For those of you who would like to enter my contest, but do not want your email addy posted publicly, please click and send me a convo after you have commented on what you think would make a wonderful gift for Mother's Day.
Sorry, I do not know how yet to make it so that you can send me just an email through this blog. So for now, this contest is open to members of www.Etsy.com
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Enter to win a free gift!
I would love to know what you think would make the best Mother's Day gift from anything in my shop!
Click on my name and browse around, then come back here and leave a comment letting me know whichever item you think a Mom would love. Please include your email addy so that I can contact you if you are the winner. The winner will be chosen by a random number generator.
Contest closes April 3rd!
Your free gift will be a set of 20 mini note cards!
Fave Crafts Blog Give Away!
Fave Crafts Blog is offering an awesome give away! Please read their product review on the Lisa Pavelka Signature Series and comment to enter for your chance to win. What an awesome opportunity to try some fabulous new tools!
But don't wait too long, the deadline is April 3, 2009 5pm CST.
But don't wait too long, the deadline is April 3, 2009 5pm CST.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Searching for my muse
For the last few weeks I have been in a bit of a slump, with coming up with new ideas of what I can do and make with polymer clay. My inspiration, my muse if you will, has gone on a vacation. If you see her, please let me know? She is a tiny little thing, with wild green hair. Very cheerful and mischievious.
I do not normally look at other artists and what they are doing as a means of gaining inspiration for a number of reasons. Some of which being that I do not wish to copy their ideas, and I would find it a bit irksome if someone "copied" me. So that being said, I do still like to look at all the fabulous things people are making because it proves that people are constantly improving their work, and that with dedication and practice, I too can become an excellent artist. Kind of a quandry I am in, yes?
I finally decided to take some "me time" and just play with the clay and see what happens. For a few months now I have been making buttons, and it had carried over into beads. So here are a few pics so that you can see what I mean.
Making canes have been quite a challenge for me, and I continue to create new ones. I will not show any of those here, as I have quite a few that I may make into things later. Needless to say, making canes are an essential skill; one that I will continue to work on.
You can see, he is not human. He has no ears, not needing them since he is telepathic. His magical robes have become tattered and worn, and his once brilliant blue eyes have faded with age. He has become tired, and jaded with life. One day, perhaps, his apprentice will appear and he can go to his rest in the fields of glory.
I do not normally look at other artists and what they are doing as a means of gaining inspiration for a number of reasons. Some of which being that I do not wish to copy their ideas, and I would find it a bit irksome if someone "copied" me. So that being said, I do still like to look at all the fabulous things people are making because it proves that people are constantly improving their work, and that with dedication and practice, I too can become an excellent artist. Kind of a quandry I am in, yes?
I finally decided to take some "me time" and just play with the clay and see what happens. For a few months now I have been making buttons, and it had carried over into beads. So here are a few pics so that you can see what I mean.
I also continued with my pocket mirrors.
Making canes have been quite a challenge for me, and I continue to create new ones. I will not show any of those here, as I have quite a few that I may make into things later. Needless to say, making canes are an essential skill; one that I will continue to work on.
As I said earlier, my little muse had taken a short leave of absence, so in the meantime I decided to get back to sculpting itself. I made this little guy over the weekend. I call him, Tattered Dreams. Sorry the pictures are not very good, my camera was not being friendly to me today. I will try to take better ones over the next little while, and will post them if I can get better close-ups.
You can see, he is not human. He has no ears, not needing them since he is telepathic. His magical robes have become tattered and worn, and his once brilliant blue eyes have faded with age. He has become tired, and jaded with life. One day, perhaps, his apprentice will appear and he can go to his rest in the fields of glory.
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