I have been busy playing with clay all day. I have almost finished a paisley cane, not sure how I am going to reduce it yet. I look forward to sharing it with you in the morning – too tired now!

<img src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_GjLAjHe4hfQ/S4x_RhVwdsI/AAAAAAAAB6U/INLn766P2yw/S45/avatar.jpg” width=”35″ height=”35″ class=”photo” alt=””>Having posted about Doreen’s giveaway on her blog she kindly visited my blog and left some really useful comments. I have decided to post them here so you can all benefit from them too. I only discovered...

As always I start my day with a little hop around the internet polymer clay world to see what interesting inspiration and tips I can find. Today I happened across some more wonderful blogs (I wonder if there is anyone who has seen every single polymer clay artists blog?)I came across a post on Backyard Beads announcing the opening of Doreen’s Backyard Beads ETSY store. I love these Wild Things beads and am sure she will do well with her...

 Package Colour TestingMade some with Premo then decided I was going to use Kato as my main clay so made some of those too. It was interesting to see how the colours changed when they were mixed with white and also how the baked colours compared. Useful knowledge so worth doing.Value SortingI found this hard, to see the value of the colours. Then inspiration struck and I used my digital camera in black and white mode as my eye. Now I have got...

I emailed STAEDTLER who manufactuer Fimo about storing it. Here is their responsePlease store unpacked material wrapped in aluminium foil, in tins or plastic bags (PE / PP). Please avoid unhardened FIMO coming into contact with polystyrene (PS), PVC or Styrofoam, since the surface may undergo a chemical change – as described in your mail.So now you know 😉 

Thank you to Zuleykha for featuring my flower cane on her blog but I couldn’t have done it without your tutorial!My first curling petal caneIn case anyone wanted to know I used Premo Turquoise  for the cane and the darker colour is the same turquoise mixed with a little black (perhaps I am not so bad with colours after all ;)I still think your curling petal cane is better. One of Zuleykha’s curling petal canes