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Want to win a goodie bag?

 

 .....then you still have today and tomorrow to sign in and automaticly be put in the drawing for the Polymer Clay Adventure 2016 goodie bags! What are you waiting for?
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2015 Sculpey Design Squad

Sculpey announced this on their Facebook page:
"We are proud to announce the members of the 2015 Sculpey Design Squad (top to bottom, left to right): Gretchen Amberg, Kari McKnight-Holbrook, Teresa Pandora Salgado, Niki Meiners, Patti Kimle, Anke Humpert, Nadia Michaux, Sherri Kellberg, Shirley Rufener, Ruth Steiner, Katie Oskin and Rachel Hinderliter. Congratulations!"
Congratulations everyone and looking forward to being part of an amazing team...;-))
Have a wonderful weekend!

 

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visual post...;-))

......still feeling kind of out of sorts, so only visually posting ...;-)))

Fühle mich immer noch nicht so ganz auf der Höhe.....heute nur Bilder...;-)
Polymer Clay work inspired by Laurie Mika. New box for my PC ATCs.
Polymer Clay Arbeit inspiriert von Laurie Mika. Neue Box für meine PC ATCs.


Sneakies are from DT work for the Just Stamps Nov. 2008
die Sneakies sind von meiner DT Arbeit für die "Just Stamps" Nov. 2008

psssttt!

..... just some sneakies today...;-))

.... nur ein paar kleine Einblicke für heute...;-)

Big time toot!

now finally I am able to tell you about it! Here is my big toot:

I am on a new Design Team, for whom you ask: “Just Stamps – einfach stempeln!” - a new Germany Stamp, Scrap and Mixed Media Magazine!!! I am soo happy about it and I hope it will be a big succsess!

Endlich kann ich Euch meine großen Neuigkeiten erzählen: ich bin in ein neues Design Team aufgenommen und zwar bei „Just Stamps – einfach stempeln!“ – dem neuen deutschen Magazine für Stempler, Scrapper und Mixed Media Artists!!! Ich freue mich wahnsinnig darüber und hoffe es wird ein großer Erfolg!

The first issue will be out 1st of September 2008 and you can get it here: CreaVil

Die erste Ausgabe gibt es ab 1. September 2008 und zwar hier: CreaVil

...and there will be another change here on AnartIsland: from now on I will post bilingual...;-)

..und es wird eine andere Neuerung geben auf AnartIsland: ab jetzt werde ich immer zweisprachig schreiben…;-)

Have a good day and keep on commenting...I love to here from you!!!

Habt einen wunderbaren Tag und vergest nicht Kommentare ab zu geben..ich liebe es was von Euch zu hören…;-)

...MIA again!!!

..I know I know...I am such a lame blogger lately....!!! But the BIG MOVE is all there is in my head and I feel like everything is running through my hands like sand!!! Don´t like that feeling at all! Today I have another company coming to check on the volume of or stuff, and a friend will bring around tons of book boxes, I will have to pack and I am still in them middle of reducing our things and sorting out as much as I can.

One of my friends is also moving at the same time and she really has a hard time doing it...so I need to spent some time on the phone cheering her up!

But I also have to do things on the scrap line: like this layout I did for a photo swap with Fauve. I will meet her in March and give her the LO then in person...;-) Cant wait to go to the Netherlands!
There is also some urgent work that is waiting for my for the Frances Meyer DT and *tatata* I made it to the next round of the Fashionista search on SIS TV!!! I am all nervous, because I WANT to stay in the race till the end!!! And there is tons of amazingly talented girls in there with me....so keep your fingers crossed, please!!!

Don´t expect me to write here too often, too many things going on right now...so bear with me, will be back on a more regular basis in Spring again...;-)

...no mail, no light, no new home....;-(((

...I am still not in a very good mood and not feeling Christmasy at all!! I guess its the missing light!! That makes me really blue! I mean we get awesome skys...but that was right in the afternoon....buhhh!!!I even have no proper light for working . Look at that:

thats around eleven in the morning!!! I mean how can you shoot any decent picture with so little light??? I also wait for a lot of mail to come in, but each day the same thing: no mail today....???? Huuu??? Please get some of the things here to cheer me up!!!
Well not being in the mood for crafting has one good side: I finally cleaned my desk completely!!! cant remember when it has been as clean as that!
I got one layout to show you nevertheless..hadn´t uploaded this one. I tried some new things with transparency's...its hard to see, but the frame around the picture is transparent...;-)

I am still hunting for a new home for us, but I guess it´s not e very good time for it! Everyone is doing their Christmas thing and not thinking about moving...so the ones I find are not the ones I want....I need a break!!! Will do more hunting after Christmas...and hope the new year will bring what we are looking for!
The kids had some of their Christmas performances: Luis played the grand piano at his teacher´s house. Alina the xylophone at her class´ Christmas performance. And she did a light dance....so beautiful!!!

...live moves one quickly!!!

....has been a while since I blogged!!!! Just wanted to let you all know I am still alive. Tons of work to do....the school holidays are near, so tons of school organizing things to do, too!!!

On the weekend I did finally try to make the Celtic knot cane, that Sarah tough us on the workshop...I think for a first try it did come out quite well!! Still a lot to improve...but okay for now.

I also wanted to show you the HUGE amount of material Frances Meyer sent out to their Design Team members!!! More work for the next year!!! LOL!!!


Got to get some more things organized.....have a good week!!!

....I had a super weekend!!!

...how about you??? I spent my weekend near Frankfurt on a workshop from my Polymer Clay Group. And the wonderful Sarah Shriver taught us how to make unbeliveable beautiful cane work. In the picture you can see some of my pieces, all still unfinished and kind of raw, but you can see the potential there...;-) I used one coulor palett and I was thinking South West and Indian when I choose my colour... I think I got that feeling in my beads...;-)

There is a lot for me to chatch up on, since my Design Team Work for Frances Meyer started and we are all in the process to get to know each other, so only time for a short post today....;-)

But I also wanted to show you my entry for the Pencil Line DT call.... there were an unbelivable number of 166 entries!!! I did not make it this time, but I still like my layout...;-)

.......Frances Meyer Design Team...;-)))

...thank you everyone for your congratulations and genuine replies to my last blog entry!!!! I am really moved my it! I am sooo exited and am very proud to be member of such a talented group! Today I want to show you my entries for the FM TD....I know you all like eye candy..;-)

I made one layout and an altered suitcase ( for dolls). I always wanted to make one like this and all the travel theamed papers and stickers from FM were just great for it!!!!


Tomorrow I will be leaving for a workshop weekend near Frankfurt: a weekend with some of my old friends from my Polymer Clay group and Sarah Shrivers!!!! I am sooo much looking forward to this.....but there will be no post her till Tuesday or so.... have a great weekend!!!

I MADE IT!!!!!

I am soooo happy to tell you I got accepted for the Frances Meyer Design Team 2007-2008!!!! I am over the moon!!!
Just this quick note to let yáll know!!! ;-))))

SOOOOO HAPPY!!!!

....no real weekend

...it is aweful, if your family live is split by work even on the weekends! I had to work on Saturday and my DH on Sunday, so we did not have a real weekend this week. Besides it is so hot in Berlin at the moment you dont want to do anything ...just melt!
I finished my FM entries and since I do not want to make my blog a writen only thing I have two tiny sneaks for you...;-))) Wish everyone ( including myself) luck with their entries!
Hope you have a good week!!!

EDIT: Today is my day!!! Look what I just found out!!! I won a RAK on Gloria Froeses Blog!

....bathing in Frances Meyer

...I got my finalist pack on Monday ...and I can only say they did pack great things in my pack of goodies!!! I have bben working on my entries every day or rather night since the pack arrived and sometimes I do not know anymore : is it great what I do or is it aweful??? Do you know that feeling?? You are so much into something, that you can not see it anymore??? Normally that would be a good time to relaxe, do something else and come back to it when you do have some distance to it again, but I feel I am running out of time if I do......So I am ducking into more work...;-)

I am working on some new stamps for the shop right now...dont know when they will actually be ready to be sold, but I will let you know....and maybe have another RAK. Did not have a RAK on the blog for ages!!!

Another thing on my mind right now is workshops ..... no not taking part in....teaching! I have not given any for a while, but I defintly would like to do that much more!!! I love teaching, and it is soo cool to work together with others and the teacher does get at least as many new inputs as the students!!! I am working on some new online- workshops, but I defintly would like to do more real live WS!

Today is also important for me as a mother: since we found out our daughter is dyslecic I have been through a lot of highs and lows and have been digging into it. I found out a lout of things I had no idea baout and unfortunately realixed German School system sucks....yeah right, I knew that before, but I got another proof for it! There is no such thing as special training IN school for kids with dyslexia.... well they dont say it like this, but thats what it really comes done to! And I am just realy pissed off about that!! ( Sorry if my language gets quite strong here, but I get very emotional about this!). Anyway...we started looking for alternatives and today we will have a get-to-know meeting at a Waldorf school, that is not too far away. This could be a solution for a couple of problems, but I am still not sure about it. It would be ideal for my daughters artistic talents and it would take some of the pressure away from her. The class has much smaller classes, so the teacher will have more time for my DD and it will me not as noisy as it is for her now, and that will help her to concentrate better on things. We will have to get some professional trainig for her outside of school and so it would be good to have a relaxed day at school, so it will not bee too much of everything. She does get logopedic training right now, but that is only a start! She, of course !, does not want to go to another school at at, she wants to stay with her friends and all. So today will be important for us!

......long post , no picture...will give you some more eye candy soon ;-)))

FM Goodies and new Layout

Last night I finished this layout about my sweet daughter and her best friend....they are just sooo great together. They are like living in their own very speciall world.

I got my Frances Meyer Goodies pack today. Lot of fun stuff and I have some good ideas already what to do with them...;-) 10 more days to go.... Lilian, Kimmy and Nadine are also working on their submission for the Design Team .....Hope we all have good inspirations and luck with our entries!!! Have a good week.....!!!

...keep your fingers crossed!!!

...I dont know what it was, that made me check my mails VERY late last night, but it was totaly worth it!!!I got a mail from Frances Meyer !!! This is how the mail started:

"Congratulations!

You have been chosen as a finalist in the Frances Meyer Design Team contest! Within the next week you should receive a package containing Frances Meyer product to create your next projects. This last round of ......"

my jaws just tropped!! I am still in a state of shock..... but it is true: I have been chosen to be one of the 20 finalists, of which 10 will be chossen to join the FM Design Team!!!!

They already send me a FedEx code, so I can check were my pack of goodies is and I can hardly wait!!! I hope it will get here quick, a) because I am curious as hell what will be in int and b9 because I have to get my projects ready very quickly once it gets here!!!

Please keep your fingers crosses, that I will be able to make great projects to hand in!!! ;-))