Positively Charming Things

It seems I have crafting ADD - there are so many things I want to work on or try, that I work for so long on something, lose focus, and move on to something else. I've moved from polymer clay, to making hairbows, to picking up some new watercolor paper blocks and even some nice tubes of artist paints so that I can revisit painting with watercolors, all in the last two months.  I blame the latest on receiving my new how-to book in the Dreamscapes series, Myth and Magic: Every time I look at her…

The featured Polymer Clay Smoosher this week is EmilyClairCreations. Valerie has some excellent items in her studio, and she is having a Christmas in July sale, 15% off, and always has free shipping in the U.S. and Canada. It's so hard to choose a few items from her studio, but here are some of my favorites:

This weeks spotlight artisan at Shops with Less than (10) Sales is DesignedByAudrey. I have her ArtFire Rapid cart over on the right hand side of the page if you happen to see something displayed and want it right away - you don't have to go to ArtFire to purchase, it can be done right from that cart! Here is one of her beautiful items:

The featured guild member for this week at Shops with Less than (10) Sales, is Designing Rose. Rachel Rose is a mother of five and an artist of many talents.  She paints, works with pastels, does bead weaving & beading, knits, and creates jewelry items with sterling silver and wire-wrapping, among other things.  She seems to be quite the busy bee! Go take a look around:

This week's Polymer Clay Smooshers' spotlight artisan is Into the Dawn Designs. Dawn is a dabbler in many crafts, including calligraphy, rubber stamping, candlemaking, and glass etching, just to name a few. Her current focus if of course on polymer clay, although she incorporates some of her other crafts into her polymer clay items to enhance and embellish them.  Here are a few of my favorites from her studio:

This week, the featured Polymer Clay Smoosher is CNewcomb.  He does woodwork with a scrollsaw and uses polymer clay to backfill some of his creations.  Check it out! And gosh, I nearly forgot to mention he is having a sale this week - 10% off!  Go visit!

I'm late this week on this week and last week's featured guild member - Craft Baby Hope.  This studio is a member of the two guilds I am in and she's featured at both - this week it is at Shops with Less than (10) Sales, and last week was the Polymer Clay Smoosher's guild. Since she is(was) featured in both, I'll share a few more items than I typically do.  Also, make sure to visit her, she is having a 10% off sale, and all proceeds go toward her fertility treatments. She only needs one more…

This week's Shops with Less than (10) Sales featured guildmember is Critter Crafts. The gal at this studio makes durable dog toys (and a few catnip toys for kitties), after she grew tired of her own cockapoo destroying store bought toys in as little as a day.  She says the lifespan of her toys is about a year. Here are a few of the dog & cat toys she has available at her studio: She's five sales away from graduating from the guild, please go help her out to reach that goal!

This weeks Shops with Less than (10) Sales featured guildmember is On Pens and Needles. Don and Jan head up this studio and they both contribute items for sale.  They've added a few things since I last featured them here. They've added some pens that Don makes as well as a wooden pendant, and there are also some new paper embellishments, some of the cutest flannel washcloths, and a nifty item dubbed the "potato bag" which can be used to heat up food items such as potatoes, corn, cauliflower,…

This week's featured Smoosher is Sassy Clay Creations. Dori has a variety of lovely items made with polymer clay at her studio.  She makes pendants, clay covered votives, pins, cell phone charms, zipper pulls, and even has a cute little ring shelf. Here are a few items from her studio: Please go give her a visit today! Her studio, blog, or Facebook page.