A week away from Christmas and we don’t have any snow on the ground. Fortunately, I photographed my wolf pup sculpture enjoying a snow day last winter. Now he’s starring on handmade gift tags to grace my family Christmas presents this year.
With 6 cats who exhibit varying degrees of “badness,” we struggle with keeping them from exploring anything new, like say a tree with shiny, dangling objects on it. To keep the cats away from the Christmas tree, my husband put a can of SSSCAT Spray near the base. Here is the product description: “Keep your cat…
My friend Kristina asked me to create handcrafted Christmas ornaments for her children. She liked the ones I showed her where I turned hollow eggs into animal ornaments. As they rattled off a list of animals that they liked, “giraffe” piqued my interest. I had never tried sculpting a giraffe and the shape provided a…
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…
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…
This stunning piece by Beth of Create My World is the winning entry in the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy latest challenge. From the peacock theme to the intricacy of the mosaic design, I LOVE this piece! Beth described her process for making the varied tiles on her blog: such a labor of love….
Every Christmas season, I handcraft about 20 ornaments to give to my family and friends as gifts. They are a labor of love for sure! This year I choose an “enchanted deer” theme.