{"id":3988,"date":"2009-05-07T03:24:54","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T10:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2009-05-08T18:08:41","modified_gmt":"2009-05-09T01:08:41","slug":"bead-polymer-clay-tools-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/bead-polymer-clay-tools-survey\/3988\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Favorite Bead or Polymer Clay Tools and Why You Love Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2009-05\/07-pasta-machine-settings-2009-04-19-042-(011-3).jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Pasta Machine Settings Knob\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">An Informal Survey that Can Benefit Everyone Who Participates:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you look over to the left column of this page and then move your eyes down a bit, you&#8217;ll see a Reader Survey box. The total votes for that survey has now past<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> the 1000 mark. <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>[By the way, please do me a favor and cast your vote down there if you have not already done so.]<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I pointed that survey out because it&#8217;s a good lead in to another question that I would like to ask of you today. This will be more of an informal survey where you can respond in the comments section at the end of the article. And the questions is&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">What is Your Favorite Polymer Clay Tool and Why?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">An exciting development here at this blog, is the interaction and knowledge sharing that is happening between the more experienced clayers (35% of you according to the Reader Survey over there in the left side bar), and those of you who are newer to polymer clay. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Some examples of these wonderful interactions are referenced here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/learning-polymer-clay-techniques-in-a-supportive-blog-community\/3961\/\">Learning Polymer Clay Techniques in a Supportive Blog Community<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Whether you are just starting out or are a bit more seasoned, you probably love your polymer clay tools and are always looking for reasons to get more of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">What if we could all draw upon the collective knowledge of this growing creative community, and share some wonderful insights into what polymer clay tools are the best to have in our tool boxes?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>So&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/em> in the comments section at the end of this article, please share:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">What your favorite polymer clay tool is<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Why you love it, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced clayer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"background-color: #f2ecd8;\" border=\"0\" width=\"512\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><a name=\"survey\"><\/a>**************************************************************************************************<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Interesting Observations About the Reader<br \/>\nSurvey Results Over in the Left Side Bar:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">With almost 1000 unique visitors coming to this site daily, it has taken a few months to get the voter count up to the 1000 milestone. That indicates that only a very small proportion of visitors actually take the time to vote :-(<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">However, as compared to other polymer clay survey&#8217;s I&#8217;ve seen posted on other sites, getting over 1000 people to vote appears to be quite the accomplishment. So thank you very much to all of you that have participated so far! You rock! :-)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The ratio in each of the 3 voting categories has been remarkably consistant. Never straying more than 1 &#8211; 2 points from the respective percentage tallies. Very interesting!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I actually expected the proportion of more experienced clayers to eventually taper off a bit. But that has not been the case. Also very interesting&#8230; and appreciated!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>**************************************************************************************************<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>But Anyways&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/em> time to hear your thoughts about polymer clay tools. In the comments section below, please share:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">What your favorite polymer clay tool is<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Why you love it, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced clayer<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Informal Survey that Can Benefit Everyone Who Participates: If you look over to the left column of this page and then move&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">64<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[2764],"class_list":["post-3988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools","tag-promos-admin-navigation-customer-support"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}