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 ...
Make a Teddy Bear Bead
Ah! Looking for cute frog making ideas lead me to cute teddy bear making ideas… I get distracted easily. Here’s a sweet & simple tutorial on how to make teddy bear BEADS. I happen to know that Tina makes … Read More ...
Make a Clay Wedding Favour
Here’s a cute idea for a wedding favour on Michael’s website. They have scads of other tutorials as well and when clay is on sale it is the place to get it!… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Shark Week (Day)
In honour of Shark Week I’d like to point you towards one of the crafts on Dollar Store Crafts – a shark pencil cup. It’s lovely!
I would do this over an old aluminum can bulked up with foil, … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Wedding Table Markers
This tute makes cute little signs, perfect for table numbers at a big event. You could easily custom mix the colours to suit the wedding ones. One caveat is the instructions say to use hot glue to affix the signs … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Frog Charms
You can pick up how to make these cute little charms through the video tutorial. If you have some hoarded Premo Sea Green, it would be perfect…… Read More ...
Making Clay Food
One of the best resources on the web for polymer clay miniatures is the incredible resource that Nora Jean provides with her sites. I’m linking to the guava tute but she has literally dozens (probably hundreds) of tutorials scattered throughout … Read More ...
A BFF Frame
If you’re not cool, as I’ve been accused of by my tween (and others! my un-coolness started early), BFF stands for Best Friend Forever. This is the BFF picture frame, made from the kid friendly Pluffy. I actually think … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Turtle Necklace
Continuing on with my jog into polymer clay necklaces here’s a tutorial hosted on HGTV. This one has some sweetness to it with the cute little turtle.… Read More ...
How to Sculpt a Fantasy Mushroom
Enjoy this tutorial for a fancy sculpted mushroom.… Read More ...
Bobblehead How-To
Bobbleheads charm and amuse me. One of the first little sculpted pieces I made was a bobbleheaded critter. Here’s a tute from HGTV to give it a try.… Read More ...
Donna Kato Bracelet
Donna has one of the most recognizable – and modern, stylish – styles of the polymer clay artist community. She also has a ton of books and tutorials out there. This one on HGTV is for the bracelet above. I … Read More ...
A Pen for Dad
Sculpey gives us another great idea – this one just in time for a Father’s day present. Covering pens with clay is a great gift idea for any event. You can customize the decoration to the recipient and when the … Read More ...
Ideas for Father’s Day
Angela of CraftyGoat has a post about Father’s Day gifts from clay.… Read More ...
Cloth Doll Artists and Polymer Clay
Even though clay, all by itself, is pretty fabulous… the best part is how awesome it goes with and can be used with pretty much every medium. I’m sure there’s some it doesn’t rock with. I just haven’t found it … Read More ...