This is the basic pumpkin making tutorial: orange and green clay, a tool to make marks. You can make fabulous little pumpkin beads, pumpkin decor. You can fancy it up by antiquing your pumpkins or turning them into little … Read More ...
Tutorial: Tiny Birdhouses
Kellie of MakeItWithMe has a tutorial for these adorable bird houses. She uses Fimo Soft for the project along with a little wire and mini dowels. The results are some cute little houses with springy birds. Yes, I know, autumn … Read More ...
Tutorial: Watermelon Cane
I’m having a little fun the last few days finding more veggie and fruit clay pieces – as I try to put together autumn and harvest pieces in my real world claying – and here’s a watermelon cane tutorial that’s … Read More ...
Tutorial: Halloween Serving Ware
Jennifer uses white original Sculpey, pottery tools and acrylic paints to turn plain cutlery into nifty Halloween decor. The tutorial outlines how to make the pumpkin like decorations, paint and antique them. You could use coloured polymer clay and skip … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Trick or Treat
Halloween is a fun bit of time in the calendar and polymer clay Halloween stuff is even more fun. There’s something about making silly Jack-o-lanterns, cute candy corns, spooky monsters from little bits of clay.
 Frankenpod Nautilus Necklace by Noadi |
Polymer Clay Vegetables
Going along with the harvest theme and the fun of making polymer clay miniatures here’s a tutorial for putting together tomatoes, chilies and eggplants. The tutorial suggests air dry clay or polymer clay and either would work – particularly the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Tomato Cane
The adorable tomato earrings are actually partially caned – the slice detail is from a clever tomato cane by Shay Aaron. You can check out a photo tutorial for it on Shay’s Flickr.
My affection for all things tomato right … Read More ...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Puffin
Katie of KatersAcres is a prolific polymer clay artist. She has an active presence on many social networking channels, sells on Etsy and posts great stuff on her own blog. The puffin tutorial is one of a pile of cute … Read More ...
Tutorial: Thanksgiving Decorations
Actually, this is just a great, simple way to make shiny clay leaves. The tutorial uses metallic spraypaint from Rustoleum which may or may not be permanent for clay – some sprays make polymer clay stick after a while – … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Dreams and Fantasy
After some gentle mocking last bunch of Etsy picks – for the returning student in our household, my daughter, that is – she told me she got to pick the picks this week. And they are all sweet, fantasy themed … Read More ...
Tutorial: Mixed Media Coffee Bean Necklace
I consider coffee one of my daily rituals so coffee themed jewellery works for me. And in the craft jewellery world, personalized jewellery or pieces with quotes and inspirational words have been insanely popular for a few years. This mixed … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Finds
I found a wonderful mix of polymer clay goodness on Flickr this time through – twisted, cloudy blues in a necklace. A bright and friendly robot by the tremendously talented RobotsAreAwesome. A fabulous face cane. I’m a sucker for a … Read More ...
Tutorial: An Autumn Turtle
Where I live you can feel autumn inching in – the day time temperatures are still lovely but there’s a chill in the mornings and the evenings come so much earilier than they need to. School starts for the kidlet … Read More ...
Tutorial: Faux Ceramic Pottery Stamped Clay Bowls
Following along from the tutorial the other day for stamped napkin rings, here’s one from Emma of GatheringBeauty for pretty stamped trinket dishes. I am a sucker for little bowls. Outside of beads and canes, I make bowls the most. … Read More ...
Back to School Clay
It’s the bestest time of year again! The kidlets are heading back to school, the routine and schedules are on their way back and, where I live, the mosquito onslaught will stop soon. Here’s a selection of back to school … Read More ...