Inspiria- cirque du CCSA!

Our trade show team has been working their happy butts off this week to prepare for the largest convention of the year for the ceramic arts industry in Kansas City next week. Our booth will showcase the latest in bisque to the attendees of the Contemporary Ceramic Studios Association and also have some pretty snazzy make-it-take-it goodies, too. And the designers on hand will be our very own Crafty Chica, Kathy Cano-Murillo and Traci Bautista to kick things off to a crafty good time for everyone.

I took these snappy pics of just a teeny few of the massive amount of bisque from our Duncan Ceramics that will be shown in the booth. How exciting! If you own a ceramic arts studio, you won't want to miss it on September 11 - 14th.

Fresno Etsy Chicks

What a group! The Fresno Etsy chicks invited me and Kathy Cano Murillo to their meet-up tonight at the Red Robin. We caused quite a stir with Alexa Westerfield who is the amazing blogger at Swell Designer. We swapped bizness cards and discussed the plethora of marketing ideas for designers to get published, licensed, and sell our designs. Kathy gave us some great tips for organized a maker fair and ways to write about crafting. With this core group there are jewelry makers, pet fashionistas, custom costumers, felt makers, knitters, bloggers, and more! I know, I don't have an Etsy Store yet, so they made me an honorary member/craft consultant. Isn't that nice? I really do plan to open a store, seeing how that I have tons, tons, tons of supplies and designs filling up space in my garage. It's time to get busy and jump on the Etsy train.

Watch my LifetimeTV.com video NOW!

I am so excited! My Valentine's Day video is now ready to see on Lifetime TV's website at www.MyLifetime.com, where I show how to create a beaded Valentine Suncatcher. I made it with glass beads that catch the sunlight in your window, or you can give it as a Valentine's Day gift. You could also make your beaded heart to hang from a chandelier above your dining table as a party decoration. If you use it for a party, it would look terrific to put more beads on wires for napkin rings, and to wind around the stems of goblets for more party decorations.

Another great idea if you are having a girlfriend get-together, is to fill martini glasses with beads and then for entertainment, everyone could make their own suncatchers to take home!




When you go to Lifetime TV's website, you can also see Valentine's Day videos from the other Lifetime Craft Experts; Leah Fung,Vickie Howel, Kathy Cano-Murillo, and Jennifer and Kitty O'Neil.

Happy Valentine's DAY!