Clay ConneCTion 2000 News
Our Clay ConneCTion 2000 Retreat was held on June 23,24 and 25 at Quinnipiac College in Hamden, Connecticut and what a terrific time we all had!!!!
Check out our Tips & Tidbits page, containing polymer clay tips from our Retreat attendees.
One of the events that seemed to touch people the most was the "Bottle Challenge" - making the "Wish Bottles" or "Bottles of Hope" that we have already mentioned on this page. This is the creation of our member, Diane Gregoire, who has faced the challenge of cancer and discovered tons of these glass bottles being thrown out after chemo treatments. She took some home and began to cover and decorate them with polymer clay. She then distributed them back at the hospital. Her fellow patients were delighted by them and the idea she had of taking a strip of paper and writing a wish, putting it in the bottle and believing the wish would come true!!! See our Bottles of Hope page for Diane's story of the origin of the Wish Bottles and check out our BOH Gallery page . . .
from this
to something like these!!!
We are hoping that the idea of making and distributing the Bottles of Hope,
or Wish Bottles, will spread to other polymer clay guilds - or individuals, who
would like to decorate these bottles themselves, with clay or with anything else
. . . see more of the bottles entered into the
Bottle Challenge at our Clay ConneCTion 2000 Retreat!!!!
See our Clay ConneCTion 99 page for pictures
from our first retreat!
We want to take a moment to give a big THANKS to the companies who are supporting our 2000 Retreat - please mention Clay ConneCTion 2000 when contacting our sponsors!!