First piece of jewellery sold!
I am so excited I have sold my first piece of jewellery! I gave some bits to my mum to try and sell for me at charity coffee morning and sale she is having on the 24th September. I hadn’t given her prices cause I was still struggling with those, I felt that what I wanted to charge might be too much. Well a friend of hers came round and wanted to buy 3 of my necklaces (I only sent about 6!). Mum called me but I was on a train and there was no signal so she made the price up but only let her buy 1 in case the price was wrong.She sold this...
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Finally I grabbed a bit of clay time. I am trying to gear up to sell my polymer clay creations. Here’s a sneak preview.
read moreBlue and White beads
I have been making some blue and white beads to make a bracelet for my friends birthday (she has a blue and white flower print top). I made a pair of simple matching earrings too.
read moreFaux turquoise spoons
IMG_3076Originally uploaded by surfingcat clayWe made these 2 spoons a while ago but only did the last bit of paint application last night.The one on the left was made by my good friend Ruth and the one on the right is mine. She was more delicate with her paint application and her sanding and it looks more organic and natural than mine. Needless to say I like the lumpy organic nature of hers and she likes the brightness of mine.I made some more faux turquoise things including quite a lot of ‘tumble chip beads’.
read moreIt’s my birthday!
It’s my birthday today and we have lots of things planned (mainly revolving round food it seems). I got some lovely presents; ice cream maker, an amaco bead baking rack and some money to pay for some polymer clay workshops. I have just booked to go to Christine Dumont’s Pods and Cocoons workshop in London in a few weeks. I am very much enjoying life – just need to find some more time to play with my polymer clay as well.hope you are all having a good weekend and I look forward to sharing my latest couple of projects with you...
read moreStriped blue cane
IMG_3032Originally uploaded by surfingcat clayIt’s the school holidays and the kids are home keeping me busy!! we’ve had a week camping with our friends and done lot of swimming. We have only played with some polymer clay a bit making some tiny bones which we have been playing treasure hunts with and enclosing in treasure rocks (rock like salt dough) to excavate. Tonight I finally felt awake enough to play with my clay. I am working on a blue and white project. Here is two of the canes I made for it – spot the difference...
read moreLook what my kids made!
These are the end of year present for my kids teachers. I tried to persuade them to make a covered spoon or a pen as I thought these would be more useful presents but they were both quite determined to give jewellery (guess it is often what I give these days). Daisy in particular really loved my necklace below and wanted to make one just like it for her teachers.The inspiration made by meI obviously showed them what to do but the following necklaces were made entirely by my children! They chose the colours and the way the beads were put...
read moreAnd the winner is….
Congratulations to Gayle who was the lucky winner of the CSN stores voucher. Hopefully she has already received her voucher code so she can get shopping in any of the CSN stores. Do let us know what you buy!!My daughter really loved picking out a scrunched up piece of paper from a bowl and she spent some time picking them up and opening them all and did it again! Unfortunately there could only be one winner.Life has been hectic recently and haven’t had much time for clay 🙁 I hope to get a chance to do some tomorrow as it may be my...
read moreGiveaway thanks to CSN
I am pleased to announce that I have a £25 gift voucher to give-away to one lucky reader thanks to CSN Stores. CSN Stores has amazing online stores where you can find everything from cookware to ceiling lights to furniture! They sell an amazing selection of goods, here are some of my favourite items Beautiful bone china mugs Fab cup cake stands!Italian designed Chandeliers To enter all you need to do is leave a comment below. You can have an extra entry if you become a follower or if you blog, tweet or facebook a link to this give away...
read moreReally Round Natasha Beads
I made another tube Natasha bead but then decided to make some balls so I cut it in half and reshaped them. I think the tube bead works better cause you appreciate the ‘mirror’ better but it is always good to try something new. Hope you are all having a fab weekend. I had a wonderful afternoon with the girls enjoying cream tea in the sunshine and then a night of cocktails – fun, fun, fun!
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