I Love your videos! I am more apt to actually try something, if I see how to do it. Often I buy products because they seem cool to me, but then I don't really know what to do with it. For instance, Angelina Foil Sheets. I know how to use the fibers, but I don't quite understand what to do with the sheets.

I love seeing videos.  It makes it much easier to understand something.

I love the videos...it's such a treat to actually see something demonstrated.  I really enjoy seeing how others organize their supplies, craft space etc.

I like the videos too - very informative! As I am very strapped for time I like to collect specific ideas that I really like for future reference, so I usually copy and paste the tutorial into a word document, with a reference as to when where and how the idea came from.  This way I can always find the idea again without having to go through hundreds of emails before I find the right one.  My only concern is, the video won't copy.  I put the website reference to the website in the document, but I have had some nasty experiences of links being broken or not available anymore when I try and access them again.  Is there any way around this?  I would really appreciate it.  It is only for my personal use and inspiration.

Absolutely more videos!! I will be linking and embedding the video in a future blog post !!  I am the author of a popular blog for jewelry artisans and jewelry lovers so this is the sort of reference article I look for. Nicely done!

Pearl

http://www.beadinggem.com

Your video rocked! You can see enough details to follow along easily, and the audio is good too. I mostly prefer videos to other kinds of tutorials, especially if I'm not familiar with the technique being discussed. Speaking of that, I don't know that much about ANY metal altering technique really, and would like to see you post some videos about rust techniques and soldering. I'm really intimidated by the latter, but would like to learn how to do it... soldered items look so neat!

I love the videos! Keep them coming. I too would love to see demos of new or different products. I'd love to see ideas with Lutradur, Angelina, various inks, paperclay, beeswax, resin, bead making, paintsticks, etc. I'm much more likely to try a new product or purchase something from the store when I see it in action.

I also love the videos! I am dealing with the effects of the recession, so purchasing  the DVD's etc. isn't  an option right now. (Not that I don't have a wish list!) So these little bites of new techniques are a great way to add  skills and brighten my day between job applications!

I do love the videos.  They inspire me to try something new.  Thanks for posting them!

Yes,  continue with the short videos. They might be just the little nudge to get me out of a creative rut. I don't have to spend all day looking at it---just a little creative boost!

Thanks so much for including the videos in the CPS newsletters! The easy altered metal - mixed media tutorial encourages me to try this technique today.  Please keep the videos coming.  Thanks!

I do like the videos.  Very helpful to actually watch someone doing the technique.  But I like pictures with explanations of the steps also since I can print them out to help me remember what to do if I don't get around to using the products and techniques until later.  Guess I need to start a folder on my computer to save the videos to for future reference.

Videos are so much easier to understand ... photos don't always give the detail and perspective you need to get something done!  Would love to see more videos on fabric backgrounds ... one can never have too many ideas to choose from!

Thanks for all your encouragement to try something new!

I love both photos and video. I would love to see some videos on bead embroidery. I keep seeing it in books and am having a hard time following the photos! BTW I am fairly new to your newsletter and I just want to say that I love it!!

I learn much more from seeing something done than reading about it. Please more videos!

LOVE THE VIDEOS YOU ARE PROVIDING. PLEASE KEEP IT UP.

In the May/June 2007 issue of CPS, I wrote an article about transforming junk metal and hardware with glass paints and UTEE...

Now with all the excitement about working with metals, I decided to revisit my technique - I've been playing with some of my pieces from 3 years ago...adding alcohol inks on top of the paint and UTEE on washers, hinges, even metal lint traps!

I, too, am much more inclined to try something after seeing it done "live." Being new to mixed media, I'd love to learn anything you can teach us. Can you explain gesso, and how you work with it?

love, love, love the videos  Keep them coming.  Gets my creative juices flowing.

I love watching videos.  I am new to the mixed media world. Any videos you post or step by step instructions get my creative juices flowing. I get butterflies in my stomach. Is that weird.

Keep up the good work.

Karen Seidlitz

Westlake, Ohio

Hi Jenn!  Thank you for the recent video on transforming metals with the colored inks, the results are beautiful.  I do enjoy the videos, they give that little bit more of information that a picture cannot always do.  I have been fooling around with metals lately and "cold connect" techniques.  I would love to see a video on riveting and how to use the tools involved.  It seems like such a simple thing and yet I feel I need an instructor to begin with.  If this is something you could share I would be most grateful!  

-Donna Morina

yes yes yes! I crave your videos...it really helps me learn best...luv this one today as well...please keep doing them ! ty ty ty

I am on a dial up connection so videos are useless for me.

Lee

I love having the video links in the email!  I am more apt to go watch them than if I have to go to the site and hunt for it.  I get a lot of email and often forget to go back to one to find out where to see the info included.

In reading the other comments, I have to agree with everyone else--love your videos!

Awesome video - love watching them - short, simple, intriguing!

By all means, keep up the videos.  It's like having a teacher at hand when you can't afford to travel to a distant location and take an expensive class.

Great job.

I definitely enjoy the video - oftimes I don't explore a newsletter without interactive content.

Ms. Jenn,

Do you ever seal these items and if you do, what do you use?

Thankyou

Colorsplash Sue

Love the videos!  Also love the newsletter and teasers.  I always spend time shopping!  I am a little confused about shipping rates, though, and that's what's kept me from ordering anything from Interweave.  (how come a huge shipping charge on something I download?)

Loved this video thanks! There's much more chance that I will actually follow up on a demonstration than written instructions which I usually file away (or lose). I have also been interested in buying DVDs but have held back due to uncertainty about whether they are in a format suitable for Australia where I live (are they?). I've purchased a download which was great. I'd like to see lots of brief simple video demonstrations of how to use a wide variety of products so you get an idea of what other materials and equipment are also required. I often have to rely on buying by mail and it SO frustrating to buy a product and then realise the need for a tool or something else. By the time I get that, the 'moment' to create may have passed. Really appreciated Jen pointing out that a paper towel is a substitute for a silicone sheet for this process. I like to try things out simply then buy additional tools and products when I know I want to use the technique more. Having said that, it would also help to be able to have something printable for reference too : ) I'd like to see more videos about using inks please.

I love the videos! Although I also love step by step instructions with photos, it's much easier to understand a technique when you see the whole thing demonstrated in real time. I also really like to hear the artists' voices!

I'd love to see some on creating different backgrounds for art journalling.

Of course we like your videos ! they're lively !

videos are great- much easier to "get it" when you see it done. keep it up!!!

This video is great!  i never thought of altering embellishments to get a new color.  I use alcohol inks so this is a new use for them.   Yea Cindy

Fantastic idea, it is much easier to follow pictures than words and moving pictures are just so much better.  I would like the option of enlarging the video to full-screen size, but apart from that just keep them coming.

Thank you.

Chris

I love the use of videos. I love that your newsletters teach so much. Thank you!

I would love to be able to watch a video of your work, but I have a dial-up connection, which makes it impossible.  I think that if it wouldn't be too hard for you to post pictures, then post a link for people to watch a video, you could make everyone happy!!  I feel like I'm living in the stone age, but when you live in the country, you take what you can get for a connection to the internet.

The videos are a fabulous idea, thank!  I would love to see one on image transfer techniques especially for layering in a collage.

Thanks!

I would rather you post pictures with your articles rather than videos.  Of course, I only have dial up on my computer and so can only view pictures as the videos cut in and out.

Always helpful to have a video.

Thanks for the great ideas on the video, makes me want to have it all, now that I know what to do with the Alcohol Inks. Jeanne

Love the videos!! They are quick, simple and easy to understand!! Send more!!!  One day I just want to spend the day watching all your videos and getting great ideas!!! Thanks!!

Love, love, love the videos!!! Please keep them coming and coming and coming.

Love, love, love the videos!!! Please keep them coming and coming and coming.

I love the videos.  It makes it so much easier to see how to do a technique.   Thank you so much and please keep them coming!

 I just love your short videos on techniques.  Much better than reading about them.

I love the videos! I am especially grateful for those that show a new technique. I definitely see the magazine going in the right direction. For a few years in the past I did not subscribe because I felt it was too focused on quilting, sewing and textiles. Every now and then there was a mixed media article but not often enough. I stuck with Somerset Studios. But the last two years I have seen more and more mixed media work, tips and techniques, less craft and a little more art. I think arts and crafts blur so I have no problem with what it's called. I am just so happy it's become such a vehicle for mixed media work of all types. Now it's CPS I wait for! Keep up the good work!

Vicki Sheppard

I love the videos! Keep them coming. I especially like learning new techniques and how to use new products.

Thanks!

Yes!  A video make me giddy-o!!  To see someone using the materials is very enlightening.  I show them to my classes, too -- usually saves  time which gives the kids more time to do their own thing.

I love the the videos and hope you will keep them coming.  A video on rusting fabric or using rusted objects would be good.  I find a lot of the "on the ground"

    I really like the videos--for all the visual learners!  But I do like the photos, too.  Maybe do both on your articles!!  They just make it do-able for us.

    I am glad to see the video on the Adirondack Inks; I have some but haven't used them yet.  Now I will!

   Thanks for your help!  :)

    kay

Two years now!---and all the back issues I could afford!

Could you include articles on using foil duct tape as an art form?

I have been gluing found objects onto chip board-they need to be fairly thin. Even use polymer clay figures. After they dry, I carefully smooth down the tape, making sure to avoid most wrinkles or bubbles. I then use an embossing tool tool to carefully outline and enhance the shapes. All the blank spaces wreck led in with tiny squiggles, you know, just doodling.  You then spread black acrylic paint into crevices. After a few minutes, wipe off excess paint, leaving paint only in these crevices. The result is modern and retro at the same time!

Thanks for all your interesting articles and free downloads! As a non-techi hands on type of person I'd rather have the photos that I can print off. That way if it's something I want to try on the spur of the moment I can just grab it and go to the studio instead of waiting for my somewhat cranky computer at the other end of the house to wake up and then figure out where I saved it etc.

Keep up the good work!

Marla

I love seeing videos because it really seals the instructions into my brain! I would love to see some videos on texturizing projects and the different methods used depending on the media. Also I love how you link the products used in your tutorials to make it easy to purchase merchandise. Thank you Interweave for carrying a great selection of books and products!

I LOVE the videos.  Learning anything new, is so much easier if I can see it than if I just read about it.  Please, keep them coming!

I love new art project ideas. As I cruise art blogs and follow my friends' Facebook links and tweets, I get all excited about some pretty, shiny, clever, or easy (preferably all four) project at least three times a day.