(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.
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***
***Update: I’ve now replaced my old shop with The Color Box Studio, which you can see here.***
YES, I DID! I’m so excited, as you can probably tell from the two exclamation points in the title (I hardly ever use more than one exclamation point. :)). Click here to view my new Etsy shop, WeeLittleCrafts, or click on the image below!
So far I only have six listings, but I have made more things, I just haven’t taken pictures of them yet. So look for more! Here are a few of the things for sale so far:
A cute little miniature woodland animal set,
A pretty bead and coil necklace,
A few adorable pencil pals,
And a cute lil’ puppy necklace.
Click on the link above to see even more items!
SQUEEE! XD 😀 XD
***Allison***
P. S. Maddy started an Etsy shop that sells her photography. It’s really pretty – you should check it out!
This is the rather interesting necklace I made recently.
It is made out of a gall. – Wait, please don’t be grossed out!
Oh. It might be a good idea to tell you what a gall is first. A gall is like a fungus made by an insect as a sort of cocoon for itself. But that doesn’t mean an insect is actually in the gall now.
Now are you grossed out? Yep, I thought so. *Sigh.* Oh well, I started this post so I might as well finish it.
This is how I made the necklace: First, I started with a gall I had found on a hike. It is actually a huge gall, at least from what I’ve seen. I just had to do something with it, because it was so beautiful! It looked like a big wooden bead.
Then I carefully made two holes in it and threaded a string through the holes and knotted it securely. I tied that little string to a bigger, braided one. I then covered the gall in a coat of ModPodge to make it a little stronger.
And ta-daa! I had myself a one-of-a-kind, natural, super lightweight (not to mention strange) necklace!
Are you still grossed out or not?
***Allison***
I made this little guy for a gift for one of our friends. He was so cute I almost didn’t want to give him away! 🙂 I found this great tutorial with templates for making the round felt sphere part of him, and once you make the sphere you can customize it to be anything you want! Here’s the link to the tutorial on how to sew the pieces together (the actual tutorial part is towards the bottom of the post) tallystreasury.com And here’s the link to the template – it’s down near the bottom of the page under “Sewing Patterns” #14: tallystreasury.com/patterns/.
And now for a photoshoot!
This last picture shows him with a necklace I made that I also included in the gift. Doesn’t he look like he’s wearing earbuds or something?
Don’t you just want to squeeze him?!
***Allison***
You’ve already seen that you can make cute animals from polymer clay. There are lots of other neat things you can make with it too. Such as jewelry.
The doughnuts and the camera shown here were made from polymer clay. I inserted a loop of wire into the clay before I baked it.
These are the doughnut earrings. I inserted little metal rings into those green wire loops I made. I used a needle-nose pliers to open and close the rings.
I made this necklace for my aunt for her birthday. The tiny beads are seed beads, and the bigger clear beads are just… beads. The beads are strung onto thin wire.
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And that’s it! The brand of polymer clay I use is “Craft Smart”, and it comes from Michaels. So did the beads, the earring forms, and the metal rings. All of the supplies are pretty inexpensive too. So get crafting!
***Allison***
Allison Marie 