http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1 Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:00:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en October 2008 Fall (my favorite season) is finally here...HURRAY! As always, there are plenty of fun things to do this time of year. Please stop by my booth and say hello if you are able to attend the following events: ~The First Annual Kobra Crush Wine and Art Festival in ... http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1/2008/10/08/autumn-2008-newsletter/ A few years back I watched a video by Gwen Gibson on making polymer clay bracelets. I was intrigued, but I got sidetracked. I finally got around to making a few of the tools she "invented" to streamline the process a bit and got to work. I ... http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1/2008/08/11/new-bracelet-series/ I finally got around to trying out the perfume pen kits that I bought a while back. Posted a few on my website and I'll also add some to my Etsy store on Friday. They are quite fun and great to tuck in your purse if you're a ... http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1/2008/07/11/something-new/ I found out yesterday that I juried into the Mountain Mandarin Festival, which takes place in November right here in Auburn. Artists and vendors are encouraged to incorporate mandarins into their wares, if possible. So, it's time to look for some clip art and delve into polymer clay ... http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1/2008/06/02/mountain-mandarin-festival/ I just heard that my just-about-to-graduate nephew, Kyle Zoeller, won $500 and a first-place blue ribbon for a lovely ring that he made in his high school metals class. A local Michigan jeweler offered the prize to the student who designed and constructed the nicest jewelry piece and Kyle ... http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1/2008/05/27/congratulations-to-kyle/ I hate to be wasteful; in fact, I love to give just about any old thing a chance to become something else. This philosophy definitely applies to my art; I tend to look at the tiniest little scrap of something and I want to put it to good ... http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1/2008/05/12/stop-eating-the-old-fruit/ I received my copy of "1000 Jewelry Inspirations" by Sandra Salamony today. I couldn't wait until July for my contributor's copy so I ordered one from Amazon.com. As the title suggests, the book features page after page of beautiful jewelry by contemporary artists meant to inspire the reader. ... http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1/2008/05/08/a-beautiful-new-jewelry-book-to-inspire-you/ I've added a few lightswitch covers (plates) to my Maureen Thomas Designs website. They are covered with polymer clay veneers. I'll be adding more periodically. Check them out! http://maureenthomasdesigns.com http://maureenthomasdesigns.etsy.com http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1/2008/05/01/lightswitch-covers-now-on-my-website/ I'm having flashbacks back to when I created my website without any experience or history with that sort of thing. I ultimately did it, but it took many hours and days of frustrating dead ends and wrong turns to get there. I don't want to use one of ... http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1/2008/04/30/word-press-for-dummies-thats-me/ (Trying to recreate the last post from the previous blog!) Inspired by the wonderful Kathleen Dustin, I created some custom earwires for these new polymer clay earrings out of 20g sterling wire. Kathleen has been urging her students (and other jewelry artists) to consider the earwire as an ... http://maureenthomasdesigns.com/blog1/2008/04/29/custom-earwires/