Grin Gallery Photography Class
Shooting with my camera on auto isn’t going to cut it anymore. Yet, when I read articles about f-stop, shutter speed, ISO etc. I might as well be reading Latin. I knew that I had to have a live person teach me.
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Easter Egg Gifts
I covered my first egg shell with polymer clay as part of an egg swap through the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy about three years ago. That was a gateway egg for my new addiction. I really don’t need any special occasion to create a decorative egg, but Easter certainly provides a nice excuse….
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Steampunk Owl Ornament
Behind the scenes look at how a floral-patterned polymer clay covered chicken egg is magically transformed into an owl ornament with steampunk flair.
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Eggs for All Seasons
I knew that I had been exploring polymer covered egg shells for a while, but I hadn’t realized that they are starting to become “my thing.” This photo shows a portion of them. It seems that I can celebrate just about any occasion with an egg 🙂 If you’d like to read about some of…
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Art Deco Bud Vase Egg Shell Art
This Art Deco bud vase started with a hollow egg shell that I covered almost entirely with luscious eggplant purple polymer clay topped off with a swag of gilded gold. The influence for the gold faux fabric swag around the top is from Helen Breil’s Shapes e-book. I left a portion of the egg exposed…
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Wonderland White Rabbit Egg Art
This curious-looking white rabbit, emerging from his hole, is my latest adventure in polymer-covered egg art.
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Larkin Modjeska Bottles Vintage Beauties
Larkin Modjeska Bottles These two lovely vintage Larkin bottles from the company’s Modjeska line belonged to my great-grandmother, Ethel. One is the Modjeska toilet water and the other is the sachet powder. They are among the many things that I wish I had asked her about when she gave them to me. I image they…
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Inspiration in the Rabbit Hole
Down the rabbit hole Playing it safe in life doesn’t always lead to the most creative solutions. When was the last time you explored a rabbit hole? After you finished falling, what new discoveries did the adventure bring to you?
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Design Board for Retro 40s Bathroom
My husband gave me a rather curious look when I said that I wanted to create a “Hollywood Glam” Art Deco-inspired 1940s bathroom. Creating a design board can go along way in explaining a high-concept theme like this one to your spouse.
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Gothic Kiss
Sometimes, ideas need to percolate. Gothic Kiss is one of those projects, that I lovely refer to as a “zombie project.” These are projects that feel like I’ve left them for dead, but eventually they come back to life. In a good way, of course!
