
Voting is open in the May Challenge: Fish. Swim on over and cast your vote and you could win a prize: Fish Challenge

Voting is open in the May Challenge: Fish. Swim on over and cast your vote and you could win a prize: Fish Challenge
Creating with texture plates is one of those “go-to” things for many of us who work with polymer, yet I’ve never tried to design one of my own. Since “Texture Plates” was the theme for this month’s Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy challenge I figured I would give it a whirl. I used the tops…
This wise old owl is another experiment in sculpting over a hollowed out chicken egg shell. It is my entry in the Polymer Clay Artist Guild of Etsy October Challenge: Forest/Woodsy. Head over to vote by midnight on Oct. 7 and you could win a prize: http://polymerclayartists.blogspot.com/2013/09/forest-woodsy-october-pcagoe-challenge.html Stop back here later in the week and…
Hello everyone! This isn’t really a new business launch for me — I’ve had a shop on Etsy for a couple of year’s now and I’ve been publishing an artists blog on blogger as well– but I feel that it is time to establish a branded home base. So welcome to MarieYoungCreative.com. My online shop…
These “zombie love birds” are Halloween presents for my niece and nephew. They are polymer clay sculpted over hollow egg shells. The lady bird for my niece, Jessie, is a mainly frilly with a touch of ick. The one for my nephew, Ryan, oozes ick, but that was a happy accident. I had his head…
There used to be a simpler time before Pinterest when a butter cookie in the shape of a star was fancy enough. My Great-Grandma, true to her old-world German roots, didn’t add any glitz in her baking. I think her most decorative cookie was the “rudolph” sporting a cinnamon candy on his nose. While I…
Evette is coquettish, spirited, and glamorous. In other words, she is the exact opposite of introverted me 🙂 It is hilarious to picture me snuggled up in my favorite pink hoodie while I sculpted her big blue eyes. Sure, I can find a little sex appeal for a night out with the hubby, but for…