A new season brings plenty of reasons to get your creative juices flowing.

And our spectacular May issues will provide you with a bouquet of inspiration! They’re sure to whet your appetite and stir your soul right from the start.

These seven stunners are packed with creative ideas, from mixed-media gems to upcycled marvels. Featuring veteran favorites and some new talents, there is something for everyone to reveal beneath each cover.

And now without further ado, be sure to clip your exclusive coupon code below, and then catch a glimpse inside our new May issues.

Receive $5 off on new May issues, $14.99 and up. Copy and paste coupon code*: BLOG0518 at checkout. (Discount code can only be used once per customer.)

*Coupon is valid on the May (Summer 2018) releases of Altered Couture, Artful Blogging, GreenCraft, Prims, or Willow and Sage only. Offer expires May 31st, 2018.

Somerset Studio

Explore the hottest trends in mixed-media art and design, from lettering to assemblage art.  Join in the celebration of these popular handcrafting styles in the latest issue of Somerset Studio.

 

Features Include:

• Artist Profile: Ivy Newport
• Fall Back in Love with Image Transfers
• Luscious Fabric Collages
• Handmade Books Aplenty
• We Reveal our New Design
• And more!

Willow and Sage

Make your own all-natural, homemade bath and body projects, and learn about health and wellness with Willow and Sage.  This summer issue of Willow and Sage features everything you’ll need to breathe new life into your bath and body routine.

 

Features Include:

• Rose Clay & Charcoal Soap Tutorial
• On-the-Go Herbal First-Aid Kit
• Charcoal Facial Toner
• DIY Facial Routine for Various Skin Types
• Bug Bite Paste
• Olive Honey Lip Scrub
• Everyday Cuticle Oil with Lavender & Chamomile
• Basil Face Mask
• Summertime Citrus Bath Salts
• 5 Natural Room Sprays for the Home

 

Art Doll Quarterly

Get ready to have some fun this summer and discover new ideas to add a touch of uniqueness to your latest art doll masterpiece.  From felting to porcelain and beyond, discover the amazing creations of doll artists inside every issue of Art Doll Quarterly.

 

Features Include:

• Doll Artist Profile: Morgan Brig
• Business of Art Dolls: Last installment in the five part series on Branding Yourself & Your Art by Adele Sciortino
• The Prague Doll Show by Marlaine Verhelst
• Inspired by Friends by Cindee Moyer
• Book Sculptures by Allison Glasgow
• Frayed Cats! by Robyn Lee Martin
• Fairies on the Trail by Colleen Colquhoun Athens
• Harry Potter Inspired Dolls by Sherry Westfall Matthews
• Results of our Ahoy Matey! Challenge

 

 

GreenCraft

GreenCraft Magazine is your companion to a world of recycled wonders. Transform everyday trash into heirloom-quality treasures with the inspiration inside every issue.

 

Features Include:

• Learn how to create a fashionable tunic from upcycled menswear.
• Vintage buttons and wire transform into a decorative garland for the home.
• Denim is reborn as chic handbags.
• See the amazing results that are possible with eco-dyeing.
• Upcycle old cardboard boxes into charming shabby-chic packaging.

 

Altered Couture

In this summer issue of Altered Couture you’ll learn to upcycle your closet and create a whole new wardrobe with the inspiring designs.  Filled with gorgeous photographs, accompanied with easy-to-understand techniques, you’ll be sure to find endless inspiration.

 

Features Include:

• Pretty in Patchwork challenge results
• Best of: fabric dye
• Flowing into the shadows with Brenda Greenfield
• Paulette Adams’s stunning green vest
• Flirty summer dress and boho festival vest  by Deborah Morgen
• Indigo-dyed lace tunic by Brenda Beckley
• Sharon Lee Louk’s gauzy goddess gown
• Savannah Grant’s galaxy leggings

 

Artful Blogging

Join along this summer with the growing community of artful bloggers as they continue to share their mesmerizing stories and captivating photographs in the newest issue of Artful Blogging.

 

Features Include:

• The digital photography skills of Lillian Merritt at strengthofatlantis.com.
• Traveling the globe with Sarah Bence at endlessdistances.com.
• Food blogger Kati at blackwhitevivid.com and uncover her tasty dishes and moody photography.
• The world of vintage attire with Brittany Sherman of vavoomvintage.net.
• Inside Sarah Blankenship’s farmhouse at flatcreekfarmhouse.com.
• Meet our newest Insta-blogging friends!

 

Prims

Create dolls and artwork from a bygone era with the latest issue of Prims.

 

Features Include:

• Creepy but cute zombie rag dolls by Teresa Graff.
• Christie Keele’s Louisiana Blues Boys exude southern charm.
• A plethora of patriotic prims, including Char Hosea’s Liberty and Justice.
• The results of the Antiquated Aquatics Challenge, featuring Tamara D. Pearce’s Mythological Seahorse and Trudy Honeycutt’s Catfish.