Thursday EART blog ring: Holiday Planning

The question for this week's EART blog ring is How far in advance do you start planning for holidays?



Well, my answer is NEVER FAR ENOUGH!



Seriously, I always wish I'd started sooner. Usually I only make stuff for two holidays - Halloween and Christmas. Ideally, I'd like to be planning and creating about 8 months in advance. I'll let you know when that starts happening...

Usually, I'm cramming at the last minute. But this year I'm doing a bit better. I had Halloween stuff made and in my etsy shop by the middle of September, and now, beginning of November, I have most of my Christmas cards and gifty items ready to post. When my Halloween destash sale is over this Friday I will start listing for the holidays. We'll see what happens.
To see more responses to this Thursday's question, continue reading at PNKGeeni's blog.

Halloween destash sale

Cards, jewelry, penguins... All Halloween stuff is on sale at reduced prices to make room for holiday inventory!

PenguinPalooza winner

Thanks so much to everyone who commented on my blog, livejournal or facebook with penguin personality ideas!






Normally for a drawing, I would use an online random number generator to choose a winner, but this time I actually cut and pasted all the entries into a document, printed them out, cut them apart and physically pulled a random one from the middle of the pile. Why? Because I plan to put them in a box, draw them out one at a time and start making them.





There were so many good ideas - I'll post the list later this week.

The randomly drawn PenguinPalooza winner is SassyPackrat, who suggested Star Trek penguins! I love that idea.

Thanks for playing, everyone!

free card deal in October

FREE Halloween or fall greeting card with the purchase of $5 or more from divadea

Happy October!

halloween, baby!

It's Thursday, which means it's time for another EART blog ring. (Let's not discuss the fact that I didn't manage to post any entries between last Thursday and this Thursday...)

The topic is: What's a-goin' on in your shop for Halloween?
And for me the answer is: Why, it's trick-or-treating penguins, of course!



These adorable trick-or-treating penguins are available in my etsy shop. To see what my EART friends have going on for Halloween, start here at IndigoOrchid's blog.

There's still time...

I'm entertaining myself today with the etsy poster sketch tool. There's still time for Halloween stuff, people! Click here for the most recent PCAGOE Halloween creations. Here are a few of my favs from the search.

There's still time for Halloween cards

thepaperwhisperer

day of the dead

It's that time again - time to vote for your favorite PCAGOE monthly challenge entry. This month, we made pieces for a Day of the Dead theme. I swore I would not make a skull, and then, what came out? A skull, of course. My entry is a piece of seasonal wall art in bright, hand-mixed colors of polymer clay. Every piece has been hand-rolled into "snakes" and placed carefully to make the skull shape. The gradiations of color in some of the swirls were made using a technique called the Skinner blend, which is a neat way to create a color gradient using polymer clay and a pasta rolling machine.


This guy measures about 7 inches high and 4.5 inches across. It's hanging out in my etsy shop at the moment, but I have to admit I'm tempted to keep it.

Here's a mosaic of all the entries. I think they look so cool as a group! It's interesting to note the expressions on almost all of the faces - we are obviously a happy guild.



Voting will be up at pcagoe.com no later than noon on October 1, and will stay open until midnight on October 3. Come vote for your favorite - everyone who votes will be entered to win one of two fabulous prize packs of handmade polymer clay goodies. Thanks for voting!

Have I mentioned that I love Halloween?

Well, I've got some stuff from this weekend to share, but the photos have not made their way from the camera to the computer yet, so as I am in love with all things October, I'm going to share a few Halloween favorites from the polymer clay artists in PCAGOE today. Behold the cute!


Salem the Black Kitten by folkartfromtheheart


Grandmother Spider by ametista


Ghost Rider by peggers


Skeleton Bot by ittybittiesforyou


Mini Boo Boo Monster by SpiritMama
Fall is here! Woohoo!

my favorite holiday

It's time to roll out the Halloween stuff. Yay! I do so love Halloween. Here's some fun jewelry. I also have a bunch of cards made; hopefully photos will get taken tonight.






See the whole collection here.