1) Stop listening to people who say this is a problem. It's THEIR problem--either they are jealous, or they want something different for Christmas this year.

2) Make LOTS of what you make---that's how you get better at it--and this is called "production line", not obsession.

3) Be aware that one person's Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is another person's Technique.

4) Remember to thank anyone whose classes you have taken--especially if you get better at it than they are. (this is called "inspiration" if you personalize the style-and "stealing" if you don't...so make it personal.)

5) Release your aggressions--POUND that clay!

6) Buy wholesale when possible--enjoy thinking about how much you save, not how much you spend.

7) Don't allow yourself to be envious of the sales of others-- They are "educating the market" so that when your turn comes, fewer people will say things like "EEEWW...its PLASTIC!"

8) Apologize to people whose belongings you have covered with polymer clay---unless they like them; then make more. Tell them "you're lucky it wasn't your golf clubs--they wouldn't fit in the oven".

9) If you have ALREADY covered the golf clubs, tell them it's ART...and some guy in New York got $40,000 for two basketballs in an aquarium...think how much you saved! (then write and tell me where you got an oven big enough for the golf clubs.)

10) Start every day being glad you are creative...think how much trouble you could get into if you weren't at home with your clay.

11) Remind your detractors that film photography is MUCH more expensive as a hobby, and uses a great deal in the way of toxic chemicals...if you do photography also, remind them of how much more expensive it would be if you had to hire a pro. Then offer to take a picture of them holding your polymer clay pieces.

12) Give blocks of raw polymer clay as gifts...unlike some groups, we ARE actively recruiting to swell our ranks.

 

 

Happy Holidays To All!