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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Creepy Polymer Clay
Just in time for Halloween… Like a lot of kids (er, adult now) I was (am!) a little creeped out by clowns. In my case, that was due to reading Stephen King’s It at a young age. LovelyCadaver’s work has … Read More ...
Technique: Stroppel Cane
Everyone needs a variety of techniques to use up the clay scraps you create as you go. Some of those scraps are as lovely as the projects that created them… they’re just looking for a way to put them together.… Read More ...
Tutorial: A Jack Skellington Ornament
Here’s a tutorial perfect for fans of the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas. The Jack Skellington ornament is meant for Christmas but totally creepy cute enough for Halloween.… Read More ...
Monday Mosaic: Halloween Done Tiny
More small Halloween treasures:
1. mini coven, 2. Halloween Ghost Cake, 3. a feast fit for a cannibal, 4. gravestone sets
I do particularly like the finger foods and mini headstones.… Read More ...