I spend a lot of my work life making beads and jewellery and small, highly decorated trinkets. That’s probably a part of why I’m always interested in other clay items for the blog. These are little napkin rings done up … Read More...
Tutorial: Embellishing Boxes
Polymer clay makes great embellishments for just about anything. This tutorial is for an air dry clay but the idea works equally well for polymer clay. Use clay in your favourite rose colours to whip up a few embellishments. Arrange … Read More...
Tutorial: Weave Cane
Meg Newberg shares one way of doing a woven or knot cane here. Matching lines with this many thin parts is tough but as Meg points out in the tutorial, when the cane is reduced small, close is good … Read More...
Polymer Clay Tutorial: Covering Crochet Hooks
I’ve just finished a batch of covered crochet hooks
. Ahem, almost finished. This tutorial pretty much describes the whole process as well as shows a simple method for cookie cutter canes. I went with my own canes and now … Read More...
Tutorial: Lightsaber Pens from Polymer Clay
This is a combo of fun and useful. Cover your pen with polymer clay and create a lightsaber. The tutorial steps through how to make the pen and the hilt becomes the pen cap. I’d look for and use glow … Read More...
Tutorial: Pressed Flower Trinket Dish
This bowl is a variation on a popular theme – making small dishes and bowls from polymer clay. You could do the same from air dry clay but this tutorial uses oven bake clay, flowers to create an impression and … Read More...
Tutorial: More Tiny Houses
I’m still on a tiny house kick. This project is a mixed media deal – polymer clay, paint, wooden bases and whatever embellishments you care to use. The tutorial uses white poly clay for the base but if you have … Read More...
Tutorial: Tiny Houses and Mini Mushrooms
I make beads with teeny tiny details so I have (occupational hazard) a fascination with teeny things. Polymer clay
is such a great medium for making miniatures. The little houses above, from Pixie Hill, are fabulous. So many pretty, fantasy … Read More...
Tutorial: Tiny House Mobile
Today I had the lucky chance to hook a new polymer clayer. She asked me how she could make houses. Since I am, mostly, a bead maker and a caner I pulled out my list of links to look at … Read More...
Little Clay Planters
I’m a lucky crafty type. Not only do I get to do polymer clay for my day job I have a physical shop in my small town. In that shop I have seedlings in my windows that need cute little … Read More...
DIY Miniature Strawberries
And hop skipping towards more summer stuff: strawberries. Miniature strawberries made from polymer clay more specifically. The Ice Panda blog has both glazed and unglazed and an example of the strawberries in action as little post earrings.
I tend to … Read More...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Popsicles
I may be optimistic. I planted my seedlings out two weeks ahead of my usual time. I put the snow shovels away. I am looking at summery topics for tutorials. Like a quick popsicle charm one. I mean, we often … Read More...
DIY Clay Veggies
I was planting my carrots and peas today – early for here! – and so I went looking for posts about clay veggies and stumbled across this one. Of course, this one isn’t clay, it’s marzipan but the process is … Read More...
DIY Fancy Planters
This project is a great idea for embellishing a simple terra cotta pot. I would suggest another glue than hot glue – given my less than awesome experience with it and polymer clay – but the overall idea is great. … Read More...
Tutorial: Faux Stone Planter
The tutorial talks about making one of these little planters to preserve summer but I’m pretty sure any sunny window could use a few of these to brighten up even DURING the summer. And really, where I live, summer is … Read More...
Tutorial: Picarello Mokume Gane Earrings
Julie Picarello has a recognizable style with her striking mokume gane. Sculpey and Julie now have a tutorial for a pair of earrings made in a version on the Sculpey site. It’s a treat to see a little of how … Read More...
Little Pinwheel Earring DIY
Whimsical pinwheel earrings to enjoy with the good weather. The tutorial has a mention of not baking too long but 30 minutes at the correct temperature is a correct time. Just ensure your oven is actually baking at the temperature … Read More...
Polymer Clay Fairy Garden Houses
… and accessories. This tutorial is a whole collection of goodness. The house uses an empty can for it’s form so you could scale whichever way you need to: tiny tomato paste tin or big old coffee tin. The house … Read More...
DIY Clay Yarn Bowl
I was looking for gift ideas for Mother’s Day crafts and stumbled across something else on my list – yarn bowls. I’ve made yarn bowls from ceramic a few times, with varying degrees of success, but it’s hard. I’m a … Read More...
DIY Photo Bugs for Mother’s Day
These little photo bugs are adorable. Made from Premo by Pauline of Chica Circle, these are great Mother’s Day gift ideas that kids can do. Make some photo bugs in your mom’s favourite hues and add a few recent pictures … Read More...