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Hi there!
I hope you are doing well, and that it is not brutally hot or overly smokey from forest fires where you live. It's been a challenging summer for some, climate-wise, and I hope that you have not been among those struggling. As I write this, it's 81F (~27C) in New Jersey at only 10:00 in the morning, and the Air Quality Index is in the "moderate" level, but is expected to reach "unhealthy" levels this afternoon. I'm usually an open-windows girl, but I'm grateful to have air conditioning these days. I hope you are similarly comfortable ❤️
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So, I am writing to let you know that I plan to increase my prices on most of my downloadable patterns, tutorials, and such at the beginning of August. I've been researching similar products, and find that I have had a tendency over the years to underprice my work. I have not made this decision lightly, but considering the value that the many of my tutorials provide, I think it's right to try to get the prices more in line with the market.
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Any increases will be modest (probably just one or two dollars), but I wanted to let you, dear customers and friends, know about it first. If there's any pattern or tutorial that you have had your eye on, now would be a good time to go for it!
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Note that prices are not changing on any handmade items at this time. This increase is just for the downloadables.
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This lap-size hexagon blanket features a fiery color scheme - a seemingly-random arrangement of reds, purples, and oranges on a neutral gray field. Available as a simple pattern, or with dozens of step-by-step photos.
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$5.99 – $8.99
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A relaxed sweater with a colorful yoke
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$3.99
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A Kaleidoscopic Repeating Pattern in Polymer Clay
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$2.99
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In other news, have you seen the latest handmade items to hit the shop? I haven't spent too much time at my clay desk in this heat, but I have made some rainbow stud earrings since my last newsletter, and there are only a few left.
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Tiny and colorful polymer clay stud earrings in brass frames. Polymer design may be ordered flush with the frame, or topped with a dimensional blob of clear shiny resin.
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$10.00 – $20.00
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On the blog, I've been chatting about my film photography pursuits, day trips I've been taking, and things I've been doing with polymer clay.
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We interrupt the "Lisa goes places and takes lots of pictures in digital and film" festivities to bring you a new Summer playlist: 24 tracks of upbeat mostly new music for your listening pleasure.
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A few months ago I got a roll of Lomochrome Metropolis film, which is meant to result in muted tones with occasional pops of color. It's designed to be right at home in a city. So naturally, the first place I took it was to an old mill surrounded by trees and water. Read on to see if that went as well (or as poorly) as you might think it went.
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This is the story of how I went from flipping through an artsy magazine on a weekend morning to laboring over two versions of a new cane design, and the questions that has inspired. Questions like: is this a nice design? Should it be a smaller scale? And should I make more in other colors?
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That's it for me. I'll try not to let too much time go by before my next newsletter, but you know me. I'm not much of a newsletter writer!
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Feel free to drop me a line any time, or post a comment on the blog.
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