Shop, Make & Give Handmade - November Issue of My Molds!

News that Inspires Imagination! The Preferred Place for Clay Push Molds.  October 2012 Issue of My Molds Newsletter. Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Dear Subscribers,   Have you noticed how fast time is passing? Before you know it, it will be December already! Are you ready for everything December Brings with it? Gifts! Treats! Parties! and Fun! Do you have the molds to make those gifts, candy treats, party favors and fun projects for the kids and family? If you take a little time to update your molds, you'll be ready for many of Decembers festivities!   So after you get your molds in the mail, you are going to be excited to get started. So be sure to stock-up with your favorite clays, paints, or other castings of your choice. Most people use Polymer clay with our molds, but you are not limited to just clay. Check out our castings page to learn more about materials you can use to cast in our molds HERE. Since clay is used the most, we will focus on Polymer Clay today to help inspire you to dive-in and create with gusto! This month’s article. “7 Reason's I Love Polymer Clay” is an interesting read to start you thinking about the many ways clay can play a part in your creative days ahead. Please take the time to sit back and enjoy this issue of My Molds! All the best, Marjorie with Mad About Molds News that Inspires Imagination! "Let the Holiday Season begin!"   Shop, Make & Give Handmade Goodies I support handmade. I buy handmade. I live handmade as much as possible. I know many of you do too. As a seller of my own handmade products, I know how important it is to put my money where my mouth is. Luckily, today, it's easier than ever to buy great quality handmade items for everything we need. The handmade revolution has spilled out from the Internet into local boutiques and neighborhood fairs. Soaps, plants, food, clothes, furniture, linens...really anything you want, you can find. I love looking around my home and seeing items that other people have made, or that I have made. Including friends and family. Can you do or say the same for yourself? Some big chain stores in the US have caught onto the handmade movement and are pushing their own lines of handmade ornaments made in third world countries. I’m not sure making those handmade ornaments for department stores gives these workers any more opportunity or better treatment than the people next to them working in factories that produce ornaments that aren't labeled handmade. If you think about it, everything is handmade to some level – even ipods. Somebody’s hands have to put the pieces together or guide the machines that do. So what is handmade then? So for me, handmade is: Made by the person selling it to me. Enriching the life of the person who builds it when I purchase. Made by me or someone I know. Local, stateside, or coming from an on-line handmade shop like us! :) There are so many benefits of buying handmade, and it's not just for the artiest and craftsman who make them. This blog gives you 101 reasons to buy handmade. It's very interesting. 101 Reasons Announcements: Are you a Fan of Mad About Molds? If you aren't a fan yet, be sure to visit our Facebook page to get the latest news, project tips, special offers, and more! You won’t want to miss out on our newest molds, tips and techniques, special features and articles! How do I do this? Just “Like” us HERE to be able to see our many tips and first-hand notifications about things we think you would want to know about. OR ~ Text the words “Like madaboutmolds” to 32665 (FBOOK) to subscribe to our page/updates. NOTE: If you text it, and you are already a fan of ours, you will receive a text reply stating that "you can not become a fan because of an error." (the error is because you are already a fan.) Did you know that you can now browse our molds directly from our Facebook page? Just click here. You can still go to our website at www.MadAboutMolds.com where you will find an endless amount of information about using our molds as well. What Color will 2013 Be? Pantone has just announced their choices for the colors of 2013. Use these color palettes in your crafting projects so they can coordinate with all the new trending colors that will become the rage next year. If your working with clay in our molds, now would be the time to start looking for these colors so you can start your projects early. Check these colors out!   Mad About Molds Mobile App We are very excited to offer our NEW Mobile App for Android! Now you can check your orders on the go, by signing into your Mad About Molds account right from the app. Browse our store from your favorite cozy chair or read through our past newsletters to get loads of inspiration. This beautiful app allows you to take us with you, so you can share us with all your friends at your favorite craft clubs, classes or with your local guild. It even has an option to share the app in the menu, or share us with your Facebook friends and Twitter followers. We are sorry, but this app is not available for Apple at this time, since they do not allow downloads from other sources. This App includes a coupon deal for a discount on your next order! And best of all, it's totally FREE! Get this FREE App here! Image Clips Mobile App Need a smile? Check out these very creative pictures! They are sure to get you laughing, wondering, inspired, motivated, amazed and completely fascinated! It's got all the eye-candy anyone could wish for.  If you are subscribed to us on Facebook you might be familiar with our "photo of the day" that we posted daily for years. Unfortunately, we stopped posting these pictures, to free up time to work on more important matters, such as filling orders. Instead we have compiled all of these wonderful images in this app for you to enjoy. If your not subscribed to our Facebook page please take the time to "like" our page now so you can receive FREE Projects, Tips, & Inspiration! Mad About Molds on Facebook. Subscribe to our Inspiring Newsletter to get the latest news, project tips, special offers, and more! You won’t want to miss out on our newest molds, tips and techniques, special features and articles! Just click here. Get this FREE App here! This Month's Article: 7 Reasons I Love Polymer Clay I love polymer clay! Here's why I am so crazy about it: 1. Color! My very first reason for loving polymer clay- not just that it comes in so many colors but that I can mix just about every color of the rainbow myself. The better clays come in artist colors so making the colors I want is at least half the fun. You can mix colors completely or leave them marbled to create different effects that stay after baking. 2. Baking! It is easy to cure a piece, you just have to bake it in a regular oven at 230-270 degrees, no kiln needed, so you can jump right in. 3. Metallic’s! I admit it, you can't make every color - like metallic colors that shimmer but several clays have metallic colors that shimmer and gleam. 4. Faux Items!  You can use it to create almost any effect, I've seen "denim" buttons that look like fabric, faux gemstones, rocks, flowers, trees, almost any item can be made out of polymer clay. 5. Firm yet Smooth! Most polymer clays are firm enough to add tiny details and textures so you can add beads and all sorts of mixed media. Still most are not too difficult to condition so they are smooth and easy to work with. 6 Great for Beginners! We all start as beginners. You can find polymer clay in most craft stores. Polymer clay only requires your hands and the clay to start. There are lots of free tutorials online. 7. Great for Experts You never can go too far with polymer clay. There is so much you can do with it - jewelry, miniatures, sculpture, and so many techniques. People come up with new techniques constantly. There are blends, mixed media, caning, sculpting - so many things you can do and then perfect.  You'll ever run out of things to do with Polymer clay! Go ahead, get your molds out! Friend on Facebook Follow on Twitter Forward to a Friend   Fun Links: Home Free Stuff Free Downloads Creative Ideas Gallery Instructions Subscribe Newsletter Archives Molding Accessories Mobile Site    Contact Us!  Comments Welcomed!  How are we doing?  Let us know what you are thinking!  Shop@MadAboutMolds.com  www.MadAboutMolds.com The Preferred Place for Clay Push Molds!   When it comes to service, we break the mold! Thank You! Copyright © 2012 Mad About Molds, All rights reserved. Mad About Molds periodically sends a newsletter to its customers. 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