I thought I’d post a quick update while I’m waiting for shipping labels to print… I changed around the Polka Dot Creations home page. I’d be interested to know what you think of it, both in terms of the layout and the content. I’m still tinkering with it as we speak, but it’s generally the […]
Read More: I've been tinkering again…The Weave Cane


This pattern imitates the look of three raffia ribbons woven together. I’ve made it in several color combinations, and they all look really nice. I am particularly fond of the results when I start with 3 very dark colors and blend them with white – the more contrast between the three main colors and the […]
Read More: The Weave CaneKeepsake Party Favors


I’ve always liked the idea of party favors, but most of the time, they don’t serve much of a purpose. They end up in a drawer somewhere or on the back of a shelf collecting dust. I came up with this nifty idea to celebrate my son’s birthday, and to give away pictures that wouldn’t […]
Read More: Keepsake Party FavorsArrgh! UPS!
I’ve been waiting (not so patiently) for days for some new DVDs, new magazines, and backordered books to show up here. I even had the books sent 2nd Day Air so that I could have them quickly, as I had customers waiting for them. By Wednesday I was getting antsy. By yesterday, I was sending […]
Read More: Arrgh! UPS!Digging up treasures
It’s been an interesting week or so, polymer-clay-publications-wise. I was already thinking that we’d seen a lot of really neat new books come down the pike this summer, and I wasn’t really expecting anything else until November or so, when I started discovering things. You know how it is when you’re wandering around the internet […]
Read More: Digging up treasuresBestsellers for July
Top 5 Sellers for July, 2006 1 ) Book:The Art of Jewelry Polymer Clay 2 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Welcome to the Jungle 3 ) DVD:Innovations The Sophie Necklace 4 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Dragons 5 ) Project Book: My Favorite Things in Clay
Read More: Bestsellers for JulyBestsellers for June
Top 5 Sellers for June, 2006 1 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Welcome to the Jungle 2 ) DVD:Innovations The Sophie Necklace 3 ) Book: Get Creative with Polymer Clay 4 ) Project Book: My Favorite Things in Clay 5 ) Magazine:PolymerCAFE Summer 2006
Read More: Bestsellers for JuneBestsellers for May
1 ) Magazine:PolymerCAFE Spring 2006 2 ) Book: Polymer Clay Creative Traditions 3 ) Book: Stamping Effects in Polymer Clay 4 ) Magazine:PolymerCAFE Winter 2005/06 5 ) DVD: Polymer Clay Treasures from Heart and Hand
Read More: Bestsellers for MayBusy, busy, busy!
It’s shaping up to be a busy week in Polka Dot Creations land… For one thing, Christi Friesen’s new Welcome to the Jungle book arrived yesterday. I got halfway through processing the preorders I had on file for it when THUD! Another box lands on the front step – Emma Ralph’s Get Creative With Polymer […]
Read More: Busy, busy, busy!Birthday Sale, New Creations and Teacher Gifts
Hi, all! I hope you are enjoying Spring so far. I have a few things to tell you about today. 1) In honor of my 35th birthday on Monday, I am having a one-day (give or take a few hours – I already started it) sale! Any order over $35 will automatically be discounted by […]
Read More: Birthday Sale, New Creations and Teacher Gifts