Poinsettia Ornaments

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Elaine

polymer clay poinsettia ornament I’m lucky enough to have family that encourages me in my clay obsession. One aunt always buys my ornaments and this year I got her name in the family Christmas gift draw. She requested ornaments, in deep reds and greens. To me, that says Poinsettias!

So I start with some basic glass ornaments that I got in the post-Xmas sales last year. Cover them liberally with black marbled with gold, bake. It may sound dark for holiday gifts but it makes a dramatic background and the baked base layer means I stick fingers through the whole deal less often. Continue reading →

Year of Clay – The Green Lady

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Elaine

Given the… oh boy… 6 month break, I was trying to decide whether I’d keep the Year of Clay going. I figure I may as well try. There are more years ahead!

So on that note, I had a friend ask for a focal bead based on a tattoo of a green lady (from the green man myth). I tried a few things, squished them up and then decided one of my bumpy beads was the way to go.

green lady pendant

I liked her so much I made a few focal beads and sent them all off to Cindy of Cindy’s Creative Crochet where she crocheted up a necklace with them. I hope the recipient loves the collaboration!

Having a Ball

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Elaine

After a frankly… challenging… couple of months it was a wonderful feeling to get to sit down with the new-to-me laptop, a cup of coffee and dig back into my site and online clay life. Wow! So much to catch up on, so much to update, so much to fix.

So the site is getting a winter overhaul and some things are bound to be not working. I came back to more than 4000 spam, several hundred emails and a lot of other site-housekeeping details that will take quite a while to fix.

I don’t think I’ve ever been quite so happy to face ‘housework’ though!
xmas ornaments 2007