Ring Bearers Pillows - My newest endeavor

I would like to present you with my newest endeavor

Ring Bearers Pillows

Ages ago, when I was a mere teen, my husband bought me a sewing machine. I dabbled about, making little outfits for my children, Halloween costumes, kitchen curtains etc, but never really took that much interest in it. It was probably because his mom was such a fantastic seamstress and she was sewing up a storm for the family anyway. That talented woman even made a wedding dress for her niece which was as beautiful as any wedding gown you'd see in a Bridal Magazine.



The other day, I was sitting in my sunroom, thinking that I needed some pillows for the settee in there, but when I went to the store and saw the price of them I was stunned. When did pillows become so expensive??? Then I thought of Etsy ~ how much were pillows there? That's when I saw some gorgeous ring bearer pillows. OKAY ~ now I'm on a completely different path.

Then I thought of my sewing and wondered if I would even remember how to sew. Well, let me tell you, it's like falling off a bike and getting back on again. Amazingly, I remembered.

Let me regress a bit. In order to do this, I would need a sewing machine. But, I remember that sewing machines cost an arm and a leg and I needed to keep my arms and legs. (LOL)

I rode over to Hancock Fabrics and was I ever pleasantly surprised. I walked out with a beautiful machine for less than a hundred dollars. Armed with the machine and the goodies to make the pillows, I gleefully went home and started work on the project. I wanted to add my polymer clay creations to make them a little different and I do believe I succeeded in doing so.

Scrimshaw and Polymer Clay

By Sandy Prenzi

I find the art of Scrimshaw amazing!

Scrimshaw is the name given to handiwork created by whalers made from the byproducts of harvesting marine mammals. It is most commonly made out of the bones and teeth of sperm whales, the baleen of other whales, and the tusks of walruses. It takes the form of elaborate engravings in the form of pictures and lettering on the surface of the bone or tooth, with the engraving highlighted using a pigment, or, less often, small sculptures made from the same material. However the latter really fall into the categories of ivory carving, for all carved teeth and tusks, or bone carving. The making of scrimshaw began on whaling ships between 1745 to 1759 on the Pacific Ocean, and survived until the ban on commercial whaling. The practice survives as a hobby and as a trade for commercial artisans

Jacinta A. Meyers

has learned the art of scrimshaw and applied it to polymer clay. She is a

Nature and hobby enthusiast and multi-media artist.

Here is one of her finished medallions that is absolutely fabulous.

Please visit her at Jacinta A. Meyers

and see the wonderful tutorials she has created.





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I really like this tusk, because you could definitely
scrimshaw the piece and it would look very authentic

How to create an Ivory tusk
By: Desiree McCrorey

She was introduced to a faux ivory technique in a Tory Hughes workshop a long time ago. She modified the technique somewhat. This technique takes advantage of the properties of translucent polymer clay, mimicking the striations seen in bone or ivory. If you do this right, people will have an extremely hard time telling this from the real thing. You can read the tutorial for this creation at:: http://www.desiredcreations.com/howTo_CAivoryHorn.htm

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This was a fantastic buy I made at Michaels

Sandy's Creations in Clay: A Wonderful Addition: "While shopping at Michaels this past week, I came across a wonderful addition to my clay room and the fantastic part is, it was 50%..."!

Faux Polymer Clay Leather, Wood, Pebbles, Cloth and Cobblestones

I find it truly fascinating how you can turn polymer clay into wood, leather, cobblestones, cloth or even pebbles as these wonderful artisans did.

Angela Mabray
CraftyGoat

Faux Leather

Coaster is 4" in diameter and uses the faux leather technique from Polymer Clay Web.

Stamp is Manuscript Background by Hero Arts.

See Angela's blog for instructions on making a rubber stamped polymer clay coaster

Faux Wood

Angela made this pincushion by covering a recycled tin can base with polymer clay. The faux zebrawood was inspired by Carol Blackburn's wood lesson. The matching button was created using a button mold made from Amazing Mold Putty. She used cross stitch fabric for the cushion portion.

See her blog post for project instructions: blog.craftygoat.com/2008/05/polymer_clay_pincushion.html

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Faux Pebbles

by Tina Holden
Polymer Clay Bytes

Polymer Clay Beach Pebble Bracelets

Tina said she could think of a longer name for her West Coast inspired Pebbles, but Polymer Clay in the title is a long word in it self.

She prefers creating pebbles with a range of colour like the ones she finds on the beaches where she lives.

This bracelet is for sale in her ArtFire shop.

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Polymer Clay Faux Fabric Brooch

By: Betty Jo Hendershott
Knightwork Studio
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Knightworkstudio

Betty Jo is a retired antique dealer.

She and her daughter, Heather have their shop on Etsy where they sell their beautifully unique jewelry.

All Heathers designs are original and each piece is one of a kind. She creates delightful Broken China Jewelry from damaged china pieces, bold Art De

co jewelry from vintage Bakelite buckles & buttons and beautiful dichroic glass jewelry.

Betty Jo's interests have always been knitting, crocheting and other forms of needlework. Then about 3 years ago she discovered polymer clay. Now both Heather and Betty Jo are hand crafting pieces from Polymer Clay. This is an exciting medium with endless possibilities.

Using texture sheets, Betty Jo made this mixed media brooch. She mixed Kato blue and silver polymer clay to get the pretty blue color, stamped it, gathered it up and decorated it with small silver and lapis beads around a rhinestone component from a vintage earring.

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Trina Prenzi
Trina's Clay Creations

Trina is my daughter who has been working with polymer clay for many years. Photography is one of her favorite hobbies but creating with clay is her passion! She enjoys making fun and whimsical pieces - each created with a lot of love, and attention to detail. She lives in Michigan, works part-time in a law office and feels fortunate to be able to spend time in her studio, sculpting and creating with clay.

Faux Wood Fairy Door with Faux Cobblestones

Visit her shop at: trinasclaycreations

A sweet Fairy Door with roses, vines and cobblestone steps. A little portal into the world of make believe, where anything is possible and everything is sprinkled with sunshine and fairy dust!

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Last of all, here is my faux turtle. (LOL)

Tiny Turtle by Sandy Prenzi

Visit my Etsy shop at: Sandy's Creations by mstp on Etsy