A friend of mine was admiring my charm bracelet but doesn’t wear bracelets so asked me to make a necklace for her. The original idea was to just add a bit of chain to either end of a bracelet but I made the charm section quite a bit longer in the end so it didn’t look ‘mean’. There are 6 different types of pearl and crystal beads in turquoise and green to pick out the colours on the petals. I am pleased with how it...

I would like to wish all my friends amd fellow polymer clay addicts a very Happy New Year!May 2011 be filled with health, creativity and happiness.We have had a lovely family Christmas and fun with friends for the New Years celebrations. I am looking forward to finally having some time to play with all the jewellery ideas that are roaming loose in my head in the coming weeks. I will off course share what I am up to with you.Here’s one of...

I have just booked my place on the UK’s first polymer clay retreat – Polymer Pamper and Play. Here’s the brochure if you are interested in coming too (click on the image to enlarge it)The workshops will be taught by Carol Blackburn and Christine Dumont. you can find more information on Debbie Carlton’s (who is organising it along with Rebecca Thickbroom) blogfor more information or to book a place please contact Rebecca...

(I am supposed to be busy – distracting myself with catching up with blogging)About a year ago, I spent some time (OK probably several days or even weeks!) browsing photos of amazing polymer clay work on Flickr and decided to set  off on my journey from being someone who was playing with clay to someone who could create amazing things.I love flickr, I check everyday to see what new delights my contacts have created. I can see images from...

I did a little experiment today to see how the colours looked with these ‘Natalia’ beads. The top row has green inside the second row has turquoise inside and the bottom row is the 2 beads alternatively stung so 1 green inside, 1 turquoise inside etc.I thought there would be more visiual difference between the 3 different colourways. They are different but on first glance it’s not apparent as it’s the overall colours you...

Here’s some green and purple jewellery I made using the technique I learnt from Natalia Garcia de Leaniz  at Polymer Plays Days in Nottingham earlier this year.Yes a hat pin! But can also been worn as a brooch or decorating a bag.You may recognise these colours as being the project which produced the scrap clay for the lentil pendant I showed you recently.