Welcome, former Polka Dot Creations customers!
I closed that book shop in 2012, but I have not given up polymer clay. There are a few things here you may enjoy:
Looking for something in particular?
Enjoy your visit!
–Lisa
Everything in the Downloads section at Polka Dot Cottage is 25% off with coupon until December 8th. Also, I am one of the independent designers participating in this year’s Fasten Off Yarn Along. Read on for the coupon code and YAL details!
Read More: Yarn Along and 25% OFF
If I had a studio, I would call this a studio tour, but it’s really just a second-hand desk, a dining room cabinet, and the story of how getting organized with a few new-to-me pieces has changed the way I work.
Read More: Better Making Through Hand-me-Downs
I realize that I’m supposed to be running a business here, but nearly all of my “what should I make?” decisions come not from diligent market research, but from my own needs and wants. Right now I need and want a shawl pin 🙂
Read More: Let’s talk about Shawl Pins
This is not my first rodeo with the squishy garter stripe idea, but each time I’ve improvised one, I’ve changed it up in some way. I like playing with this kind of design, where you take three or more colors, and alternate them in some way as to make a sort of stripey fade. This time, the shape is more crescent than triangle, due to the strategic introduction of decreases.
Read More: A Shawl With No Name
I have been kind of obsessed with improving the Polka Dot Cottage shopping experience this week. I’ve also made a few new things, continued my quest to get some storage space back, and had some experiences with nature.
Read More: TWiP: Vera Flowers
It’s been a long month, LOL! Maybe two projects was too many, but I’m glad I did them. I’m ready to be done, and to be free to work on whatever I feel like working on (including nothing, if that’s how I feel)!
Read More: TWiP: The end of Elements and Earrings
Here they are: all 31 styles from my August of Earrings project. 31 adventures in wearable art: post earrings, resin coatings, glitter, and upside-down U shapes; mokume gane, translucency, metal leaf, and texture; flowers, elongated rectangles, tear drops, and blobby egg shapes; hoops, twists, sculpted mushrooms, and cascading colors 😍
Read More: August of Earrings
I’m not sure what I was thinking, taking on two daily projects in August. They’re taking over my life 😆 Both the earring project and the photo project have been good for me in their own ways, but I think I will be quite ready to devote my energy to other things, once this month is over.
Read More: TWiP: Yet another batch of Elements and Earrings
My daily August creative projects continue: Earring of the Day, where I make a bunch of earrings in different styles than usual and add them to the shop, and Picture Elements, a photography prompt-based project I’m doing with Tracey Clark.
Read More: TWiP: Even More Elements and Earrings
It’s been another artistic week, while my adventures with the Earring of the Day project and Picture Elements continue.
Read More: TWiP: More Elements and Earrings
Seam Rippers
$28.00
Tile Earrings
$30.00
Bangle Bracelets
$20.00 – $42.00
Barrettes
$30.00
Shawl Pins
$30.00
Focal Buttons
$8.00 – $10.00
Crochet Hooks
$24.00
Stick Pens
$16.00
Stud Earrings
$10.00 – $20.00
Inlay Rings
$24.00 – $32.00
