May
15

Another tutorial from Eskimimi, a great one on how to make a scarf pin.…
May
8
I tend to spend a lot of time looking at clay stuff online. Flickr is a favourite spot. The latest trip lead me on this loop – first I spotted this cute fish by Ines. I found out that she’d …
May
3
Here’s an adorable project for a Mother’s Day gift, made of clay. You could customize your basket to your Mom’s favourites and add the little details in to make it extra special. In my Mom’s case, I’d probably tuck a …
May
1

Here’s a tutorial for a simple Mother’s Day card at RedTedArt. As they note in the tutorial, it would work for many other occasions as well and the simple flower motif is great for even small kiddos. …
Apr
26
The bead above is one I made that I buffed to a nice moderate shine with a combination of sanding, more sanding and a lot of rubbing on jeans. I later went on and used a dremel to bring it …
Apr
25

Here’s a neat mixed media bracelet tutorial using clay, resin and jewellery findings. I love the way the resin sets up and magnifies the look of the inks. I really will have to give my resin a better try…
Photo …
Apr
19

Here’s a quick tutorial / technique for making faceted (and glittery!) clay beads. The tutorial recommends fresh off the pack clay but I would say to condition it first then chill it.
Photo by HazelandAgnes…
Apr
17

Found the neatest tutorial for a trilobite pendant on Eskimimimakes. The pendant is super cute by itself but now I have ideas of mixing up a good faux bone or faux stone and using that for the trilobite shape.…
Apr
12

Continuing on with the floral theme for the week here is a tutorial for a rose necklace by Meredith of Haute to Sew. There are other tutorials out there for making this style of clay rose but this one …
Apr
10

Here’s a tutorial for making cute little hair pins with a teeny bit of clay. The tutorial is by FleurDeLacey and appears on Sugar Bee Crafts.…
Apr
7

Here’s a quick stand for all of the awesome eggs you decorated. Or at least a tutorial to make the stand. The idea would work for the big decorative rocks (or done in small, for your small treasures, too!) Thanks …
Apr
5

This Easter tutorial has some techniques that are useful for a variety of other projects – making hollow forms is great for rock purses, other boxes, hollow beads… you name it.
Photo credit to Candace Jedrowicz of Favecrafts.com…
Apr
3
I made an addition to my covering round Christmas ornament tutorial and you can use the same concept, with a few changes, to cover Easter eggs. I use plastic eggs because I hate cleaning the real ones but it would …
Mar
29
Going along with the garden theme but on a bit of a tangent is inclusions. You can mix the neatest things right into the clay – particularly into translucent clay – and it makes wonderful speckled pieces. Some excellent inclusions …
Mar
27
On with the garden theme – one of my favourites, CraftyGoat, has a tutorial for plant markers. I made a few of my own version to use in my container garden.…












