Ponsawan Sila makes great beads AND she shares the how-tos. These ones are great beads with super simple canes for good effect.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Cute Gingerbread Ornament
Continuing along with the theme of Christmas ornaments here’s a video for an adorable version of gingerbread man. As with all ornaments, you could customize or personalize this for the recipient or your own decor. Add a name on a … Read More ...
Tutorial: Snowmen Decoration
These little snowmen are a great Christmas ornament to make with the kids since their little thumbprints are an integral part of the whole deal. As Rachel points out in the tutorial, you could customize the ornament however you’d … Read More ...
Tutorial: Village Planters
This is such a cute idea! Jen and Shannon offer a great tutorial for making little cottage planters from clay. A whole village for your window sill! I’d probably make little house shapes to go around small existing planters and … Read More ...
Winter Holidays and Clay
Winter holidays all full of snowmen and ornaments .
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| Snowman Miniature by ArteTeer | Ornaments by alongcameaspider1 |
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| Christmas Ornament by ClayArtbyDaresa | Winter Necklace by DZHandmadeProducts |
Tutorial: Leaf Napkin Ring
Jeran offers us this simple tutorial for a napkin ring. She makes a leaf bead and slides it on ribbon. You could use any festive shaped cookie or fondant cutter for this and match your ribbons to your decor or … Read More ...
Tutorial: Owl Stitch Markers
Sometimes I hit crafty gold. These adorable stitch markers would be great as charms on anything else or beads. They’re certainly awesome as stitch markers.
Photo by Sarah of RepeatCrafterMe… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Comfort Food
Little holiday treats and comfort food… in clay. Adorable-ness as my sidekick would say.
1. bread collection, 2. Christmas cookies, 3. 2013 Christmas Collection By Mels MIniatures, 4. Pizza and Wine!… Read More ...
Tutorial: Gingerbread Men Decorations
This tutorial is due to the fact that I spent the day making similar items. These make great gift tags and simple craft fair items. In addition to gingerbread men I tend to make doves, stars and sometimes angels or … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Tutorial: Covered Crochet Hooks
I told everyone they are getting slightly awkward clay bowls for Christmas – I’ve been playing with the potter’s wheel the last few months and the regular, non polymer clay – but I have a crochet friend who totally needs … Read More ...
Tutorial: Make Your Own Napkin Ring
Etsy recently published a simple tutorial for making polymer clay napkin rings. Theirs involves making a faux wood texture but you could, of course, use any of your textures on hand (or, a handful of twigs, for a less faux … Read More ...
Tutorial: Hollow Form Beads
As wonderful as clay is, large beads weigh a fair amount. A whole string of them can be heavy. Hollow beads are the way to go. ArtyBecca has a method using cardstock or paper forms for the inners. Give it … Read More ...
Clay Christmas Ornaments
A big plus for polymer clay ornaments is how easily you can personalize them. Some great Etsy examples:
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| Bear and Station Wagon Ornament by PersonalizedOrnament | Christmas Tree by dewsdreams |
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| Baby’s 1st Ornament by ClayArtbyDaresa | Snowman Ornament by MistysClayCuties |
Tutorial: Halloween Necklace
Makin’s Clay has a great tutorial for a Halloween themed necklace. The necklace itself is made up of components which would individually be great little beads or decorations. You could attach the candy corn or pumpkins to post earring findings … Read More ...
Fabulous Monday Finds
Okay, I admit it. I love browsing new clay stuff. I tell myself not to look too much because it can kind of suck you in and you can find elements of other’s designs creeping into your own.Sometimes, though, there … Read More ...