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Workshop and Winners

Wonderful work from my polymer clay workshop last Sunday!

Everyone worked fast and furiously and produced some great pieces, all ready for making stunning jewellery and embellished creations. Congratulations to all - it was a really lovely day and thanks to Bobbi and Jane from LambtoArt Studio for providing such a spacious and well-equipped workspace.


My ETSY shop was one on 20 March, and I had a giveaway competition.

This was the birthday competition which closed on 30 March. To celebrate a year of ETSY, I chose five dates randomly from 20 March 2008 to 30 March 2009 and if you "hearted" my shop on the chosen dates, you will receive a wonderful handmade item as a gift. The random integer generator online chose five numbers between 1 and 375 ( each day from 20 March 2008 - 30 March 2009 was numbered). No one actually hearted the shop on the randomly selected dates, so I chose the nearest date.
Here are the winners:
From the Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:60 236 194 139 20
Timestamp: 2009-03-31 02:50:02 UTC
60 = 18 May - closest Pavam 19 May
236 = 3 November - closest Paintedby LaxcyJames 8 November
194 = 22 September - closest KristenM7 26 September
139 = 29 July -closest bdazzlingbeads 25 July
20 = 8 April - vlosest WhimsiGals 4 April
Many thanks to all who have visited my ETSY shop in its first year. I will be contacting the winners individually and they can choose from a feltfollie, a piece of jewellery, or a socksillie.

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  1. Looks like you have been very busy Wilma, the workshops look terrific.

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