I’m so used to flower canes it’s kind of fun to see some of the other canework people do! Yonat has tutorials for the basketball and soccer ball canes used on two of the pens above here and here. … Read More ...
Archives for July 2013
New from Clayers
Alrighty, polymer clayers are feeling super creative it seems – Alice’s fabulous hand and the nifty aardvark are tied for cool on my Flickr photostream at the moment.
1. P1040197, 2. One hand , two sides, 3. green … Read More ...
Christmas… in July?!
One of those retail peculiarities are all of the Christmas in July sales. In my part of the world, July is the hottest month of the year so it can be a little jarring to think of cold weather holidays … Read More ...
Tips: Sculpting Ideas
I’m not a big sculptor. It’s one of those facets of polymer clay that I dabble at occasionally and then head back to canes and beads. This WikiHow article has some little projects, ideas and tips for sculpting with polymer … Read More ...
Tutorial: Round Pendants
Shannon shares a quick and easy tutorial on her blog – how to make a round pendant with simple but effective techniques.
As with all deceptively simple projects the appeal springs from using a good colour and design balance.
… Read More ...Polymer Clay Finds
You couldn’t really pick two more different cats but I love them both. And a nifty flower and a folksy bird. The bird is a little like what we’ve been tinkering with here, using paper based air dry polymer clays.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Canada Day Flag
These are the crooked little flags I made one of the first times I made little Canada flag beads for Canada Day (July 1st! Happy Canada Day fellow Canadians!). This year I wrote up the instructions so you can give … Read More ...