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See that little link on the sidebar that says Join our Community? This is called a flux site- it’s a little like myspace, flickr, facebook and all the other places where you can load photos, have friends, join groups, and have discussions. We thought it would be great to start our own community. Unfortunately- flux is still in beta, which means it has a lot of bugs. For example, I can’t get my pretty formatting to stick. The pictures I just loaded are no longer there…eek. I say, if you are interested in this kind of thing, and even if you’re not sure, give it a shot! Once flux gets out of beta testing, I think it will be awesome. If you’re interested in what it’s all about, check out www.flux.com.

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We have a bunch of fun things planned for 2008 and we wanted to share some of the events we will be attending as well as some of the things we have planned. We are planning some new interviews for your listening pleasure as well as new projects for Polymer Clay TV, next week we will show you some of the ornaments we have made and the first show in January will be on creating ceiling fan or light pull chains. They are fun and easy to make so stay tuned for that. We will be attending the big craft trade show CHA in Anaheim, California, Craft & Hobby Assoc. Feb. 10-13 and will have lots of footage and interviews as well as sharing some of the latest products on the market with you. Then the following week we will be attending the Synergy conference in Maryland Feb 21-24. Then March 13-17 is the Orlando Clay Fandango retreat in Orlando, FL and we will be covering it and sharing lots of footage and stories, I am sure. Here are some photos of last years retreat. There are still a few spaces left to attend the retreat so make sure to add the retreat to your holiday wish list, it sounds like a lot of fun! We are also planning an interview with the chairs of the event Nita Jepson and Rhonda Colcord so stay tuned for when they share more about the event.

These are some of the classes and teachers for the event. We plan to bring back some great interviews and lots of footage as well.  Check out the website for more details and to register for the event, we hope to see you there.

Maureen Carlson - Wall Faces / Wall Masks
Christi Friesen - Putting It All Together: Designing & Creating Art Jewelry
Sarah Shriver - The Celtic Knot Cane Bracelet

Don’t forget to come back Friday for Polymer Clay Podcast!

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This month has been a busy one and Kira and I are trying to keep up with everything. Our newsletter will be out in the next day or so, it is a little late but worth waiting for. We had a poll on our website asking about paid content a while back and a lot of you said that you would like to try it out first. Well this is your opportunity. If you haven’t signed up for our newsletter, now is the time. We will be sending out a link in the newsletter this month with a link to watch one of our paid programs for FREE. This will give you an opportunity to see what we do on Polymer Clay Classroom our full length downloadable project videocasts that are available in our shop. Since a large portion of you who answered our poll said you wanted to try it first we thought this would be the perfect way to sample it. We hope you enjoy the show and consider one of our subscription plans. Even if you just see one show you want to check out, we offer that in our shop as well. We will also have a valuable coupon in the newsletter so look for that as well as a great pecan sandie recipe I tried out and loved! We will also be including some photos of this months Call For Creativity and a chance to vote for your favorite.

If you are looking for some info on marketing your business, I found this great new podcast by a woman named Crissy and you can check out the podcast at her website or on Itunes http://www.indiebizchicks.com

Crissy has a great tag line, Business, marketing & publicity info for women who’d rather work for themselves, thank work for the man. I love that, I knew that I always wanted to work for myself and not for “the Man”. Crissy gives some great tips to get you started. If you are an entrepenuer or if you just have a small indie business, you won’t want to miss Crissy’s podcast. I think there is a new show every Friday, so you can download her show as well as ours at the same time. Enjoy!

In case you haven’t noticed we have a new ad on the right hand side bar of the website for Marcia’s Passion, Marcia Palmer is a very talented artist and you will want to check out her unique artwork so just click on the ad and it will take you to her fun etsy shop.

Make sure to check back Friday for Polymer Clay Podcast, we have a book review and some news to share that you won’t want to miss.

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Last week I posted about a copy of Judy Belchers polymer clay DVD from Page Sage that we had to give away to one of our lucky listeners and viewers. I put everyone who entered int a hat and drew out a name. The winner of the DVD is Sally and Sally just happens to be a polymer clay artist and she has her own etsy shop. Sally is one of our international listeners and lives in the United kingdom. You can check out Sally’s etsy shop here http://www.sallers.etsy.com
A big congrats to Sally, hope you enjoy the DVD!

This week there is a new episode of Polymer Clay Podcast so check back on Friday for that.

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Enjoy your video this week, where we show you what it was like to visit the festival in Orlando. Lots of fun- and Sparkle n’ Sprinkle was definately my favorite booth. Although I liked the rubber stamps I saw, at a company called Inque Designs, too.

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Earlier I told you all about an ornament swap I participated with the PCAGOE and I wanted to share the pictures of some that I made for the swap. I opted to make 5 and receive 5 back. So far I have only received one but I will post a photo of the other ones when I receive them. I thought I had forgotten to take photos and was really bummed but my husband saved the day and had taken photos of them for me. I hope they give you some inspiration for making your own holiday ornaments this year.

Make sure to come back Friday for Polymer Clay TV. If you have some time, please head over to Itunes and leave us a review, we would really appreciate it. Also if you haven’t sent in an entry to win a copy of Judy Belchers DVD from Page Sage then make sure to send us an e-mail to be entered. polymerclaypodcast@yahoo.com Good luck!

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Texture sheets or plates are a fun & easy way to add design to your projects. check out some of our past shows where we demonstrate how to work with them. You can find the past shows by scrolling down on the right hand side or our website to where you see categories and under categories, click on videocasts and that will take you to all of our past shows. You can also find us on Itunes and while you are there, we would love for you to leave us a review. We have two new sets of texture plates in our shop and you can check them out at this link or by clicking on the photos, Hope you have lots of fun creating!

This Friday is a new episode of Polymer Clay TV and we will be sharing some footage from the Bead & Art Glass Festival & The Memories Expo so you don’t want to miss it. Our newsletter will be going out a few days late this month so check for it in a few days. We have chosen the winners for the autographed copy of Judy Belcher’s DVD and book so look for the announcement in the newsletter.

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It is amazing to me that 6 months have already gone by and Polymer Clay Productions is 6 months old as of December 1, 2007. I remember when I got the idea to do a podcast & videocast and I knew Kira was the right person to help bring it to fruition. Kira and I had met when I made a post on etsy asking if anyone wanted to start a polymer clay street team and Kira answered the call and offered to build a website for the group as well. We became fast friends and after finding out Kira was only 5 1/2 hours away we decided to meet and the rest is history. I think the thing that amazes me most is that prior to getting started Kira nor I had any knowledge of how to create a podcast or videocast and I think in 6 months we have come a long way and we will only continue to grow and grow. We wanted to give a big thank you to all our listeners and viewers for making these past 6 months so amazing. We have met new friends around the world and the world just seems so much smaller and friendlier now and I love it! We have had some new friends visit us recently from Greece, Iceland, Hungary and so many other places including, Russia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Australia, Israel, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, Turkey, United Kingdom, France, Africa, Spain, Wallis & Futuna, China, Switzerland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Portugal, Romania, The Netherlands, Poland, Mexico, Luxembourg, Latvia, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, Vietnam and that is just to name a few besides the USA. We love hearing from you and hope you continue to contact us and share your thoughts and ideas. We have so much planned for the upcoming shows, that I am sure there will be something for everyone. If you haven’t signed up for our newsletter yet, you might want to do so as we have a bunch of goodies to give away and our newsletter subscribers will automatically be entered to win.  This week is a new epsiode of Polymer Clay TV and we will be sharing the second part of The Memories Expo and Bead & Art Glass fest we went to in Orlando, FL. Make sure to come back this Friday for that.

Since it is our anniversary we thought it would be nice to give one of you a gift. We have another copy of Judy Belchers DVD from Page Sage to give away and all you have to do is send an e-mail to us and we will automatically enter you to win. Send the e-mail to:   polymerclaypodcast@yahoo.com

You can include anything you want in the e-mail, comments, suggestions, well wishes or anything you want and we will enter you to win. Happy Anniversary to you!

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