Tuesday, April 12, 2011
More New Tutorials Coming Soon...
This month I have set aside for working on and finishing off some more tutorials. Here is a sneak peek to the one that will be available very very soon...
Monday, April 11, 2011
Our New Signage
We finally took the plunge and had a professionally finished sign made up for our shows. We met Cyndee from Socktales at the Cowboy Festival who had some beautiful posters made up of her cute sock monkeys, Holly and Henry. The printing of her posters were so professional we wanted to know where she had them done and on her recommendation we went to visit John at Spatial Resource Services.
He made up this banner for us on some heavy duty vinyl which should last for a long, long time. We are so happy with the professional quality of the photo and the banner and we highly recommend him to anyone in the Kamloops area.
He made up this banner for us on some heavy duty vinyl which should last for a long, long time. We are so happy with the professional quality of the photo and the banner and we highly recommend him to anyone in the Kamloops area.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Buttons Now Available at Heather's Fabric Shelf
Now that my Switch Plate Cover Ups tutorial is finished, I'm back to making more buttons since I'm out of stock at the moment and need to catch up on some more orders.
I'm also happy to announce that our buttons are now available at Heather's Fabric Shelf in Kamloops, B.C. My chin nearly hit the floor when I walked into Heather's shop. It was like walking into a fabric candy store! Sewing was my first muse and I still love to sew. It is difficult for me to walk into a fabric store like hers and not leave without a piece of fabric in some rich color or pattern. My dream is to combine my sewing more with my work in polymer clay.
Heather's Fabric Shelf is also holding their 3rd annual Quilt Show and Tell this Sunday (April 10) which should be a fun event to attend.
I'm also happy to announce that our buttons are now available at Heather's Fabric Shelf in Kamloops, B.C. My chin nearly hit the floor when I walked into Heather's shop. It was like walking into a fabric candy store! Sewing was my first muse and I still love to sew. It is difficult for me to walk into a fabric store like hers and not leave without a piece of fabric in some rich color or pattern. My dream is to combine my sewing more with my work in polymer clay.
Heather's Fabric Shelf is also holding their 3rd annual Quilt Show and Tell this Sunday (April 10) which should be a fun event to attend.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Tutorial - Switch Plate Cover Ups
I'm excited to tell you that I have finished my latest tutorial which is now available in our ArtFire Studio, We've had several requests from our blog followers to offer this new tutorial called Switch Plate Cover Ups!
We have been making switch plate covers with polymer clay for some time now and find it is a fun way to add art and character to your walls. In this lesson, you will learn how to create different textured and embossed styles with added embellishments. I will also share some of my tips and tricks on how to achieve a more professional finish.
This lesson consists of 26 pages broken down into 64 steps with more than 68 photos for easy and clear instruction. Step-by-step instructions are included on how to create an ocean themed switch plate cover using layered textures, moulded embellishments and mica powders.
We have been making switch plate covers with polymer clay for some time now and find it is a fun way to add art and character to your walls. In this lesson, you will learn how to create different textured and embossed styles with added embellishments. I will also share some of my tips and tricks on how to achieve a more professional finish.
This lesson consists of 26 pages broken down into 64 steps with more than 68 photos for easy and clear instruction. Step-by-step instructions are included on how to create an ocean themed switch plate cover using layered textures, moulded embellishments and mica powders.
Monday, April 4, 2011
The New Dynamic Views are now Active
Remember the templates I was talking about earlier? Well they are now active and much better than I thought. Our blogs do not change, but there are different options for viewing.
I have now activated it on our blog and you can tell by the little orange Blogger symbol in the top address bar to the right.
If you click on that Blogger symbol, a menu drops down and the reader can choose whatever viewer they would prefer.
This makes blog reading a whole new fun experience to me! I really like the snapshot view on both of our other blogs: Jewelry for the Home and Wearable Art Gallery as you can see more photos at once just like a magazine.
If you have a blog with blogger, I would recommend adding this feature to your blog and you just might get more visitors and followers. You can read more about it here. To activate it for your own blog, just go here and click on the install button and google automatically loads it in seconds. Your original blog will not change -- it just adds the new extra optional feature.
I have now activated it on our blog and you can tell by the little orange Blogger symbol in the top address bar to the right.
If you click on that Blogger symbol, a menu drops down and the reader can choose whatever viewer they would prefer.
This makes blog reading a whole new fun experience to me! I really like the snapshot view on both of our other blogs: Jewelry for the Home and Wearable Art Gallery as you can see more photos at once just like a magazine.
If you have a blog with blogger, I would recommend adding this feature to your blog and you just might get more visitors and followers. You can read more about it here. To activate it for your own blog, just go here and click on the install button and google automatically loads it in seconds. Your original blog will not change -- it just adds the new extra optional feature.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Blog Debris Day
Blogger announced there will be five new template layouts they will be adding to use on our blogs and you can read more about it here.
This is an exciting and fresh new approach that I think will add more fun to blog reading. There are pros and cons to each of them but what I like is that you can view older blog posts at a glance without having to scroll back from page to page.
I personally like the flipcard, sidebar and snapshots the best and find the other two slightly confusing. I want to keep our blog simple and easy to read but fun as well.
Click on each of the links below that I set up for the different views of this blog and let me know which one(s) you prefer:
This is an exciting and fresh new approach that I think will add more fun to blog reading. There are pros and cons to each of them but what I like is that you can view older blog posts at a glance without having to scroll back from page to page.
I personally like the flipcard, sidebar and snapshots the best and find the other two slightly confusing. I want to keep our blog simple and easy to read but fun as well.
Click on each of the links below that I set up for the different views of this blog and let me know which one(s) you prefer:
Friday, April 1, 2011
Maple Leaf Buttons
Here are more buttons I made for Dianne Jansson from Di-Versity Quilting Supplies. While making these, they reminded me of the maple leaf cream-filled cookies! I used one of Helen Breil's texture sheets to give them that funky swirl design and then accented them with inks.
These buttons are quite large and will make a gorgeous accent piece on a bag, sweater or jacket. I will be listing these in our Etsy shop soon.
Di-Versity has such a wonderful selection of beautiful fabrics and I couldn't resist buying these pieces by Caryl Bryer Fallert to make a bag. I'm thinking one of these leaf buttons would look great on it. I'm still deciding on my bag design and can't wait to use it this spring.
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