I think I have a problem. I sat down this morning to make a logo for my etsy shop, and 12 hours later I had completely redesigned my website. I was in my pajamas until about 3pm, breaking only for food and the occasional opportunity to reacquaint myself with my family 😉 It’s funny how […]
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Bottles of Hope
The new issue of Art Doll Quarterly includes an article about AMACO’s Bottles of Hope Challenge. Helen Bradley, Lisa Pavelka and Dottie McMillan are interviewed, and there are images of bottles by Helen and Dotty, as well as bottles by Francisco Vallin, Michelle Zimmerman, and Linda Hess. The article looks like nobody bothered to proofread […]
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Heather Powers of the Art Bead Scene Blog posted this morning a link to a tool that could come in very handy for jewelry designers: An Excel-based price calculator by Eni Oken. If I hadn’t already written one of these little doohickeys myself for my personal use several years ago, I’d be all over this. […]
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Guess what I found out about today… Page Sage is producing a new DVD by Judy Belcher, current president of the National Polymer Clay Guild and author of what I think is the best clay book to hit the scene in the last several years. The DVD is expected to be available in Spring of […]
Read More: Fun new DVDs!Bestsellers for March
Top 5 Sellers* for March, 2007 1 ) Project Book: Bead Techniques Clay Jewelry with Bead Rollers 2 ) Book: Adapting Quilt Patterns To Polymer Clay 3 ) Magazine:Step-By-Step Clay Jewelry 2007 4 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Under the Sea 5 ) Magazine:Belle Armoire Jewelry 2007 Bestsellers for previous months Want to be […]
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Top 5 Sellers* for February, 2007 1 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Under the Sea 2 ) Magazine:Step-By-Step Clay Jewelry 2005 3 ) Project Book: Clay Techniques to Dye For 4 ) Magazine:Step-By-Step Clay Jewelry 2007 5 ) Project Book: PolyPens Bestsellers for previous months Want to be notified instantly when this list changes? […]
Read More: Bestsellers for FebruaryPolka Dot Pacifiers
For those of you who didn’t read clarkesworld‘s announcement on Friday, I thought I’d fill you in on an interesting little development in the Clarke household. Apparently we’re not as done having babies as we might have thought, and another one has decided to join us in September. clarkesworld and the boys have decided that […]
Read More: Polka Dot PacifiersBestsellers for January
Top 5 Sellers* for January, 2007 1 ) Book: Adapting Quilt Patterns To Polymer Clay 2 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Under the Sea 3 ) Project Book: Clay Techniques to Dye For 4 ) Book: Fairies Gnomes & Trolls 5 ) Magazine:PolymerCAFE Winter 2006/07
Read More: Bestsellers for JanuaryBestsellers for December
Top 5 Sellers* for December, 2006 1 ) Book:Bead and Button Magazine Polymer Pizzazz 2 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Under the Sea 3 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Dragons 4 ) Project Book: Clever Clay Creations 5 ) Book: Fairies Gnomes & Trolls
Read More: Bestsellers for DecemberBestsellers for November
Top 5 Sellers* for November, 2006 1 ) Book: Fairies Gnomes & Trolls 2 ) Project Book:The CF Sculpture Series Under the Sea 3 ) Magazine:Step-By-Step Clay Jewelry 2007 4 ) Project Book: Clay Techniques to Dye For 5 ) DVD:Innovations The Sophie Necklace
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