Beads from new cane

Update:3/17: I am working with these beads doing something new......Sculpturing............I Will post some new pics soon.

Christmas In The Making

We are getting it done. Well I AM! Here is a preview of some of my things so far........Please remember I am using a crappy webcam..... Do ya Hear me now SANTA? *HINT HINT*

These are my lite blue and silver swirly dangles.

I wish you could see how pretty this bracelet is. It is garnet, or Siam colored Swarovski bicones with silver flowers with a garnet center. I only hope it is long enough. Michaels took ALL their metal jewelry down when the Company who makes these did a recall of some pieces.
That is also a pink and blue seed bead ring.

One of my blue swirly lentils I did over the summer attached to a silver neck chain

Dark blue swirlies on the bottom of these blue and clear earrings.

I made these over the summer. They are bi-cones I made with polymer clay.

Another polymer clay bead with silver spacers on twisted silver colored copper wire.

Rose beads earrings. I bent some memory wire ( that was fun....)


Pink and Lite or lime green alternated on a memory wire bracelet.


I have plenty more in progress still, that I will post this weekend hopefully.

Mid Week Chatter

Ok it is slightly past midweek, it is Thursday, dinner time....

Remember those bowls i just did with clay?




Well I got a brain storm... I have been seeing a lot of crafts lately utilizing Tissue paper, and in fact was experimenting with tissue paper on the backs of my paper mache bowls... I decided to try this to see if I could get some difference...

It is an interesting look. I need to hit it with another layer of glue or maybe some linseed oil to strengthen it. Then I need to get a better picture.

Whats New for August?

Wow it has been over a week. I am busy getting ready for back to school, as well as Harvest Fest. I decided to focus on a baby basket complete with Blanket, Homemade of course. Here is what I am working on....

Yea I know it isn't to crisp. I got the Pattern from Bev's Country Cottage. A wonderful lady who does lots of charity work and with a bunch of free patterns on her site. Here is the pattern for this blanket.
Although I have to admit mine don't look like this exactly, so I must of done something different w/o realizing...Ya know, one of those pleasant surprises? :-) But it still works. Worse comes to worse I have another blanket I made last yr some time that was packed away, I will use that if this turns out to be horrible,,,LOL.

On another note I saw a Carol Duvall episode recently that showed a clay artist making these bowls. I thought I could do that with polymer on a smaller scale, so I did. VIOLA!







Ok so they aren't the greatest, I mean you really can't put anything in them, but its a start. Maybe if I try to put some TLS in ? Hmmmmm, it is a thought. Well thats all for today. It has just been too hot to do anything really. I can't wait for school to start again just so I don't have to her them arguing and fighting no more....

My Anklets

( This is my wrist modelling, not my ankles..LOL).

Remember those translucent pebbles I made? I made some anklets. 3 actually, the one not shown is pink glass seeds with purple pebbles. These 2 are blue seeds with yellow, and clear/white with turquoise. I really need to get a better shot.

Brain Stormin'

I had some Brain Stormin'. I got some inspiration from a Jewelry Making Show I was dubbing ( Taking commercials out of recorded shows) last week.

Remember those Faux Jade earrings I was bringing to the oven last week? Well I liked the way the colors looked after baking, ( I haven't sanded and assembled yet.... I know.. I know..... I'm Slow) but I got an idea for an anklet.

Instead of buying pearl type beads to use I will incorporate these. Then as I was putting them in the eye pins to bake I got another idea.... Earrings.. They looked so pretty on the pins, I am thinking of doing these in dangles.....

Right now we are heading for the oven...........


I got a picture of Kylee's dog and cat she sculpted last week. Don't laugh now, this was her first attempt.... Better than me.....
Yes Kitty's leg was in need of repair... A little glue will do ya!

Clay Time. Earrings, and Beads

I made some beads last night, and Today.... YES I had time to me and I spent it downstairs, by myself, sometimes..LOL . I started on 2 more bowls from Paper Mache, and I made some beads.

I made these today. I was watching Crafters Coast to Coast this morning. The Artist made Faux Jade Earrings with polymer clay. I had all the ingredients, Translucent clay and paint. I had to try.... Here they are ready for the oven.

I made these last night. Basic black with white dots. After I made them I realized I had seen them before.... I remembered who... Ponsawan, from Silas Stone. She made beads like these.


These Blue marble, I call my Earth beads I had in a covered bowl for the past few months, ( The cane that is). It was something I made after twisting and rolling and twisting again, then slicing it long ways down the middle, the inside looked kind of paisley... Sort of like a bandana print. The same with the Red, which I call Mars beads.

I also found a new craft blog. Artsy Clay

Last night my daughter tried her hand at sculpting... I have to get those pics posted....

Blue Paper Mache Bowl, DONE!

I wore my earrings yesterday... I like the feel, I haven't worn dangles in ages, just hoops , posts, or nothing.
I love them! But I need to be careful around Anthony, my gr.son, he wanted to pull themm..OUCH! NONO! LOL...

While looking at some of my beads yesterday I found my BFS. Bare Foot Sandals I made a couple of years back. Actually I made 2 but this was more intricate then the first pair which was more straight beading.

Remember that Blue PM Bowl? I tried fresh flowers, & silks? I ended up pulling both out. I made some simple flowers from Polymer Clay, and took some slices of some leaf cane and after scrubbing and repainting the bowl I glued these to the bottom.... I like the look of 3D.

This and That Chat

It seems like forever since I posted....With summer comes heat and no poly clay designs as much.
I do some work...( I am addicted to the clay.. I love to sit and knead, although I don't like the way the clay feels when it leaves that layer of plastic on my hands...Yuck, I usually wear gloves).

I have been feeling like I want to create...UH-OH Here comes inspiration, with nowhere to put it...Hahaha, HATE THAT! But with the heat and my being upstairs alot to watch the kids while my daughter and S-I-L are working... Well creating while chasing a 13 month old around? UM NO!

My gr.son is into everything......I mean Everything ......He can crawl up onto the couch with ease, look at me with that lil impish smile and then take off running ( we have a sectional).... He knows he is going to end up popping off but he still does it, then here comes Mima to scoop him up off the floor and hug his boo-boos away while scolding him..... LOL... Then he does it again! WHEW! I'm Tired Just thinking about it!

Soooo I wait until he is napping to do anything. Lately with the heat and limitations on my time alone and my patience level ( which I admit runs low.. Alot!) all I can do is make those petals I was making with the seed beads.

AC MOORE had a clearence on some lilac colored size 11 seed beads so I started make petals in that color as well, MY plant will be 2 colors hyacinths...Or maybe I will just make 2 single plants.

I did use my ingenuity to make a bead spinner tho.
My coffee pot Died last month ( end of May really) and when I went to throw it out I seen the basket with handle and thought I know I can use this for something... ( always thinking ahead).

I have some pics to post. I did do a little work this week... I will put them in a separate post

This Week...........

I am slowly recovering from my fall down the stairs. I really Bruised my Coccyx Bone - For those scratching yer heads.... My Tailbone, or the tip of my spine....OUCH! I bruised and pulled the shoulder cuff not tore it, thank GOD. It is still sore and my back has been killing me. Of course running after and lifting a 13 month old doesn't help matters anyway either. Just slows things dooooooowwwnnnnnnn.

I have been redoing the beads I polished with the future acrylic. I was not feeling that flower in the paper mache blue bowl I did either. I ended up ripping that out too....

So far I have little to show for this week. I have been doing a lot of sanding and rubbing ( hand polishing) of my beads.
I did do some more eggs though... Wanna See?


This Egg I did a few weeks back, It looks like metal. I believe I used translucent mixed with Pearlex and then took all the colors ( I made several small ropes of different colors) and twisted them together. I finally polished it.. I wish y'all could see it good.

This was one of my hydrangea's I attempted, a few weeks back. Finally sanded and polished the egg.


This is one of the extruded cane swirls I did. I could only do so many beads.. ( and I ran out of scrap clay) after making 2 eggs with the ropes I decided to smooth the ropes on the eggs, much the same way I did the beads. I very much like this.


Remember the Lazy Womans Mokume Gane I said I read about? ( LWMG). I posted the cane last week but the pic looks like hell. Well here is an egg covered in the cane.....I Like It!



I also got creative and made a leverage block for my clay gun.
Anyone who has ever used one knows how hard they can be to extrude. They get all gummy, even if you clean them out and nearly impossible to push the plunger.... Well I saw someone do this, and I honestly can't remember who, but it stuck in my mind for months, and now I finally did it....

TADA..............

Clay Gun

Lever- Yea a Block of Wood.

VIOLA! No More Busted Thumbs!

I drilled lines down after tracing around the gun. Then I used a Ball Peen Hammer to knock out the center plug...
Look Ma... I did it Myself....

Well I hear Dinner is here so Ima grab me a couple of slices o'pizza.
Meanwhile check out these pretty beads that Barbara did.. Click on Gallery.
She is another artist I love to visit. She does such beautiful work.