Elaine Robitaille

Back to School Bookmarks

September 6, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

Here’s a pretty project for back to school (and teacher gifts!) Make sure you read to the end because Mel has a giveaway as part of the post.… Read More...

On the flip side of organizing your clay… have you ever thought about using your clay to organize? These nifty items on Etsy are all polymer being used to organize: thoughts, earrings, pencils and notes.

1. Red Notebook by DesignsbyFM… Read More...

Basic Clay Storage

September 3, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

Somewhere along the line, you may begin to accumulate a lot of clay. Since I no longer live in the city I tend to stock up when I luck out and get to visit a Michaels. Or I order scads … Read More...

Polymer Clay Studios

September 1, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

Part of the reason I’m always looking for clay organization and storage solutions is because I’m always looking for how to make my studio work better. This is a shot of the clay area in Mags Bonham’s studio. She’s posted … Read More...

Organizing Your Cutters

August 31, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

This is a great way to keep your Kemper Cutters (and really, any of the other small cutters) organized! You can see a little bit more detail in the other picture. Pam also does lovely work which deserves a … Read More...

Getting Your Clay Organized

August 30, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

Like all crafts (I’ll even go so far as to say: all hobbies as I have wood working and fine art friends with identical issues) organization and storage are HUGE issues in my clay life. Since I’ve been doing this … Read More...

August Round Up

August 28, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

There are a few of the great claying (or events you could use clay in) challenges going on. Have a peek, submit a piece! These all have prizes attached as well as some publicity.

Claying in the Philipines

August 26, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

A reader and clayer from the Philipines wrote to CraftGossip to tell us about her guild’s challenges. She writes about her contributions to the challenges on her blog and invites us to check out her guilds page on Facebook.

Have … Read More...

Cutting Clay with a Cricut

August 24, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

Jenny over at CraftTestDummies (love that name!) called my attention to what she was up to with clay and a Cricut! Turns out she has a cute tutorial for using your die cut machine with baked clay sheets. You could … Read More...

A Clay Back-to-School Doll

August 22, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

Back to school is just around the corner here and there’s a certain young lady who’s less thrilled than this sweet doll about it all here. You should check out the rest of the expressive, whimsical dolls in Xpression Dolls… Read More...

Celebrating the End in Beads

August 20, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

The end of summer that is. Here’s a few beauties people tagged as end of summer items on Flickr. What does your end of summer look like?

1. “Poppy Garden”, 2. Summer Polymer Clay Bracelet, 3. A Blast … Read More...

Wedding Card Tutorial

August 19, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

Here’s a tutorial for a mixed media piece that uses clay to make the embellishment on this stylish wedding card. The link is directly to a PDF hosted on Fimo’s site. Have a peek!… Read More...

Mosaic from Clay

August 18, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

This lovely wall piece was made to celebrate the start of summer but remains lovely as summer draws on. Turns out the talented artist is another clayer from the province I’m in!… Read More...

For All Those Books

August 17, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

For the students and the book lovers, a selection of clay bookmarks and how to make them. This is thanks to the very awesome Angela Mabray (aka CraftyGoat) who provides lots of clay related content to the clay-world.… Read More...

Take Me to the Beach

August 16, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

This pretty much says it all, as far as I’m concerned! Take me to the beach, please! You should check out Darl’s album – they have a whole stack of whimsical, fun sculpture.… Read More...

Back to School Bowl

August 15, 2011 by Elaine Robitaille

I’m an official member of the Karen Noyes fan club because she makes the sweetest bowls. This one on Etsy is the perfect back-to-school sentiment. My daughter is grumbling at me for already talking school as she has two weeks … Read More...