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 ...
Tutorial: Blue Statement Necklace
Kathie of CuriousAndCatcat posted a simple tutorial for building a statement necklace with polymer clay. She uses acrylic paint to colour her white clay pieces but you could mix up your colours yourself if you have a couple bits to … Read More ...
Tutorial: Poinsettia Pin
Niki Meiners, writing for Polyform (the Sculpey people!), offers us this simple but pretty poinsettia pin. She makes an off white poinsettia but you could do the same design with a red poinsettia by using pomegranate mixed with a … Read More ...
Tutorial: Carved and Filled Design
Claire Wallis shows a simple but very effective method of creating a carved, backfilled and highlighted design on a polymer clay item. Step 1, step 2, step 3 and step 4 (above). Claire does hers on a bangle … Read More ...
Tutorial: Pumpkin Stack
Michele of Michele’s Woman Cave offers up a tutorial for a simple Halloween decoration: this pumpkin stack. The quantities are proportional – she says one stick of clay which I guess could mean 1 package or 1/4 package or … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Cats
When I am trying to think of themes to use for my Etsy related posts, I’ll occasionally ask my daughter for inspiration. As she was thinking about it our old man cat gingerly jumped up on the sofa between us … Read More ...
Tutorial: Angela’s Autumn Leaf
This great autumn leaf cane, from Angela on PolymerClayCentral.com, is different for every slice you take off of it. Just like the real autumn leaves I’ve spent the last few weeks kicking around my yard.… Read More ...
Tutorial: A Border Cane
A great tutorial from last year by a very sweet clayer I met on PCC. You can add great canes like this to larger works or to a cane itself to increase the complexity or detail of it.… Read More ...