{"id":974,"date":"2008-10-25T20:52:35","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T03:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=974"},"modified":"2008-11-10T17:23:46","modified_gmt":"2008-11-11T00:23:46","slug":"grand-opening-of-the-polymer-clay-tutor-library-is-finally-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/grand-opening-of-the-polymer-clay-tutor-library-is-finally-here\/974\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Opening of the Polymer Clay Tutor Library is Finally Here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2008-10\/25-member-library-site.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor Library Opens\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" \/><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Here&#8217;s Some Instructions And Information About How Everything Works:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Whooo Hooo! The long anticipated opening of the Polymer Clay Tutor Library is finally here! For those of who have been following this blog for a while now, you will<\/span><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> already know that I&#8217;ve been working long and hard at setting up a new system for delivering the weekly video newsletter along with printable color mixing recipe cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you are new here or want a refresher on what has been going on, here are links to previous posts that will walk you through everything that lead up to today&#8217;s launch:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">September 25, 2008 Video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/video-polymer-clay-tutorials-color-mixing-recipe-cards-to-download\/578\/\">Polymer Clay Tutorials<\/a> and Downloadable Color Recipe Cards<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">October 3, 2008 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/free-polymer-clay-tutorials-on-video-weekly-access-still-no-charge\/658\/\">Free Polymer Clay Tutorials on Video<\/a> &#8211; Weekly Access Still No Charge<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">October 18, 2008 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/recipe-cards-for-mixing-polymer-clay-colors-collect-them-all\/840\/\">Polymer Clay Color Recipe Cards<\/a> &#8211; You Can Collect Them All<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For a quick recap&#8230; ever since April&#8217;08, readers who signed up to my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\">Polymer Clay Tutor Guest List<\/a> were receiving a weekly tutorial video for free, via email. People who were receiving them raved about how much they loved the videos and how easy they were to learn from!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Everything was moving along nicely until there were so many subscribers watching the videos, that the cost of providing them for free, became a significant financial burden for me.<br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This was scaring me a little because I knew how much people loved getting the video newsletter and how much value there was. But I also knew I couldn&#8217;t keep going if it was just costing me money. So after much discussion with my husband Doug and with you my readers, we came up with a solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A simple library where, for a small fee of $9.95 every 3 months, you could get your weekly video tutorial plus some printable color recipe cards as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I guess time will tell if this very affordable fee will work. If enough of you subscribe then it will. That is my hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I also understand there are a few of you on fixed incomes where any extra costs are just not feasible. So for you folks, I have a free membership available where there will be limited access to the weekly video (recipe cards are not included in this free membership level). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This means that if you sign up for the free membership and are quick to watch the video as soon as you receive my email notification, then you should be able to see it before the allotted bandwidth is used up. The limited access keeps me from having to pay too much in bandwidth costs for the free information provided. Hopefully this makes sense to all of you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For those of you that start out as a free member but find you really would like to have a library of videos and recipes that you can go back to for reference, you can always upgrade your membership to the paid level. I suspect that most of you will want to do that after you see what you are missing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Any members of the paid library subscription will also have the option of purchasing back issues of the weekly videos. This is kind of exciting because before there was no way of offering the past videos to you if you had missed them. To keep this fair, only people who are paying the $9.95\/3month subscription fee will be allowed to purchase the back issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">And if you become a paid member before the end of October 31, 2008 (the end of the month), you will get a charter member price break to update your personal library to include everything right back to Volume 1, Issue 1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now for anyone that is expecting some bonus recipes because of your involvement in my <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/recipe-cards-for-mixing-polymer-clay-colors-collect-them-all\/840\/\">Color Recipe Card Giveaway Offer<\/a>, be sure to get signed up ASAP as a member at the Polymer Clay Tutor Library. When everyone is signed up I will be emailing all of you further instructions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The instructions for getting signed up at the new Library are in the last Guest List email you received from me from me earlier today.<br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When you do sign up and start looking around the site, remember that just like with a magazine subscription, everyone one is starting at the current volume, which in this case is Volume-005. The first 4 volumes are back issues that you will not have access to unless you purchase them (just like you would have to purchase back issues of a magazine if you wanted them).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This explains why many of the Table of Contents links take you to a &#8220;404 Oops!&#8221; page that says you have clicked on a link that requires a higher level of permission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Unfortunately it may seem a little confusing at first, but once you&#8217;re in and receiving the new videos and recipes each week you are going to love it! I have been feeling a little like a kid myself, today&#8230; printing up the recipe cards, cutting them out and making the sample chips for them! Even watched the videos again myself, and it is so handy having them all there in one place&#8230; very exciting!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I hope you all will join me and that this new Polymer Clay Library is going to become a great resource for everyone. Thank you so much for your support and let&#8217;s go make some polymer clay beads!<\/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>Here&#8217;s Some Instructions And Information About How Everything Works: Whooo Hooo! 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