{"id":7068,"date":"2009-12-07T03:02:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T11:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=7068"},"modified":"2009-12-07T06:57:46","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T14:57:46","slug":"vancouver-polymer-clay-guild-2009-christmas-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/vancouver-polymer-clay-guild-2009-christmas-party\/7068\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Polymer Clay Guild 2009 Christmas Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Vancouver <\/span>“Santa was nude, holding a Santa hat in front of himself to spare everyone embarrassment of having to…” ~Cindy-L<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The other evening I got a chance to meet up with a few more of the members from the local Vancouver Polymer Clay Guild<\/a> in my area. It was the annual Christmas party and ornament swap. Pictured in the photo from top left are: Nettonya, April Payton, Jem Redlich, Sharon House, Lawrence Smith<\/a>, Shelley Poole, Cindy Lietz<\/a> (Me),\u00a0 Linda Gross<\/a>, Nancy Quinn, Deb Groom.<\/span><\/p>\n

What a lovely group they are too! So talented and friendly. And to think a few of them live only about 10 minutes away! Funny how big and how small this world really is.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ornament swap was very fun! I got an adorable little Inookshook wearing a Santa hat and scarf made by Nancy! It will forever remind me that I got the chance to meet this sweet group in the months leading up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. [If you did not know, the games are being hosted right here in Vancouver, in just a few short months from now.]<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was very pleased to finally meet Lawrence who is a member of the Polymer Clay Library and a regular at this blog. He has the brightest blue eyes you will ever see! Something you just wouldn’t know unless you met him in person. He’s the guy in the blue shirt in the photo above.<\/span><\/p>\n

Which reminds me Lawrence (and everyone else)<\/em>, you should upload an avatar (a picture of yourself)<\/em>, so that it shows up by each comment you make here at the blog. It would be nice to see more faces instead of all those sideways G logos. Click the following link for instructions on how to set up these gravatars<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sharon House who is part of the sister Guild on Vancouver Island, attended the party as well. Her Bashful Santa ornament was adorable. Basically… Santa was nude, holding a Santa hat in front of himself to spare everyone the embarrassment of having to view his… well, you know ;-).\u00a0 One of the really cool things about this sculptured piece, was how Sharon signed her name on the back. She pressed a strip of clay to the back of her credit card where the name was imprinted, and it created a raised version of her name! Now isn’t that clever! Thank you Sharon for letting me share your idea!<\/span><\/p>\n

While I was typing this out, it made me think of doing a similar thing with one of those Dymo Label Makers, where you squeeze whatever letters you want into a strip of adhesive plastic. Will have to dig mine out and play around with the idea more.<\/span><\/p>\n

I very much enjoyed spending time with a bunch of other artists who were just as passionate about polymer clay as I am. And look forward to meeting with them again at some future guild meetings.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tell me, are you involved in a local polymer clay guild? Feel free to give you guild a plug in the comments section below if you like.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\"Cindy\"Polymer<\/p>\n

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