Long ago, when I was newer to clay and to blogging on the internet I met Lisa Clarke who was also doing polymer clay and blogging. I’ve watched her tackle all sorts of other crafts since then including knitting where … Read More ...
Tutorial: Acorn Pendants
Acorns are one of those autumn motifs that clay just does perfectly. You can do serious, nature like ones or a little more fun and colourful versions. Stepping Thru Crazy’s Sarah has a fun tutorial that can great a great … Read More ...
Happy Clayful Halloween
I’m absolutely borrowing (and showing off) the very talented Lisa Pavelka’s Halloweenies for today’s Halloween post: this Facebook post has the pictures in one spot or you can poke through the October postings in her blog section dedicated to her … Read More ...
Clay Tutorial: Sleeping Halloween Bat Pendant from Clay
Here’s a neat Halloween craft idea to try that isn’t yet another pumpkin—because as much as I love them, sometimes it’s fun to mix things up. Instead, make a little sleeping bat, curled up in its wings. You can … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Halloween Goodies
I have to admit to really liking Halloween silliness. Candy, slightly creepy-tacky decorations, costumes, general oddness and then done. Polymer clay – being pretty much the perfect medium – can capture an awful lot of that sentiment. Etsy clayers have … Read More ...
Halloween Serving-ware from Polymer Clay
If you have an urge to make a few clay pieces to use leading up to Halloween, here’s a good one: Halloween themed serving-ware. The tutorial details include basic, simple cutlery to cover, a pottery tool for making the marks, … Read More ...
Miniature Plants in Polymer Clay
People make insanely detailed miniatures using polymer clay. Here’s a fairly dedicated miniaturist’s approach to making leaves and plants.
You could use a cane for the individual leaves if it were a fairly subtle one. Most of the leaf … Read More ...
Tutorial: A Miniature Autumn
If you love miniature things this whole page is a treasure – there’s a wealth of material on how to build up your whole autumn scene. All of the details including the building of props from planters to primitive decorations. … Read More ...
DIY Polymer Clay Halloween Placecard Holders
Paul and Lianne of Swirly Designs have another great project up on Sculpey.com that’s just perfect for Halloween. These make great placecard holders for your Halloween event but would also be good for notes, photos or whimsical signs as part … Read More ...
Miniature Pumpkins from Polymer Clay
This time of year there are pumpkin decorations everywhere. Thanksgiving, harvest and Halloween themes all need their pumpkins and polymer clay can be used to make some pretty great faux ones. Here’s a video tutorial for miniature realistic ones from … Read More ...
DIY Mushrooms from Polymer Clay
This Charming Stuff‘s mushrooms look pretty realistic and would, with the addition of a pin in the bottom or a loop in the top make great planter decorations or hanging charms. You could tuck a few of these into … Read More ...
Make Polymer Clay Monster Plants
I’m pretty sure these would be perfect Halloween decorations. You could add tentacles to your potted plants (or teeny ones here and there in them at least). The tutorial, from Freaky Cute Kreations, builds a structure up from a … Read More ...
Tutorial: Miniature Polymer Clay Pumpkin Pies
It’s Thanksgiving weekend in Canada. Like the US, one of the traditional desserts is pumpkin pie. I’m not a big fan of the real deal but the polymer clay miniature version is pretty adorable. ThreeMoonBabies has a quick and easy … Read More ...
Complex Canes from Polymer Clay
Most of the canes I make are straightforward pictures of real world objects. I make a lot of flowers, for example, and quite a few birds, leaves and butterflies. I don’t do a lot of complex but pattern based canes. … Read More ...
Making Polymer Clay Fish… Canes
One of the requests I had this summer was for little fish beads. I made a small fish cane quickly, turned it into beads and gave those to the customer. Then cursed myself for not photographing the silly thing. It … Read More ...