Polymer Clay Bytes! - Tina Holden's Beadcomber: Polymer Clay Box or Tile Legs Tutorial

Okay so today thanks to this wonderful online thing called Twitter... I was able to follow a new artist who not only caught my attention for her wonderful and creative abilities but later just prior to finishing up my short but happy visit to her blog, I found she is a very generous artist who shares how she makes some of her beautiful things with all the rest of the crafters of the World.

Why did I not stumble upon her site sooner. Thanks to Cindy Lietz the Polymer Clay Tutor ( Web: http://www.beadsandbeading.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/PolymerClayTips ) and her Tweet about Tina Holden ( Web: http://www.beadcomber.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/Tinaholden1 )I found her. Thanks once again Cindy!

In this tutorial Tina used a small CD to create a wonderful decorative stand for her crystal ball. You could use this stand for candles, incense, or just to display anything you wish to. Its beautiful and a wonderful way to use up those old CDS and DVDs you have no use for anymore. If you are thinking that you can not bake CD's in your oven, think again....at the low manufactured recommended temperatures that are in place for Polymer Clay you can cover a CD and bake it without issues. To top it off there are lots of things you can use feet for and using her method while not uniquely her own as I have seen it used many times before, her tutorial shows you in a nice easy to understand and see way she gets hers done. Enjoy!!!!

Polymer Clay Bytes! - Tina Holden's Beadcomber: Polymer Clay Box or Tile Legs Tutorial

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Andrea "Cre8"

The First Search Engine of Artists Who Blog!

The First Search Engine of Artists Who Blog!

I found this through another artist's blog I now follow. I thought it as a nice way to get a link back to your blog. The more "relevant" links you have pointing back to your blog or website the better you will do when being placed in the search engines. The more sites and blogs you have linked to yours the better page rank you will get. The better your page rank, the better chance of being listed towards the top of the search engines and without having to pay for clicks.

Check it out and Enjoy!

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Andrea "Cre8"

Alumilite - Products - Silicone Rubber - Amazing Mold Putty

Alumilite - Products - Silicone Rubber - Amazing Mold Putty

When making molds of items you wish to create over and over again, there are many products out to help do the job. Which ones to choose. You can make these molds and bake them in the oven up to 600 degrees some of them. RTV molds. Room Temperature Release molds as they are. Alley Goop, Amazing Mold Putty, Marine grade silicon putty, there are quite a few.

In addition the video about also has links to other related videos. Some of the videos are related to polymer clay and or resin while some are just related to silicone Rubber. Enjoy looking through them as there is one from Eugena Topina of www.eugenascreations.com, she has 12 (Twelve) FREE project tutorials on her website http://www.eugenascreations.com/polymer-clay-tutorials.html.

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Andrea "Cre8"

Clay and Pasta Machine Sales

Michael's Crafts has clay on sale 4 for $5.00 again

It was not advertised. I heard it does not include Premo only Sculpey but I am not sure all stores are doing that or not.

Also www.polymerclaysuperstore.com is having a 1/2 off ] Sale on Studio by Sculpey clay!

Joann's Fabrics, today through tomorrow all Fimo polymer clay 50% off, also, Amco's clay conditioning tool (pasta machine) is only 9.99, usually 25 bucks +.

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Andrea "Cre8"

50% Joann Coupon

50% Joann Coupon

Enjoy 50% off any one regular priced* item at your local Joann's. Valid Friday, June 19, 2009 through Saturday, June 20, 2009

Beading information, Jewelry Making Resources, Charts and Advice

I had to blog about Fire Mountain Gems and Beads. They have been in business since 1973 and I have never heard a bad thing about them. I can't wait for the economy to pick up and or the sales of my beads and such so I can make a nice order. Needless to say I will be making even a small order as there are just some things you wont be able to find anywhere else. I can also say that the prices are great.

Now in addition to all this, please note that I am not an affiliate or representative of or for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads and no exchange of anything including but not limited to free product, money, exchange of links or anything exchanged for my posting this. I just think its a wonderful way to shop online and you can find anything you could want or need for making jewelry.

Here is a wonderful resource put together by them that can help you with so many things. If your just starting out making jewelery you will be happy to know there is one place you can go to have all those little questions answered. They have the charts and tools to help you plan your jewelry designs.

In addition you can find out more about beading as a business, what to expect from the shows, where some of their exotic beads come from, and a Beading Dictionary where you can find out more about the different components used for making jewelry and allot more.


Beading information, Jewelry Making Resources, Charts and Advice

The link to the main website is:
http://www.firemountaingems.com/


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Andrea "Cre8"

What Is On My Craft Work-Table

Currently I am working on a few things that has been keeping me grounded. Anyone who knows crafts and hobbies can tell you having something you love to do can really help take your mind off things in the real world, and definitely can help you to relax.

I get the most of my relief from stress by crafting and working with polymer clay. I never knew such joy in my creativity than with polymer clay and now I am addicted to bending and twisting wire.

The jewelry I have been creating is beautiful and I now dress in style, everyone wants to know where did I get that? I am happy to tell them I made them myself, my husband is quick to tell them I made it and I couldn't be happier with my artistic abilities than I am when I am wire wrapping my polymer clay beads and making wearable art everyone seems to love.

Its a wonderful feeling to know my husband thinks so much of my creations that he finds ways to play with my jewelry while were out in public so that he basically is pointing things out to others when he is doing it. Just last night at a restaurant when the waitress was taking our order he grabbed my hand and started to play with my chunky square rose bead ring that I wire wrapped with copper wire to fasten it as a wearable design I could comfortably wear on my middle finger (The fattest one on my left hand).

The waitress complimented the ring and asked me how I was able to make those flowers in the glass like that. I felt so good telling her it was not glass but polymer clay. She was amazed and said she would certainly wear that. It would have ended up a nice tip for her but in these time money pays bills not nice jewelry and I love my ring and really did not want to part with it, not just yet anyway.


Wire wrapped polymer clay beads made from rose cane slices from the very 1st real flower cane I ever made from taking a class taught to me by Jane Zhao http://www.janezhaoarts.com/ .

The green gem was one I found with a few others inside a Chinese Bamboo plant I purchased for hubby for Valentines day. Apparently they put in a handful of these cut glass looking gems in with other stones to make a drainage system for the plant inside a decorative planter. They were pre-drilled with holes in them when I fished them out of the planer so I was able to wire wrap it with ease. The results are a beautiful focal piece to be worn with my other polymer clay beads, wire cage beads, metal chains, cord, black satin ribbon, pearl strand or anything else that just might go with it as it appears that just about everything would look great with it.

I made some pillow beads which are more squared then puffed like a pillow but I did make some puffed pillow beads that are a bit smaller so I wanted these shown above to look more squared and less pillow like. I wired them with copper wire and joined them all with copper jump rings I made myself.

I don't have the package to the copper wire I had used so I am not sure of the exact gauge wire it was, but I can tell you that it was soft and I feel the jewelry looks good but not everything you see would be as sturdy pieces as I would have liked for them to be. I know if I wear them I will be very careful, but I know for future pieces I create I will use stronger wire that is less likely to come undone on you.

Additionally I have made the altered book you see. The cover of the book was tiled using polymer clay tiles I created from scrap clay and Dap Dynaflex230 Window and Door Molding Premium Elastometric Latex Sealant (Caulking) in Brilliant White for the grout. The lettering are tiny letters sold for decorating fingernails. Then the whole thing was coated with Mod Podge Gloss - Lustre. The center was left untiled and I painted it with copper acrylic paint and bordered with real copper wires cut to size. The inside of the book is not complete.

Little baby is for the Miniature Collectors Club monthly on-going challenge for June.

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Andrea "Cre8"

Steampunk Wallpaper - FREE Desktop Wallpaper

Not exactly a craft but certainly art. Wonderful for your computers wallpaper if you love steampunk like I do you will enjoy these FREE wallpapers you can appreciate anytime offline or online.


Steampunk Wallpaper


Enjoy!!!


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Andrea "Cre8"

Gizmodo - Steampunk Jewelry Is Perfect If You Are Captain Nemo - Gadgets

Gizmodo - Steampunk Jewelry Is Perfect If You Are Captain Nemo - Gadgets

Need I say more...its totally steampunk and wearable art at its weirdest but I like it!!!

What do you think about this kind of wearable art?

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Andrea "Cre8"

5 DIY Steampunk conversions | Design Tavern

Okay so now I am back on Steampunk and off chenille stemmed pipe cleaners for now anyway LOL

I saw this and had to share. Not just for the art and the cool conversion but a few other neat steampunk things that are just fabu (fabulous) right where I found this from. I mean if this page from Design Tavern does not give you the whole steampunk feeling and inspiration you need to try and create or convert something of your own I don't know what else can.

I have certainly been bit by the steampunk bug. I have 3 sketches of things I wish to try and create.

5 DIY Steampunk conversions Design Tavern

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Andrea "Cre8"