Make a clever leaf ring dish for a gift this season and pair it with a pair of earrings or other trinket. This monstera dish tutorial from LiaGriffith uses air dry clay
and paint (and a monstera leaf) but you … Read More ...
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Make Faux Gingerbread Ornaments with Clay and Ink
Create these cute gingerbread ornaments with cookie cutters, clay and crafting ink in this post by Kyriakos Pachadiroglou for Imagine Crafts. This craft uses air dry clay but you could do the same with regular oven bake polymer clay. The … Read More ...
Clay Acorn Ornaments
I’ve occasionally made acorn beads when requested – both cane slice ones like these and just acorn shaped beads – but it’s always a little weird. Acorns aren’t common where I live. Pinecones by the bucket full, yes, but not … Read More ...
Happy Fall with Clay
We had snow here, for a few days, in September. Yes, really. Since then it’s been more like regular autumn – leaves changing, blowing off trees, the sunlight a bit watery and the evenings are chilly. I think a collection … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Doodle Pendants
Katie, from Jelly Lane Art Blog, shares her doodle pendant tutorial. In it, she uses oven bake polymer clay (or air dry clay), as a canvas for doodle jewellery. A white clay base with baked in findings becomes the … Read More ...
Father’s Day Card with Clay Embellishments
Makin’s Clay is a fun air drying clay that comes in a variety of colours. Makin’s also has quite the line of clay tools and accessories to try out. This clay project by Steph Ackerman makes embellishments out of the … Read More ...
Mother’s Day and Clay
I’m always up for handmade clay things for gifts. And, not surprisingly, I make them for Mother’s Day. In my case, I make a lot of jewellery since my mom really enjoys it and I usually have something new in … Read More ...
Sand Clay Keepsakes
This is a homemade clay project from Anna of The Imagination Tree. You can absolutely do the same thing with regular oven bake or air dry clays from the craft store. The sand texture of this appealed though and the … Read More ...
Clay Flower Cones
If you have little sprays of flowers – like lavender, as in the tutorial – or nosegays in tiny jars of water why not try this option? Make an embossed clay cone to hold your flowers. Sam from A Happy … Read More ...
Valentine Clay Kitties
Although these adorable Valentine kitties were posted by Crumb Avenue as sugar paste creatures… polymer clay works pretty much the same. The tools are certainly the same. I use fondant tools half the time I work with clay. Use either … Read More ...
Clay Heart Garlands
These sweet clay heart garlands and decorations would be perfect for Valentine’s Day or DIY wedding decor pieces. Linda, of Burlap & Blue, wrote the tutorial for Violet Hills Weddings. She uses Crayola Model Magic which is an air drying … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Clock Idea
Continuing along with the idea of organizing your clay and using your clay to organize you is this tutorial for a desk clock from Teri of The Lovely Drawer. Teri uses two colours of air dry clay to create a … Read More ...
Using Clay to Organize
Of course, clay can help you organize, too. I’m talking about using it to make attractive holders for what needs organizing. Gabrielle of Design Mom does that in this tutorial for a set of vanity containers. I’d probably go with … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Phone Stand
I’m a big fan of making useful clay things and this phone stand is right up that alley. Floraphine uses air dry clay in the tutorial but oven bake polymer clay would work equally well. Pop the whole works in … Read More ...
Making Polymer Clay Bears
I figured out one polymer clay goal a few years ago: polymer clay dragon ornaments. Another one on my list – which many artists have no issues with but continues to elude me – is little bear figures. Good, … Read More ...