Polymer Clay Color Recipes | Beach Sunset Palette for Making Beads

If you would like to add two more colors to this lovely summer palette consider a soft light gray like the clouds in the photo and a black with a touch of Horizon mixed in like the color of the silhouettes. This will add some neutrals of dark and light to your palette.

Hi Lynn,

Thanks for your question about the bonus recipes. I'll take this opportunity to explain to you, as well as everyone else, how they work.

Each month with your paid library subscription, you automatically receive 4 weekly tutorial videos and 4 weekly A-Recipes in your personal library account. These member recipes and videos are available 24/7. The library member cost works out to just $3.32 per month. I have purposely kept this cost so low to keep membership affordable for as broad an audience as possible.

The B-Recipes (Bonus-Recipes) are given away for free to those who subscribe to my Polymer Clay Newsletter. The download link for each of these Bonus Recipes is only available for 1 week.

The reason for the time limited access is so that everyone has a good reason to visit my free blog at least weekly.

While you are retrieving your free recipe gift, my hope is that you will also read an article or two; Pick up some valuable polymer clay bead making tips along the way; And maybe even take the time to leave a comment.

The Bonus Recipe access being time limited, is a recent change that was just put in place. It coincides with some other "Special Surprise" newsletter features that you can read about by clicking on the article link by my name above.

Now in regards to getting access to free bonus recipes cards that you may have missed, I'm still thinking through different possibilities on how to make that work.

If anyone has suggestions, by all means let me know.

Hi Anna,

The download instructions for the Bonus Recipes (B-Series) are provided each week in the email newsletter.

Are you receiving the weekly email newsletter?

@Denise – Just thought that a crab with bunny ears was really funny. Thanks for popping by.

@Lynn – You share a similar situation with many of the library members regarding your travel schedule and family priorities. I completely understand this. That is why your paid subscription is set up to give you 24/7 access to both the weekly videos AND the A-Recipes. As long as you keep your subscription payment current, you will have access to this content whenever you have time to catch up. You also have 24/7 access to all of the articles I publish at my free blog.

Where there seems to be some confusion is with the B-Recipes. These are not included with the paid member accounts. They have been kept separate ever since the launch of the library back in October 2008. They are an added perk that's free for everyone… when they are made available. As I explained above, they are designed to encourage readership at my blog. Hopefully that clears things up for you Lynn.

Now in regards to getting access to free bonus recipes cards that you may have missed, I'm still thinking through different possibilities on how to make that work. If anyone has suggestions, by all means please do share your ideas.

Thanks Ani for your kind words and for adding some more ideas to this discussion.

It seems that using the word "Bonus" to describe the B-Series Recipes is causing too much confusion. It's best to think of them as the B-Series Recipes and not as a Bonus Series.

From the start, they were never meant to be a Bonus for Paid Members. They are just something that I use to encourage everyone to visit the blog regularly… both paid members and free visitors.

I will use the B-Recipes for prizes and give aways in future contests and promotions, as I have already done several times in the past. This will be one way to get a hold of missing B-Recipes for your collection.

I've also received emails from several members who are just too busy to follow the blog as often as they would like. They have requested that I simply compile all of the B-Recipes into one convenient package that would be available for purchase.

Thanks again Anna for the 'vote of confidence'.

FYI: Here's my advice to anyone searching for "The Secret" to discovering your creative voice with polymer clay… learn from someone who is committed to being there for you personally, at every step along the way.

One of the reasons I switched from teaching night school continuing education classes to doing online video tutoring, is because the web allows me to provide the level of support I think everyone deserves.

Even before someone decides to buy anything from me, I'm available to answer "how-to" questions… I provide daily articles, pics, tips… plus weekly color recipes… and even the occasional free video as a special surprise.

Then for those who feel comfortable with my teaching style and decide to buy the Polymer Clay Basics Course, the high level of support doesn't stop. In any learning process, there are always little things that come up which I'm happy to address.

And perhaps most importantly, I have put together a very affordable, follow-up tutoring plan (the Weekly Library Videos) that allows students to continue building up from the basics to become accomplished polymer clay artists and jewelry designers. This is the Continuing Education part of the program that I was never able to offer in a live class setting.

Based on the positive feedback that keeps rolling in, my version of the "Polymer Clay Secret" seems to be working pretty well. But hold onto your chair… this is only the beginning!

BTW: To everyone who has already decided to become a member at the library, the absolute best thing you could do for me and for everyone else listening, is to share stories about your polymer clay projects. It's definitely fun to learn all kinds of new and fun techniques. But the real rewards come when you start to make things to gift or sell to others who truly appreciate what you do. There is greatness in all of you!

Hi MJ,

Good thing you tried again. Did not receive your message from 3 weeks ago. Makes ya wonder where all those lost emails actually end up…

Glad to hear the newsletter format is working better for you now. In regards to sending out missed issues, I've had so many requests that I've had to stop doing it… at least until I can hire an assistant.

All my energy right now is going into creating the more advanced weekly videos… and hopefully soon I'll be podcasting as well. Thanks for asking and for the kind words.

Now about the parchment paper… I'm pretty sure any of the stores in the Greater Vancouver area carry it. I've picked it up at both the Surrey store as well as in Langley (both suburbs located south of Vancouver).

Regards,
Cindy

MJ

Yes you are correct about there being no time limit on being able to retrieve the recipes via email… as long as you save the emails with the links in them.

Glad you are enjoying the Friday video releases. Be sure to tell all of your polymer clay friends about them too. I get many emails from subscribers telling me they wished they would have joined earlier at the $3 per month subscription rate, to avoid having to pay the higher $10 per month rate for access to back videos and recipes they missed out on by waiting.

The Costco stores I was referring to are in Canada. It is very likely that the Canadian Costco's have access to different parchment paper suppliers than the US stores do.

All the best,
Cindy

Hi MJ,

I went to the website of the Chef Select company that makes the Parchment paper I use, and there is a radio interview with the president of the company. Although this is a Canadian company, he says the product is available in the US as well. Go to this link if you want to have a listen in: chefsselect.com/enghome.htm

It would be great if you found it in a store near you. Let me know how it works out.

Cindy

You are very welcome MJ. Can't wait to hear what you find out about USA locations for buying the Chef Select Parchment paper product. I'm guessing it will probably have a different name.