Every blogger I know who has turned their attention to festive crafting seems to have been caught by the Elf on a Shelf bug this year; it is something that England hasn’t really known to indulge in until recently and I’m not at all sure about him if I am honest. However, he has...
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I used to think that all I needed was access to lots of ideas and then I’d get better at making models; unfortunately this seems not to be true. For one thing I need more time to practise (it’s annoying I can have access to lots of polymer clay and no time to use...
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Every so often I have an entirely over ambitious idea and absolutely have to try it in polymer clay. One of those 'looks fabulous in my head, surely must be possible' types of ideas. And my autumnal leaf bowl made from biscuit cutter leaves one one such moment. Only the fact that I had...
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For the last few years I’ve been involved in a Secret Santa and it has become a bit of a tradition to make something for my victim in Fimo. I’ve depicted a family in Animal Crossing style and a family with an Outwell brand obsession around their Outwell themed Christmas Tree. Last year I...
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Trees are very important to me right now; in my head they are linked with our little boy Freddie, who lived just 11 days and died in mid April. A lot of my creativity is inspired by him just now. Here are some more trees I’ve been creating. These two are spring and summer...
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I’ve been working on some simple tree ideas for polymer clay pictures recently; trees have been a bit of a theme in our family and my personal art work throughout the summer. While fiddling away with some shapes and ideas, I created this tree, a simple, almost naive style of tree which seems very...
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First go at doing something like this; it was immensely satisfying though and i shall be doing it again. i was away from home and only had Fimo Soft to hand, which isn’t ideal for canes, but it came out okay i thought.
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I really must learn to spike heads on to cocktail sticks too as this one dropped back in the over slightly and really spoiled the effect. And when i’ve done that, i must practise faces! Her hair is perhaps my favourite bit; thin tapes (squashed sausages) of copper fimo twisted lightly and then secured...
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My children want to know if this is how fairies are born… someone finds them in a rosebush? I’ve no idea, though I’ve never heard of a fairy maternity hospital so it could be. I think there is a mummy looking for this one though.
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Autumn chills are in the air and the leaves are turning brown. Certainly true here but there is still time for a little lounging about in the last warmth of the year.
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