I’m a fantasy, sci fi buff. My first serious foray into crafting was selling my fantasy inspired pictures, paintings and wire jewellery. The chance to make items just like my drawings was a serious motivational factor for learning how to … Read More ...
Making Frosted Faceted Beads
Back to the beads – here’s a step by step on Flickr for making “frosted” faceted beads. Click the first image in the set to get the walk through steps.
Artybecca, the tutorial maker, also has a shop with cute … Read More ...
Covering Eggs in Clay
Since polymer clay is great for covering just about anything that doesn’t run away first… it’s no surprise people cover eggs for Easter decorations. Here’s one tutorial – complete with blowing out the egg, building a simple cane and finish … Read More ...
Sculpting a Bunny
Right now, in the real non-internet world, my kiddo is bunny-sitting. The neighbours have entrusted her with their two rabbits while they are vacationing. One of them is a charcoal version of the bunny in this post. I’ve watched Leah … Read More ...
Make Hollow Clay Beads
This is more of an experimental method – as the blogger posts, you need a sense of humour because chances are you’re going to wreck something – but it works like a charm. The secret ingredient is the fizzy tablets, … Read More ...
Make Miniature Bacon
Let’s jump right on the bacon bandwagon here – a video tutorial with the bacon portion of a tiny breakfast plate ring. Check Candi Ware’s channel for the rest of the parts and other goodies.… Read More ...
Polymer Clay Bead Basics
A big part of what got me going with polymer clay was the potential for very, very cool beads. At the time, I hadn’t really found clay online and had a book from the library and one from the book … Read More ...
Making Charms from Clay
Polymer clay, being the insanely versatile medium that it is, is great for charms and dangles and pendants as well as it’s beady cousins. Generally the charms need a loop or hole for a loop so they can be dangled … Read More ...
Make Big Hole Clay Beads
Joan Tayler explains her process for BFBs(big fat beads) in this useful step through. She uses grommets but all sorts of decorative eyelets work great for this as well and you can find them in the scrapbooking sections of … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Beads
I’m going on a bead run for a few days – tips, tutorials, beadmakers – so here’s a quick look at some of the polymer clay bead goodies from Etsy:
 Five Chocolate Charms by DreamyFlo |
 Hedgehog Bead Pair by ARETObeadsjewellery |
DIY Faceted Rings
Take advantage of the trendy metallic thing and – at least as clay goes – the faceting everything trend. This tutorial from Poppytalk lets you crank out a few faceted rings, make them shiny, and try out the faceting thing. … Read More ...
Making Polymer Clay Sugar Beads
Sparkly little sugar beads are a nifty thing when you find them at the store. Making your own in clay can be a bit of a trick. These ones use clear microbeads for the sugar and TLS to adhere them … Read More ...
DIY Embroidered Clay Ring
Here’s a bit of a mashup: clay and embroidery. Sahana uses it for a ring project here but you could do it with any sort of piece: magnet, pendant, brooch. Make your own little samplers complete with little clay … Read More ...
A Polymer Clay Spring
We’re still in the throws of winter here but the days are lengthening. There are bits of warm, splashy weather showing up here and there. It’s time to be thinking of all the springy polymer clay out there!
 Berry Earrings |
Tutorial: Puffy Pillow Heart Pendant
Another keeper from Katie Oskin and just in time for Valentine’s Day: “pillow” heart pendants. Make cute, pillowy hearts for your Valentine in their favourite colour.… Read More ...