I could think of a longer name for my West Coast inspired Pebbles, but Polymer Clay in the title is a long word in itself.
I've spent the last few days making more pebbles, mostly in grays and blacks that I will be listing soon, both as sets of beads, but also as bracelets. I prefer the ones with a range of colour such as that I find on the beaches here. For the first time I'm offering a bracelet online. This particular bracelet includes beads that I've made for my tutorials. This bracelet is for sale in my ArtFire shop.
(Edited: This bracelet has just sold...but I'll go and list another one...)
Please help John Unger defend his copyright..If this is won in a Federal Court sets a precedent that copyright will be useless!
http://www.johntunger.com/legal-defense-fund.html
This could affect all artists!!
I decided to make a few of these Polymer Clay handle adapters for the Makin's extruder and decided to list one on my ArtFire, if you don't feel like making one yourself. These really do make it easy on your wrist. I'll be taking a few to a workshop next month.
I sure could use a hand. Beads and supplies are still sitting on the porch. I'm constantly having to search for this and that trying to get some orders done. Impossible and I feel bad having to push some order back more than I intended. Hubby is working on the counters as fast as he can, but until we get those back into use organization is out the window.
In the meantime managed to make myself a necessary tool - a handle for my Makin's extruder. I found the current 'stick' is hard on the wrist and I even managed to injure myself with a nasty gash while the screw was off. I should warn you...do not operate the Makin's extruder without the screw cap in place, one slip is all it takes.
Quickie Tutorial for Makin's Extruder Handle:
There are many ways to make bezels, with or without and extruder. Going to show you how I make some of my bezels with a quickie tutorial.
I love my Makin's Extruder as it has so many possibilities, but one of my fave ways to use it is for making bezels. I like to use the small rectangular extruder disc, but also the one with the 1/8" of a hole (more on that later).
Simple bezel:
Phew, I found my clay. Having been in a relative hurry to pack things up (still not finished), I placed the boxes of polymer clay in a slide drawer under my bed. Totally forgot, but was in a hurry with a lot of things on my mind. Multi-tasking was out of sync.
Yesterday, the carpet installer came to measure and there is enough of the carpet that we like. Got the Quote and just got an email with install date of this coming Wednesday. Yay!!
Right now am sitting amongst boxes and boxes of stuff and the sun porch is filling up on all sides with just enough room in the middle to walk through. Tomorrow we empty the bedroom and all the furniture, likely into the carport. Hubby will have to retrieve his clothing from there, ahem. I have the walk-in closet, lucky me, although forget about walking IN...it's packed to the door with boxes there too. All of the walls need washing and draping, then on Sunday is paint the ceiling day. Hubby will do that too, but I get to help with draping and ripping out the old carpet. (Dust mask, check)
First a short trip to celebrate end of summer, then a move of studio, then health worries. Now, two days gone again, come home, go to work some more on my studio and looking amongst the mess inside the house and I can't find my clay!! I had about 14 lbs of it in a box...well, a couple of boxes and all I find is my scrap! Must be in one of the tote bins or boxes. I know I posted pics of my nice, new, calm studio...but I'm anything from calm.
Tomorrow carpet installer is coming, hopefully...if he has time, he says. I guess everyone is doing their renos because of the home tax credit and perhaps carpets are on the list for many. Ours is about 10 year overdue. We're trying to do everything in an orderly fashion. Pack all things into boxes and totebins (livingroom, bedroom, studio). Stack things up in sunroom. Most of it is there already...my STUDIO!!
Next on list, all in a matter of a week or two (who can estimate!) Strip old carpet, paint ceilings, wash walls, have carpet laid, get new furniture (no idea when, they said 3 to 6 weeks depending on when they cut the fabric!). Family visiting in two weeks and we want things done by then, but I won't count on it. By that time, hubby and I may be sleeping on air mattresses. Does timing and planning ever work out? or are delays part of a normal routine. Wish I had known that before hand.
Committed myself to some work and to an upcoming show that will coincide with the Olympic Torch Relay and this before hubby sprang the 'lets do renos' on me.
Can you tell I'm confused about where, what and when? This is because I haven't slept in more than a week...Well, I have dozed, but my friend V knows I've been going to bed like 2 a.m. or later. I think this reno thing was a set up by hubby, to get me focused on other things than clay, except now I need to find my clay. Going back to search...
I'm a member of the Etsy Supply Street Team and every first weekend of the month we host a shopping extravaganza. Here are the details if you would like to join in the fun and increase your sales!
Beginning on Saturday October 3rd at 12:00 AM EST, the Etsy Supply Street Team is hosting another "Weekend Shopping Extravaganza." This months event will run Saturday, October 3rd & Sunday October 4th, 2009. ALL ETSY SHOPS - HANDMADE, SUPPLIES AND VINTAGE - are invited to participate by placing an announcement in your shop and joining in with promoting on the "Official" Promotional thread in the Etsy Forums.
This will be a “Shopping Event” similar to a Public Marketplace. There will not be a "overall theme" since Etsy is a Global Marketplace hence, the seasons, cultures, holidays, etc. can vary quite a bit. Although not required, we do strongly encourage shops to have a feature, theme or sale as this can pique interest and help you to draw people to your shop.
I'm holding a 10% off sale for this weekend in Etsy. Etsy doesn't offer a batch tool for putting items on sale like Artfire does, so refunds will be made after purchases via paypal.
You do not have to participate for the whole weekend simply join in when you can on the Promo thread in the Etsy Forums. You can search for the official thread - “OCTOBER WEEKEND SHOPPING EXTRAVAGANZA OCTOBER 3RD & 4TH”. Here is the Promo thread in the Etsy Forums:
The only requirement is that you have a shop on Etsy and help promote by joining in and bumping the thread throughout the weekend. Talk about your shop and what you have to offer our shoppers.
Those of you who blog, twitter , facebook, myspace etc. can post about it and promote to people that are off Etsy to visit us. It will provide the Etsy community with publicity, making our shops more visible, and hopefully creating a monthly event shoppers will look forward to.
If you have any questions please convo the Etsy Supply Street Team.
Well, this was fun!
This Pebble Guessing thing was tough for you because you didn't get to 'feel' the pebbles which would have been the best give away to tell fake from real. I'm not surprise that not one gamer got it right, although Deb Groom, you were the closest with saying 6 are fake and had a few right. I had to laugh at "All of them are Fake!" lol.
The Answer: 4 Fakes total
Photo #1: 1
Photo #2: 3
Photo #3: 1
Photo #4: 1
