DeviantArt often has really great quickie polymer clay tutorials. This one, by Jane RT, is for a cute little snail figure. The idea would work on a larger scale and using all sorts of powders or adding tiny beads … Read More ...
Tutorial: Octopus Ring Holder
Georgia of Craft Sew Love Grow sent me a link to her polymer clay octopus ring holder. She’s experimenting with jewellery display ideas and tried a creature. In her post she mentioned she had some slumping and cracking issues … Read More ...
Shiny & Cute Clay
The cute clay puppies and the shiny bling this week!
1. ‘Poppies’ 12 Polymer clay projects in 2013, July, 2. Fresh from the workshop, 3. Fabulous Faux Collection – Cactus Turquoise Earrings, 4. :: Dogs… Read More ...
Tutorial: Sparkly Hair Pins
Sometimes you need a little glittery extra. Check out this glittery hair pin tutorial on Creme de la Gems for a little sparkly accessory making. After the great glittery accident during my last house move I don’t think I’ve even … Read More ...
Tutorial: Matryoshka Buttons
Fatima has a photo tutorial for the cutest little matryoshka buttons. It continues on for several pages, just click the right navigation arrow on the photo page. Knowing me, I’d probably make these into beads or add caned flower elements. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Flower Ball Beads
These Fimo nifty beads seem to be a matter of patience but the results are certainly cool! You could do a variety of flower beads like this – I remember seeing rose ball beads – for people according to their … Read More ...
A Peek at Polymer Clay – Gallery Style
Layl McDill wrote in to tell me about a recently finished, unique exhibition that ran from May 29 through June 15 called Polymer Clay – Gallery Style. The show ran in the Flow Art Space in St. Paul, MN … Read More ...
Tutorial: Basketball and Soccer Ball Canes
I’m so used to flower canes it’s kind of fun to see some of the other canework people do! Yonat has tutorials for the basketball and soccer ball canes used on two of the pens above here and here. … Read More ...
Christmas… in July?!
One of those retail peculiarities are all of the Christmas in July sales. In my part of the world, July is the hottest month of the year so it can be a little jarring to think of cold weather holidays … Read More ...
Tips: Sculpting Ideas
I’m not a big sculptor. It’s one of those facets of polymer clay that I dabble at occasionally and then head back to canes and beads. This WikiHow article has some little projects, ideas and tips for sculpting with polymer … Read More ...
Tutorial: Round Pendants
Shannon shares a quick and easy tutorial on her blog – how to make a round pendant with simple but effective techniques.
As with all deceptively simple projects the appeal springs from using a good colour and design balance.… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Finds
You couldn’t really pick two more different cats but I love them both. And a nifty flower and a folksy bird. The bird is a little like what we’ve been tinkering with here, using paper based air dry polymer clays.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Canada Day Flag
These are the crooked little flags I made one of the first times I made little Canada flag beads for Canada Day (July 1st! Happy Canada Day fellow Canadians!). This year I wrote up the instructions so you can give … Read More ...
Tutorial: 4th of July Jewellery
Here’s a fun polymer clay jewellery tutorial, by Kimberly Idalsky for Sculpey.com, for the 4th of July celebrators – though you could mix the colours up and do something similar where you are. Also, these exact colours are … Read More ...
Tutorial: Exotic Bloom Vase
I’m not sure how I missed this one but I was reading through Rebekah’s site and found it. The vase is shabby-awesome and all the little tiles are the perfect touch. The fancy canework of the tiles appeals to me … Read More ...