Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
Pretties for your neck from creative clayers. You could consider these as great potential gifts for Valentine’s Day as well:
 Samba Polymer Clay Necklace Earrings by SilviaOrtezDeLaTorre |
 Sherbert Necklace by palindromeandco |
 Peach and Copper Necklace by AllsKnotForgotten |
 Coloured Tip Necklace |
Here’s a tutorial for quick Valentine’s Day gift for your bestie: a split heart necklace where you each take half. You can texture the heart, add paint, canes or leave it simple. You could make the charms to go on … Read More ...
Holly of Hollyrocks has a great Valentine’s (or, really, any day) project: mended heart brooches. As she comments in her post, a lot of us have ambivalence on Valentine’s Day so here’s a bit of a nod to that.… Read More ...
For the last minute gift givers, here’s some great Valentine’s Day ideas:
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| Necklace and Earrings by PolganiStudio | Potted Succulents Earrings by bytherockandweed |
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| I Love You Decoration by SkyeArt | Cat Lover Cutlery by radaJOYdesign |
Renee from Cute Simple Stuff offered these nifty earrings and a video tutorial on how to make them. They have the whole heart thing going on but skipped the regular red puffy version and went for a different take.
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Emjay, a clayer who shares the same birthday as me (although, ahem, I’m a tad older), has a nifty February craft: a fingerprint heart charm. She’s got the right idea here with the Studio clay… you’ll want something soft … Read More ...
And now for the heart filled cuteness:
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| Valentine Giraffe by JHMiniatures | Valentine Monster by KimmiesClayKreations |
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| Valentine’s Donut by ScrumptiousDoodle | Love Letter Earrings by KalindsClayDesigns |
Ginger Burrell generously offers a tutorial for creating a handmade book complete with a polymer clay cover. The heart mosaic design makes it perfect for a Valentine’s Day gift but as she points out, you could use any motif you’d … Read More ...
Marie Segal’s tutorial for a trade bead offers a non-traditional heart for us just in time for Valentine’s Day!
And, if you haven’t been reading along with Cynthia over at PolymerClayDaily this week, check out her feature on Ron Lehocky… Read More ...
Here’s one of my own tutorials, a little heart magnet – just in time for Valentine’s Day! This would be perfect to stick some little notes to your sweethearts on the fridge.… Read More ...
Sweet gifts:
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| Baby Valentine Mermaid by JoyzanzCreations | Robot Love Pendant by GingerDead |
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| Illuminated Heart Jewellery by phydeauxdesigns | Green Heart Studs by KatrinSArt |
The sweet sentiment behind the making of these hearts is perfect for Valentine’s Day! And this is one of those tutorials that goes to show you can get a lovely visual result with simple techniques and careful choices of colours … Read More ...
Adrianne of HappyHourProjects shares her conversation heart project with us. The tweak for these hearts is she’s using them as gift tags. They’d also make great tie on charms for just about anything for your sweetie this Valentines.The tip about … Read More ...
Tiny clay sweet treats for your sweetheart…
1. Cookie love……., 2. Colorful Cookies!, 3. Valentine’s Day Cookies in American Girl Size, 4. Happy Valentine’s Day cake… Read More ...
Meg Newberg has a great tutorial on her blog – make some sweet little boxes for Valentine’s Day. The technique lends itself well to making the little swirly lollies she has in the picture as well and it’s one of … Read More ...