http://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/daily/archive/2012/01/26/finding-the-zen-in-polymer-clay-beads.aspx&quot;Know the rules well so you can break them effectively.&quot; - HRH the Dalai Lama I have to believe that when the Dalai Lama said this, he was talking about bead making and jewelry making, too. Isn&#39;t that what creativity is about? You can&#39;tenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Debug Build: 40407.4157)http://www.beadingdaily.com/blogs/daily/archive/2012/01/26/finding-the-zen-in-polymer-clay-beads.aspx#156864Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:04:50 GMTe599e337-6bb7-4670-8e80-180f614937ac:156864Anna_Gray<p>Oh, man! It&#39;d take a book to share all of that :). You got the first one right there - a perfect foundation. There is no good house without good foundation. </p> <p>I share many of them in my blog regularly: <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://grayscrafts.com/category/annasblog/">grayscrafts.com/.../annasblog</a></p> <p>Will check that book out now :).</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.beadingdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=156864" width="1" height="1">