http://ooak.biz The Business Blog For One Of A Kind Artists Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:27:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I missed getting an entry into the Alaska State Fair this year, which is kind of a bummer to me.  I had not really realized just how fast the year was going past, then the news suddenly announced that the fair is starting and I was not sure just where ... http://ooak.biz/missed-the-state-fair/ I've been too busy to get much work with polymer clay in, much less write about what I am doing (or rather not doing) with my clay projects. I am still around, though, and would love to be working on things here. I have plans to maybe change ... http://ooak.biz/drawing-tutorial/ I was asked night before last about the teapot that I was supposed to make a tutorial of.  That sort of got sidetracked when my nephew's dog had puppies under my desk and I moved out of the office for a bit so I did not run over puppy toes ... http://ooak.biz/i-have-not-forgot-the-teapot/ It has been a while since I have been to this site and the first thing I thought on sitting back studying it just now is that it is too busy looking.  I need to do some work on it, prune a bunch of the "busy" out of the way ... http://ooak.biz/site-is-too-busy-looking/ I have put up a picture showing a sampling of some of my crafts, these are things I am working on or have made recently. Just to show you the kinds of things I get into working on... (click image to see larger version) http://ooak.biz/a-sample-of-my-craft-projects/ Okay, I know this is not exactly a crafty project, but I want to let you all know about this because it is very cool for a first contest giveaway. (and I wanna win it ::snicker::) A Cowboy’s Wife is having a contest on her food blog! You can win ... http://ooak.biz/you-could-win-a-hamilton-beach-stand-mixer/ I was idly working on a design for the OOAK.biz sign/figure that I had been talking about. Sketching in ideas for OOAK critters and beings that could be sitting on the sign, when I started just making random lines at the top of the A. I had no ... http://ooak.biz/here-is-an-interesting-little-fellow/ What do you think of the new banner?  I have been playing with ideas and this is the one I like best, but the wyvern's tail is kind of making the first O look more like a Q ... If I keep this new banner then I will need to ... http://ooak.biz/new-banner/ Okay, I have some mockups for the teapots, I created three basic types for this, the elegant serving teapot ready to be painted silver used for fancy parties, the standard teapot for everyday use and the tea kettle for brewing teas and ideal for painting flat black to make a ... http://ooak.biz/teapot-mockups/ I made a couple of mock-ups for the tea pot, but need to find batteries for my camera so I can create the tutorial.  Tried to take pictures and the camera won't even power on with the batteries that it has in it now. http://ooak.biz/tutorial-awaiting-camera-batteries/