I love Pinterest. The best thing about it is it doesn’t take too much time, I can use it to file away pictures I want to see again and I can have a quick flick through to see what everyone else has come across but (so far) I haven’t spent half my day sat there playing with it.I came across a new web site today, courtesy of a pin by the amazingly talented Zuda Gay Pease called design seeds. It’s a collection of beautiful...

In one of my last posts I mentioned I was going to actually try and use some of the many tutorial and projects I have been reading and admiring but not actually using! I finally got round to trying out one of the Craft Edu tutorials I purchased ages ago. It’s Faux Wood by Sylvie Peraud. I was lucky enough to take a class with Sylvie at Polymer Play Days last year and am a big fan of her work and I know she is a good teacher!Generally I...

I was lucky enough to have a polymer clay day today with friends old and new today!I invited all the people I knew who lived in the South West corner of the UK to get together at my home (being as it’s fairly central and easy to get to) and was lucky enough to be joined by 4 of them.It was great to spend some time with like minded people, who know what you are talking about and to share tips and ideas.We all brought some things to show...

In celebration of my new blog I am going to run 2 giveaways.Giveaway 1To enter all you need to do is be a follower, I will use a random number generator to pick a follower, with 1 being the first follower. Those of you who are already following me here, thank you, you will be entered. This is the prize for giveaway 1Giveaway 2To enter this you need to link to my blog. A blog, or facebook post, or tweet – about my blog in general or the...

I used what I’d learnt from my recent strength test experiments to make sure my latest polymer clay jewellery was cured to make it good and strong. The pieces were cured at 160ºC for 30 mins. I was pleased when I handled them, they seemed good and strong. Then I tried to sand them. Yup they are strong, and hard and that makes them really hard to polish! I spent about 4 times longer than I normally would polishing this flower pendant and I...

I have been asked a couple of questions about my purple flowery cabochon pendant so here’s a little more information  about how I made it. Looking at the colour differences due to the lighting in my pictures I really should go back to using my  photography set up but I took these pictures as a record for me rather than for sharing with you.First I made 2 canes (typically I made them with little bits left over from another project so they...