Archive for May, 2010

Guild Featured Studio – SwirlJewels

It’s not deja vu. There aren’t a whole lot of members in the Shops with Less than (10) Sales guild, so repeats will be happening eventually. However, I have chosen some different items this time, to feature from Trish’s shop, SwirlJewels. And to recap, she lives in Adelaide, South Australia.  And she’s having a 20% [...]

Spotlight on: ColtPixy

Every week a member of Polymer Clay Smooshers guild will be featured on my blog.  This week, it’s our hardworking guildmaster, ColtPixy. Star lives in Tennessee with her husband, and has been working in various arts & crafts mediums for years.  She’s worked with acrylic and watercolor painting, stained glass, mosaics, and currently her focus [...]

Guild Featured Studio – Mad Moravian

I missed last week’s featured studio due to my blog issues, so onto this week’s – featured studio of the week for Shops with less than (10) sales is Mad Moravian. Scott runs this studio and does beautiful woodworking, creating pens, wine bottle stoppers, and more.  He also does a little work in stained glass, [...]

I think we’re back

I have my database files back and a clean install of wordpress. If you see any problems let me know.  I know there may be some photo links on featured studio posts that are not working, but that is really the least of my worries at the moment.

A step toward being healthier

Last week after reading how artificial sweeteners like Splenda and Aspartame could potentially goof around with one’s triglyceride and blood sugar levels, I decided to give up diet sodas. The week before, my gynecologist ordered cholesterol and other similar blood tests for me as I’d never had them done before, and while everything else was [...]

Guild Featured Studio – Jewelry by Sherry

The Shops with less than (10) Sales guild’s featured studio member of the week is Jewelry by Sherry. Sherry hails from Iroquois, Ontario, Canada, and creates earrings, bracelets and necklaces using natural gemstones, Swarovski crystals and lampwork beads.  Here are a few samples from her studio – go visit!

Guild Featured Studio – Kaotic Krafter

This week’s Shops with Less than (10) Sales guild member featured studio is Kaotic Krafter. Tina creates her products mostly from recycled and upcycled materials, such as old sweaters and the like.  Her daughter, Emma, also helps her designing a few of the items they have for sale in her studio, and the proceeds from [...]