As wonderful as clay is, large beads weigh a fair amount. A whole string of them can be heavy. Hollow beads are the way to go. ArtyBecca has a method using cardstock or paper forms for the inners. Give it … Read More...

Makin’s Clay has a great tutorial for a Halloween themed necklace. The necklace itself is made up of components which would individually be great little beads or decorations. You could attach the candy corn or pumpkins to post earring findings … Read More...

All fall colours in my flickr finds this week! People were doing beautiful colours in browns, reds, golds, sages.

1. Polymer clay acorn pendant with enameled copper oak leaf, 2. Polymer Clay Cheerleaders, 3. Cupcake Christmas Ornaments – … Read More...

Meg sent me a link to her sunflower magnet tutorial. The project is quick and easy and right in season! You could easily use the same techniques to make flowers of your choice (marbled reds and golds, smaller centres … Read More...

I had the fortune, on Saturday, to visit the Mini Maker Faire in Calgary, my hometown. Created by Make Magazine (or sponsored? inspired by?) the Maker Faires are a series of events all around the world that are a combination … Read More...

JooJoo on Etsy is a talented jewellery and print artist. She’s also a talented  clayer, as you can see from the adorable little cactus on her site. I found the cactus as I was looking for inspiration – yes, I … Read More...

The nice folks from CraftFoxes sent me a link to their spooky forest sticks. I know there’s always a debate about clay having contact with food but I’m in the camp that brief decorative contact (like cake toppers or … Read More...

These Fimo  nifty beads seem to be a matter of patience but the results are certainly cool! You could do a variety of flower beads like this – I remember seeing rose ball beads – for people according to their … Read More...

You couldn’t really pick two more different cats but I love them both. And a nifty flower and a folksy bird. The bird is a little like what we’ve been tinkering with here, using paper based air dry polymer clays.… Read More...

Here’s a fun polymer clay jewellery tutorial, by Kimberly Idalsky for Sculpey.com, for the 4th of July celebrators – though you could mix the colours up and do something similar where you are. Also, these exact colours are … Read More...

Ginger of BlueBottleTree has a ton of good stuff on her blog. A recent post is her list of tips for newbies to polymer clay. I knew these – I prefer to use Vaseline to take clay off my … Read More...

Maybe you have someone who’s just finishing up classes for the year and needs some fun productive stuff to do. Maybe you’ve been itching to try out polymer clay. Here’s some fun supplies that go just fabulous with polymer:

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I admit I haven’t been a big mold user. In the past I haven’t done a lot of sculpting and most of the base shapes I use are simple enough that I can use cutters and shape by hand quickly … Read More...

Sculpey (thanks to contributor Wilda Kemp) has a great pendant project – the hidden flower pendant. It covers how to create a domed pendant with a recessed flower in it which is a neat look. I think this would … Read More...

Continuing along with the cane theme… Amatista generously shares a tutorial on her Flickr photostream to make a flower cane similar to this one. She has a website to see more of her lovely work as well.

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A picture tutorial, about halfway down, for the lovely flower cane above and some variants. This is a good way to use a single blend to make a variety of canes along the same theme.

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Amanda of Wit & Whistle has a nifty idea for making your own herb / pot / garden markers from polymer clay in this tutorial. As she comments in the tutorial: be gentle with them, they’re not super sturdy. … Read More...

Welcome to the world of KilkennycatArt, the imaginative and playful artwork of Ryan Conners! If you’re a fan of whimsical and colorful paintings, you’re in for a treat with Ryan’s work. His paintings are known for their vibrant hues, bold … Read More...

One of the coolest canes to make has definitely got to be a kaleidoscope cane. And there are more ways to make the parts that any sane person could figure out in a lifetime. The above is a simple, straightforward … Read More...

Here’s a fairly simple but nicely realistic tutorial for making clay eyes. These eyes can be added to figurines and other characters. Pop some clay eyes on anything and it suddenly comes alive.  These clay eyes are realistic and full … Read More...