This is a good example of a small, useful thing you can make with polymer clay: ring holders or ring cones. Organize your collection with DIY storage that you can match to your decor. Molly of Almost Makes Perfect … Read More...
Make Macaron Photo Holders
Kara of Kailo Chic has a great way of showing off her snapshots: these macaron photo holders. The holders are simple to build but definitely have the macaron charm. If you find your wires move around in the baked … Read More...
A Clay Dish for Dad
I make dainty little ring bowls, adorned with flower canes, for my shows. In fact, they’re easily one of my most popular items. Here’s a dad catch all dish from Jenny of Habitat at Home. She uses an existing bowl … Read More...
Tutorial: Make a Tie Dye Clay Pot
Here’s a jump right in and make a substantial piece sort of tutorial. The author, Brittany, marbles 4 blocks of brightly coloured Sculpey 3 to get a tie dye effect and then molds it around an existing ceramic pot. … Read More...
Make a Pencil Holder with Air Dry Clay
Rachel from Lines Across has lots of good ideas on her blog. This simple but why-didn’t-I-think-of-that project would be great for whatever decor you have going on. White is useful but why not make a pencil or pen holder perfect … Read More...
Covering USB Flash Drives with Clay
From experience, I know that you can actually cover USB drive
s themselves just fine and bake the whole works. The trick is to take the plastic cover off so it doesn’t melt. The internal electronics are just fine at … Read More...
Tutorial: Father’s Day Rocks
How to tell your dad he rocks? Make daddy rocks. This tutorial is pretty straight forward: take a good sized rock, cover with clay, stamp letters, cure your piece (or, if using air dry clay, let dry), and highlight the … Read More...
Polymer Clay Tiles to Cover Objects
Maria Greene, of Greene Earth Originals, does all sorts of great art including some polymer clay mosaic pieces in a sort of Laurie Mika style. In this quick walk through, Maria explains a little bit about how she makes … Read More...
Tutorial: Foiled Clay Mosaic Beads
This is a tutorial, from Katie of KatersAcres, for mosaic beads using foils. The effect is a faux dichroic glass one which is fun. A couple of notes: As Katie mentions at the start of the tutorial, it is … Read More...
Making Polymer Clay Mosaics
A customer in my shop asked my opinion on how she could tweak her garden mosaic with polymer clay pieces for interest. I haven’t made many mosaic type pieces so off I went researching. As it often happens, Sculpey.com had … Read More...
Make Miniature Bread from Clay
Great doll house miniatures are one of those fun polymer clay things to make. I’m particularly fond of miniature food because it makes adorable beads and jewellery. This tutorial is for fairly simple baguettes – though getting the right touch … Read More...
Tutorial: Earphone Caddy from Clay
I may spend most of my days making polymer clay
beads and canes but one of the things I try to push to people is how useful it is for other, day to day, uses. Make little dishes, holders, grips, … Read More...
Tutorial: Tiny Clay Succulent Plants
As I’m finishing the window in my physical shop with little succulents – many in clay pots – I’m looking at a few spots in the shop which would benefit from cute succulents but are a pain to reach or … Read More...
Tutorial: Making Your Own Clay Bezels
Amy Koranek wrote a great tutorial for using Polyform’s (the Sculpey people!) bezel molds. For her bezels, she’s using the metallic translucent liquid clays which strikes me as pretty clever. She also covers the steps for a fun mokume gane … Read More...
Polymer Clay Hollow Beads… the Balloon Method
Clayers are pretty clever people who adapt all sorts of other techniques to their polymer clay work. Sona Grigoryan did just that by making “balloon beads” with polymer clay. She uses thin wire to make a skeleton or cage around … Read More...
Tutorial: Miniature Donuts
Stéphanie Kilgast – aka Petit Plat – makes some of the prettiest food miniatures out there. She also shares videos, photos and tutorials all the time including this sweet miniature donut one to try. If you can’t find the right … Read More...
Herb Markers from Clay
Here’s a tutorial for herb markers with stamped lettering. The author dry brushes her paint on her markers at the end. You could, of course, just use coloured clay and highlight the letters only.
If you make a set of … Read More...
Mother Child Necklaces from Clay
This one from Mum In The Madhouse would be good for the young munchkins to make but also for the grownup kids. Marble Mom’s favourite colours for your project. Add a few embellishments or initials to personalize it.
Mother’s Day in Clay
Etsy clayers make some of the cutest Mother’s Days pieces:
 I Love You Pears by SkyeArt |
 Mug Necklace / Stitch Marker by URTnRacky |
 Tiny Flower Arrangement by ColdPorcelaine |
 Handmade Buttons by JustFingerPrint |
Tutorial: Bird Nest Hairpins
With all the Spring going on around me, I got asked to make someone a birds nest for their fairy garden. Which lead me to see how other clayers were doing their bird’s nest designs. Here’s a nice simple one… Read More...