I’m going on a bead run for a few days – tips, tutorials, beadmakers – so here’s a quick look at some of the polymer clay bead goodies from Etsy:
 Five Chocolate Charms by DreamyFlo |
 Hedgehog Bead Pair by ARETObeadsjewellery |
How-To: Fairy Houses
This whole walkthrough would definitely be a mixed media fairy house but that’s probably alright with the fairies. You could probably build this all out of polymer clay over a jar – make little faux pine cone scales and all … Read More ...
Tutorial: Little House Charms
EfZn uses air dry Fimo for this project but you could make some plain coloured – white, black or brain would be great, particularly if you needed to distress the houses a bit after – houses, cure them and then … Read More ...
Tutorial: Cupcake Dangles
These sparkly cupcakes are adorable as dangles or charms or mini ornaments but you could make them into larger tree ornaments by using a wadded up piece of aluminum foil as the core. Simply cover the foil with the white … Read More ...
Making Polymer Clay Pendants
This falls more into the hints and tips and ideas pile than a straightforward tutorial. Some of the most effect pendants and charms I’ve seen use simple shapes, clever stamps and lettering, a little paint, ink or varnish and voila… … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Ornaments
It’s a little early but if you want unique polymer clay ornaments, the clay artists of Etsy are gearing up. Here’s some of the goods:
 Dessert Ornaments by RustiLee |
 Eggplant Christmas Ornament by PumpkinTreeLane |
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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 ...
6 Fall-Themed Pieces To Make With Polymer Clay
Fall is one of the most inspiring seasons for crafters. As the weather begins to cool and the leaves turn beautiful shades of orange, rust, gold, and deep green, it is the perfect time to bring some of that seasonal … Read More ...
6 Video Tutorials For School-Themed Clay Charms
If you love making cute little miniature clay sculptures, these 6 videos from YouTube are something you need to check out. Each of them have detailed visual instructions for you to create your own version of these tiny pieces of … Read More ...
Tutorial: Simple Flower Cane and Beads
The charm of this type of cane and bead or applique is that you could use a skinner blend instead of the simple black and white bullseye for the full colour effect. Or you could use solid colours or varying … Read More ...
Tutorial: Carousel from Clay
Rachil of The Cwafty Blog has a tutorial to make a mini stylized carousel – something I actually haven’t seen in polymer clay, really. You can totally put your own spin… I’d probably make this sort of dimensional object into … Read More ...
Fresh Polymer Clay
Lovely faux, sweet treats, charming holders and stunning contrasts. Some of the polymer clay works that caught my eye on Flickr this week:
Faux Jade Pendant by Bridget Derc| Pie Slice Earrings by Abigail Sinclair | Photo Holders by Alessia … Read More ...
Tiny Clay
Polymer clay is perfect for miniatures. And here is a selection of tiny, charming minis in dollhouse scale:
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| Polymer Clay Baby by MinniesMiniatures | Miniature Carrots by PureJoyMiniatures |
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| Dessert Stand by BonAppetEats | Landsknecht Figure by CWPoppets |
Tutorial: Penguine Charms
Jolene has a great charm to show us – adorable penguins! As Jolene mentions, these are useful as pendants, charms for dust plugs… anywhere that needs a fun little dangle. The larger version of these would just like holiday ornaments … Read More ...
Tutorial: Build a Robot
The nice folks at Sculpey.com and Britta Lautenschlager have this robot project. It says it’s geared towards the kids but I think it would be fabulous for any of us clayers. The tutorial uses original and terracotta Sculpey clays … Read More ...