A little peek at what autumn is inspiring clayers to make:
1. Fall floral pendant & post earrings, 2. Fall Fantasy, 3. Emma Boo! An ooak jointed pumkin head art doll., 4. Sugar Skull Brooch… Read More ...
Halloween Clay Goodness
This week there’s the less cute but still awesome Halloween clay:
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| Skull Ornament by OfMiceandMarionette | Alien Brain by PumpkinTreeLane |
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| Zombie Heart Earrings by JessicaHyett | Witch Rabbit by MadreOllly |
Tutorial: Carved Bear
One of the projects I got to do at my Christi Friesen class was a carved and articulated piece – we used ribbon or wire for our joints – made from Sculpey Ultralight. Sculpey has a video tutorial by Christi … Read More ...
Halloween Mosaic
Halloween fun on Flickr:
1. Miniature Clay Jack-O-Lanterns, 2. OOAK Handmade Polymer Clay Elfin “Stewie” In Werewolf Costume, 3. Halloween Decorative Tile, 4. Halloween tree with mummies… Read More ...
Cute Clay Halloween Goodies
Cute clay goodies! I`m starting with the cute critters first:
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| Cutesy Ghosts by ClayPeeps | Sweet Witch by APieceofLisa |
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| SpiderSnick by RedCreekDesignCo | Witch Cake Topper by trinasclaycreations |
Tutorial: Key Covers
This would fall into the category of useful clay stuff – I no longer have keys really but I remember having a ring of near identical little pieces leading to frustration. This quick tutorial would let you bling up and … Read More ...
Tutorial: Photo Holder
The basic idea of this one is always useful – I used a similar trick for signs at my craft shows. For my own version I’d probably tangle the wire end, tuck it into the clay, add tls and then … Read More ...
Tutorial Quickie: Heart Cookie Charms
Following along my mild obsession with food miniatures – I don’t make many but I love looking at them! – is this tutorial by Mo Tipton of The Mouse Market. Have a peek and make some yummy looking charms.… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Bangles
I’ve had a lot of fun making bangles from Fimo polymer clay over the years. These are lovely pieces by others:
1. Polymer Clay bangle bracelet, 2. Polymer Clay Bangle, 3. Bangles Baby!, 4. bangle biscuits chocolate… Read More ...
Tutorial: Mummy Face Cane
Iris Mishly brings us a great video tutorial and a giveaway all in one. Her tutorial is cutely creepy!… Read More ...
Tutorial: Sort of Spooky Spider
CremedelaGems offers us her Silly Spider Tutorial. It’s pretty adorable! The only addition I would do would be to increase the baking time to at least half an hour – Premo’s recommended temperature is 30 minutes per 1/4″ of … Read More ...
Clay Jewellery
I love making beads and canes with my clay but waaaaaay back when I started the whole reason was to make clay pieces to use in my jewellery. This is what I still do and, guess what, what a lot … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Labour Day
This started off as more canes on Etsy and then I realized there were clayers with labour day sales! So here we go:
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| Salad Mix by YumFoodJewelry | Flower Basket Dangles by Zawnbo |
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| Chocolate Cake Earrings by Jessica Hyett | Blue Birdhouse |
Watercolor Swirl Canes
Here’s another goodie from our friends at Polyform: the watercolor swirl cane by Angela Hickey. The picture is from Sculpey.com
While you’re thinking of Polyform and Sculpey check out their Facebook promotion.… Read More ...
Marie Segal and Extruders
Marie Segal has a post on her blog about using extruder caning to duplicate beading pattern designs. All I can say is: why didn’t I think of that! I have TONS of beading patterns.… Read More ...