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	<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Creating time to Create</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something that I really have had a hard time doing recently.  I have all these wonderful ideas to try with Polymer Clay and designs for barrettes, but I haven&#8217;t done anything with them.  I have this wonderful craft room that is just waiting for me to open the door and step into it.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things to Think of When Doing Classes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was talking to my friend about the class that I taught for her, she opened my eyes to stuff that I never thought of.
When doing classes, you need to really think about the age of the students that you are teaching.  With the kids that I worked with at the Library, they would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Last of &#8220;Creating Clay Bugs&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It took a while for the young lady that made this wonderful snail to finished.  She even had to &#8220;borrow&#8221; some of her friends left over clay to create the flower.
  This is a close up of the snail.  Isn&#8217;t his expression great!
  Here is the snail, enjoying the shade of his favorite flower.
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		<title>Creating Clay Bugs Continued Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[  I know that the one bug is a dragonfly.  I do LOVE the eyes on the other bug though.
  Later on, this snail was joined by many other &#8220;buggy&#8221; friends.  He even got a great pair of eyes added.
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		<title>Creating Clay Bugs Continued</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The kids that I was working with seemed to really enjoy themselves.  What impressed me the most, was their imaginations!
Look at some of what they created!
This bug is the creation of a young girl and her Dad.
  This &#8220;bug&#8221; maybe a cross between a bug and a crab.  I forgot to ask the young man [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Clay Bugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I had the pleasure of filling in for a friend of mine who teaches polymer clay to children.  The class is organized through the local libraries and is usually an hour to an hour and half long.  I got there early to set up and met with the librarian that was in charge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another set of Tin Barrettes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have working on cutting some of the tines that I have had around the house.  These barrettes are from the same tin but are different sizes.

I think that this one turned out really well.  I like how I got the large blue flower centered.

This is on one of the small barrette backs.  I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Field of Flowers and Twin Butterflies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[While making the background for the barrettes using the Herkimer Diamonds, I had left over sheets of cane slices to make other barrettes.  Here is one with two butterflies floating through the field.

The barrette back is one that will work very well with thick hair.  It is only three inches long, like the ones that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Butterfly with Herkimer Diamond Chip</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The glue is dry and the barrette is finished.  Without any further ado, here is my new Herkimer Diamond Chip Barrette.

The flowers in the background are from canes that I got in a e-bay auction last fall.  The butterfly cane I made as part of a yellow and black challenge.  (We where challenged to create [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Tins to Make Barrettes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:03:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the week end, my husband and I where out of town for a wedding.  We decided to do some &#8220;shopping&#8221; while we had time before the wedding.  So we went to visit used bookstores and Antique stores.  My husband collects books and I look for things that I can turn into barrettes.
We stopped first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying out a Glue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I got some glue that was recommended to use with the Herkimer Diamonds and polymer clay.  I will try some out tomorrow and see how it does.
I, also, got the hair sticks that I ordered.  I am excited to work with those as well.  I am planning on wire-wrapping some of the smaller Herkimer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Inspiration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many days that I want to working in my craft room but don&#8217;t really know what I want to be creating.  Recently, I have just been getting by doing sheets of clays covered with the numerous flower canes that I have.
Then I look out the window and see the wonderful Petunia&#8217;s that I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Glitter with Polymer Clay</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always loved things that sparkle and glimmer.  I have been using glitter on some of the barrettes to halp create that effect.
My earlier ones where simply braids of polymer clay covers with glitter and then sealed with a finish.
I have been playing with creating more dimension with the glitteriness.  I will say that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying Kato Polyclay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was given a gift certificate for a mail order place that carries Kato Polyclay.  I have heard a lot of good things about the Kato Clay and decided to order some to try.
Kato Polyclay was developed by Donna Kato, who is a talented artist and instructor.  She developed the polyclay to over come the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working with the Herkimers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I have spent some time creating barrettes that will show case some of the Herkimer Diamond Chips that I have.
I have been working with a number of flower canes that I have gotten off of e-bay and ones that I have made to create a field of flowers for the background.  I have then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barrette made from Tin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A while back I found some really nice barrettes that where made by cutting them out of decorative tins.  I bought one that I wear often and get wonderful comments about.  I have also been looking for and buying tins to recycle.
I got one cut out and glued on a barrette back today.  I like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Barrette with a Herkimer Diamond</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well,  I finally got a barrette made with a herkimer diamond.  I am pleased with how it looks but the Herkimer did crack a little in the process.  The crack is hard to see but it is across the center of the stone and I am very aware of it.

I will find a glue that works [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herkimer Diamonds pass the Heat Test</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon I put a small chip of Herkimer in the clay oven at the temp that I bake polymer clay at.  I put the piece in a white paper box that I made for it.  (I was concerned that it might explode undet heat and damage the oven.)  I let the oven warm up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gemstones and Polymer Clay</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have many questions about using the gems that I found in North Carolina and the Herkimer Diamonds.  I need to do some resource before I include them in barrettes.
I have questions about how well the stones will handle the heat if I bake them with the polymer clay.  I know that some gemstones will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New and exciting things coming</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Well,  I thought that I could handle going back to school and keeping up with the blog but then I had some medical issues also hit me.  I am mended, school is going great and I am back in the craft room creating.
The spring my husband and I tried some mining.  After watching the show [...]]]></description>
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