You find the neatest things out on the net searching for awesome clay stuff. This video tutorial on Cool2Craft is great! It’s by Linda Peterson so you already knew it would be good but perfect timing for Thanksgiving (in Canada … Read More ...
Homemade Glow-in-the-Dark “Polymer Clay”
I realize this is more of an air dry, from home materials kid’s clay rather than technically what we call polymer clay but I’m sticking it up here because it’s awesome (and makes me wonder if there’s a way of … Read More ...
Melody O: Wearable Art from Polymer Clay
I’ve had pretty good luck with the polymer clay community. As a rule, they are some of the nicest, most sharing people you will ever meet. Melody of Melody O Designs on ArtFire has been one of those. Add to … Read More ...
The Polymer Clay Cupcake Box
Definitely the most adorable project I’ve seen lately is this one for a Cupcake Box from the folks at Instructables. How awesome!
For an extra kick, don’t forget you can add a little scent to the clay – a small … Read More ...
Glitter Clay Mokume Gane Tutorial
One issue with moving from Big City to Not So Big City has been the loss of easy craft supply buying. I didn’t really get the chance to load up on the new Premo colours until recently. Sculpey comes to … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Chit Chat
A quick peek around the polymer clay blogosphere tells me clayers are busily… well… claying. I suppose I’m not surprised! Clay on!
- Valerie is having a little mica shift madness
- The PAPCG is congratulating (and promoting) a member’s show
- Cassy
Back to School Bookmarks
Here’s a pretty project for back to school (and teacher gifts!) Make sure you read to the end because Mel has a giveaway as part of the post.… Read More ...
Getting Your Clay Organized
Like all crafts (I’ll even go so far as to say: all hobbies as I have wood working and fine art friends with identical issues) organization and storage are HUGE issues in my clay life. Since I’ve been doing this … Read More ...
Cutting Clay with a Cricut
Jenny over at CraftTestDummies (love that name!) called my attention to what she was up to with clay and a Cricut ! Turns out she has a cute tutorial for using your die cut machine with baked clay sheets. You … Read More ...
Celebrating the End in Beads
The end of summer that is. Here’s a few beauties people tagged as end of summer items on Flickr. What does your end of summer look like?
1. “Poppy Garden”, 2. Summer Polymer Clay Bracelet, 3. A Blast … Read More ...
Wedding Card Tutorial
Here’s a tutorial for a mixed media piece that uses Fimo clay to make the embellishment on this stylish wedding card. The link is directly to a PDF hosted on Fimo’s site. Have a peek!… Read More ...
For All Those Books
For the students and the book lovers, a selection of clay bookmarks and how to make them. This is thanks to the very awesome Angela Mabray (aka CraftyGoat) who provides lots of clay related content to the clay-world.… Read More ...
Summer Blogging by Clayers Roundup
Here’s a little roundup of what some of the clay-folk have been blogging about this summer, if you’re feeling a little out of touch:
- Christine is having fun with polymer clay after a bit away from it
- Valerie tells us
Sunflower Summer Bracelet
This would be pretty much summer on your wrist. Angela’s lovely bracelet is just perfect.Check out this book on how to make polymer clay flowers.
Check out this book on how to make polymer clay flowers.
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Sea Shells by the Seashore
This tutorial on Sculpey uses eraser clay. You could totally do it with regular clays, perhaps a little marbled, to get fancier shells. Adjust the baking times as necessary, of course! Either way, I think some sea shells are the … Read More ...