Mice Run in the Family

My daughter, Trina, and I have been creating polymer clay mice, among other fanciful creations, and having such a fun time coming up with new ideas.  My daughter lives in Michigan and here I am in Texas, but we talk constantly on the phone about our newest creations.

My newest thought was to create sister mice sharing their love of ballet.

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Trina created this marvelous rendition of Cinderella's mice and carriage.

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My idea of a mouse peeping out of a spool of thread and it's an actual spool 

of thread.  I love the tape measure bow and his fancy ears.

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Trina's mice wedding cake topper, so sweet with the heart entwined tails.

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Here I go again to the sewing room with this little mouse 

holding some thread.

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Strawberry anyone?  Trina must have found her raiding

 the strawberry patch.

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Love says it all and this little mouse is carrying her heart around.

You can see Trina's mice and her other creations at her Etsy shop:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/trinasclaycreations

You can visit my shops at:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Sandyscreationinclay

http://www.etsy.com/shop/NoveltiesAndNotions

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SandysBanglesAndBows

Etsy is the Place to Buy and Sell

Marie Segal ~ Art From My Heart

In the Artist's Own Words:

I started in oils when I was ten. I have worked with polymer clay since 1978 and with ceramic clays since 1971. I have been and will be an artist all my life.

Woodland Creature Face Pendant

My Husband and I own http://www.ClayFactory.net Not just a clay store though, we carry all kinds of Jacquard products and paints, Makin's clay tool line and clay, Kemper cutters and complete tool line, Cernit big and little blocks, all colors, and vintage findings, rhinestones and books

You can visit Marie's fabulous Etsy Shop at:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/mariesegal?ref=pr_shop_more

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Mojtaba Jalali's ~ Parsiart

Four Season's Signs Wall hanging Tile

This is a set of four tiles in a wooden frame. Each tile pattern represents a season surrounding the center shape of fishes. The pattern of the tile is applied on to a clay piece in a way that there are raised relief edges at the border of each decorative symbols and shapes. It has been painted and tempered for the color brightness and clay hardness.

Visit Mojtaba's Etsy Shop to see more of her lovely creations.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Parsiart?ref=seller_info

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E. Meggie McCarty ~ Dollfun Studio

Victorian Teacup Fairy Art Doll "Alina"

Alina is a one-of-a-kind creation, hand sculpted from polymer clay without the use of any molds. She was built over a wire armature for strength and baked according to manufacturer's specifications. She was sculpted with great attention to every detail. Her inset eyes were made by the artist, and her body had been blushed and sealed. Her hair is Tibetan lamb wool styled into a Victorian hairdo. Her one of a kind wings are removable. The doll is equivalent to 7.5" sculpt. She comes with a lovely teacup.

You can see more of these awesome creations at:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/DollfunStudio?ref=seller_info

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Not Only a Card, but a Gift as well.

I am starting to create my Polymer Clay Christmas
Ornament cards for my Etsy Shop. This is my very first.

Christmas Ornament Card ~ by Sandy Prenzi

My Fairy Homes

These are just a few of the Fairy Homes that I have created.
Sandy Prenzi

Fairies are very particular about the homes that they inhabit. Some fairies dwell in the woods, or on the beaches, others prefer gardens or fields of wild flowers and then there are those very special fairies that love to dwell among small children. These special fairies are the tiniest of them all, each one so very beautiful with long flowing hair and twinkly eyes. They are dressed in the finest spun silk mixed with the magic of sparkling fairy dust.

It's said if you place a fairy dwelling inside your home you will soon find evidence that one of these special fairies has made it their home.

You must believe in Fairies
before one will venture into your home.

Any child would be delighted to have a cake topped with a fairy dwelling. A special keepsake forever. These little fairy houses will definitely be a wonderful home for some of those very special fairies.

There are fairies that love the sound of the ocean and collect seashells to surround their homes. This little Fairy house is located on a beautiful beach with white sands. Notice all the seashells that have been collected.

Here is a perfect home for a forest dwelling fairy. They love the coziness of the forest, the sweet little birds singing in the trees and the sound of a babbling brook as it lazily runs through.

There are times that I would love nothing better than to be taken away
and live among the fairies in their wonderful world.

Fairy homes come in all shapes and
sizes. Picking one out is a lot of fun,
but having one in your home is
magical.

Maureen Carlson- Polymer Clay Artist

The magical creations of Maureen Carlson
ARTIST: Maureen Carlson has been creating mixed-media figures in clay and cloth since the 1970's, with her primary medium being polymer clay. From 1979 to 1991 she sold her clay characters, dolls and puppets at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and other Twin Cities area venues. Recently, after many years of creating artwork whose primary purpose was instructional, she has begun once again making original artwork to sell at shows and through teaching venues. At the July 2010 Owatonna Art Festival she received an Award of Merit.
TELEVISION PERSONALITY: She has appeared on the Carol Duvall Show on HGTV as well as on Aleene’s Creative Living Television Show.

Maureen is an amazing woman. You can read her full Biography at: http://www.artofthedollmn.com/maureen-carlson.html
Maureen designs flex molds which you can see at the following link: http://www.polymerclayexpress.com/molds2.html

Check out her website too: http://www.maureencarlson.com/

Grace Dancing

in private collection

12 inches tall

Polymer clay, acrylic paint, wire

Polymer clay is the medium of choice for artist Maureen Carlson whose works, Grace Dancing and Contemplation, show the magic that can happen when one "sculpts with color". The wall-mounted pieces combines figurative sculpture with surface design techniques. The only paint used on this piece was for the facial features

PCETeam Treasury

POLYMER CLAY ENTHUSIASTS TEAM TREASURY

All of these creations that I picked for my Enchanted Forest Treasury have been created by the talents of the Polymer Clay Enthusiasts Team of Etsy of which I am a proud member. Click on each of the pictures and you will go directly to their shops. They are incredibly talented artists.

Enchanted Forest

Picked by Sandy's Creations in Clay


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by Sandy Prenzi

I must tell you the story of this shoe, which is actually called a slipper in the days of old.

It wasn't that long ago that I was magically transported to the Castle of Princess Cinderella. Now as you know not much is known about Cinderella after she married the Prince, but I found out that she has a fondness for shoes. This is just one of the dozens that she has. She was kind enough to let me take pictures of some of her wonderful shoes. This in particular is one of her favorites, mostly because she adores the color blue. I will have more of her shoes to show you as time goes on. She hopes you like her beautiful shoes as much as I do.

I had such a great time creating this shoe. It is of course created out of polymer clay, but then I decided to paint on some pearl inks to give it that magical look.

Masked Faces by Sandy Prenzi

For those of you that are not familiar with my blog, my name is Sandy Prenzi. I am a proud mom of three and a fun-loving Grandmom of three. I grew up in the once small town of Danbury Connecticut and moved several times around the country finally settling in Plano Texas in 1995.

I began creating with polymer clay in May of 2010 and made my first masked face shortly thereafter. My inspiration for them was my trip to Italy. It seemed like every other shop in Venice held these wonderful masks. But, mine are a bit different as they mostly feature the face and headdress rather than the mask itself.



The figure on the left is one of my favorites. I love the mystery that is held behind the mask.

I used Sculpey terra cotta for the face and black glass beads for her eyes. I also used Sculpey for her shroud. I named this one 'Mystery in Purple' which seemed very appropriate for this particular creation.

I use this creation not only for my Avatar but also on my business card.

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Meet King Montu, he was the Solar God of Ancient Egypt. His mask was created with Sculpey polymer clay. I added black glass beads for eyes and embellished his with a circular design representing the solar system. headdress


He is approximately 7" tall by 6" wide and comes mounted on a 13" by
7.75" black frame.

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This Indian was one of my first creations. I love how his mask and feathers came out I used a blend of purples to make the feathers and mica powder on the stamped designed mask to give it the effect that I wanted. Copper mica powder was the key embellishment for the face and I found I had these fabulous colored glass beads to use for the eyes.

As it turned out, I was very pleased with his appearance. He measures approximately 5" in length and 4" wide.

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Here is my 'Biker Babe' I loved creating this one. I wanted her headdress and mask to look like leather and I think I succeeded.

Can't you just picture this?

She rode her Harley to the Masquerade Ball. Everyone watched as she sauntered into the ballroom sparkling with bronze highlights from the cascading light of the chandelier.

She was created with polymer clay and is approximately 6" wide
by 7" tall and is mounted on a 7" by 13" black frame.

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This fella can't wait to be the life of the party. His marbled face hardly cracks a smile, but he makes everyone else laugh. He was created with Sculpey polymer clay, glass beads and a dab of humor. He is approximately 6" tall by 4" wide and comes in a black shadow box.

This piece was such a happenstance. I had some clay that was left over from several projects and they were all fairly light colors so I began melding them together and found that it looked a lot like Marble. UMMM, I thought, wouldn't this make an interesting face. I decided to use red for the hair and mask so the marble look would pop out even more. The glass beads that I use on most of my faces come from Michaels. They are flat in shape and measure 1/2 inch round. Perfect for the look I want.

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Here is another one of my favorites. My thought for her headdress was to use the orange and rust colors to make it appear very silky. As I created her I thought about her riding through the white desert sands on her black steed. Her silk robe flowing behind her as she gallops toward her destination.

Isn't it funny the things you think about as you create. I just can't picture her anywhere else.

She is approximately 5" wide by 8" tall and has been mounted on a 8.75" by 10.75" black frame.

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I think I was watching a marathon of Harry Potter movies when I came up with this one.

The name of this creations is 'Lizard Wizard'. Notice the Lizard emblem on this Wizard's headdress. In Roman mythology the lizard was thought to sleep throughout the winter and thus came to symbolize death and resurrection.

This creation is approximately 9" tall by 4.5" wide and comes mounted on a 13" by 7.75" black frame.

She was also created out of Sculpey and embellished with a stamped design. I was extremely happy with how it turned out. I added the little crystal star on her check because I thought she should have a beauty mark.

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This was another of my first sculptures. I named her Robyn Hood. She lives in the enchanted forest and has a little raven haired fairy named Trink that is her best friend.

She was created out of Sculpey polymer clay and embellished with a rubber stamped design. Trink plucked the feathers for Robyn's cap from a hawk that was sleeping high in a treetop at the edge of the forest and boy, was that hawk ever mad. It chased poor little Trink for miles before he gave up and let her go on her merry way.

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I decided to travel to the Far East in my thoughts and create this piece. I remember in 'The King and I', that the maidens wore headdresses similar to this one.

She was created with Sculpey polymer clay and embellished with rubber stamps and mica powders.

This creation is approximately 5" tall by 5.5" wide and comes mounted on a 8" tall by 7.5" wide black

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The Ocean was on my mind the day I created this one. I think if I had made the body to go with her, she would have been a mermaid.

She was created with Sculpey polymer clay. I love how the headdress glistens, just like the waves do when the sun is hitting them. I spread white glitter glue on the headdress to make this effect.

She is approximately 5" wide by 7" in length and has been mounted on a 9" wide by 11" black on black frame.

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These are just a few of my masked faces. You can see more at: Sandy's Creations by mstp on Etsy