assemblage

KELLY MOORE - Kelly calls it Raw Art, I call it wonderful

TEESHA MOORE - Creator of Artfest, The Studio zine, Rubber Stamps and a font of inspiration and talent. Visit Teesha's new site.

K. MOSS - Bead artist extraordinaire. Check out her collage art, too!

MY ART CAMP - Tara Ross's site for mixed media & assemblage art

JENNIFER MURPHY - The BEST bears going. Love her work.

JACQUELINE MYERS-CHO - Collage painter. See how she incorporates cloth into her paintings!

MEGAN NOEL - Another talented bead and mixed-media artist to drool over.

LYNNE OAKES - Artist, Art Teacher, Friend.

KAREN O'BRIEN ` Karen's QUIET COMPANIONS website features her irrestible hand-made bears, collage and studio notes.

OISEAUX SISTERS - WOW, such talent. I just love these multi-media artists.

DEBBIE OVERTON - New site of a talented collage artist

LYNNE PERRELLA - Artist,author, friend and collaboration queen

DJ PETTITT - WOW! Great new site for a wonderfully talented artist. Check out her Liquid Polymer transferkits!

SUE PIEPER - Sue's artful adventures in collage etc.

*NEW* JANYT PIERCY - Mixed media artist, also an art quotes page!

TRACY PORTER - An artist who followed her dreams. Lots of ideas, inspiration and you can even shop here!

TINA RAMSBY - One of a kind art and jewelry

WENDY RICHARDSON - Beautiful over-dyed vintage textiles and fabrics. Wendy is truely an artist with color.

JUDI RIESCH - Another wonderfully talented collage and mixed media artist who I have the pleasure of knowing.

RHONDA ROEBUCK - Talented collage artist. You'll love her work.

KIM RITTER - Quilt Artist

TRACY ROOS - Talented artist and organizer of the Art 4 a Cure Breast Cancer Awareness Artist Playing Card Deck, a MUST see

CATHY ROSE - Wonderful, evocative mixed media work, a visual treat

ROSE RUSHBROOKE - Gorgeous fractal art quilts!

JOAN SCHULZE - QUILT ARTIST - I find Joan's work most inspiring

MARILYN SCOTT-WATERS/THE TOYMAKER - Folding paper toys (free!!!) and beautiful illustrations

*NEW* LINDA SOBERMAN - Primarily photographic art - words cannot describe.

GREG SPALENKA -Amazing digital art

BARB SPENCER - Doll Artist

VIRGINIA SPIEGEL - Fiber artist with wonderful newsletter you should subscribe to!

DEBBIE STALTER - Santa Doll Artist

JAMES MICHAEL STARR - Master of Assemblage

*NEW* JANE STEINBERG - Amazing silk dyer!

KAREN STIEHL OSBORNE - Textile Artist with beautiful painted whole cloth creations

*NEW* ALMA STOLLER - Wonderful fabric artist with a Fabric Arts Zine

RENÉE STOUT - Not a website, but I want to introduce everyone to this fantastic mixed media artist. This is a page showing works from one of her exhibitions. Don't miss it!

PAT STREET - A Collage artist that makes my heart flutter

SUMMER PLACE - Deb has a created a wonderful site combining nostalgia & collage & a great sense of style.

MAGGIE TAYLOR - Another AMAZING digital artist!!!

SHELLY THORNTON - Cloth Dollmaker

EMILY TOFA - Funky alternative art, collage sheets, swaps, etc

NICOLE TUGGLE - Another must see site. Talented mixed-media artist.

TURTLE MOON STUDIOS - Home to artists Susan Shie and James Acord. Susan (aka Lucky) is a quilt artist and teacher with a fantastic site. Check out her Journal, Gallery and Stuff To Buy.

*NEW* SUSAN TUTTLE - Ilka's Attic is this mixed media artist website.

LARKIN VAN HORN - Amazing Quilter and Bead Artist

*NEW* UTE VASINA - Wonderful cloth doll artist.

DESIREE VAUGHN - Quilt artist. She also sells her gorgeous hand-dyed fabrics

DAVID WALKER - Quilt Artist and Teacher - David has one of the most inspiring sites on the web. Comprehensive list of links.

DAVID WALLACE - Talented illustrator and collage artist, beautiful website

HOPE WALLACE - See Hope's art and click on links to her Paper Relics shop and blog

MICHELLE WARD - Multi-talented mixed media and collage artist whose work I have long admired.

DENISE MARIE WARNER - Beautiful art dolls

CARLA WILLIAMS - Carlagirl Photo. Haunting Imagery, beautiful photos

KAREN WINTERS - Illustrator

THOMAS & JANE WYNN - Mixed Media Artists. Exciting cutting edge work.

MICHELLE ZERULL - A source for ephemera as well as the chance to see Michelle's beautiful art

ZWACK ART - Quilt Artist with some great ideas

CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

ARTFEST & ARTFIBERFEST - Fantastic conference by Teesha & Tracy Moore.

ART & SOUL - Annually in Portland, OR in Octiber and Hampton, VA in May.

ART UNRAVELED - Wonderful Phoenix conference, annually in August

HUDSON RIVER VALLEY ART WORKSHOPS - Wonderful quiet retreat in the Berkshires. Offers fiber and fine art workshops. (I'll be back there in 2008)

INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL - I always teach here! Houston Land of quilting, November.

QUILT SURFACE DESIGN SYMPOSIUM - I haven't yet been able to make it to this conference but it is on the top of my list. Fantastic instructors, innovative classes

COUPEVILLE ARTS CENTER - Year round classes in beautiful Washington State. I enjoyed teaching there in October 2004.


GENERAL SITES

AIMOME ART SERVICES - Workshops, coaching, critiques

ARTELLA WORDS & ART - Cool website full of art & inspiration.

ARTITUDE ZINE - Fantastic new zine by artists Helga Strauss and Suzanne Simanaitis...and the website is equally as delicious

*NEW* BE YOUR OWN COACH - Yes, you can coach yourself, with the help of this website

BRUSHFIRE PAINTING - Intuitive painting workshops

THE CLOTH DOLL CONNECTION - Large site with links to many cloth doll designers, doll clubs and supplies and more

THE CLOTH DOLL NET - Information packed site for dollmakers

CLOTH PAPER SCISSORS - The BEST mixed media magazine. I'm biased of course because I'm the Arts Editor

THE COLOR EXPERIENCE - Cool website about color

COPYRIGHT FOR COLLAGE ARTISTS - A great site to clear up any questions you may have

THE COPYRIGHT WEBSITE - Current answers to copyright questions

*NEW* CREATIVE TECHNIQUES MAGAZINE ONLINE - Includes free projects and articles, subscription services, submission guidelines, contests, and more!

FINE FOCUS - Small (no bigger than 13" x 13") quilt exhibition. I had a quilt in the 2004/05 travelling show.

FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS - A site to help you do just that

HEARTS ART RADIO - Internet Radio at its finest. Listen to my interview, as well as many of your favorite artists. Check Archives for past interviews

HOW MUCH JOY CAN YOU STAND - Suzanne Falter-Barns book by the same name inspires me to follow my dreams and goals

IS-RAW ~ Self representing artists website, an alternative to Ebay.

*NEW* LARA BERCH TUTORIALS - Free art technique tutorials

LIVING SERENDIPITOUSLY - Madeline Kay's wonderful book

THE ARTIST DOLL FINE ART DOLL GALLERY - A Gallery of some ot the finest original art dolls maintained by Wanda Rea

THE PROFESSIONAL QUILTER - A Magazine for the professional

THE QUILTER MAGAZINE - Extensive website of popular magazine for quilt lovers

QUILTING ARTS MAGAZINE - Premier magazine for art quilters and fabric artists. Be sure to visit the Shoppe!

QUILTING AT ABOUT.COM - Loaded with information for quilters.

QUILT NATIONAL - International Exhibit of Innovative Art Quilts

SARK'S HOME PAGE - Sark, author of several books on creativity. Live juicy!

SOMERSET STUDIO MAGAZINE - One of my favorites, a must for collage artists

*NEW* SURFACE DESIGN ASSOCIATION - Wonderful quarterly mazagine and annual conference with exciting classes

STAMPING & SCRAPING REFLECTIONS - New online magazine.

SUNSHINE, INC - Check out (or donate to) their annual quilt auction held ever October in Ohio to raise funds for this residential facility for people with disabilities.

TERA'S WISH - A wonderful and inspirational creativity site. Don't pass this one by.

THE THREAD PROJECT - Send in a thread that will be woven into One Cloth One World

THIRTEEN MOONS GALLERY - Take a virtual tour of this Santa Fe Art Quilt gallery. Show changes monthly.

VISUAL JOURNALS - A wealth of information on visual journals and paper arts

WOMENS CREATIVITY - Quotes, Art, Inspiration

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