tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21517361166501292382024-02-07T01:19:09.090-05:00Creative Impressions In Clay :: ClayButtons.com :: Handmade ButtonsHandmade Ceramic buttons. Fun, Funky & Functional! These unique buttons are handcrafted miniature works of art. Art-to-wear for your art to wear. Button Up...Creatively!Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-19222531008351218642016-08-30T11:12:00.001-04:002016-09-01T13:07:26.527-04:00What being an Artist Means to Me<div style="text-align: center;">
I really don't remember a time when I wasn't an artist. I do remember how hard it was for me to say I was an artist. I'm not sure if it was a confidence thing or if I thought people would laugh at me and not believe me or a part of me didn't think I was good enough. Now I can tell anyone and everyone or is it the purple hair that tells them? Being an artist and being creative is everything to me. It is me.</div>
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I am trained as a graphic artist BUT I can paint, draw, design, make jewelry, make anything in clay, metalwork, fused glass, stained glass, copper enamel, lampwork, encaustics (painting), mixed media, woodwork, lettering, make paper, woodcut and if I haven't done it yet I want to! If I did it once and liked it I may do it again or I've gotten it out of my system and don't need to do it anymore.</div>
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Being an artist can take you places without leaving the studio. If I stopped making art I would be not living.</div>
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My most recent painting is a Blue Line painting in memory of my brother-in-law. </div>
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Acrylics 36"x24".</div>
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Wood, paint, nails, soda cans</div>
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Mixed Media, encaustics, paper, metal 4'x8' plywood.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Our Wonderful sponsors for the <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2015/12/paris-by-maria-helena-vieira-da-silva.html">Art Bead Scene December Monthly Challenge</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">We will have 2 </span><span style="font-size: medium;">Lucky Winners this Month!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://claybuttons.com/">Creative Impressions In Clay</a> is located in Liberty Township, Ohio<br />(the burbs of Cincinnati).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">Tari is donating Necklace, Earring and Toggle Clasp (shown above) valued at $64.50.</span></div>
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Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-86249130486481374362015-02-15T06:00:00.000-05:002015-02-15T14:45:25.801-05:00ABS Editors Take February Monthly Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I was testing glaze colors on these pendants from my <a href="http://claybuttons.com/ButtonPages/Celtic.html">Celtic Collection</a>. They are from Duncan's Courtyard Collection of glazes. You get interesting lights and darks depending on how thick the glaze is applied. My favorite is the top pendant that has more of the orange rusty colors. </div>
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The painting has a range of reds, salmon, orange, pink and a bit of brown (in the butterfly), along with the pale yellow background. </div>
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The pendants will go in the <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/artbeadscene/beads-monthly-challenge-entries/">Bead Monthly Challenge</a> on Pinterest.</div>
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Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-79523903253268136782014-11-16T12:08:00.002-05:002014-11-16T14:48:08.449-05:00ABS Editors Take the November Challenge!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This month's inspiration piece for the <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2014/11/november-monthly-challenge.html">November Challenge at Art Bead Scene</a> isn't my cup of tea. With <a href="http://humblebeads.com/">Heather</a>'s push I decided at the last minute to participate. </div>
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This is the <a href="http://claybuttons.com/ButtonPages/Henna/Lotus.html">Lotus Button</a> from my <a href="http://claybuttons.com/ButtonPages/Henna.html">Henna Collection</a>. Normally these are glazed with a <a href="http://claybuttons.com/ButtonPages/Henna/Lotus.html">single color.</a><br />
I wanted to give a customer another option for the color she had chosen. </div>
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This the red happens to be in the tail of the bird on the right.<br />
I was able to participate in the November challenge! Cool!!<br />
I ran out of time to glaze another version which was going to be in gradated color of pink to white.<br />
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I can't wait to see what everyone else creates for this months challenge!<br />
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Please hop over to see what my fellow Editors created for the challenge.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Mary Harding – <a href="http://maryhardingjewelrybeadblog.blogspot.com/2014/11/art-bead-scene-editors-take-challenge.html" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Mary Harding Jewelry</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is my necklace using Milton Avery's painting, Autumn, as inspiration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://claybuttons.com/ButtonPages/Circles.html">Circle Buttons & Beads</a> along with the tiny clay beads bring color. I liked the contrast of putting two very different ceramic components in the same piece. The <a href="http://claybuttons.com/ButtonPages/Flora.html">branches</a> are realistic and the <a href="http://claybuttons.com/ButtonPages/Circles.html">circles/beads</a> are more of a modern style.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The color I cannot replicate in a glaze is the fuchsia. I have had so many customers request a bright pink but its just not possible. That is the one color missing in my necklace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As you can see with the <a href="http://claybuttons.com/ButtonPages/Flora.html">Branches</a> any of my buttons can become jewelry components.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The tiny clay beads were strung together with memory wire. Chain is Vintaj brass.</span></div>
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Happy Friday! I thought I would share my process for making buttons. </div>
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First I make a prototype which involves carving the design out of clay that is in the leather hard stage. I use many different tools and brushes to get the design ready to mold, making sure there are no undercuts. The clay would not release from the mold if there are undercuts. </div>
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A plaster mold is made of the prototype. In this example I used a paper bowl to pour the mold. Tacky glue is used to glue the prototype to the bottom of the bowl to prevent it from floating. This one is off center and looks like it may have floated a little. Patience...let the glue dry :)</div>
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Customers order their button style(s) and hole or loop configuration. I can put as many hole or loops as you would like. Have it your way!</div>
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They are left to dry.</div>
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When the buttons dry it is referred as bone dry stage or Greenware. At this stage I sand the backs, clean and smooth all edges and holes. You don't want anything sharp that may scratch/cut anyone or pull your clothing. </div>
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Some underglazes are applied to the greenware.</div>
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Bisque fired buttons. Nice and smooth. You can rub them on your clothing without snagging, the same can't be said for my hands. </div>
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I sign all my buttons and add my website. It gets a little tricky on the tiny buttons.</div>
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Assortment of buttons with loops and holes. The dragonfly button in the picture is slightly curved for a bracelet component.</div>
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It's up to how you will be using your buttons: No Holes, Shank, 2 Holes, 4 Holes, 1 Hole-Top, 2 Holes-Top&Bottom, 1 Loop-Top, 2 Loops-Top&Bottom, 2 Loops-Left&Right, 1 Loop Top/3Bottom, etc.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It started about a year ago. I can't remember exactly how it started but it did and I love it! I have <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/tari4art/totems/">Pinterest Board</a> filled with examples I have studied, admired and built my own in my head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What is this obsession you ask? Totems!! They are wonderful!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">They can be as perfect or imperfect, tall or short, random or tell a story. They mean freedom to me. No rules, just make different elements and stack them. No right or wrong, unstack and re-stack till it looks as you feel it should.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It has taken me till this week to actually make one. I don't have a finished product picture but I can show you my elements (bisque fired) and how I think I'm going to stack them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm not sure everything that has been going on in my head that it has taken me so long to do this...studio was such a mess I couldn't get to the table...my main excuse. I was feeling down at the beginning of the week missing my daughter and grandchildren who are in Norway plus too many job rejections. I forced myself to start on a totem. screaming at myself in my head, "do something, you always feel better when you create." The studio clean up started a couple weeks ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A bag of clay and Pharrell Williams "Happy" playing loudly, I began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was wonderful and freeing! I can't believe I waited this long. I was actually excited about something again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This one is for my mom for Mothers Day. She collects chickens. Funny thing about moms we accept most things our kids make.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">She gets to be the recipient of my first totem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Clean up in Aisle 9! The first chicken had an explosive personality and couldn't take the heat in the kiln.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> The quickly made replacement chicken. Still needs to be bisque fired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My first stacking. After seeing the photo I wanted to change it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ignore the wooden piece. I don't have my center rod yet, so I used a child's stacking toy as the base :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Second stack. Besides being to be glazed and desperately needing color, I feel like it needs more spacers. I may have to throw in recycled materials.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are some of the elements I underglazed today to give you an idea of the totem with colors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Update...5/10/14 :: 5pm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All the pieces with underglazes. Now to dip them all in clear glaze and fire them!</span><br />
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I went to visit my daughter and grandchildren in Oslo, Norway. This is the view from the dock at the end of her lane. She is 2 houses from the water on <span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.2em; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.visitnorway.com/us/Product/?pid=41156">Bygdøy</a></span>.
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Not your normal thoughts of going to the <a href="http://www.visitnorway.com/us/Product/?pid=28952">beach</a>. Usually you think of sun and sand, warmth, not cold with snow and ice.</div>
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Had an egg hunt in the snow and ice. But it was sunny!</div>
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We went to the <a href="http://www.visitnorway.com/us/Product/?pid=29060">Folk Museum</a>.</div>
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Took a <a href="http://www.visitnorway.com/us/Product/?pid=45149">Mini Cruise</a> to Copenhagen Denmark.</div>
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View from the ship. I circled my daughters house as we are leaving Oslo.</div>
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We walked up a spiral brick walk inside a church tower to get a view of <a href="http://www.arrivalguides.com/en/TravelGuides/Europe/Denmark/COPENHAGEN">Copenhagen</a>.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br /></span>I wanted to show you buttons that have yet to make it to my website. Why haven't they made it there, you say? It takes time and usually updating my website is at the bottom of the list because it's so very time consuming. Granted it needs a major overhaul but there are certain things you dread, and for me, that is one of them.<br />
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One of my favorite customers is a wholesale customer. Lucy at the <a href="http://cheshirecatclothing.com/">Cheshire Cat</a> in Vermont. Lucy has been designing her own line of clothing for many years, starting out with a children's clothing. She and I have been working together for maybe 6 years. OK, I can't remember how long, I've slept since then. Sometimes she chooses buttons from my existing button collections and other times I create new ones. The next three photos are of new ones I designed for her. She gives me a color palette to use and I go from there. I glazed the bees originally with eyes and that didn't fly so we went with them being implied and a brighter yellow. The Birds and the Bees and it's all Rosy...or something like that. </div>
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There's no place like home. The original design is the round bottom button. Instead the final version is a more childlike interpretation. The house has since been made as an <a href="http://claybuttons.com/Ornaments.html">ornament</a> in the size shown and a super size version as well.</div>
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I love to travel! The travel collection of buttons. I am missing one that I couldn't find, it's a Route 66 Sign button. We have an old suitcase with all the travel stickers, a License Plate with LUV2TRVL and a Stamp. The stamp is a combination piece. She wanted a car and a stamp so I found an old stamp design that combined both. As you can imagine carving some of these designs take a lot of time. You then hope your mold pouring skills are up to par the day you make the mold and you don't get any bubbles so you then have to repair the mold. Next is glazing the color combinations and applying them. On the dimensional buttons can be not only a challenge but time consuming. Efficiency counts to make a profit. For some of my design they just take time and there isn't a way around it.<br />
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These were made for one of Art Bead Scene's Monthly Challenges. Based on Kandinsky's <i><a href="http://www.poster.com/showposter.aspx?pid=26435">Farbstudie Quadrate</a></i>. I believe there were 6 originally. I love the art of Kandinsky.<br />
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Since I make buttons, I attend fiber shows. A lot of my items are geared towards the Needle Arts Community. Above is a two-sided magnetic item. Trying not to call it a needleminder since the name is copyrighted. One part goes on the back of your canvas or quilt and the other goes on the front. It stays put along with your pins and needles. Or it can be set next to you as you work and still minds your pins and needles.<br />
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These were a custom order from early in my button making. A woman in California who made hats needed specialized designs that became pins. Along with shells was an Octopus and a <a href="http://claybuttons.com/Ornaments.html">Mermaid</a>. I still have the molds but these will most likely never be made again except for the Mermaid. She appears these days as an <a href="http://claybuttons.com/Ornaments.html">ornament</a>.<br />
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It's a cabochon of a different color. Special order for a beading artist. Lots of cabs in many colors and designs.<br />
If you didn't know all of my buttons can be made as cabs, pins, pendants or with as many holes or loops in any place on the button. Since each is made individually these options are possible.<br />
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Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-23541213478640688282012-12-08T16:05:00.001-05:002012-12-08T16:05:32.141-05:00Studio Saturday with Creative Impressions In Clay on Art Bead Scene<br />
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I didn't have time to participate in the ornament blog hop.<br />
So, I thought I would make one for Studio Saturday.<br />
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Lets start with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=17KxtPyOEV8#!">cutting the top and bottom off</a> of 2 Sprite cans.<br />
Cut the can in half lengthwise. Cut those two in half, you should have 4 strips. Cut the 4 strips in half.<br />
8 strips total from one can, 16 from 2 cans.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">I drew out a shape on a piece of 1/4" luan plywood. My darling husband cut it out for me on the bandsaw. Put a wash of green on the tree and brown on the trunk.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">You need a wicked sharp pair of scissors. Cut your strips of the aluminum can into scallops.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Start from the bottom and layer (like shingles on a roof) your scalloped strips using a glue gun or in my case, since I couldn't find the glue gun, double backed carpet tape. Bend over the edges to the backside. This may take a bit of coercing on the sides of the tree so the strips on the back are straight.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Keep layering and overlapping your strips till you reach the top.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Fully layered tree. I then applied Modge Podge and sprinkled fine pearlescent glitter on the tree so it looks frosted. You may choose not to do this step.</span><br />
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I used <a href="http://vintaj.com/products/proddsp.asp?which=P292">Vintaj 25mm Altered Blanks</a>, metal stamps and acrylic paint for the topper. A <a href="https://shop.rings-things.com/cart/pc/Tool-Wood-Dapping-Block-p17789.htm#.UMOhU5PjnvI">wooden dapping block</a> was used to round the disk. The tree is decorated with my <a href="http://claybuttons.com/Beads/Beads.html">charms</a> and felt balls from <a href="http://store.ornamentea.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=bedizen&Product_Code=BAH043">Ornamentea.</a> I put a jump ring through the disk, added 10" of ribbon, a glass donut and a <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-6th-day-of-christmas-handmade.html">decorative copper ornament hook</a>. Voila!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">It's summer. My daughter and grandchildren have been in the country for nearly a month and will be leaving Tuesday to go back to Oslo. How could time go so fast?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">The goings on in the studio have been slow. I've been working on glazing orders in between grandchildren running in. They love coming in to the studio where "grandma lady" works, "yets go to the tudio." There is a stash of licorice that is the incentive to go there more often. Alexander, 3, points to everything and tells me "my do dat when my bigger." He is hilarious. He will be using pliers, wire cutters, drills, pottery wheel and other assorted tools when "my is bigger." My will miss them very much come Tuesday.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Summer is filled with shows for many. Busy, busy, busy. Mine is filled with children and not much time in the studio. I would love to start to do more shows but I wouldn't trade my time with my grandchildren for anything!</span><br />
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I have been long overdue to make something new. I saw a bracelet with similar construction. In my mind I figuring out, can it be made out of clay? The answer is yes! Truthfully, I like mine better. The ones I saw had a very messy solder job on the back. Of course I'm thinking I can fire the wire into the clay then there isn't messy soldering involved. The clay pieces needed to be thick enough for the wire to go all the way through but not too thick to look bulky. </div>
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Being the last minute person that I am, I hand formed these Thursday night, fired them last night and put the bracelet together this morning. Most events are like this for me. I formulate a plan, mull over it for far too long before it materializes. More tweeking needs to be done as with anything new. For a first time prototype of sorts, not bad if I do say so myself. They remind me of bugs with antennae. </div>
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So, I know have Connector Bugs. I think these would work with most of my button designs too.</div>
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To the potential winner, I am leaving the country for 3 weeks (I'm going to Norway!) next Wednesday. You may have to wait till I return for your prize to be shipped. That is unless I can convince my husband to put it in the mail.</div>
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</div>Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-31005763068036341972012-01-01T20:55:00.000-05:002012-01-01T20:55:21.717-05:00Get Ready for Bead Soup Blog Party sign up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SGNLr_ZHrEygl3xYKKLDv1lP39f9oYktAMm_r9kriqLCw2xY2N3Z89DLw24uH4QrMuDAcT7T5LXVk7-Zm-y91sA6er63MqCfq0BA61-WRjd6J2mUWFss6NqsC1DjdI23P_HTX3Dfc9DN/s1600/BSBPMar12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SGNLr_ZHrEygl3xYKKLDv1lP39f9oYktAMm_r9kriqLCw2xY2N3Z89DLw24uH4QrMuDAcT7T5LXVk7-Zm-y91sA6er63MqCfq0BA61-WRjd6J2mUWFss6NqsC1DjdI23P_HTX3Dfc9DN/s640/BSBPMar12.jpg" width="342" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Its time once again to sign up for the <a href="http://www.prettythingsblog.com/2011/12/bead-soup-blog-party-sign-ups-just-few.html">Bead Soup Blog Party</a>. My friend Lori wanted help getting the word out to all you lovely bead and jewelry makers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Remember, this time it's a lottery for 200 people (so Lori doesn't lose her mind with all the work from last time!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Get crackalackin' on your soup ingredients in case you are one of the lucky 200!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-70867173146341741742011-11-12T11:55:00.000-05:002011-11-12T11:55:59.139-05:00Studio Saturday with Claybuttons at Art Bead Scene<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome to Studio Saturday! Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you'll leave comments! As an incentive we offer a </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">free prize</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> each week to bribe you to use that keyboard. The following week we choose a random winner.</span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This weeks winner is <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/14660928844295427111">ErinS</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Congratulations! You have won a </span></span></span><a href="http://www.jangles.net/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=JOS&Category_Code=PD">Holiday Pendant</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.jangles.net/">Jennifer Heynen</a> of <a href="http://jangles.net/">Jangles</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy Saturday to all and welcome to the glamorous life of buttons! Wait, it's glamorous?! I didn't get that memo. Above is what I have been working on. Snowflakes and Alpacas...sexy (hmmm, right.) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Clay is a muddy business and it only became remotely sexy with the movie <a href="http://youtu.be/ud5GMba3rIw">Ghost</a>. Believe me, Demi Moore I am not. Most potters detest even hearing that reference. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I haven't thrown on my wheel for quite a while but really need to just for therapy. Like Calgon, take me away. There are times you need to have your mind go somewhere besides the task at hand.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7c75BafZw_E5NzPU3TZRbGH9FRXr9_3_aGJ3CHXHuBkA6jeR1eHu7UzKZvjPDI3aYU-_dpHcXu__TgWbzQXtm-TPIhbe7YbpYbVDjmhenwYv1qypzDR_1IPww4fFnwIzTCtHX53Y6T2w/s1600/TariCropped.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7c75BafZw_E5NzPU3TZRbGH9FRXr9_3_aGJ3CHXHuBkA6jeR1eHu7UzKZvjPDI3aYU-_dpHcXu__TgWbzQXtm-TPIhbe7YbpYbVDjmhenwYv1qypzDR_1IPww4fFnwIzTCtHX53Y6T2w/s200/TariCropped.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Feeling sassy as usual.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Tari Sasser</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://claybuttons.com/">Creative Impressions In Clay</a></div></div></div></div>Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-63567939627948824162011-09-17T06:00:00.022-04:002011-09-17T06:00:03.951-04:00Bead Soup Blog Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1kilfFPxYOdLsmybue6coeNcDSAsnC8q-twLTdQsJfcRgbkcvFtZKIMFdrcvUXjSJy90Bm4GL4Tl-fL_pV1OqZ0irvuuBAr_0MVdfut7ulz6wri-0HO9lYKh5tQLZPU3rIcuEB-mz9Yf/s1600/NecklaceBeautyShot.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh1kilfFPxYOdLsmybue6coeNcDSAsnC8q-twLTdQsJfcRgbkcvFtZKIMFdrcvUXjSJy90Bm4GL4Tl-fL_pV1OqZ0irvuuBAr_0MVdfut7ulz6wri-0HO9lYKh5tQLZPU3rIcuEB-mz9Yf/s640/NecklaceBeautyShot.png" width="545" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">My Bead Soup Partner is Tania Spivey of <a href="http://moobiegracedesigns.blogspot.com/">Moobie Grace Designs</a>. She makes beautiful Polymer Clay beads. I received 2 plus a clasp with another bead and her wonderful wire work. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I stressed quite a while over this. Worried if I would make the deadline and not having any ideas that I thought were great. My daughter was in my studio the other day and I started pulling beads and findings out of boxes. Things are sorta still packed up from rearranging my studio. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I found these beautiful strands of gemstone beads that I had forgotten about. They were brought from Russia and given to me by my son-in-laws mom. Perfect! The colors were just perfect. Kristen (my daughter) started throwing out ideas. She too knew I was stressed and offered help. I have been working on a large wholesale order and started a new job. I have been exhausted. Staying up till 3-4am glazing hasn't helped. I'm doing a show this entire weekend. My plate is overflowing.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Everything fell together after pulling loads of things out and putting them next to each other. Taking away and putting back..you know how the creative process goes. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I use bright bold colors and Tania uses, as you can see, colors from nature. The Teal and Coral colors really work nicely. This absolutely pushed me out of my comfort zone. I really don't design jewelry of this type. I'm not the dainty flower kind of person. This was quite a challenge.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXqLJa84nRwTl0AZBRBf6tSBoB0EvZ_51XOxPSF9NJi93DwYI2asSE6RDfX3KM0_UaUz5MDaELfmLLTMTIljeUlMLSeJ8jOHqL1F05JBq33Vvlwkklji4WfQYqQt75W8arUSVQUlHqsV7/s1600/HardAngleBeautyShotNecklace.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXqLJa84nRwTl0AZBRBf6tSBoB0EvZ_51XOxPSF9NJi93DwYI2asSE6RDfX3KM0_UaUz5MDaELfmLLTMTIljeUlMLSeJ8jOHqL1F05JBq33Vvlwkklji4WfQYqQt75W8arUSVQUlHqsV7/s400/HardAngleBeautyShotNecklace.png" width="321" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I finally got the photography right! I hate the days when I am photographically impaired. The first attempt was a total bust. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Second attempt, I managed to get one photo I wasn't totally embarrassed to show, even though I didn't.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Three's a charm! You are looking at the results. I am very pleased with these.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4EguTfUFuQktnLJ0WUUtWblPNZ37IqqoMULEX6o3CxZ3VTMvBfB_WhFvNqJu7T3r2qlFZ-sM_lrX6pH-cEG-Ij8CaoTpBfDX3x8TR7dFrvKxZ9KF2MYq3X5fQmHL22dR7YQSBhFtK3sY/s1600/ClaspBeautyShot.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4EguTfUFuQktnLJ0WUUtWblPNZ37IqqoMULEX6o3CxZ3VTMvBfB_WhFvNqJu7T3r2qlFZ-sM_lrX6pH-cEG-Ij8CaoTpBfDX3x8TR7dFrvKxZ9KF2MYq3X5fQmHL22dR7YQSBhFtK3sY/s400/ClaspBeautyShot.png" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Clasp close up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Please visit <a href="http://moobiegracedesigns.blogspot.com/">Tania</a>, see is a very nice person plus she does beautiful work!<br />
Click below for the complete list of all the Bead Soup Partiers. Visit all 362 of them!<br />
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Thanks for visiting!</div>Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com76tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-42181921518417573192011-08-25T14:27:00.002-04:002011-08-25T14:29:31.916-04:00Bead Soup + Bead Soup Partner<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://http//lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iN94WMt97de7S8bAJ4DCm_W6-dMUUDlEBtMC43m_54Zu84TEUrLDNWZ47Si2dZSWn3adBI8wHyVrK-5Ftq0Z33iD6q-2keSKZO65ix6fd7bWb14MKBLEr4cP-8c-5j-HJnHoflsyXBQI/s1600/BeadSoupLogo.jpg" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I have been so busy with a large wholesale order, getting kids ready to go back to school and taking my son to college, I haven't had time to post about Lori Anderson's <a href="http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/">Bead Soup Blog Party</a>. Plus I started a new job. Phew.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Lori spends lots of time pairing up partners.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Here is the premise of the Bead Soup Blog Party:</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You send your partner a Party Pack-</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b>:: A focal ::</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> :: Some coordinating spacers or beads ::</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> :: A special clasp (not just a lobster claw) ::</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some will send a smaller amount, some will send a larger amount, but you do NOT have to send an entire necklace or bracelet kit. The idea is you will use the focal and the clasp, and <b>if you wish, </b>some of the coordinating beads,<b>incorporating beads from your own stash.</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <u>The idea is to help you think outside the box and work outside your normal comfort zone, pushing you into creative directions you may never have gone.</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tania Spivey of <a href="http://www.moobiegracedesigns.blogspot.com/">Moobie Grace Designs</a></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tani Spivey of <a href="http://www.moobiegracedesigns.blogspot.com/">Moobie Grace Designs</a> is my partner. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Above is everything Tania sent. Pretty cool stuff huh? Tania creates these beautiful polymer clay beads. These have very small flowers with tiny brass beads in the center, wonderful craftspersonship. When she's feeling skippy she also works with wire.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Focal bead close-up</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Focal bead + accent bead</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBGWLalNc9tnecsPFLQwaxdqJzho54TDB2N05533Ra3HntlEbRG7_CrOcYU5o00VY20XyLahplfAr6eMvUC7Slju51O4VMmL36cbZeUVpLjUfeLLbqNwlC1ZOhwjW6Nq5Z6oELdx3U6ri/s1600/ClaspMoobie.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQBGWLalNc9tnecsPFLQwaxdqJzho54TDB2N05533Ra3HntlEbRG7_CrOcYU5o00VY20XyLahplfAr6eMvUC7Slju51O4VMmL36cbZeUVpLjUfeLLbqNwlC1ZOhwjW6Nq5Z6oELdx3U6ri/s320/ClaspMoobie.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Clasp</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I need to get to work on planning out a design and how to execute the design using Tania's beautiful beads. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Come back for the <a href="http://lorianderson-beadsoupblogparty.blogspot.com/">Bead Soup Blog Party on September 17</a>. Everyone hops from blog to blog looking at all the wonderful creations that were made.</span></div>Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-69954685126187502722011-08-23T23:30:00.001-04:002011-08-23T23:50:12.384-04:00We Have a Winner!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7Jpc074qSGcS4hnUhga6n-dEt7qbtZriM5sPjWfq50TIO25grnrBj8wmo2UIU67sBFv1fswbpfQwNUXEpQeiUegGCrLM4vGbvS-i0YeRlj0FpRiIE2AYiqqvr8JW1e4KBhLJ8-cqiQm0/s1600/1NewPendantVintaj.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI7Jpc074qSGcS4hnUhga6n-dEt7qbtZriM5sPjWfq50TIO25grnrBj8wmo2UIU67sBFv1fswbpfQwNUXEpQeiUegGCrLM4vGbvS-i0YeRlj0FpRiIE2AYiqqvr8JW1e4KBhLJ8-cqiQm0/s400/1NewPendantVintaj.gif" width="370" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We have a winner for "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/claybuttons">Liking</a>" <a href="https://www.facebook.com/claybuttons">Creative Impressions In Clay Facebook page.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Congratulations to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/05314256701256007654">Connected Elements Designs/Candyce Fitzloff-Westfield.</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You have won the <a href="http://claybuttons.com/ButtonPages/Circles.html">Circles pendant</a>, shown above!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Please <a href="mailto:tari@claybuttons.com">send me</a> your info and I will get it mailed out right away.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thanks to <u>everyone</u> who "Liked" my FB page!! Love being liked!</span></div>Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-19805509708656142232011-08-11T13:32:00.001-04:002011-08-11T13:48:36.051-04:00Vintaj Art Bead Partner<div style="text-align: center;"><align="center">My month as <a href="http://vintaj.com/wpblog/?p=12746">Vintaj's Art Bead Partner</a> is coming to a close. </align="center"><br />
<align="center">I wanted show all the designs the gang at <a href="http://vintaj.com/">Vintaj</a> made with my pieces. </align="center"><br />
<align="center">The theme was Carnival Ferris Wheel.</align="center"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwErJKHixSHsnn_AeLLSc6VjOBVyDLjO_6TvxDXf0hcVowNt3JsVhhYvA30lkzkON6i7sfduQVjAZlcag3BhwK7au1zao1zIj0rDu52pPF89mCMmsF9rwgd2gqFHQnP3fPZszekK8LmNF/s1600/SweetTreatEarrings.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwErJKHixSHsnn_AeLLSc6VjOBVyDLjO_6TvxDXf0hcVowNt3JsVhhYvA30lkzkON6i7sfduQVjAZlcag3BhwK7au1zao1zIj0rDu52pPF89mCMmsF9rwgd2gqFHQnP3fPZszekK8LmNF/s320/SweetTreatEarrings.JPG" width="256" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=E0225">Sweet Treats</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqUVHbA1g4Mor7mfKpLo_RZUXEBXi_xTS9YKtN3u5HTYWsPUbBR28TDXa8juyGgNF4Piu1n_nl8TEq3361KtjQ9GxxX7vlOM75b_hLE6DWTP7OcJ3xvcfP2BJBczrNBhtX2AvxdxAw4vI/s1600/VintajFancy-Free.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqqUVHbA1g4Mor7mfKpLo_RZUXEBXi_xTS9YKtN3u5HTYWsPUbBR28TDXa8juyGgNF4Piu1n_nl8TEq3361KtjQ9GxxX7vlOM75b_hLE6DWTP7OcJ3xvcfP2BJBczrNBhtX2AvxdxAw4vI/s320/VintajFancy-Free.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=B0277">Fancy Free</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5C3skDPvI86X4XZuo6A6L_PjFMXjYkzqoW18RnPYkAA-jx1_k0m50LX8M8OuPpeQL75O_tzEFrpm5qu_L2-4lBIE4h6hGPaAGIG0bXexwTB8wpQmWrNrXIUjl-5e7C39b-_y7UUcnqDLk/s1600/VintajCarnivalAtMidnight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5C3skDPvI86X4XZuo6A6L_PjFMXjYkzqoW18RnPYkAA-jx1_k0m50LX8M8OuPpeQL75O_tzEFrpm5qu_L2-4lBIE4h6hGPaAGIG0bXexwTB8wpQmWrNrXIUjl-5e7C39b-_y7UUcnqDLk/s320/VintajCarnivalAtMidnight.jpg" width="220" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=N0680">Fun Day at the Fair</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs76kcdjbP43HKsVRfkVzYM8wb3-4A3KY0nuD_S5MnBogjlC9PL3C7dsaTQDmQu8mUGJD-z3HyrCYU7qXy16Z1IoD3N1JFl5tHYBPC2pTJUGYeOoPaoNS2lcZBzYq9YsYSdk47CIpEtDP/s1600/BraceletVintajJess.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXs76kcdjbP43HKsVRfkVzYM8wb3-4A3KY0nuD_S5MnBogjlC9PL3C7dsaTQDmQu8mUGJD-z3HyrCYU7qXy16Z1IoD3N1JFl5tHYBPC2pTJUGYeOoPaoNS2lcZBzYq9YsYSdk47CIpEtDP/s320/BraceletVintajJess.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=B0274">Carnival Ferris Wheel</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReaIK4tdB_2Z-13qMbmcEZ47pqnk6k5cxUJ9pxPAwGE-9nigBVNygY3RHaH9Z7dIal_jhcSYcXiSfMx7kNiNdl9knGnU3MB3j6pQspuCxOBExaZQiU0NV8WpdIcw6RWKwaojeCjBonda9/s1600/Carnival+Lights.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReaIK4tdB_2Z-13qMbmcEZ47pqnk6k5cxUJ9pxPAwGE-9nigBVNygY3RHaH9Z7dIal_jhcSYcXiSfMx7kNiNdl9knGnU3MB3j6pQspuCxOBExaZQiU0NV8WpdIcw6RWKwaojeCjBonda9/s320/Carnival+Lights.JPG" width="256" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=N0678">Carnival Lights</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R0PNyIGK6PUM4bS3OZbigd2_8iwTEN6hUMfNDy5U5VolXPX-Lwss3PtIYCz4sNsoGXtmBLFybH1Cs8nfwBed6nkTom8n7pZau8lKoVHXnqWXxG8xy6ARqNKwxOYZPKbLgeRAkBczoSj7/s1600/Remembering+the+fair.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R0PNyIGK6PUM4bS3OZbigd2_8iwTEN6hUMfNDy5U5VolXPX-Lwss3PtIYCz4sNsoGXtmBLFybH1Cs8nfwBed6nkTom8n7pZau8lKoVHXnqWXxG8xy6ARqNKwxOYZPKbLgeRAkBczoSj7/s320/Remembering+the+fair.jpg" width="274" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=B0275">Remembering the Fair</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRxBLEkEJcUqHgxwcKSnpIAhJEC8yRcvd-gSAor5EmW3qNpG7puaQ0HyEKg2v1xKCe3SL-APZMpLqJisd_oahNl3eSuAvESFcrfQJamsCi_OzTSxoB0jQncNxM6NkSoeioAYVxse8nm8E/s1600/Ring-Toss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZRxBLEkEJcUqHgxwcKSnpIAhJEC8yRcvd-gSAor5EmW3qNpG7puaQ0HyEKg2v1xKCe3SL-APZMpLqJisd_oahNl3eSuAvESFcrfQJamsCi_OzTSxoB0jQncNxM6NkSoeioAYVxse8nm8E/s320/Ring-Toss.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=N0679">Ring Toss</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dg8SLtBo_H_kHsEXtzwg594aPL5td-TG9mTg6VXWn4-ezAXFmzs7hL_YAwiG4nsMoeCENN-21LKXPNyUdRKXVh7W_8St_HEE4j4x4CJW0sfwweYz6nNapxw30t6auJQnQrm7Ym2FxAAX/s1600/Ferris-Swing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dg8SLtBo_H_kHsEXtzwg594aPL5td-TG9mTg6VXWn4-ezAXFmzs7hL_YAwiG4nsMoeCENN-21LKXPNyUdRKXVh7W_8St_HEE4j4x4CJW0sfwweYz6nNapxw30t6auJQnQrm7Ym2FxAAX/s320/Ferris-Swing.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=N0681">Ticket to Ride</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAi3wOG4q4Hbgy3pEP-fbMWVOvv7_2pv1y9OnhcC_awepnKczDh9NlOBksozv8MK4YsKCZpEjplVlHDepw-AfHy9ThiNjb3dkCsN5qzBqBfH9cRZHhXIrzmHmZaEZ63w7f5ZnvI_lH5fI/s1600/CarnivalNights.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNAi3wOG4q4Hbgy3pEP-fbMWVOvv7_2pv1y9OnhcC_awepnKczDh9NlOBksozv8MK4YsKCZpEjplVlHDepw-AfHy9ThiNjb3dkCsN5qzBqBfH9cRZHhXIrzmHmZaEZ63w7f5ZnvI_lH5fI/s320/CarnivalNights.JPG" width="256" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=N0674">Carnival Nights</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8w-sL_5TVAADo7BlktaHN-yjmmVnnEbVNwIXcfdkLd5OuMQzKTABR0NHn5swoZjkaJaFhCmvwetzxBy0lckQXgatWI2Wu2wJx6QAiS1_BdQnzW3JwSAv4ojjlxZK0Q7artBbr5rWZQSw/s1600/SummerFair.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD8w-sL_5TVAADo7BlktaHN-yjmmVnnEbVNwIXcfdkLd5OuMQzKTABR0NHn5swoZjkaJaFhCmvwetzxBy0lckQXgatWI2Wu2wJx6QAiS1_BdQnzW3JwSAv4ojjlxZK0Q7artBbr5rWZQSw/s320/SummerFair.JPG" width="256" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=N0668">Summer Fair</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks <a href="http://vintaj.com/">Vintaj</a>!! It's been great to see your creations! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://claybuttons.com/ButtonPages/Circles.html">Circle Collection</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;">They choose the theme, Art Bead Artist and partner with them for a month using their products and the art beads (buttons) made by the artist.</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Here are the details from Jess at <a href="http://vintaj.com/">Vintaj</a>:</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><br />
</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: inherit;">"As you know, here at Vintaj we LOVE working with Art Beads! We are all huge fans of <a href="http://artbeadscene.com/">Art Bead Scene</a> and follow many bead artist’s blogs, incorporate their unique handmade components into our jewelry and share some of their sites on our <a href="http://vintaj.com/wpblog/?page_id=5474" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" target="_blank">Favorite Art Beads page</a>. Today I’m excited to announce a new blog feature ~ our design team recently came up with the concept of featuring a monthly <strong style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Art Bead Partner</strong> to reflect our design themes."</span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQbPJV7-RKGWgaoCgc7hlXbdGf6Au-MxXVgk1qNVc2SJfyQZc9X28TavYDimAXz0jdlDXmmC9ISJ3J116XN8pKF80Xi1HWzxYU1mDj-PwXL68Q9AlY50KAZV7XAOE7_wfqmY0YTn2U7Y/s1600/1Beads-Connectors-Clasp-Rings.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="529" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQbPJV7-RKGWgaoCgc7hlXbdGf6Au-MxXVgk1qNVc2SJfyQZc9X28TavYDimAXz0jdlDXmmC9ISJ3J116XN8pKF80Xi1HWzxYU1mDj-PwXL68Q9AlY50KAZV7XAOE7_wfqmY0YTn2U7Y/s640/1Beads-Connectors-Clasp-Rings.png" style="cursor: move;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
</span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">I am very fortunate to be their <a href="http://vintaj.com/wpblog/?p=12746">Art Bead Partner</a> for August. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">I created a new collection of buttons and beads just for this partnership. I was so thrilled to be asked to be an Art Bead Partner, I had to make something special. </span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">This is the <a href="http://claybuttons.com/Circles.html">Circle Collection</a> shown being used as components. </span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Clay is a changeling, any button can be a component, pendant, charm, clasp etc.</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">You get the picture. If you see a button and would rather use as something else, ask if it can be changed for your use.</span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=B0274"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjihLIaMDmFTQ1HCUzNRlT14P2OelTYR1HpM9Jhj-XGkqhyphenhyphendNZ1YULFCMJ_3P9cqP8scBcEENnJCx4OIK__qEmz6lNxvDeKjYU5V9hNNtUmHt4f2wSDsB4pHh3ehPHN2zdswn53bGKDRyU/s320/BraceletVintajJess.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=E0225" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3dNc_sjIDlzG4OBIMzcEdskgnt2qYYK-EF1NS8jCMpwkOFoiE8zwyHi7AVrKL4fqRnNWCz9_0DTvBYvwzh1mhExMjxI4K8C4b1Vl7iD36qZEPtHYlGxfT3qMNSqQ79TwBDAY9xUzbdQ/s320/SweetTreatEarrings.JPG" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/wpblog/?p=12585">Bracelet</a> by<a href="http://vintaj.com/wpblog/?page_id=5351"> Jess Italia</a> using the <a href="http://claybuttons.com/Circles.html">Four Circle</a> as a component. <a href="http://claybuttons.com/ScissorTips.html">Stitch Markers</a> double as charms.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/proddsp.asp?which=E0225">Earrings</a> also made by Jess using the <a href="http://claybuttons.com/Circles.html">Circle Beads</a>.</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">Take a look at Vintaj's <a href="http://vintaj.com/gallery/">Gallery</a> they have great ideas and designs using their finding and embellishments. </span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">Art Bead Partner Special!</span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">Get 20% off minimum order of $20 using code ABP20 from <a href="http://www.claybuttons.com/">Creative Impressions in Clay</a>. </span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #ffd966; font-family: inherit; line-height: 16px;">Put code in the voucher box.</span></div></div></div>Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-50289152727959560742011-07-23T09:12:00.001-04:002011-07-23T11:41:17.698-04:00Studio Saturday with Claybuttons at Art Bead Scene<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome to Studio Saturday! Each week one of our contributors gives you a sneak peek into their studio, creative process or inspirations. We ask a related question of our readers and hope you'll leave comments! As an incentive we offer a </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">free prize</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> each week to bribe you to use that keyboard. The following week we choose a random winner.</span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This weeks winner is <a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/06113915100361260430">fantayzya</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Congratulations! You have won flower stackers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;">from </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;"><a href="http://www.jangles.net/">Jennifer Heynen</a> of <a href="http://jangles.net/">Jangles</a></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. </span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Send Jennifer</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> an <a href="mailto:jennifer@jangles.net"><span id="goog_20044544"></span>e-mail<span id="goog_20044545"></span></a></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> with your address and she will get it right out to you.</span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This week we visit the studio of</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><a href="http://claybuttons.com/AboutArtist.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Tari Sasser</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> at </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://claybuttons.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Creative Impressions In Clay</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOrXBgKCB9zAICfRgCbCQMrrdEpGWbsSHDsEKKntvtioKx79yyqjrC7awFvrR-lj0VxICeTE0Jak8NRbe4X5Xv14rRNHSicctkV7XLNIJ3Ze6rn2Ylk-iJ80m0Ndw_izSqNX7FPC9_eA/s1600/1StudioShot.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsOrXBgKCB9zAICfRgCbCQMrrdEpGWbsSHDsEKKntvtioKx79yyqjrC7awFvrR-lj0VxICeTE0Jak8NRbe4X5Xv14rRNHSicctkV7XLNIJ3Ze6rn2Ylk-iJ80m0Ndw_izSqNX7FPC9_eA/s400/1StudioShot.png" width="400" /></a><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Saturday! I'm going to continue with Jennifer's theme from last Saturday on organization.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Until recently my studio has been an absolute disaster. Meaning there was a path from the door to computer and counter where I worked. To get anywhere else you had to step over or do the sideways shuffle to find anything. It was bad. The picture above shows the beginning of the organization. The shelves (missing the doors) on the left are holding my glazes and molds plus other things that don't belong, just so I could make a path. It was a HUGE job. There are still random items sitting on the counters but it going to have to wait. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In cleaning this monstrous mess I hurt my back. Seems I can no longer dead lift boxes of clay. Never used to be a problem. When did this happen? When did I get old or to a state where I couldn't lift and pay dearly for it? I was in shock the following morning. I am not the kind of person that likes to be down or sickly and not do for myself. It is getting better, but I am impatient!</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiNCJgIbv7qIIAAGJSXdrtygEBguBaQnGqD6uCQyxTc7eCCSBEoPhinEVzdE9Jab1Wj_2Ps301b4JcnSe-IXz2Fr8G9L1W-XDdC-l3c2PAgpCzmbzBNZmklQyCIplwMZ9_-SIJHf2yCY/s1600/1StudioCounter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiNCJgIbv7qIIAAGJSXdrtygEBguBaQnGqD6uCQyxTc7eCCSBEoPhinEVzdE9Jab1Wj_2Ps301b4JcnSe-IXz2Fr8G9L1W-XDdC-l3c2PAgpCzmbzBNZmklQyCIplwMZ9_-SIJHf2yCY/s400/1StudioCounter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The counter where I make and glaze buttons. Wow, who lined up those glaze bottles!<br />
I know you're jealous of my newly tie dyed curtains. Fun, funky and functional! Groovy too!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeL4yivQnPdiCJZebtZXPnelk7uTYOOmBH46awtnbvph2QOkaFhpPl4L-moO1vF4k3Qhe45uc2G5iRiFCUHYeZZkxBIXH9ffIsXdjGniJ1FKOWmj9h-4EhNbi2qACxdMfzFOUnr52Q_U/s1600/1StudioDesk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXeL4yivQnPdiCJZebtZXPnelk7uTYOOmBH46awtnbvph2QOkaFhpPl4L-moO1vF4k3Qhe45uc2G5iRiFCUHYeZZkxBIXH9ffIsXdjGniJ1FKOWmj9h-4EhNbi2qACxdMfzFOUnr52Q_U/s400/1StudioDesk.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I moved my desk to the other end of the studio. Shelves are in it's place. You can see the eye painting from school days or "the creepy eye picture" as my daughter calls it, One of the many pieces I unrolled and clipped to the easel. My son keeps waiting for more art treasures to be uncovered to hang in the house.<br />
I can now get to easel! *Snoopy Dance* The pottery wheel is just below it.<br />
This side of the room is "possibilities." Things uncovered with the possibility of now being able to paint or throw on the wheel again. I love possibilities!<br />
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My question this:<br />
What possibilities do you have or might have?<br />
An opportunity? A show?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7F2K1oboyPn3rwDYfnnU2qEo6VVmg5OJLdkXHh-Drs9YbFw82l5_ESmDGC4CS9cLj_Zz9K5nRTn11-pghhLyn0V_NgBZDiRpz5u_S_BxJjiz9Z-ABIV0csM3eePZMS-4RaIlmmuPdWjc/s1600/1-4CircleCutout.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7F2K1oboyPn3rwDYfnnU2qEo6VVmg5OJLdkXHh-Drs9YbFw82l5_ESmDGC4CS9cLj_Zz9K5nRTn11-pghhLyn0V_NgBZDiRpz5u_S_BxJjiz9Z-ABIV0csM3eePZMS-4RaIlmmuPdWjc/s320/1-4CircleCutout.png" width="320" /></a></div>Leave a comment at <a href="http://artbeadscene.blogspot.com/2011/07/studio-saturday-with-creative.html">Art Bead Scene</a> and you could win one of the <a href="http://claybuttons.com/Circles.html">Four Circle</a> components.<br />
Use it as a connector, a pendant maybe a clasp...possiblities!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Tari Sasser<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Have a great day!</span></div>Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2151736116650129238.post-67160199208031588722011-07-20T15:52:00.001-04:002011-07-20T17:17:06.565-04:00Vintaj Art Bead Partner Blog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5J__GZiIVRboeVIrmX76DH3lSPSMCH3-k2E2oujLFntRQRL0tSjyX3aKVy-wgBB_U05FYzNf3b2Y2HmrkE4Xq95Trip4gJ8f_rC_f7z0ndePTJUjzKEP9MnCm-fI_yauW8uT3lCYaLE8/s1600/BraceletVintajJess.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5J__GZiIVRboeVIrmX76DH3lSPSMCH3-k2E2oujLFntRQRL0tSjyX3aKVy-wgBB_U05FYzNf3b2Y2HmrkE4Xq95Trip4gJ8f_rC_f7z0ndePTJUjzKEP9MnCm-fI_yauW8uT3lCYaLE8/s400/BraceletVintajJess.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Four Circle Button (shown below) with 2 holes on each side was used as a component for a bracelet by <a href="http://vintaj.com/wpblog/?p=12585">Jess Italia at Vintaj</a>. Isn't that a cool bracelet!? Click on the <a href="http://vintaj.com/wpblog/?p=12585">link</a> to go to their blog you also get a great tutorial for image transfer onto metal.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am so excited to this months <a href="http://vintaj.com/wpblog/?p=12585">Art Bead Partner at Vintaj</a>!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">All items they use will be on the website soon. Having an html moment.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Have a great day!!</div>Tari of ClayButtons.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00111595673439759980noreply@blogger.com0