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Hello Crafter,
Summer is fast approaching and the colors are bright fun and very creative! As you think about the carefree days of summer, remember that crafting is only enhanced when you enjoy the simple things that nature brings into your life. It doesn’t cost a thing to open your eyes to the colors blooming all around you. Let your mind run wild and enjoy longer days and refreshing new ideas.
Continue reading to learn more about using your time wisely in our article “Single-Tasking.” If you’re always rushing around doing this and that, it’s a great read to calm your mind and enjoy your days.
You won’t want to miss this! So sit back and enjoy this issue of My Molds!
Until next time,
Marjorie with Mad About Molds
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! Announcements:
We are planning on adding a nice selection of new molds this year, but first we are in the process of redesigning our website, so please be patient and watch for them here. You will be happy to see what we have coming. Also keep in mind that a few molds will be discontinued to make room for the new molds. So if there’s something you “have to have” you might want to consider getting it before it’s gone.
Now that we are 6 years old it’s time to makes a few changes. Many of you have commented on how nice our website looks after the new layout was introduced this past year. Now we are working on some details that will make the website work better for you no matter what browser you use or settings. When it’s complete you will be able to easily enlarge the pictures without leaving the shopping page to save your place and save you time in navigating our website. Keep watching for our newsletters and we will announce when the work is complete.
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Featured Molds:
After this winter, who wouldn’t be excited about Summer! Now is the time to start thinking about accessories that extenuate “Fun in the Sun!” Think about using cool summer colors such as blues and greens to make pieces that go with the bright new colors of summer! Here’s just a sample of some of the summer time molds we have available.
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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.
This Month’s Article: Get More Done: Try Single-Tasking Are you a multitasker? Do you read your e-mail while you’re on the phone and at the same time bind your quilt? We’ve all been there, and I’m hoping to put my multitasking in the past.According to Harvard Business Review blogger Paul Atchley, studies show that multitaskers are less efficient, perhaps by as much as 40%, than they think. He says that it takes an average of 15 minutes – and I’ve read numbers as high as 40 minutes – to reorient oneself to the main task. Wow – 15 minutes! Can you imagine how much time you waste on a daily basis trying to get back to the task at hand?If you want to break your multitasking habit, here are four tips: 1. Focus on one task at a time. Atchley says our attention starts to wane after 18 minutes. He suggests that if that happens and you switch to a different task, make notes about the first task to make it easier when you go back. I think that if your attention wanes, it might be time for a quick stretch and then quickly re-focus on the same task. 2. Since I mentioned focusing on a task, be sure to divide your project into doable tasks. Set a timer for the task. I find it easier to focus if I have specifically set the time aside. 3. Eliminate distractions. This could be closing the door to your studio, letting the answering machine pick up the calls, stopping the audible tones of your e-mail. What’s key is paying attention – again focus – to your task. 4. Stick with it until it’s done and done right. And, if you think multi-tasking is only a problem today, here’s a good quote from Lord Chesterton, attributed to a letter to his son in the 1740s: “There is time enough for everything in the course of the day if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year if you will do two things at a time.” Good luck single-tasking.
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