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Gigantic swampy earrings

Hey, remember when this used to be a polymer clay blog?  Well, if you’ve been nostalgic for those days, maybe you’ll like what I have to show you tonight. This weekend I took a class with Ellen Marshall in Philadelphia.  Ellen is the queen of surface treatments.  Whereas most of my own claywork involves the […]

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Morning Coffee With Cynthia Tinapple

Welcome!  Ready for another Monday Morning Coffee chat?  Grab a cup and a  pumpkin muffin, and settle in for a visit with Cynthia Tinapple of Polymer Clay Daily. Polymer Clay Daily Polymer Clay Daily began the same month and year as my own blog, the biggest difference between them being PCD had a well-defined mission […]

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Custom Family Portrait Christmas Ornaments

Meet the Bald family.  OK, they’re not really bald, they just haven’t been wigged yet.  Confused?  I’ll back up a step or two.. Ok, this is an arrangement of precisely-measured clay parts that, when assembled, will become a family of five.  See Dad in the left column, followed by Mom, then Big Brother, Little Sister, […]

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A blur of fabric and clay

If I wasn’t so full right now from my take-out supper, I’d be curled up in my pj’s sipping a cup of vanilla coffee as I write this.  Actually, I’m too full for the coffee, but not for the pj’s.  Hm.  Hang on a moment while I go change…  There.  That’s much better. So, ready […]

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Sneak Peek

It’s been a quiet week on the blog, but not so in Real Life™.  The kids started school on Tuesday, and this being the first year that both of them have a full day schedule, it’s been rather odd for me.  I certainly have enough to keep me busy, but it’s hard to get out […]

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Randomness

So many beautiful photos on Flickr… be sure to click the image for individual photo credits. It’s going to be a rainy weekend, and I’m daydreaming about how I may spend it.  So many possibilities… I’ve been thinking about writing a new polymer clay tutorial – button-making for the absolute beginner.  It will be a […]

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The book pile, volume two

I do so love crafty books.  If I had unlimited funds, I’d run right out and stock my own creative library.  How fabulous would that be??  Sadly, funds are anything but unlimited, but I do get to treat myself now and then.  Since all of the books in my inspiration pile have cycled onto the […]

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Playing with scraps

I promised a few days ago that I’d make somethingorother and show it to you.  I do feel like this blog is more interesting when I’m filling it with crafty things, but sometimes life gets in the way, or I’m just not having a lot of luck making things that I actually like… I’ve been […]

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Ancient Modern inspires

Look what showed up on my doorstep last night, fellow clayheads.  Ancient Modern by Ronna Sarvas Weltman.  I’ve been looking forward to this book, by virtue of the piece on the cover alone.  I’m happy to say that the fresh aesthetic of the cover image is carried through the entire volume. Now, I should stop […]

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The book pile, volume one

Every year in May I go a little bit book crazy.  I think, maybe, after several years of receiving birthday cards with Barnes & Noble gift cards tucked inside, I’ve become conditioned to mine my wish list for some creative reading, as my special day approaches.  I spend much of May mentally spending any birthday […]

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