My Tutorials Now Available In Our Canadian Online Shop

Designing our own online store and website has taken a lot of hours to set up and is still ongoing.  If you noticed that the prices appear to be higher than in our Etsy shop, that is because they are listed in Canadian dollars.  We have provided a currency calculator at the bottom of our site for your convenience.

I  am happy to announce that my tutorials are now available through our site as well which is good news for our fellow Canadians.  The pdf tutorials are not available as an instant download, but will be e-mailed directly to the address that is provided so you can save them on your computer.  Until our site can be upgraded, we can not have the shipping charges removed for these items so if you purchase tutorials only, the shipping charge will be refunded back to you.

Because our tutorials are not an instant download, it is also good news for our European friends and customers since they will not have to pay the extra VAT tax.

If you are looking for a fun new way to make your polymer clay designs interchangeable, my Snap Decisions tutorial is for you!  My tutorial is broken into 2 parts and we offer a special price if you purchase my Parts 1 & 2 package.

Here are some new snowflake snaps we made in new designs and colors for this year.

And now, until Christmas we are offering our Snowflakes in a Snap Tutorial plus snowflake charm with a minimum purchase from our Snap Supplies.  This tutorial is not for sale but only available as a bonus offer.

If you already received this tutorial check out the other bonus offer available on our site.

Just a Happy Customer

Here in Canada we don't have too many places we can purchase our jewelry or polymer clay supplies.  It is difficult at times to order south of the border and even though there are companies that offer huge discounts, the cost in shipping and U.S. currency exchange can end up being more in the end.  We are very fortunate to have Shades of Clay as our major supplier of Kato clay as well as so many other tools and items at a very reasonable cost right here in our own country. Even though they are more than 5000 kilometers (3000 miles) away from us, they are still a Canadian company and we don't have customs and high shipping costs to deal with.

Shades of Clay has been around for quite a few years and last year Wendy Orlowski took over the company from Margaret, the previous owner.  Wendy continues to give the same excellent service and is working even harder to build up a wider selection of cool items for us.  The latest news is that they will be bringing in some of the Pebeo Fantasy Prisme paints and zentagle markers which I am very excited about.

So why am I telling you all this?  I am not being paid to promote Shades, but just a happy customer and wanted to share that with you.  We are also both Canadians and therefore we like to support one another.  It is wonderful to find a supplier that you can work with directly and can supply so many items that we need.

Anyhow, I cannot write a blog post without showing you at least one picture.  Here are some new flip flop sandals we are working on for this year.  The flowers are from the new canes I showed you earlier (you can see them here).  Since we live at a beach (lake) and there are many lakes with beaches surrounding us, our flip flop jewelry is generally a big hit at the summer shows.  We decided that this year was time to come out with a new look and this is just a sample.  The cords on these pendants are a type of "buna" called "softglass" which is available here.

It is already warm here and is nice to be wearing summer clothes and flip flops again!

Hurry Hard to Essentials & Beyond for the Tim Horton's Brier Kamloops 2014!

The Tim Horton's Brier Kamloops 2014 starts this Saturday, March 1st.  This means there will be a lot of curling fans visiting the city of Kamloops.  Essentials & Beyond (on Victoria Street downtown) has caught the spirit with their fun window display.  They welcome these fans to look at their new line of ladies wear, jewelry, giftware and souvenirs.

We are pleased to be a part of their ladies accessory and jewelry collection featuring our scarf necklaces, bracelets and interchangeable earrings.

While there yesterday to "freshen up" our items at the store, we noticed a lot of beautiful new items they received in time for spring.  Since I am always interested in color, that is usually what first grabs my attention and Essentials has some gorgeous new items in this year's spring colors!

Here is a cute dress with a matching cardigan in the Pantone Spring 2014 fashion color of Dazzling Blue!

And I love the colors in this dress with splashes of Radiant Orchid, Celosia Orange, Violet Tulip, Dazzling Blue and lime green.

They have some wonderful things in this adorable boutique.  It is always a treat to shop there and find something new every time!