Back to School

I am giving away one of these over on my facebook page here.


I can not believe that the kids are going back to school soon.

Giveaway

I am having a giveaway over on my facebook fan page.  :)

Polymer Clay Dog Tag Tutorial

I meant to write this tutorial last year, but got distracted.  Not a shock.  Oooohhh  look something shiny.  ;)

Items I used:
Square Cookie Cutter
Letter Stamps
Stamp Pad (I used black)
Polymer Clay in desired color.

First condition your clay (smoosh and warm it up) and then roll out your clay to the desired thickness.  I use my pasta machine to do this.  If you do not have one a brayer tool works great.

Then cut out a square with the cookie cutter.  I then cut the squares in 1/2.  You could also cut the rectangles by just cutting along a straight edge with an exacto knife.

I then rounded the edges a bit with my fingers.

And added a small hole to the one end.

Then I used my mini letter stamps and the black stamp pad to stamp sayings into the clay. 

The sayings are endless.  :)

You can also add some embellishments.  Then bake them following the instructions on the polymer clay packaging. 


I turned one into a necklace by adding a pearl accent and chain.

One of my customers (Little Bow Peep Boutique) uses them on her bows.

You could also add them to a photo frame with your favorite soldier's photo inside, key chain or scrapbook. 

Linking to these parties, here.

Princesses are in the shop

I am currently open with a few princesses.  (I plan on doing other princesses after this batch, so don't fear you will see the rest.)  I will closing up again sometime at the end of next week. 

Lily's Flying Magical Pony

I finished up the necklace with the Pegasus Unicorn I made last week for Lily.

I added a glittery cloud to the rolo chain, too.

 I asked Lily to model her new flying magical pony.

Pegasus Unicorn

Lily has been asking me for a while to make her a pegasus unicorn. She decided I should do it this morning because I have the day off of work for good Friday.  She picked out the colors and gave me direction.  It was funny listening to Lily give me direction.  Jeff kept smiling across the table listening to her. 

She is very happy with how her charm came out.  I also made a cloud charm and plan on making her a necklace with them. 

Little Mermaid Necklaces

Here they are....

Lily looked at both of them and decided she wants this one...

I think I will be auctioning off the other one below on my facebook page.

Here they are next to a dime so you have a better size reference.

Now I just need to make a couple more for my nieces.  :)

Wordful Wednesday - Work in Progress

Sneak peek of what I have been working on...

I have had these metal pieces for a while now.  

 I finally pulled them out last night and made a couple mermaid necklaces.

Just for size prospective, the cameo is about 29x38mm and the center is about 18x25mm.

Lily approves.  ;) 

I made 2 of them, one for Lily and one to sell.  I can not wait to take photos of the finished products this morning.  :)

For more WW check out 5 Minutes for Mom, Seven Clown Circus,  Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia, The InfoMouse , Focused on the Magic & Fresh Mommy. 

Shop is Open

I had some fun a couple weeks ago making some new centers & necklaces. These cuties are now for sale in my shop. I will be only taking orders for just these items for now. With my new job, I am still trying to find time to fit everything in. I will be open for about a week and mailing them out the first week of March. :)

Glittery Mickey Necklace

I had some fun the other day making some new pendants.  What do you think?

You can enter to win one of of these necklaces over on my facebook fan page here.

Wordless Wednesday - Shamrock

(Shamrock necklace I am giving away over on my facebook fan page here)

I opened up facebook today to find a friend talking about Shamrock Shakes.  Looks like they have been spotted.  They are my husband's favorite.  He looks forward to them every year. 

Do you like them? 
(I personally do not)

For more WW check out 5 Minutes for Mom, Seven Clown Circus  Parenting by Dummies, Project Alicia, The InfoMouse , Focused on the Magic & Fresh Mommy. 

Valentine Necklace Giveaway

I am giving away one of these Valentine necklaces over on my facebook fan page here.