Over Labor Day Weekend, a friend came from Wisconsin to visit. While showing her the interesting haunts in the area, I brought her to see Garden Ridge. I know it's not necessarily the best place to hang out, nor would some people even put it NEAR the "things to see" list when they visit somewhere, but for some reason, it's become a favorite place to visit for our Northern friends and family. So we made the pilgrimage to the superstore/party supply mecca of the area, and shopped.
Normally I don't buy things, but I found a book there with some very cool ideas on how to use polymer clay. I've played with clay quite a bit, and I make beads, but I don't like the matte finish on it. For some reason it always feels a bit childish to me. Imagine my excitement to find this book that tells me ways to create very sophisticated beads, boxes, etc, with the polymer clay I've been playing with for years! It's called Artful Ways with Polymer Clay by Dotty McMillan, and it has tons of great ideas.
I just got accepted to have a booth in a Bazaar in the area, so the book is coming in very handy. I've been playing with new techniques like Mokume Gane, and I'm working like crazy to get ready to sell! I don't actually have any pictures of my clay stuff right now... I'll post some as soon as I can!
