Some Recent Clayations

January 27, 2017January 27, 2017 | Allison

Hey guys! Today I – oh wait. IF YOU ARE MALLORY, DON’T READ THIS POST UNTIL AFTER YOUR BIRTHDAY! XD Ahem. This post may, um… contain some classified birthday material. 😉

But anyway, as I was saying: today I wanted to show you some of my recent polymer clay creations! (To see my previous clayation posts, click here, here, and here.) Making clay miniatures is one of my favorite hobbies. 🙂

Let’s start with a hippopotamus, because it’s really fun to say. XD I made this hippo for my little sister’s birthday, and she really liked it! She has a safari themed room, and she wanted some more hippo things for it. 😛 Basically it’s just a shallow bowl with a hippo head and legs. Oh, and I brushed it with triple-thick glaze. Kinda cute, huh?

Next up, we have a cute wittle bunny. I used a brown artist’s pastel to shade her ears and face.

bunny-2 — For some reason I like taking pictures of my creations in my hand. You can see the size of the thing better, and it just looks more cute and personable somehow. 🙂

This is a miniature of my old camera: a Nikon Coolpix L830. Which I would HIGHLY recommend, by the way. 🙂

A yummy looking doughnut…

And some coffee (or tea or hot chocolate) to go with it. 🙂

I made this thingy quite a while ago. I meant to use it for a hair clip, but I just never got around to finishing it.

Aww, I love how this little guy turned out!

These are clinging earrings: basically the front of the earring is the dog’s head, and the back part is his body.

I also made similar earrings, but with a scottie rather than a schnauzer. 🙂 Such cuties!

Yet another little pup…

Okay, this is rather random. I felt like making an octopus one day, so I made an octopus. XD He’s holding on to a blue pebble for dear life.

I made one of these pendants for my Etsy shop because I made one for myself that I love and wear often.

Last but not least, this is my current masterpiece. 😛 My cousins wanted me to make a “mad King Herod” to go with their nativity scene. (You know how he would have been furious since the wise men didn’t obey his orders?) So behold. XD He’s pretty tall – about 8 inches, which is much bigger than what I usually do, but I’m very pleased with how he turned out!

I hope you enjoyed this post!

Which clayation was your favorite? Do you like to make things out of polymer clay? If you’ve never tried it, you really should! It’s a lot of fun. 🙂

***Allison***

More Clayations

October 19, 2016November 12, 2018 | Allison

(See the previous clayation posts here and here.)

I haven’t made a clayation post for a while, have I? We must remedy that, mustn’t we? I should stop asking questions and get to the post, shouldn’t I?

Ahem.

A lot of these things either were or are in my Etsy shop. ~~That sentence sounds kind of awkward but I don’t know what else to say.~~

snowy-owl-2 — I made this little fella as a custom piece. I really love how he turned out!

028-1280x960-2 — I was trying to make Toto for Dorothy, a clay doll I made a while ago…

030-1280x960-2 — I was really pleased with how this mushroom turned out! I kind of made a bunch. 🙂

037-1280x960 — This is my whole collection of succulents – some of which star in my giveaway.

039-1280x960 — This was my first attempt at a baby dragon. He’s really-very-super tiny, but he didn’t quite make it to Etsy. I think his brother is a bit better… no offense, little guy!

baby-dragon-3 — This is his brother. 🙂 Shhh! Don’t wake the dragon!

042-1280x960 — I made this little cutie just tonight. She got a bit dusty though, so I might paint over her and fix her up a bit. 🙂 I think I’ll name her Angel… But then again, maybe not. Do you guys have any name suggestions?

044-1280x960 — It’s fun to make realistic, actual size ladybugs! They look pretty real from a distance. 🙂

005 — This was a custom order made for Clara (from Clara’s Craft Corner). Maude is so cute – and she looks a lot like our dog, Maggie!

002 — This was another custom order by Clara. It was really challenging, but he turned out pretty well.

merlin-the-dragon-1 — This is one of my favorite pieces ever, I think. 🙂 He’s for sale in my Etsy shop, but I don’t hardly want to sell him. XD

rose-pendant-1 — This little rose pendant is also available on my Etsy shop.

023 (960x720).jpg — And lastly but not leastly we have Miss Snail, a gift for a friend. She’s really shiny from the Triple Thick Gloss Glaze I used.

Whew, that was a lot of clay! 😀 Which was your favorite little creation?

Do you like making polymer clay things? I’d love to see them!

***Allison***

Fairly Fun! {{Fair Entries 2016}}

September 7, 2016November 12, 2018 | Allison

For those of you (like Christian Homeschooler*wink*) who wanted to know how our county fair turned out and if we won any ribbons, behold, a fair post. 😀

First of all, these are the things I entered in the fair:

Cross stitch cousins (from this post)
Blue jay painting
Clay dragon (see the Etsy listing here)
Miniature clay doughnuts (from this post)
Dorothy the doll (from this post)
Clay fawn (I made this for my sister’s birthday a couple of years ago.)
Clay rose earrings
Clay rose necklace
Painted rocks (from our room makeover)
Quillow (Megan, my cousins, and I all took a sewing class for this!)
Casey drawing

Sorry some of the things are kind of hard to see.

And of course I entered all the photos from this post. (Good gracious I use a lot of links in my posts.)

Here’s another picture of the quillow. Have you ever heard of a quillow? It’s basically a 2-in-1 blanket and quilt. You can unfold it to make a blanket, stuff the quilt into the pillowcase to make a pillow, or display it like this. It’s super neat! Thanks so much, Gram, for bringing us to the classes and helping me fix my quilt. ♥♥♥

This year was really fun and successful for me! I always love entering things in the fair, even though I don’t win ribbons for all my entries. It’s so exciting to search for your entries and look at other kids’ (and adults’) creations in the Exhibit Hall!

So, now for the ribbons I did win:

054-1024x768 — Sheesh, Allison, what a mess. XD

I won a ribbon (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) for every entry except for my drawings and the baseball photo! Woohoo! I also won a sweepstakes ribbon for the clay category (mostly since I entered so many things and sometimes they were the only entries in their category XD ). That was really fun.

All together I won:

12 first place ribbons, 3 second place ribbons, 6 third place ribbons, 1 sweepstake ribbon, aaaannd a total of $72.00! That’s one great thing about our fair – they don’t just give you ribbons, they pay you too! What could be better than that? XD

What is your fair like (if you have one)? Did you enter anything this year? (I’d love to see a picture, if you did!) Did you win any prizes?

**Allison***

P. S. GUYS THE BABY BUNNIES ARE SO CUTE I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE. Random truth.