IPCA Quarterly

 "Kickin It" was featured in the International Polymer Clay's Quarterly!

IPCA Book

 Published in the International Polymer Clay Book of 2015 Competition pieces--page on the right, bottom row, 5th pic in.."Mermaid Vase".

Toot-Toot My Horn

A very nice article in our local newspaper.  Sun City West Independent does a spectacular job in promoting our local art fair which is coming up Nov. 5th.  They feature various artists in the weeks leading up to the fair.  I am thrilled to be included.

Polymer Journeys 2016

 I am honored to be one of the polymer artists featured in Sage Bray's beautiful book on the Art and Craft of Polymer 2016.   It is a must have for every polymer artist.  Full of educational information and inspiring photos.  What a wonderful experience this has been; thank you Sage Bray!

You can order your copy here:  http://www.polymerjourneys.com

The Polymer Arts

 I am thrilled beyond words to be included in the Spring issue of The Polymer Arts Magazine.  What an honor!

I recently had successful knee replacement, but developed a skin infection and ended up back in the hospital for several days.  So, when this arrived in the mail today, it made my day. If you love polymer clay,  you will love The Polymer Arts Magazine.  You can also follow along on Facebook: The Polymer Arts

Polymer Journeys Book

 Can't stop smiling!  What an incredible feeling.  My work has been chosen to be included in the new book by Sage Bray, “POLYMER JOURNEYS”:  http://polymerjourneys.com/Details_Purchases.php.  Tentatively due for release around the end of February.  Pre-release orders will be soon.  

You can stay tuned to The Polymer Arts FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/The-Polymer-Arts-175620935829948/?pnref=lhc or The Polymer Arts Blog  http://www.thepolymerarts.com/blog/tag/sage-bray

Tooting My Horn

 The Polymer Arts has a magazine for professional and aspiring polymer clay artists ... by polymer artists for polymer artists.  They also have a blog and a Facebook page.  I was thrilled to see one of my pieces featured July 26 on their Facebook page and then realized I was part of their Design series on their blog.  You can read more about "Mixing Elements" HERE.

Yipee.

Progress & Possibilities 2012

I am doing the happy dance!!!!  One of my entries in the 2012 International Polymer Clay Association's international competition "Progress & Possibilities" won first place in two categories!  Thank you judges and thank you members for voting for my piece.  I am so honored.

Functional Objects - Intermediate:

First Place:  Marlene Brady - Sea Nymph

Members’ Choice - Intermediate

First Place:  Marlene Brady - Sea Nymph

To see all the entires, the categories and the winners, click HERE.

Shutterfly Book Of My Art

Yes, I know it's February, but I got a coupon to get a free hard cover book from Shutterfly (click HERE). All I paid for was $8 for shipping. I LOVE it. It was so much fun to put together and so easy. It's a kick to have a book of my polymer Halloween art. Yes, I know, I need to get back to February and work on some hearts, but lately, my heart's just not in it.

Thank You Polymeri Online

Yay! I'm on Polymeri Online today (click HERE). Can I just say how much fun it is to be scrolling through my blogs this morning and find me on Iris' famous blog! Iris has excellent tutorials (click HERE) in her Etsy store and a beautiful collection of her work and tutorials on her Flickr site (click HERE). She is also a teacher at Craft Edu (click HERE). Check out her blog to see all the publications her work has been in. And, last, but not least, she is the creator of PolyPedia Online (click HERE) where, according to Iris, you can expand your skills and enhance your designs! Have fun.

Polymer Clay Daily

Final count at midnight was 3,753 hits.....in a day....how much fun is that? Thank you Polymer Clay Daily!

Very exciting.

Polymergence

Wow. How exciting. Thank you to my friends who emailed me to tell me they saw my work in the June issue of the International Polymer Clay Association's fabulous publication, "Polymergence" (click HERE). The article shares insight into sketching as part of the creative process and features four artists. I am so happy and honored to be one of them. Thank you IPCA!

Polymer Cafe Magazine

What a great way to start 2011! Above is my polymer clay chocolate candy centerpiece featured in the current issue of Polymer Cafe' magazine. You can order the magazine HERE. Polymer Cafe' magazine is full of polymer clay information, inspiration, tutorials, resource websites, photos and articles. There is a Readers' Gallery for you to share your polymer clay work and a polymer clay challenge to enter. Lisa Pavelka has an informative section in every issue where she answers your questions regarding polymer clay. There is vendor information on products, retreats, conferences and shows. Polymer Cafe' is published 6 times a year and is a bargain! Can you tell I'm just a little ecstatic?

Doing the Happy Dance!!

I made it into the February, 2011 Polymer Cafe' magazine with my Egg-cetional Centerpiece Tree. I'm doing the dance of joy. It's a fun article on how to make polymer clay chocolate candy eggs for a centerpiece.

Squiggle Beads

These are the Squiggle Beads featured in December's Polymer Cafe' magazine.

The fossils and arrowheads used in the display I have had 50 years. My dad used to take we three kids fossil hunting. He'd show us how to hit the rock just right, it would crack in two and reveal the most beautiful patterns; mostly ferns, but some bugs. The arrowheads I would find in my grandmother's cornfields after the tractor had gone through turning over the ground. I used to have a large collection, but these are all that are left after all these years.

Squiggle Beads

My article on "Squiggle Beads" made the December issue. Yay. I am so happy. It is good I have this excitement to balance out my extreme nervousness. I am leaving in the morning for major surgery and will be laid up 6 weeks. Again, I have the overwhelming urge to tell everyone how much they mean to me and how grateful I am to have them in my life. Including you guys. Thank you for following, visiting, commenting and being a part of my life.

Good News & My First Giveaway!

The good news is I just signed another contract with Polymer Cafe magazine. Hopefully I will be in the next one coming out in a month or so.

So in celebration of today, 10/10/10, my 406th post and sharing my good news, I am posting my first giveaway.

A Russian Spiral bracelet with a sweet sterling silver teapot and spoon closure.

If you are interested, leave me a comment mentioning the giveaway bracelet. It is open from today (Sunday, 10-10-10) until Thursday, 10-14-10 (midnight). A winner will be chosen Friday morning. You can leave the comment on this particular post or any post up to Thursday's. I'm so excited and happy.

I'm a Cover Girl!!!!!

That's me....."Easy Leaf Necklace" on the COVER! I had two more posts on The Queen of Debris, but had to post my good news today just in case you didn't hear me jumping up and down and screaming for joy. Not quite sure when it will hit the stands, but I'm sure I will mention it a time or two again. Subtly, of course. My usual.

BIG Cane

My goal is to use up some of my old canes combined with canes from the scrap clay. It started out as shown in the below photo (that's one messy cane) and ended up as shown above.

So moving right along. Still under the weather but I have little beading projects I have assembled and a couple new books to devour and time is going by quickly. Plus all the scrap clay.

Amazes me how art can take one's mind off of something and into another direction. How conquering a difficult technique or creating something from discards can make one feel so good.

Change of subject: The other day (May 3), I was reading Polymer Clay Daily (PCD) and scrolling through the narrative when I noticed my Boomerang piece was featured in the PCD Flickr sidebar. It is such a kick to see one of my pieces on such a prestigious site. Sorry, I know I'm tootin my own horn, but I feel like a little kid who's been raising her hand in every class and finally someone called on me and I feel visible. Feels good; so, so good.

(Hubby, if you're reading this....Happy Birthday! Thanks for sharing my life-I've never been so happy).

Featured in Polymer Clay Daily!

Woo Hoo! Yippee! Yay! I have been dancing around all day! Cynthia Tinapple's Polymer Clay Daily featured one of my beaded polymer pieces.

I got an email from my friend Linda Moseley of Diva Designs Jewelry congratulating me and I thought "What???" Oh my gosh I was blown away. What a great feeling and honor to be featured on PC Daily!

-Thank you Cynthia for taking the time to write such nice things about my piece. I know I have talked about Polymer Clay Daily before, but it's worth repeating.

-Context based from Polymer Clay Daily: “Cynthia Tinapple of Worthington, Ohio started Polymer Clay Daily in September, 2005. Polymer Clay Daily is a highly curated blog written by Cynthia to showcase fine polymer clay art and to serve as a portal to the polymer clay community.”

-And about my friend Linda-she has a great blog called scdiva in which she shares her talent and experience in working with polymer. Her tutorials are fantastic. Diva Designs Jewelry is fantastic. This day has been fantastic and I'm pretty sure today's blog will be up tomorrow too because I'm going to bask in this one.

-Just like the Oscars--I also have to thank Robin Atkins for Bead Journal Project 3 (see sidebar) for accepting me in her project. I committed to one beaded piece per month for a year and each one has to be the same size for the year. I felt by joining BJP I would be able to combine my polymer with my beading and also process some issues in a positive way through creating.