Xmas is...

Love this Christmas article,hasnt quite got the whole subject covered,Skips the Pagan drinking festival element buts it a very eloquent grumble-click to enlarge.

Pic`Drop

I had a look i the Picassa web album and it doesnt look like i`ve saved half the pictures i intended to on this site-a sort out;

Bitten Beads.Blog To Self

A Reminder;

1. You can get these beads SMALLER than smarties.

2. Start off with a tiny undersized Petit Pois of choc` colour fimo.
*Bearing in mind already when choosing the size of the bead what you are going to skewer it on to bake it.The skewering ALWAYS distorts the shape.Headpins best for smaller beads.

3.Thin out a small circle of white clay and cover the choc pea smoothly,sealing all holes.Roll back into circle,squash slightly to flat shape just to stop it rolling away.

4.White Layer.There has to be this white layer or the brown layer will show through to the colour layer.Rubbish.

5.Colour Layer.Flatten out thin circle of clay,roughish approx of size required.Cover white layer smoothly so no white is showing through.Roll back into circle.Fashion edges thinner smartie style,without losing circular shape.

6.Cover with clingfilm to avoid dust.Leave overnight to cool/dry.If you skewer them now the already a bit mushy ones will become horribly mushy.Rubbish.

7.Do not put In fridge.Short cut that does not work.This will cause little white platelet/blood cell like things to form under the surface of the clay.Utterly crap.

8.Chip bitten bits out with lino cutting tool.keep neat.

9.Skewer,reverse bead and hang/suspend whilst baking to avoid shiny flat bits forming.Remove any shiny areas last formed whilst they were left overnight.
-When skewering pat end of skewer as it comes through the clay,this will stop bits of clay coming away and keep the hole neat.

Chocolate Caramel Mouse Earrings

Choc Bod` Mousey Babies.
Polymer clay.Approx 2cm by 2cm.
These cute rich cocoa rodents available on DAWANDA
Choc mousse mouse,SUGA MOUSE IN YA HOUSE!Squeeky and sweet too nice to eat.Sticky Mouse...etc

New Blue Mice Earrings

New Blue Mice Earrings for sale on Dawanda.

New bracelets,the Pearly Pink and white bracelet,has a matching necklace.The multicoloured Hearts beads bracelet is not newly made but the purple heart in the picture is new,the Damned.Damned.Damned camera will not photograph that shade of dark purple,so i have put the purple back in with photoshop and refreshed the listings.

Water Babies Illustrations...

These are the illustrations from the book"Water Babies"by Charles Kingsley.It just says they are by "Hamlyn Publishing"There are another three but i think these are the best ones,book for sale on Ebay

If you click on the illustrations they enlarge.

Pink Pearly Mice Earrings

Pink mice for sale on DAWANDA

The shinier ones are pearly,they have been painted with a pink pearlescent powder.I have some Blue Mice to come and also possibly some punk ones ,they are suprisingly pretty in reality but are photographing shockingly badly.

Mice Earrings

After selling a few of these mice earrings i have had another think about them and decided they should go forth and mulitiply....

I`m going to pearl them,gloss them,punk them and try a range of different colours.

It keeps passing through my mind to do a little pair with crosses and or wings or halos,so they can be "poor church mice"just because i like that phrase but perhaps that idea should just keep going...

but certainly going to see if a mustachioed Senor and Senorita[not mustachioed or possibly mustachioed but with a red rose tucked in ear] will work...

Dawanda Rainbow Hearts Bracelets

New Bracelets available to buy on Dawanda.So sad i will not be able to make these super shiny hearts beads anymore or anything this shiny as they have stopped producing the fimo gloss varnish.Hope someone starts selling something similar that is not water soluble,the soluble varnishes are rubbish and no where near as glossy.Although i love making the semi transparent pearly heart beads too,the subtle colouring is much harder to photograph.

Rainbow frosted glass effect bracelet

My handmade translucent polymer clay heart bead bracelet.The individually crafted little heart beads are not see through having been coloured and varnished then painted with pearlescent powder and varnished again but they do have a delicate frosted glass like effect.Very very pretty.
Available from my shop Gezunteh Moid on Dawanda

paula rego

Chapman

Adorable Iffid