I made so many watermelon and other fruit beads this summer I was looking through my hoarded links for other Fimo fruit canes to play with. Here’s one from a French artist for a kiwi cane. The original is … Read More ...
DIY Terrariums with Clay Decorations
This is a sweet idea for a gift – a little terrarium with cute clay decorations. Add mushrooms and gnomes as Christina did or customize it for your gift recipient (or decor!) You could add little mini animals or a … Read More ...
Tutorial: Mini Fairy Houses
I lucked into a couple books on fairy gardens to review. While I’m trying out some of the gardening projects in those, I’m going back through notes and links on fairy garden decorations and props like this adorable fairy house. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Cuff Bracelet
Sculpey has brought a bunch of new tools to market the last few years geared at helping clayers explore more complex clay techniques. There’s also a variety of interesting jewellery findings and tools to try out. This tutorial uses the … Read More ...
DIY: Moon Phase Wall Hanging
Continuing along with my space-y theme here’s a neat idea: a moon phase as a wall hanging. The marbled black and white clay is very effective visually and I like the idea of the moon phases being charted out. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Saturn Beads from Clay
Ever found Saturn beads? Nested beads where the outer rings rotate around an inner disk bead? This is a tutorial for a clay version. These are only very slightly related on the space theme but they’re neat visually – … Read More ...
Tutorial: A Globe Container
This would be super as any little planet, of course, but I admit I’m particularly attached to the Earth one. PieBieW has many other polymer clay videos on their channel so take a peek!
DIY Solar System Necklace
With the Pluto fly-by in the news the last few weeks and the space fans in this household I’ve been looking for space and science related claying projects. This great necklace project by Bethany of Whistle and Ivy has all … Read More ...
Tutorial: Planets from Polymer
As a cheerful polymer clay artist and enthusiastic science geek I often look for projects where the two intersect. Yes, I make art for work but I also enjoy using my clay for technical pursuits such as building models or … Read More ...
Tutorial: Clay Stamps
This tutorial from PolymerClayCentral.com works just fine without an extruder but with one it goes so much quicker. The various strands and shapes of strands you can extrude can be laid out to create words and images fairly quickly. This … Read More ...
Tutorial: Trapezoid Quilt Canes with Extruders
Because extruders 
crank out perfectly even elements it’s not surprising people use them to create canes, particularly canes that require precision such as quilt, repeating tile patterns or “pixel” image ones. These canes rely on lines matching up and extruders … Read More ...
Tutorial: Extruder Pen
A non-cane project for extruders is this simple one: a string covered pen. Extruding long, even strings almost endlessly is one of the best extruder usages. You can use the strings for faux filigree, writing words in clay, hair … Read More ...
Tutorial: Extruder Cane
When I first began claying seriously and got an extruder… they were all these little metal ones with difficult to press plungers. Combine this with the fact that the only clay I could lay hands on was Fimo classic and … Read More ...
Summery Polymer Clay
Find some of the great summertime clay on Etsy:
 Sea Turtle Necklace by Polyclaydesign |
 Rainbow Ice Cream Earrings by InspirationsByNell |
 Sunflower Brooch Pin by JolieBlonBounce |
 Summer Fox Sculpture by AceofClay |
DIY Miniature Unicorn
As a modeling medium, polymer clay
is very versatile and instructions that work for a variety of other products work equally well with oven bake clay. For example, this great fondant unicorn from a Polish cake decorating site translates beautifully … Read More ...