There’s a survey on PolymerClayDaily that any user of polymer clay – novice or professional – should take:
polymerclaydaily.com/2011/11/14/an-accurate-polymer-picture/
Take it and encourage your clay using friends to do so.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Turkey Place Card Holder
Here’s another Sculpey tutorial – this one is a less cartoony turkey sculpture to use for a place card holder at your Thanksgiving meal. The tutorial says to use a ripple blade or scalloped scissors. Using shaped edge scissors … Read More ...
Mosaic Monday: Decorating Your Thanksgiving Table
1. napkin-rings, 2. Thanksgiving OOAK pumpkin picture photo holder
I realize this is a bit of a niche topic – Thanksgiving table decorations made from polymer clay – but the above are a couple of examples! You could make … Read More ...
Sunday Roundup
- Polymer Clay Central’s challenge of the month theme is Turkey. This is perfect since I’ve been talking turkey on here lately!
- If you make beads and jewellery with your clay, give the Art Bead Scene’s monthly challenge a try
- The
Thanksgiving Goodies
1) Thanks Button by Buttonb 2) Oak Leaf Ornament by CrimsonHeartStudios 3) Pumpkin Bowl Fillers by Homestead1863 4) Glitter Pumpkins by StacisPlace… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Poppy
Here’s a lovely polymer clay poppy for Remembrance Day (Veteran’s Day in the US). The poppy is made by the immensely talented Elizabeth Bonura.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Make a Turkey
Need a little bit of turkey? This video shows you one way to make a cute, polymer clay turkey.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Make Chevron Beads
This tutorial appears on a Russian blog but the photos are so clear you’ll be making these Fimo faux chevron style beads in a jiffy. There’s also instructions for a neat looking folded bead with what looks like the same … Read More ...
Mosaic Monday: The First Snow
We’re currently enjoying (that may be a stretch) our first snow fall here in the Canadian prairies. Of course, that means I had to go looking for snow inspired polymer clay work! All of these treats are from Flickr, always … Read More ...
Sculpey and Syndee
Years ago, on PolymerClayCentral’s forum, Syndee Holt used to run a semi-regular chat. She was always a lot of fun as well as super talented. I was delighted to see she has a new blog right on Sculpey’s site at: … Read More ...
Gobble Gobble
The US Thanksgiving weekend is coming up so I went looking for turkeys. Yes, really. This one by WolfArtStudio is pretty fabulous I have to say. Even more fun to realize there are quite a lot of polymer clay turkeys … Read More ...
Tip: Making Button Holes
I’m pretty sure everyone knew before me but the bestest trick for making consistent button holes? A corn cob poke. Since I’ve been making all sorts of buttons, I grabbed a package of them at the dollar store. This poke … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Around the Home
Let’s face it. My polymer clay world revolves around canes and beads. I like that with the CraftGossip gig I have the push to look at what else is out there in the clay world. I’m getting a bit of … Read More ...
Simple Cane Tutorials
The PCAGOE has a couple articles about caning including this one written by Jackie of the Pleasant Pheasant. This is more of a philosophy of caning (as well as a few of the simple canes) series that leads up … Read More ...
Happy Creepy Halloween!
Where I am, the small guys are done their trick or treating and the big kids are at the city’s Spookeramas. All the good ghosts and ghouls are stuffed on candies and scary stories. Here’s a Monday Mosaic chock full … Read More ...