Join me for a week of free holiday polymer clay ornament projects featured on the web. Here are two to start with that repurpose holiday decorations you may already have stashed away:
Holiday Project
I don’t shop on Friday after Thanksgiving. Instead we spend the day working on a holiday craft. This year the girls and I are going to make a little polymer clay gingerbread village for gifts. The instructions can be found … Read More ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you enjoy today with people you love. Eat well and spend sometime being thankful for the wonderful world we live in and our ability to create to make it better for those around us!
(Pumpkin pie turkey scene … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Recipe Journal
Are you still reading Grandma’s pumpkin pie recipe from a stained index card? Maybe it’s time to update your family favorites in a recipe book that will become a treasured heirloom.
[tags]polymer clay, crafts, journals, books, recipe book, projects[/tags]… Read More ...
Kimberly Crick’s Molds & Stamps for Polymer Clay
The other day when I was researching doll molds I ran across Crick’s The Enchanted Gallery store. It’s filled with the most amazing face, doll, goddess molds I’ve ever seen. She also have a great collection of molds from … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Sale
Is there anything more joyous than seeing Micheal’s .99 polymer clay sale ad in the Sunday newspaper? Perhaps a pocketbook that says, “stock up!”Â
Stock up for your polymer clay creations, gifts you plan to make and don’t forget polymer … Read More ...
Commerical Molds for Polymer Clay Doll-Making
Not quite feeling up to the task of sculpting a doll? You can easily customize commercial molds to add your own touch to these dolls. Here is an article from Polymer Clay Express on customizing molds.
[tags]polymer clay, doll … Read More ...
Doll-making Tips
A few random doll-making tips:
1. Study human proportions; hands, feet and heads are the most common parts to have either too large or too small.
2. Use oil paint mixed in with liquid polymer clay for facial features.
3. … Read More ...
Art Doll Inspiration
I suppose I have off-beat tastes when it comes to dolls. While I appreciate those who render life-like miniature scultpures what I look for in art dolls is more of a narrative quality. I love dolls that look like they … Read More ...
Book Review – Designing the Doll
In Designing the Doll, Author Susanna Oroyan demystifies the creation of dolls by offering techniques, basic construction and some very good thoughts on design instead of step-by-step projects. Filled with diagrams and color photos of dolls from the some … Read More ...
Art Dolls
I want this book! I know it will be a visual treat and offer up some serious doll-making inspiration. As the holidays get closer, my mind turns towards gifts and I would really love to create 2 dolls for … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Flatware
Add a little polymer clay pizazz to your Thanksgiving Day feast by recycling old flatware into festive partyware! Couldn’t be easier, here are the instructions for polymer clay partyware via the DIY network.
[tags]polymer clay, projects, crafts, diy, housewares, … Read More ...
Photography Polymer Clay
Need to take better pictures of your polymer clay work? I posted a few tips on my blog the other day. Here is just a quick before and after shot of some of my beads. Natural lighting is the key!… Read More ...
Fall Harvest of Polymer Clay
Here is a weekend’s worth of Fall inspiration for you! Click on the picture to look at the amazing work of these artist up close. Â
We are in the middle of fall, with the leaves changing colors, turkeys on … Read More ...
Artist Spotlight: Michele Gabriel Studios
I have been of fan of Michele Gabriel’s beads and pendants since I first found etsy. Michele’s work has a unique feel of mystery and story-telling conveyed in each little creation. I love her mix of painterly and sculptural effects, … Read More ...