It's a wee bit eggy...

I feel like todays craft blog is a bit of a cop out, purely because I haven’t had much time to make anything this week. On top of that, my room has been hit with the post-Christmas mess, so all has been a struggle. With that said, I have still managed to make up a little Panda necklace charm, as inspired by my friend Natalie who is obsessed with Pandas. To start, I rolled out a small blob of white clay and shaped it into the pandas head. To this, I attached two small black balls of clay to make the ears. I cleaned the clay with a cotton bud and rubbing alcohol, waited for that to all evaporate, and added a small hook between the ears to allow this charm to be worn on a necklace. I then baked it for around 10 minutes at 120 o C. Once it had cooled, I simply painted on its eyes and mouth. I did also try glossing the charm, but found that, not only did it smudge the paint, it just didn’t look good, so I would advise it. Now, another factor of why I haven’t had much...

Happy Christmas/Christmas eve everyone! To try and get into the spirit of things, I thought I would share some of the Christmas presents I had made for people this year. This isn't something I usually do, but as I was out of money and ideas, I thought a little extra thought could help me out. Bailey's Hot Chocolate Mix   Mulled Wine Kit   Mulled Port Kit White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookie Jars   Baking Mitt   Gardening Kit

CRAFT FRIDAY! CRAFT FRIDAY! CRAFT FRIDAY! Hey Guys, Today’s post has gone up a little later than usual, all because the thing I made is for my sisters birthday present. Her birthday is today, and although I know she doesn’t read this, I didn’t want to risk ruining the surprise. Now she’s received it, I can finally say what I made her; Harry Potter Monopoly. I didn’t trust my Photoshop skills or intelligence enough to make up my own board design or cards, so I did cheat and use a download I found online. Here’s is the link to that: http://www.mugglenet.com/2015/04/diy-feature-harry-potter-monopoly/   Also, I did make up my own playing counters of a wand, sorting hat, snitch and broom.  These aren't as good as the things I'm making know, but these were the first ever thing I had made of polymer clay, so I'm pretty proud.

This week, I felt as though I should make something a little bit more festive for my crafts, and had originally planned to make Christmas cards. This plan was, however, quickly changed when I realised that I really couldn’t be bothered to make Christmas cards, so instead, I thought I would try using Polymer Clay again, this time to make a Christmas tree decoration. I looked around for some inspiration, but wanted something cute and easy mode, so I came up with this festive little bear. To start with, I completely cleaned my hands and desk to try and minimize the amount of dust and dirt that would get picked up by the white clay. I then got a baking tray and piece of baking paper, as I decided it would be easiest to make my design right onto this. For the base of the bear, I simply made the shape of each part of his body (two ears, two arms, two legs, main body and a head) and stuck them together with bake and bond glue. Many of the design I saw online just cut this shape from a ...