PCETeam July Newsletter

This month is sure to find most of us busy with family, friends, cookouts, parties & get-togethers, and of course the coveted S'mores! For most of us, we will be spending LOTS of time outdoors this summer.

1) KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!  We're all working hard to promote our talents and our love of polymer clay.  Be sure when listing new items in our new items thread to check out the new listings!  Don't just post yours.  Heart your favorites, give some kudos, even tweet the ones you love.  This team is not about ourselves, it is about each other; building each other up to be better artists.

2) CHALLENGE YOURSELF: Our challenge topic this month is (drumroll please) BACK TO SCHOOL.  This month we are challenging our members to create something that has a BACK TO SCHOOL feel.  We are now going to begin our challenges with the focus AHEAD of us and the season / things that are coming.

3) HAPPY CLAYING: If you're not having a good time while playing/designing with clay, then why do it?

DO NOT FORGET TO CHECK THE JULY MERCHANDISING DESK FROM ETSY.  Many of us do not pay attention to this little newsletter that Etsy puts out.  But heres the truth...your store gets high ratings, sales, and even a chance to make it to Etsy's coveted Front Page.  Don't miss out, go and read up on this month's trends.  GO THERE NOW! 

The PCETeam

JULY NEWSLETTER

Just as a reminder, our team has only 2 requirements: 

1) You MUST make and sell polymer clay items in your Etsy store (no supply stores only!) 

2) You MUST have no less than 3 clay items listed at all times (unless you are on vacation).

Once again this month, I will be visiting ALL of your stores to make sure you still meet the team requirements.  Please do NOT forget our team rules, we want everyone to be able to participate, but you must meet the Team requirement.  While we would like our team to be a vibrant and happy place to be, we are also asking that each team member go by the rules we have established as part of the do.  Your store will NOT be automatically kicked off the team.  If we find that your store no longer meets the criteria, a convo will be sent to you allowing 1 week for your response before you will be removed from the Team.  Once you have corrected your store to fit in with our requirements, you can reapply and rejoin the team and we will welcome you back with open arms!

POSITION AVAILABLE:
***WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PCETEAM MEMBER BLOGGER!  If you LOVE to work on blogs and are familiar with blogger (blogspot.com), we need some help.  With my busy schedule as well as Trina & Amy's busy schedules, finding time to blog is hard to do when we're each running our own blogs also.  If you are interested in this, please convo the Team Captain (toystorynutty).

Other ways to interact:

1) Put together a treasury

2) NEW - Love Your Neighbor

3) "Stretch yourself" challenge theme: Back to School

These are our items for this month, July:
- TREASURY: Create a treasury with any theme you choose using at least 12 PCETeam members.You MUST include the team tag "pceteam" on the treasury.    You can use non-team members, but we ask that the entire treasury be polymer clay since we are promoting our art.
- STRETCH YOURSELF CHALLENGE: Create an item that has something to do with "Back to School."  See the discussion on our team page for details and ideas.

- LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR CHALLENGE: You will see this on our team discussion page.  It is your opportunity to interact with other team members.  We ask that you would pick your favorite item from the store listed ABOVE you.  You can participate as often as you want in this discussion.

To all team members, GOOD LUCK!

Please remember, these additional challenges are NOT required for membership in the team.

If you have any questions, please do NOT hesitate to contact me, our team captainToyStoryNutty or any of our TeamLeaders. If you would like to visit the team homepage please go here.

Happy Claying,
Your Team Captain & Team Leaders,ToyStoryNutty, AmysClayCritters, TrinasClayCreations,Twisted Creatures