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If Only There Were More Hours In The Day. I Have a Favor To Ask…

Things are growing very quickly with this site, and as such it's been hectic to say the least. Mind you it's a good kind of hectic with lots of positive stuff happening and tons of fantastic community interaction. But I'm having a little bit of trouble keeping up with everything… which is why I'd like to ask for your help.

Actually, I'd first like to thank you for all the help that has already been coming in… by way of friends helping friends in the comments sections of each of the daily articles. Here's a few examples…

~Jaime answered question about: Rubber Stamp Texture Beads

~Ken answered question about: Sources for Jewelry Wire

~Silverleaf answered question about: Making Textured Tube Beads

~MJ answered question about: Jewelry Findings – Bails

~Sue answered question about: Baking Polymer Clay Instructions

~Jocelyn answered question about: Finding Cheap Craft Supplies

~Vanessa answered question about: Future Floor Polish Tips

~Linda answered question about: Working With Kato Clay

You guys Rock! I know there are many others that deserve recognition as well. So shout outs to everyone. Thanks so much for pitching in.

This blog is quickly gaining a reputation as the place where you can count on getting your polymer clay and bead making questions answered in a friendly and non-intimidating way… with feedback you can trust.

I enjoy the blog information and chatting back and forth with members. Nobody puts anyone down. I also belong to other Internet sites with polymer clay free and paid for info. I love them all but none have come close to the information and suggestions that Cindy puts out. I just can not imagine someone thinking she doesn't give this her all. You can tell she loves her work. Ask her and she will answer. Don't ask her and she still answers. Polymer Clay brings out great things in many people. Super things in Cindy. I honestly think she is one of the best teachers I have ever been blessed enough to come across. THANK YOU CINDY AND YOUR HUBBY TOO!! Eager for more. ~Peggy

Once again Cindy you have managed to not only inform us but entertain us as well. I love your STYLE!!! Your site is one of the best Polymer Clay sites around and proves over and over again to be friendly and informative. I am a true devotee and I personally THANK YOU for taking the time and effort to put all of this together….:0) Thankx Hon…. ~Pamela

I am really happy that I came across this site. I have found so many helpful tips that I feel like I'm cheating if I don't share some too! Thanks for all of your hard work Cindy! ~Debi

Well now that the membership to the Polymer Clay Tutor Library and the readership here at the blog is growing at such a frantic pace, comments are coming in faster than I can keep up with. I find myself answering questions when I should be filming new videos for you. Trust me, I've got an endless list of cool things I want to show you, if there were only more hours in the day!

But the last thing I want is for the comments and questions to slow down. The more the better! It's so fun to have clayers from all around the world coming together here and sharing ideas.

What I would love is for all of you to feel a sense of ownership in this growing online polymer clay resource. Please don't feel like you are stepping on my toes by answering other peoples' questions or by pro-actively adding your own tips and ideas. I welcome it… so that I can spend more time filming new videos… and so that I can get started on doing some polymer clay podcasts.

You don't have to worry about me not being involved in the conversations. I will always read and monitor all of the comments… and you can definitely count on me to still pop in when I feel the need to 'chirp'. I was going to say 'tweet', but that's what I do on Twitter, here: http://twitter.com/PolymerClayTips >> Follow me if you want to receive real-time updates of the current projects I have going on in my studio at any given time. It's free to set up a Twitter account.

So if you are willing and able to become more involved, here are a few pointers to keep in mind:

1) Be friendly, honest, helpful and sincere. You guys are already doing this :)

2) It's a good idea to use the "Notify me of follow up comments via e-mail" feature. You'll see it at the very bottom of each comment section. This allows you to receive automatic "alerts" of when someone responds to something you have said at individual threads.

3) A great way to answer people's questions is to simply "point" them to other blog articles I've already published, that will be helpful in addressing their question. The way to do this is to just refer to the date of the archived article. BTW if you did not know, there is "Archive" box in the right side bar that makes it easy to find archived content by month and day.

4) One thing to keep in mind about those times when you feel it may be helpful to provide an outside link resource to someone. Please don't add live links in your comments. My blog software interprets them as spam and your message will generally get sent to the junk folder which never gets checked. Just leave out the "http://" and or the "www." from the web link and you'll be fine.

5) And finally, here is a proactive idea you may want to consider doing. Definitely bonus points for this. The blog is getting very large now and some of the older articles are becoming dated. Writing a short summary of a newer article and posting it in the comments section of an older article, is something that would add tremendous value for people reading the older posts. In your summary, simply point the reader to the date of the newer article you are referencing… just as described in point 3 above.

Thank you everyone for your support. I truly appreciate it from the bottom of my heart.