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<\/a><\/p>\nI was over the moon when I received the newest addition of\u00a0Belle Armoire Jewelry magazine<\/a>, \u00a0<\/em>just\u00a0before I left town for a retreat.<\/p>\n Laurie Prophater<\/a> wrote a wonderful article about a challenge she\u00a0proposed to Meisha Barbee, Julie Eakes and me when they were all staying at my house and playing at Studio 215\u00a0while\u00a0Meisha was teaching. (Read about the fun we had here<\/a>.)\u00a0I’m thrilled to be published along with these talented women.\u00a0Thank you Laurie for thinking of such a enjoyable project.<\/p>\n Next I met up with several claying friends in Denver, Syndee Holt, Julie Eakes, Meisha Barbee, Libby Mills, and Emily Levine, we had a great time. \u00a0Crazy but oh so much fun!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Then it was on to the\u00a0retreat where we exchanged bowls. 25 incredible bowls came home with me and this exchange started me on my bird obsession. I posted about my bird bowls and my larger bird wall piece here<\/a>.<\/p>\n I came home with many wonderful things from an auction we have every year and I purchased some lovely pieces from my friends\u00a0to sell at Studio 215 with more to come. I can wait to share some of them with you. I’ll be posting them on my Studio 215 blog<\/a> and on my Studio 215 Facebook page<\/a>. If you’d like to see what I’m up to at the Studio, sign up to receive a notice each time I post, my newsletter, and like my Facebook page.<\/p>\n I can be found on Instagram\u00a0<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, \u00a0and\u00a0Tumbr\u00a0<\/a>too. Whew.<\/p>\n Last week I was featured by Cynthia Tinapple on Polymer Clay Daily\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0and that is always treat and a compliment. Thank you Cynthia.<\/p>\n I was featured with my newest face that I created for the auction at the retreat. I was flattered that there was many bids on it.<\/p>\n I made this cool graphic using an app called Canva. My friend Meredith Arnold<\/a>\u00a0shared this with me and I can’t stop using it. Very cool, thanks Meredith.<\/p>\n Here’s another graphic made with Canva\u00a0showing off my newest bird weed pot prototypes that I worked on while on\u00a0retreat. I hope to get more of these done\u00a0showcasing different critters and characters. I’m smiling and that is always my goal, to create things that make me smile.<\/p>\n The beginning of September brought more laughter and fun at Studio 215 when several of my favorite people came to take a Profile Face cane class with me. We had a great time for sure.<\/p>\n Dottie, Kathryn, Barbara, AnnaMarie, Majel, and Mary Jane are new converts to polymer and I believe they aren’t getting away\u00a0without clay sticking in they brains.\u00a0They’re having as much fun as I did with I first started, but they’re lucky to have others to share the experience. Thanks, ya’ll are making me so happy to see you having so much fun and making such cool things.<\/p>\n Then to top it all off,\u00a0Kathryn<\/a>\u00a0Obidzinski has been my apprentice for several months now and before I went on retreat she started a palette knife polymer clay self portrait. I think she\u00a0created a wonderful piece. I know she had fun, learned a lot and I hope I can reel her in to explore polymer clay a bit more.<\/p>\n
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