Ansamcw

I think I would call myself a fan too...I am discovering that I really like her songs...

I ended up putting her songs in my ipod since my daughter uploaded them to my itunes. I am not really familiar with them because I never bought a cd of hers. Now the songs would come on the Ipod and she is one of those artist that make me stop and pay attention. Several times I would wonder what song was playing and who the singer was...with 2600 songs I don't really remember all of them....and be surprised to see that its Kelly...

I am disappointed in her clothing choices...Its not that she is being sexy...its just she is really pushing the style envelop but I don't think she can carry it off. It looks like she is trying too hard...sigh. I just hope that this is one of those things artist grows out of...

I admit...I like the clelly...shhh don't tell couchtomato...but I think they are just friend...for now.

Its almost here...2 more days till book six...I am sooo excited!!!!

okay discuss everything potter here...BUT we do not have spoiler tags as of now...so please put a huge red SPOILER WITHIN if you cannot help but put a little BIT of spoiler in your post.

WARNING....if you do not want to be spoiled...please stay away from this topic until you read the book.

so have fun!!!!

ITs amazing that after two years in this fandom we still get many new sites and groups listed on FCA every month. This fandom continues to grow...so if you have a new group, site or board tell us all about it.

This forum is the place to celebrate the different Clay groups, boards and sites. Share with us their unique characteristics. and what makes them special to you.

So seriously...how many pins did y'all buy?

this list was put together by NCgurrl of the CH and modified by Ansa there are 154 pins listed here:

2004 Maine pre-concert party pin 1

ABBroads Pin 1

Aikenology (Members Only) 1

Alberta Clay Fans 1

All Things Clay Aiken 1

Art of Clay 1

Baltimore Fans (members only) 1

Blinking Juke Box 1

Bolt 1

California Chicks for Clay 1

California Clay Fans 2

Central Ohio Clay Fans 1

Charlotte (Members Only) 1

Charlotte Claymates 1

Chautauqua 1

Christians for Clay 1

ClackHouse 4

ClayAiken.com 1

Clay Aiken Jukebox Tour DVD 1

Clay Aiken Kids Cluppy 1

Clay Aiken Kids Rainbow 1

Clay Aiken Media Hub (Members Only) 1

Clay Aiken Photos Pin 1

Clay AIken Please Click Here 1

Clayathomemoms pin 1

ClayBoard (CB) 3

ClayDawgs 1

ClayDream Believers (CDB) 1

Clay Hui Hawaii 2

Claymaniacs 2

Claynadians 3

ClayNation Chicago 1

Clay Thud 1

ClayTrain 1

ClayTruth (Members Only) 1

Clayversity (CV) 1

Clayversity smut bus 1

Clayzee Trader Pin 1

Click & Clack Pin 1

Colorado Clay Fans 1

Delaware Clay Pin 1

District of Clay 1

Finding Clay Aiken 1

Florida Clay Fans 1

FloridaCH 1

Generation Clay (Members Only) 1

Georgia Clay Fans 1

Got Tickets Pin 1

Heartful House (HH) 4

Houston Clay Fans 1

Indiana Clay Pin 1

Inspir_Aiken 2

Kansas City Clay Fans 1

Kansas City Boots 1

Kingdom of Do Me 1

JBT concert series (one for every concert) 25

Jerome pins 1

Jukebox Musical Journey Tour Pin 1

Jukebox Tour CD Pin (hinged) 1

Lecherous Broads for Clay Aiken (LBFCA) 1

Librarians Rawk 1

Make a difference 1

Measure of a Fan 1

MiClayNation (Michigan Clay Nation) 1

MiClayNation Thud pin 1

MidAtlantic Clay Fans 1

Milk pin 1

Minnesota Clay Fans 1

New England Clay Fans 1

New York Loves Clay Pin 1

NY Clay 1

No Clack 1

North Carolina Clay Pin 2

North Jersey Clay Fans 1

O Pin 1

Ohio Clay Fans 1

OKClayFans 1

Omaha Clay Pin 1

Orlando Clay Fans 2

Our Man Clay 1

PAClayFans 1

Perfect Day for Clay 2

Philadelphia Clay Fans 1

Pray for Clay Aiken 1

PROC FLAG Pin 1

Proud to be series 5

Raleigh Claymates 2

Raleigh Claymates Laurie McAdams pin 1

Raleigh PRoC 1

Raleigh Fan (dog) 1

Rebels For Clay Aiken 1

Red Hot Topics (RHT) 1

South Carolina Pin 1

South Florida Fans (members only) 1

South Jersey Clay Fans 1

SW Ohio Clay Fans 1

Tennessee 1

Texas Clay Fans 1

That’s the Clay (TTC) 1

Tsathy 1

THUD Pin 1

THUD EMS 1

Virginia Lovers 1

What a ride 1 (hinged)

Weapons of Mass Seduction (WMS) 1

West Virginia Clay Fans 1

Wild For Clay 1

woodshed pin 1

Blue pins are the newest additions

The bolded pins are the ones we don;t have on the FCA gallery...I would really like to complete that gallery so if anyone knows who I can contact to get proofs or mock ups of these pins I would really appreciate it.

At this point I would like to let people know that we also have a Pin gallery in the fan forum...just click on the gallery link under the banner and it will take you to the pin gallery. We have a full gallery and a gallery of pins that are still available...as well as pin design gallery, a place where members can get feedback on designs they are developing. Feel free to explore this feature and leave comments, rate the pins and even send them as ecards.

If the availability of the pins change please pm me so I can update the gallery ...thanx

If you know of any pins that is not in this list please post about it so we can keep the list updated.

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From Geekette: I learned (also the hard way) that printing return address labels using Avery's standard template just doesn't cut it. I have a custum label set up with a little extra space on the left margin so it doesn't cut off the first few characters. I don't know if it's my set up or what, but practice on a blank page and adjust as needed.

Note: You see where I'm going here. I'm going to try to put all the important info from you all in this first post.

This is the place to post technical difficulties encountered while going through the board and to ask for help in using board features.

So I guess I have to start us off...

My homeboard is the Clackhouse where I am known as SAMTAYCAI.

Samtaycai came from the first syllable of my three daughters names....Samantha, Taylor and Caitlin. When I started in this fandom, 2 years ago, my identity was pretty much tied up to being a mom. Now, thanks to this fandom I finally found something I enjoyed and I would like to develop into a career, webdesign.

Finding Clay Aiken is only the second site I designed...and thanks to Angela for trusting me with her baby. Now I have a wonderful outlet for my creativity and love of organizing information. I am still new at this so there may be lots of kinks that need to get ironed out. So bear with me as we start this board...hopefully we won't make too many mistakes in running it. Any suggestions and comments are welcome, just PM me or post on the suggestions forum.

On this forum I decided to use Ansamcw as my SN...Ansa is a special nickname I had with my high school and college girlfriends no one else in the family uses it. Being part of this fandom makes me feel like I'm in high school and college again when there was an adventure at every turn and life was full of possibilities...so I decided to take that name on...now I am not just sam, tay, and cai's mom... I'm my own person.

Clay...I saw him first on Group two ..wasn't really impressed...thought Ruben and Kim deserved to go ahead. Then on the wildcard show...I was amazed by his performance. That night I went on the boards and found BOLT...my first home. It wasn't enough...that same night I got the crazy idea to type Clay Aiken on Kazaa and lo and behold there were about 10 songs under his name...the demo songs. I downloaded them and that's when I knew....this was one major talent in the making. I wasn't familiar with the songs...they were not even the genre I preferred, but I downloaded all the original versions and I knew he sang each song better than the original artists...I was hooked. From that moment I was following Clay's career, downloading all the clack, listening to all the cellcert and replacing my soaps and TV with time on the boards.

There is one thing I haven't experienced in this fandom...seeing Clay live. This coming tour, I may get the chance to see him in Toronto, AT LAST ..Thanks for coming to Canada Clay...I just hope I can survive my frst concert experience and not expire from the excitement....

Okay this became a novella...no need to write this much in your intro...that is one thing you will learn about me...I am very wordy *g*.

So I am really looking forward to getting to know all of you! ok...go and post already!