Happy Wednesday, ya’ll! (Check out the link to find out just why I’m posting a photo of my workdesk. I’m not the only one doing it!)
Today’s desk shows I’m still working with polymer clay, but this week I’m trying to finish up fiddly details for a new concept I have.
If I get it right, these will be wearable scrapbooks. The photos are index prints, the albums are about 1.5 inches square. Cute, no?
The details I’m working on are how to get the clasp to look good, but also operate nicely, just how to fasten the clasp and how to make the hinges. Lot of ideas are floating around, but each has to be tested out. Sadly, most do not work out in reality as well as they do in my head.
Those little plastic baggies on the lower left are full of neodymium magnets that I got in several sizes to test out closures. Some of them are only 1/32 of an inch thick. You would not believe how powerful they are. A. May. Zing. And fun. I could play with them all day long, lol.
I’m also going to experiment with the metallic rub-ons, as Perfect Pearls don’t play the way I want them to with Sculpey Glaze.
So now ’tis time to get off the computer and head to the testing grounds.
Happy creating!
P.S. Be watching tomorrow for another jewelry video. This one is one of my favorites yet. 🙂
It all sounds fab but we need to see close -up pics. Those little scrapbooks sound like fun. x Jo
I promise plenty of close ups once the design is finalized. Right now I’m impatiently waiting for supplies to come in the mail so I can finish these. Thanks for stopping by!
Some of the Christmas ornaments I treasure most are little books that look much like your wearable scrapbooks. Please keep that in mind as a spin-off. Otherwise, your desk looks disturbingly neat compared to previous weeks. 😉
Hmmmm, interesting idea. I had thought of making them into key chains as well as necklaces, but hadn’t thought of ornaments. Thanks for the thought!
Very interesting, I look forward to seeing how it pans out! waving hi from the sandy beaches of Florida ;0
Yeah, me too, Sandee, lol. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your vacation!