Art is a Manly Sport

Can It Be "Manly" to Make Art?

We here at PPS do see it as an adventure in which anyone may share. To enjoy the creative process is a human quality, shared by few animals, to be sure.

So is it a manly pursuit, to make art?

Of course it is!

We offer our first "manly" blog candy ever in hopes of increasing more interest in creative blogging and art-making in the men among us.
So move over, ladies, and let's make some room for our friends, the gents!
Happy Creativity!
:)

Our Display Copy

Main image: pitcher and manager Clark "Old Fox" Griffith baseball card

manager Cincinnati National Team (The Reds) (card dates to 1911)

Source: Library of Congress

All altering of this image (including caption) copyright ©Plush Possum Studio

And here is the blog button size--FREE for use, and never for sale by anyone. This not for sale part is, of course, in order to keep things both legally upright and free. We appreciate how some of our guests do credit us or even send other people here via links. We like to do that for others, too!

:)

(You can even grab this blog's URL and use it for a link with this button, if you wish to)

Actual Blog Button for use

You can add it as a gadget. Be sure and check the box which makes Blogger "shrink to fit,"otherwise it might be a bit too big. Of course, this will be determined by the size of your margin.

(He really looks like his nickname to me here)

An Artful Adventure Is Having a Brand New Giveaway! (+ our first free blog decor)

And what a giveaway! Artist and Artful blogger, Cassandra Van Curen's blog is a light hearted, colorful display all on its own. You'll find her work in various crafting and art zines, both online and at news stands. She has a flair for the unusual, and can make vintage really sparkle!
We now feature her blog button in our right sidebar for easier access. I'm sure you'll agree with us that this giveaway really shines.
Notable in this prize package is a free copy of Creating Marie Style Magazine (as in everyone's 18th century fave craft rave for fun, Marie Antoinette). Now, this is a special issue, in a single themed publication, that may be found online HERE. But the other issues available to date look like they'd be just as wonderful, really worth reading.
Here's a preview of just one of those Creating Marie Style issue pages which you'll find may be sneak peeked at the above link.

We found our first sneak peak utterly charming, fresh and fun to look through. And I love those shoes, don't you? A girl can't have enough, is our motto. This is one of those publications worth spending time with. Can't wait to see the rest!

But that's not all Cassandra's included in her prize package. Take a look HERE for the sparkling fresh straight scoop! it's a Cassandra Van Curen Original!!!

Happy Marie Antoinette Creativity!

Rose & Studio 

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P.S.Gentle Reader, here is our first try at creating Blog Decor for our visitors. We hope to refine our skills for you the further in this area.

Hope you'll enjoy our first try! ;)

Digital brush credit (for their Micro Pattern brush):

Obsidian Dawn

Plus, if anybody knows to whom we might give credit for the Regency lady depicted, our thanks will be theirs. The jpg gives no source, and it was accidentally separated out from its original file.

Thanks.