The tutorial calls for air dry clay but go ahead and substitute oven bake (and where they talk about drying, bake the pot). The facets can be cleaned up to be sharper / cleaner with a good sharp knife and … Read More ...
DIY Coasters
Here’s a cute coaster project. When I initially saw it I thought, you could totally do this with canework instead of paint but really, it’s LOVELY paint work. She comments that she’s using about a package of clay per … Read More ...
Tutorial: Copper and Clay Vases
Moving away from miniatures and onto a bit of house decor today. The vases above are modern looking and repurpose leftover plumbing copper. You can use leftover pex or other pipes from similar projects, as well. The ones I’ve experimented … Read More ...
Tutorial: Sculpt Miniature Bread
Betsy Niederer offers a great tutorial on how to sculpt detailed, accurate loaves of artisan bread and buns. Tips on colour, texture and detail are a big part of the tutorial. Whenever I get the chance to take lessons or … Read More ...
Make Tiny Clay Cats
On with the running miniatures theme… now for a little cat in your dollhouse or fairy garden. This tutorial or walkthrough makes a fairly realistic cat with an armature. If you made a cat that was sitting or laying and … Read More ...
DIY Mini Aloe Vera Plants
This little plant is made with paint and cold porcelain – air dry clay you can buy at the craft store or make from common ingredients – but any air dry clay or oven bake would work. For the oven … Read More ...
DIY Miniature Shoes
Since the last post was about handbags here are some beautiful, detailed miniature shoes to go with it. The detail involved in these beats the little extra fashion doll shoes I would make my daughter as she lost hers. Make … Read More ...
DIY Miniature Purse Pendants
Skipping along through some more miniatures here’s a tutorial that combines useful hints about faux leather, miniature fashion and antiquing along with how to sculpt a Fimo handbag charm or miniature. The original tutorial is in Russian but the pictures … Read More ...
Little Polymer Clay Cheesecakes
Now here’s a miniature cheesecake to put on yesterdays bistro table. You can find many other miniatures tutorials on Christel Jensen’s site including one on how to make the perfect doily for under that cheesecake.… Read More ...
DIY Miniature Table
If you like making dollhouse miniatures here’s a little bistro table. The original tutorial is in French but here’s a translated version.You can change up the faux marble top for the type of your choice, to better suit your … Read More ...
Tutorial: Napkin Rings from Clay
I spend a lot of my work life making beads and jewellery and small, highly decorated trinkets. That’s probably a part of why I’m always interested in other clay items for the blog. These are little napkin rings done up … Read More ...
Tutorial: Embellishing Boxes
Polymer clay makes great embellishments for just about anything. This tutorial is for an air dry clay but the idea works equally well for polymer clay. Use clay in your favourite rose colours to whip up a few embellishments. Arrange … Read More ...
Tutorial: Weave Cane
Meg Newberg shares one way of doing a woven or knot cane here. Matching lines with this many thin parts is tough but as Meg points out in the tutorial, when the cane is reduced small, close is good … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Tutorial: Covering Crochet Hooks
I’ve just finished a batch of covered crochet hooks
. Ahem, almost finished. This tutorial pretty much describes the whole process as well as shows a simple method for cookie cutter canes. I went with my own canes and now … Read More ...
Tutorial: Lightsaber Pens from Polymer Clay
This is a combo of fun and useful. Cover your pen with polymer clay and create a lightsaber. The tutorial steps through how to make the pen and the hilt becomes the pen cap. I’d look for and use glow … Read More ...