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Well its official the Crafted Online website is up and running. We are working to add tons more tutorials and classes, so check back daily as we will be updating them as they come in. I have a bunch sitting in the inbox that I am listing today. There are some awesome projects in a variety of mediums. Have fun cruising the site. http://www.craftedonline.com

I just wanted to share some of the photos I took in the Polyform booth while at CHA in Feb. I love the design of this little trunk. There is a photo of Donna & Iris as well. I thought I had a lot more photos but could not find them.

This weeks topic on Polymer Clay Podcast will be Faux wood and next Friday on Polymer Clay TV we will show you how to create your own. Enjoy!

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Join us as we share with you the experiences we had while at this winter’s CHA show, the artists we met, the demos we saw, and the products we encountered.

While at CHA, we got a demo from Donna Dewberry on the new Studio clay, Marie Segal told us about the new Gclay by Cernit that’s being carried by Jaquard, we got other demos from Paverpol, Terra Bella, and Amazing Mold Putty (which was so amazing that we placed an order to sell it in our shop). We interviewed Ann and Karen Mitchell in the Staedler booth, Donna Kato did a book signing for us, Katherine Dewey built a face while we filmed, and Sue Kelsey showed us some features of Makin’s Clay.

Stay tuned for more video clips in the future.

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We returned from the Craft & Hobby Assoc. (CHA) industry trade show exhausted and both Kira and I are now sick. I think everyone on the planes we took were sick. I never heard so much coughing and sniffling in one place. We tried to keep ourselves hydrated and full of homeopathic remedies but unfortunately we just couldn’t avoid getting sick. My husband is at the store getting me some orange juice and other assorted stuff. I have been through 3 boxes of tissues and I look like Rudolph the Red Nose Raindeer.LOL

Even though the trip was exhausting we had a great time and taped a lot of footage. We taped lots of demos and met lots of great artists. You will be able to see some of the footage in the next few episodes of Polymer Clay TV.

We are off to the polymer clay conference Synergy put on by the National Polymer Clay Guild on Wed. in Baltmore, MD. I am really looking forward to it and getting to meet all the other artists. I hope we are well by then, I plan on taking it easy for the next 2 days.

Come back on Friday for Polymer Clay Podcast when Kira and I share some of the goings on at CHA.  There is a lot to share so you won’t want to miss it.

There is still time to enter this months Call For Creativity, the deadline to enter is Feb. 28th, 2008.  This months theme is to make something using texture. Have fun!

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Kira and I got in late last night from California where we attending the Craft & Hobby Assoc. show in Anaheim, CA. We had a great time and brought back a ton of footage and goodies to share. Tomorrow we will release the footage from the Bottle of Hope award ceremony in Amaco’s booth at CHA on Polymer Clay TV.

We filmed Marie Segal who was at Jaquards booth introducing a new kind of Cernit clay called G-series. It was nice but won’t be available until April but we should be getting samples and we will let you know what we think.

Staedtler who is the Eberhard Faber brand (Fimo) introduced a new microwavable clay. You microwave it for 10 minutes but it only comes in terra cotta & white. Ann & Karen Mitchell were demoing in the booth and we talked to them and filmed them as well.

We filmed Donna Kato doing a book signing. We filmed Katherine Dewey who did a demo of sculpting a face. We filmed Linda Peterson doing a demo in Amaco’s booth of faux turquoise. We filmed Donna Dewberry in the Polyform booth. We filmed Sue Kelsey in the Makin’s Clay booth and we filmed some products that work well with polymer clay. Stay tuned for all the footage. We are going to Synergy next week so there will be a bunch more. We had an exhausting time but it was a lot of fun to get to meet everyone and see all the new products.

We are still working out the schedule when the footage will be released so stay tuned as we may release some extra video over the upcoming weeks. Make sure to come back tomorrow for the Bottle of Hope award ceremony on Polymer Clay TV.

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Ilysa and I are off to Winter CHA 2008. We leave early Saturday morning, gain three hours on the cross-country flight, and arrive a little after noon. I have a cousin in the film industry in LA, who will be meeting me for dinner on Sat- fun, because we don’t see eachother often. And then, it’s buckling down for three days and three thousand booths full of art and craft delights. We will arrive home next Wednesday, beat and broken from lugging home 50 pounds of luggage each- but also full of information, new products, and new giveaways for our newsletter subscriber contests.

Enjoy and come back next week to see footage from the show!

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This months winner of the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy challenge is Naama’s entry. Here is her description of her  piece: “Meet Joe, a hopelessly romantic guy looking for some love to light him up. He is sculpted of a refurbished lightbulb.” Congratulations Naama!! A big congrats to all the other winners and entries. This month there was a record breaking amount of entries. You can see all the entries at http://www.pcagoe.com

This Saturday we are off to CHA in California and we won’t be back until late on Feb. 13th, so all orders placed between Feb.9th and Feb. 13th will be processed when we return. Thank you for your patience.

We will return with a ton of footage, products, magazines and a bunch of new friends. I am really looking forward to it, even though I hate traveling, I always enjoy going to these trade shows. It is rows and rows full of thousands of craft products, believe me I feel like a kid in a candy store. It is definitely overwhelming as this show has about 3000 booths and tons of classes and events. We have a ton of things scheduled while we are there, including filming the Bottle of Hope award ceremony which we will share with you on Polymer Clay TV when we return. We are going to also try to head over and catch Carol Duvall speak at the Page Sage booth, she has a video coming out with them and a few other artists, including Judy Belcher. We have an interview lined up with several artists and will be meeting up with many others that I am sure will be there. Needless to say CHA is not a place to break in new shoes. So I have decided I have to wear my scrubbie sneakers or risk the threat of blisters. So if you see me in my scrubbie sneakers, you will know that it is because I am trying to avoid blistered feet.LOL  I wanted to go out and get a new pair but thought better of it and will just get some new ones when I return home. They should be ready for the next CHA. LOL

Hope to see you there. If you are going  and would like to meet up, send us an e-mail and we will give you our cell phone number and hopefully we can meet up.

Come on back on Friday for a new episode of Polymer Clay Podcast.

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