This cutie asks the important Valentine’s Day question: will you be mine? TrinasClayCreations has a shop full of cuteness.
You could totally customize your own sculpts to suit your own Valentine.
… Read More ...Gnome Love
BenCanDance has these little gnomes in love. Phone love that is. The quirky little sculptures made me grin. If the cutesy bit of Valentine’s is beginning to wear on you check out her rejection gnomes.
… Read More ...Monday Mosaic: Polymer Clay Romance
How to show the romance with clay? I obviously think roses do it, looking at this mosaic. But sweet treats, clever company and cheery cake toppers help too!
- Pink Rose Earrings by StrandedTreasures
- Fox Friends by BonjourPoupette
- Purple Rose Earrings
Steamy Hearts
And no, not steamy romance. Steampunk steamy. Tina Holden has a fabulous steampunk aesthetic going with this heart. She also sells tutorials on how to create this effect in her other shop so you, too, could be having a … Read More ...
Make Valentine Heart Charms – a Tutorial
Alma Stoller directs us to her blog where she has shared this sweet tutorial for Valentine’s Day Charms. More hearts!
… Read More ...Mice with Heart
Cara pointed me towards another clayer making cute hearts. These wee love mice are big on the adorable scale even if they’re teeny on the physical scale.
… Read More ...The Clay Conversation Heart
Aren’t these conversation heart earrings by HandmadeByNancy just adorable?
To try making your own sweet candy hearts check out this tutorial by Craftygoat!
… Read More ...Monday Mosaic: I Heart You
February is a lot of different things! Heart and Stroke Month. Valentine’s Day! Romance, love, hearts, chocolates… I’m starting it off with a week of polymer clay heart goodness
1. Pink Floral Heart by MastRpieces
2. Abstract Patterned Heart by … Read More ...
Lace Like
And to wrap up my week of lace we have this lovely bird by Baronika5 on Etsy. The effect of the filigree brass is lace like and a pretty compliment to the white dove.
… Read More ...Lace Imprints
Continuing on with my lace and clay theme for the week, RedStitchLab from the Netherlands uses clay as a unique way to preserve the delicate print of antique lace elements she has. This brooch is simple and the focus remains … Read More ...
Meet DesertRubble
1.Introduce yourself!
My name is Lynn Reno and I grew up in rural Indiana but have lived in Mesa, AZ for most of my adult life. Along with polymer clay, my other current hobbies are to bring birds and butterflies … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Lace One Way
For polymer clay cane makers “lace” is a type of cane. Often it’s a bullseye cane reduced and recombined to achieve an effect that is lace like. The picture above shows an orchid style flower I made this summer with … Read More ...
Monday Mosaic: Polymer Clay Lace
In polymer clay lace can be a lot of things. It’s a popular and simple cane. It can be a texture. A transfer. Here’s a variety!
1. Valentine Heart Beads by BarbiesBest
2. Pink Pattern Earrings by DanClark
3. White … Read More ...
Clay Community: Looking Around
And out in the clay-world online:
- Don’t forget to vote in this month’s challenge on PCC. They run this contest every month and you should enter!
- Along the same lines, if you’re into making polymer clay jewellery the Art Bead
Cats
So while I look for awesome clay stuff – even before CraftGossip it was a serious hazard to my productivity – I often marvel at just how different the interpretations artists have of subjects. For example, all of these came … Read More ...