Fern necklace

This necklace does not use polymer clay.

I love polymer clay, espcially Sculpey.

You know that.

This necklace uses an air dry clay that I found in the clearance section.  

It is a kids' clay. 

 Mine was pretty dried out so I added some water, closed the lid and waited.

A few days later, soft clay.

It was fun to work with because it was very similar to earthen clay that you fire.

But this just air dried.

I did seal the pendant with Varathane to be on the safe side.

I love the mix of beads in this piece.

And I always seem to reach for silk in my designs at some point.

I really need to build my natural stones stash up...

I love how they look with clay.

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Blue and Pink Wrap Bracelet

I wanted to share an easy peasy polymer bead wrap bracelet today.  

Pinks and blues and waxed linen and steel findings.

Simple as that.

It's a wrap bracelet.

My favorite.

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Beachy Blues Necklace

I am not the only one at our house that is creative.

We all are.

My husband works his magic with wood.

And my daughter can do anything creative she puts her mind to.

When she has time, she likes to make jewelry too.  

Her style is very different than mine.

I love this necklace that she made...

So beachy and sweet.

Let's take a closer look.

This is so her.

I love it.

The hard part is her slowing down enough to have time to make some things.

Even the chain is pretty.

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Wilma Flintstone...Move over... This Choker is To Die for!

Keeping it short and sweet today...

These beads are really big polymer clay.

They are almost as big as a quarter in the front.

Big beads are always expensive so I love to make my own and then give them rustic finishes.

This necklace reminds me of the ones Wilma and Betty wore in the Flintstones.

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Faux Bone Necklace for Sculpey

I am so very proud to have one of my necklaces featured on the Sculpey website.

You can see the full tutorial here.

I took a ton of photos before I sent the necklace.

It is one of my favorite pieces.

I took photos with different tops.

To me, it has a primitive, bohemian quality.

I worked on coming up with a fox bead I liked.

This one was one of my favorites towards the end of the development phase.

I think the necklace takes on an entirely different tone with this coral top.

I personally would wear it with denim.

The faux bone technique is easy and addictive to make.

I also started playing with a white background for photos.

I used to have a light box in the house my husband made me that had tissue paper sides for diffused light.

It always had a yellow cast to the photos that I did not like.

I like these much better.

My very favorite were the photos I did in natural settings.

I feel they really suit the piece.

This one on the stone by my pond is the one Sculpey chose.

I am glad I did not have to choose because I liked so many of the natural settings like this one.

And this one.

Lucky for me, it was overcast for about 30 minutes when I did most of these photos.

I cannot wait to play some more with this technique.

What are your thoughts?

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Beachy Blues Wrap Bracelet

Hello!

I think you can tell I have been using a lot of waxed linen cord lately.

Today I am sharing another versatile blue polymer piece.

It can be a necklace or a wrap bracelet.

I love these beads I did with the shimmery beachy blues.

This piece has a few heart beads thrown in as well.

The whole "key to my heart" theme...

right down to the steel heart links.

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Do You UTEE?

Last winter I discovered the magic of UTEE.

I had read about it, but had no idea what it was: Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel from Ranger.

Why didn't someone say so?

Anyway, it is essentially little beads of plastic that you melt in their little melting pot.  

Then you can dip all kinds of things into it.

They end up getting coated with a clear plastic coating that looks like glass.

My favorite things to UTEE are paper flowers and paper leaves.

Come see how they look in some designs.

To make a hole, I put a wire in a votive flame to heat it and then just held it on the petal to melt through.

Sometimes I twist a little as I do it as well.

See how they look like glass?

I often make little leaves from discarded book pages.  Each leaf has a piece of floral wire sandwiched between 2 pages so I can give them a little bend before I dip in the UTEE.

The UTEE makes each leaf so much more sturdy but it still looks delicate.

I added a bit of green tint to the UTEE batch for the leaves.

If you have never tried it, I do highly recommend it.

It is addictive though.

It is also worth the investment to buy the mat. 

It gives you a place to put everything while it cools and any extra UTEE just peels right off when it is cool to be used again.

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