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Love is in the air….

Well people are starting to think about Valentines Day and I am seeing many other people creating hearts so I decided I would play with hearts too. I have a fair bit of work in progress but here are some finished earrings. They will be my earrings for my week 2 of the 52 pairs of earrings a year challenge I am taking part in on Flickr.  The middle ones are studs, I finally got round to ordering some earring posts! I often see people put little...

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52 pairs of earrings a year challenge – week one for me

52 pairs of earrings a year challenge – week one for me

I was wondering what type of earrings I should make first – then it became obvious – little cats of course!(You can find my free tutorial to make them yourself here  – I wouldn’t recommend starting so small though, they are very fiddly small!)They  are 2cm across, I had to make 3 cats as I realised after I made the second identical to the first they would look better mirroring each other.If you like to make things why...

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Blog Lovin

Follow my blog with BloglovinI was reading an article on Craft Blog UK (which if you have a craft blog is a brilliant resource and you should check it out!) about Bloglovin which is the new thing for following blogs apparently. Thought I’d give it a whirl. I am following The Craft Blog UK blog there and have listed my own, it’s linked to my personal facebook page. I will feedback a little on what it’s like after I have used it...

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Cat tutorial

I am so thrilled that you are enjoying my cat tutorial and delighted with the results I am seeing! I have had a few suggestions for further improvement which I shall implement but they are fairly minor changes. I wanted to share some of the results that people have been kind enough to photograph and share, I loved seeing them! Please do let me see a photo if you’ve had a go.Beautiful little cat by Pippa – love the colours and the...

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My Sleeping Cat Tutorial

My Sleeping Cat Tutorial

Here is the promised cat tutorial, I hope you enjoy it! It is also available as a PDF document which I can send to you if you email me, I am really happy to do so – just couldn’t find an easy way to have it as a download online. If you use it I would be really grateful for some pictures of your cats, and as always a comment, or like here or on my facebook page really makes my day. I would also appreciate any feedback you have to...

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Tutorials – photos or video?

Tutorials – photos or video?

So having had a busy weekend doing non polymer clay things I am now free to get back to my clay – hurray! First on the agenda is that cat tutorial, only 2 more followers to go! I am struggling a little to make some of my explanations clear (I might just send it out to some of my faithful followers for testing- don’t worry Bonnie – you’d make that list!) and am wondering about perhaps trying to make a little video...

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