
Valentines Day is just around the corner so I’ve been busy creating this Romantic Gothic Hearts Brooch Collection for my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarieYoungCreative
Even the backs are design 🙂


Valentines Day is just around the corner so I’ve been busy creating this Romantic Gothic Hearts Brooch Collection for my Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarieYoungCreative
Even the backs are design 🙂

Recycled Jelly Jar I’m a sucker for a cute label. It can make me reach for a product on the shelf and it can make it hard to throw the jar away once the product is gone. This Crofters Fruit Spread jar is a perfect example. It was just begging for a second chance. Doesn’t…
I wasn’t going to make a New Year’s resolution this year, but as I searched through my stash today looking for some earring hooks, inspiration hit. I have TOO many craft supplies. While I’m not to the hoarding level of my mother, my collection of “things that may be useful someday” is piling up. So for…
Here are a few  “behind-the-scenes” photos of a Wonderland-themed shadow box project that is occupying me at the moment. I’ll admit that right now Alice looks like something a serial killer left wedged in an oil drum, but hopefully some hair, clothes, and um–legs–will make her less creepy.
In a period of procrastination, I stumbled upon a Pinterest board of vintage quilt samples. I haven’t quilted in years, yet I couldn’t help but be drawn to the possibilities in these incredible samples. To be fair I didn’t see quilt possibilities—I saw possibilities in polymer. Read more.
Natural wine corks are superior to synthetic ones, and are most certainly preferred to screw caps. No, I’m not a Connoisseur. This isn’t the a judgement on the flavor retaining properties of cork versus cap. It is simply my opinion as a polymer clay enthusiast. Traditional cork can be cured as part of a “wine…
I wanted to create a mixed media work for my polymer guild’s challenge this month. I was going through my studio for inspiration when two things caught my eye: the start of a cat head sculpt and some leftover flag napkins from a past 4th of July celebration. The image of a WWII pin up girl started to form in my head.