Happy Wednesday, all! Today’s workdesk finds me working on some more dragon wing earrings for my Etsy shop, this time in shades of blue, purple and silver. Also on the desk is my much needed new Ott Lite. These days the eyes…
Being a rebel by nature, I simply could not bring myself to add to the deluge of “Black Friday” sales events. Don’t know about you, but my inbox was crammed full the things. However, I have had in mind for a while…
Dear readers, yesterday was our Thanksgiving celebration here in the U.S. and I took the day off to spend with family and friends. But I want to be sure to let you know that I am so very thankful for YOU. You,…
Happy Wednesday! My workdesk today is my kitchen table. For some reason, it seems to be loaded with candy. Since I don’t have to put on a big Thanksgiving dinner, I decided to spend a little time doing this fun candy turkey…
Presenting the newest item in my Etsy shop: a Dragon Cameo. I got the idea when wearing a necklace based on Jill Kollman’s Micro Sculpt Applique project in the June 2013 issue of Polymer Cafe. I’d been trying to make a…
Wow, color me impressed. I just finished taking a free family portrait photography class over at Craftsy. I wasn’t really looking to do any family portraits (my kids are grown & gone), but figured any tips I could pick up would be…
Hello Wednesday! Today’s workdesk finds me working on this month’s Tim Holtz tag. This time around he had a faux chalk drawing technique. It involves embossing a stamped image and then rubbing over the embossing with chalk. I couldn’t find the brand…
I just finished up my entry in Polymer Clay Collective’s Faux Challenge. Click on any of the photos for a closer look. I decided to try faux ivory this time around. The technique is fairly simple, it’s just layers of translucent, white and…
More often than not we are inspired by materials. Catalogs and conventions tend to overwhelm with the sheer volume of ideas. But can’t you usually pick up just a simple component, like a length of chain or some beads and have the…
Happy Wednesday, all! Once again my workdesk shows I’m working on a project from Wire-Wrapped Stones Crystals and Clusters, a Craftsy class I bought a while back. Those blue ovals on the right are dragon cameos I hope to be listing in my…
