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Dear Subscribers,
Have
you been playing with your molds lately? Weather you consider molding
play time or work time you will be pleased to know that we are here to
help you out. If you ever need inspiration check out our gallery
page, which is just full of ideas. Even if you have seen the pictures
before, another look will surprise you of what you missed. As your
skills and experience grows so does your options and your outlook on
things, even if they are the same as the last time you saw them. I often
find this true as our website has developed in the past seven years.
There’s always something to improve on as you learn new tetchiness and
practice with trial and error. The most important thing to remember is
that if you’re having fun you’re not wasting your time, and as you
improve your skills new ideas will flow.
If you still need some inspiration read this month’s article below for more ideas to Break The Creative Block!
Please take the time to sit back and enjoy this issue of My Molds!
Until next time,
Marjorie with Mad About Molds
Be your own kind of beautiful.
As
always, we thank you for your time, you’re wonderful comments and your
generous support! We enjoy sharing what we do and we love to hear what
you think!
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June 2012 Issue
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FEATURED MOLDS
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Everything 's coming up Roses at Mad About Molds!
Sometimes
you just have to stop and smell the rose’s right? We make it easy for
you to pick them. Shown below is our favorite rose molds for you to
choose from. June is a big month for roses, as they are perfect for
wedding and graduation decorations, embellishments, cake and candy forms
and much more. We want you to come to us for all your molding needs!
All of our rose molds can be found on this page.
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Just Like Summer Time!
When
it hot outside it’s nice to be inside making things that remind you of
summer all year around. These molds will give you a few ideas of
memories spent at the lake, beach or anywhere near the water. July will
be here soon and now is the time to get ready for some fun molding with
new Summer inspiration!
All of our Marine & Nautical Molds can be found on this page.
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ANNOUNCMENTS
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Useful Geeky Information
So
with any website store there’s always things going on in the background
that you may not notice unless someone points it out to you. All of
this information is not required to order from us, but some of it might
help you appreciate everything we have to offer you.
We’re
constantly working on improving the performance and speed of our store.
We strongly believe that fast page loading is a big advantage for our
customers. The average speed of our store was improved by 15%. We were
able to further optimize our store so the initial loading of a page
takes 40% less time now. This all helps you have a better shopping
experience with us.
Social
networks, such as Facebook, have proven to be a great feature for
customers. People love to share new things with their friends, so we’ve
improved our social sharing options – it’s now easier and faster than
ever. We already have the most popular button: Facebook’s “Like”. Now it
also has these additional share buttons. Twitter, Google+, Pinterest’s
“Pin it”, VK button and the Tumblr button. To view these buttons be sure
to hover your curser over the “share link” under the “Add to Bag”
button.
We
now display special “Previous / Next Product” links on the product
details page, so you can browse your items quickly, efficiently and more
conveniently. (See the navigation arrows above the SKU number in the
image below.)
Now
you can easily press the “Next product” link and the next product is
loaded instantly. We wanted to create the fastest experience as
possible. Actually when a customer presses the link, the next product is
already loaded and ready to be shown, so it is displayed instantly. But
this is not all. If you’re a keyboard ninja and love keyboard
shortcuts, you can use them to browse your catalog. Use “Ctrl + →” and
“Ctrl + ←” to browse products and “Ctrl + ↑” to go one level up.
As one of our users who tested this feature, said: “Ah
that is really awesome… I was just messing with it in the test store.
It’s kind of addicting, getting you to click through the whole catalog“.
- COMMENT AREA AT CHECKOUT:
Now
we offer a tool that allows you for additional information during
checkout. You can add information for your order including any specific
information or considerations that you would like to attach to your
order.
We’d like to thank all our customers who have
enjoyed our website and we are happy to make improvements such as these
as they become available. Feel free to use and enjoy these new features.
If you have any questions, we’ll be glad to assist you.
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THIS MONTH 'S
ARTICLE
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Breaking The Creative Block
Sometimes,
as an artist & crafter, the sheer volume of possible projects and
opportunities to create can be intensely overwhelming. Instead of
churning out dozens of clever and useful items during a marathon
crafting session, I often end up with a table bursting with unfolded
fabric & unpacked trims - and not much else. When I get into a
creative overload like this, I use these tried-and-true techniques to
break out of the cycle and get back to crafting.
- Recognize
a creative block for what it is. Don’t fight against the block, flow
with it. Creative blocks are the brains way of saying it is overloaded
and isn’t in the mood to do whatever it is you are asking. Creativity
can’t be forced, it has to flow naturally; so resist the urge to force
yourself to be creative when your brain is telling you no.
- Cut
something. I always have a backlog of scraps or yards of fabric just
waiting to be cut. You don’t have to cut things for any particular
project; if you have a system of cutting up scraps to use in various
projects, or you plan to do a string quilt one day, go ahead and cut up
the fabric. It doesn’t have to have a purpose that is set in stone -
just cut something!
- Work on a "no
brainer" project. Do something that doesn’t require your brain to
decide, consolidate, process, or think. Work on something you could do
in your sleep if it didn’t pose a threat of injury. Sewing quilt
bindings or hand-piecing projects are great for this type of activity.
Go through your back issues of magazines & cut out the articles you
want to keep to re-read again. Fold your fabric into neat, 6" wide
stacks.
- Make a list. Are too many
ideas running through your head? Grab a pen and paper and write them
all down. This way, you won’t forget them, and your brain won’t feel it
necessary to keep broadcasting your brilliance to you while you are
trying to work on something.
- Take a
crafting sabbatical. Tell yourself that you won’t touch any of your
crafting materials for a week. Heck, make it two weeks. Then, stick to
it. Go for walks. Do something else with your time. If you give
yourself permission to take a break, you are more able to come back to
crafting when creativity strikes. By the end of the two weeks, you’ll
probably be itching to get back to creating, and hopefully sooner!
Creative Blocks!
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