Last night whilst I was lying in bed I saw this pendant. So today I made it.It’s to go with this stripy top I wear all the time!  I am thinking perhaps it should of been bigger, maybe I will make another one later.Hope you are having a good week.CaraPS Please come like my page on facebook. You can click on the button up there on the left

I decided I wanted to try out some new colours so went to look at some online, on my way I found the Colour Lovers website . There you can make and share colour palettes and colour patterns. I found this palette  that I liked the look of  It’s by DianaColours and it turns out she is a polymer clay artist too which is probably why here colours and patterns appeal to me. Here’s a couple of canes I made with the palette. I will show...

A while back I share some tutorial links with you http://www.carajane.co.uk/2010/05/tutorial-links.htmlI have just come across another collection of tutorial links thanks to Marlene Brady on her It’s All About Creating blog. What I really like about this collection is that it is photographs so you can see exactly what the tutorial is for. Thank you Iratirita for sharing them!Iratirita tutorial list 1 – canes and miniaturesIratirita...

Please note the new diary link above, that should show you an online calendar with my sale, demonstration and workshop dates. Some dates you might want to know about if you live near Bristol (UK)…I will be demonstrating making polymer clay jewellery in Hobby Crafts at Cribbs Causeway, Bristol  this Thursday 15th September between 10am and 4pm. Come along, say hello and watch me work if you are anywhere near!I have also organised some more...

Not a great photo but here’s a peek at what my stall looked like on Saturday. I moved that mirror on the right as it was obsuring a lovely pendant. It didn’t look like this at home time, there were lots of gaps! Should of taken a photo then too, maybe I will remember next time.

When I was doing my curing experiments I wondered if the quenching, plunging into ice water straight from oven, really did help with translucence. I had a few things ready to cure made with translucent Kato clay so thought I would quickly test to see. I made 2 samples from translucent Kato polymer clay on a mid thickness in the pasta machine, setting 5 on an Atlas. Not sure of my reason for the  thickness, just what seemed right at the time. On...