Have you got a clay extruder and are not sure how to use it to make a polymer clay cane? In this tutorial I will show step by step how to make a flower cane using basic shapes from an extruder.
The Many Stages of Santa
Hello, I thought is was time to bring you up to date with the newest addition to my Christmas decorations. Meet Santa in his many forms! At the back you can see the funny red skittle shapes with pink circles for the face. I then added the beards and hair. Now with arms, fur cuffs... Continue Reading →
Little Fishes
Hello, I have no idea when I last blogged and I have to admit that I hesitated before sitting down to write today. I am going to be 100% honest and admit that I am struggling to fit everything in at the moment and, with so many balls that I seemingly have to keep in... Continue Reading →
The Sunshine Blogger Award
The Rules: 1.Thank the nominator and post a link back to their blog. 2.Answer the questions the nominator has set out for you. 3.Nominate new blogs and set out questions for them to answer. 4.Notify the nominees of their nominations by commenting on their blog or social media 5.When creating your nomination post, list... Continue Reading →
New Jewellery – The Blossom Collection
In accordance to my new year post I am staying focused on my Etsy shop and trying to keep ahead with seasons and events. I seem to gravitate more and more towards my polymer clay at the moment but I think that it's because I can create whatever odd idea I have (within reason!) as... Continue Reading →
Happy Post
I had a lovely surprise land on my door mat on Friday. A special handmade gift from a fellow blogger; Julia from Julia's Creative Year. A quite unexpected and absolutely charming embroidery stitched especially for me. I wrote a blog post at the start on the new year with my goals for the 2018 (you... Continue Reading →
Monochrome Jewellery
When I was preparing for the craft fair in October/November I decided to work on a monochrome collection of jewellery to contrast with all the colourful pieces I had previously made. I always like to work with colour but appreciate that not everyone feels the same way. I had seen two ideas for polymer clay... Continue Reading →
Keeping Things Simple
I made a lot of jewellery before Christmas that were altogether more complicated than my usual makes. I learned new bead weaving stitches, I spent hours playing with clay to make new beads and I had a blast but sometimes I come back to the idea of clean and simple especially when I am a... Continue Reading →
Simple Birthday Card
I intended to post my illustration on Saturday (as I have for the last two weeks) but I'm still working on it so I thought I'd share a simple birthday card that I made before Christmas. It's a great one for using up little bits of patterned paper from previous projects. If you can cut a... Continue Reading →
Polymer Clay Necklaces
Hello! It seems absolutely ages since my last blog post. I have got very bad with getting anything done over the last few weeks and all my creative oomph seems to have gone for a wander. Hoping it returns soon as I am yet to start Christmas card making (I know, pretty bad that a... Continue Reading →