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Syndee Holt – Jenny Sorensen – Rachel Hateley – Anke Humpert – Claire Maunsell – Sherman Oberson – Krithika Parthan – Teresa Salgado – Mo Tipton – Lynn Yuhr – Amy Koranek – Maria Saracino
Read their blog posts and enjoy their projects, tips, techniques and creative uses of clays, tools and accessories. Their varied specialties and work styles will educate and inspire you.
Happy Easter Holidays are wonderful occasions to become creative and make something fun. I love making ornaments, figures and candle toppers. I am a fan of candles and love the ones in glass jars, which have a flat top. I have made candle toppers for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, birthdays or just seasonal. I love matching the
Inspiration on Pintrest I’m a visual person and get inspired by everything around me. I also love the web and the vast information and pictures it provides. Just a while back I learned about Pintrest, a website, which lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. I found
What a great find I had today. I had a fun day shopping with my daughter Alina at a nearby JoAnn's fabrics. I always stroll around and look to see if there's something I can use for my little projects. I found these great Stretch Magic Necklaces, which I think are great for children's necklaces.
Yikes! Where did this month go? It's already the last day of the month and the last day for me to post to you. Dang it, we were just getting on a roll too. I wanted to report back to you about the new Photoshop apps. I don't have a tablet, but I discovered
I tend to keep bits and pieces of everything. If a T-pin is too long, I keep the scrap I trim off, bits of clay (of course!), the stray earring wire, the odd bead or two, I keep them. Today, when I was finishing up another project, I got lazy and made the
Yes, it's true! I just went to the presentation for our Photoshop Users Group Monday night. Adobe has created 4 different apps for the iPad and Android tablets. AND THEY COST ONLY $9.99 EACH! You can get a pretty loaded version of Photoshop (Called Photoshop Touch) for only $10! All the basic tools, cropping,
Do you ever feel like doing clay, but not really "doing" clay? You want something easy, yet great at the same time? My One Block Wonder is perfect for that… 1 block of clay and 1 hour of time! Now I'm busy cooking corned beef and thinking about green beer tonight, so this project fit
You know how we often see things and say to ourselves (or out loud…to no one in particular..) “Hey, I could do that with clay!” I distinctly remember in my first glory days of clay when my friend (who also had just starting claying) and I were walking through the deck of the coffee
I know we all hear that we should "set a good example for our kids." But there is one part of this example setting we tend to overlook- how you spend your "downtime". If you have hobbies that you clearly enjoy, that entertain you, the chances are that your kids will look for hobbies that
I’ve been around the polymer clay world for over 20 years. In the beginning of my experience as a clayer, our corner of the art world was filled with excitement. It often felt like a race. Designers were intent on exploring and mapping the possibilities of this wonderful medium. We were interested in developing
I've been cleaning out my cane stash and thinking about ways to inspire myself to use up some of my old canes. I decided to re-work some of them into new canes. I had an abundance of chrysanthemum canes that I gave a makeover. I changed them into rectangular shapes and put them
Now I've done it… I've basically invited the whole polymer clay community into my studio, and you know what they're gonna find out… I'm just not that organized! You'd think with 3 filing drawers, 26 storage drawers and 30 cabinets, I'd have "a place for everything and everything in its place." Well, I do
Welcome to my home studio. I am one of the most fortunate artists I know of because my husband is so supportive of my art (habit, addiction, whatever you wanna call it). A couple years ago Tom decided that my studio needed to be remodeled and I'd like to share how awesomely he remodeled
2009 found me making Santa's sleigh. My husband designed the metal cutter that I used to create the sleigh shapes. Cookies for Santa plates was the theme of the 2010 ornament. I used silver paint pens to highlight the edges of the plates and put the name and date on.
I know it's the New Year and we are all ready to move on to new things, but on New Year's Day, when I took my Christmas tree down, I went reminiscing through my collection of polymer clay ornaments. Shortly after moving to this small rural community in 2000, I was commissioned by the
Wishing everyone very Happy Holidays! Peace, Hope, Joy! Blessings to Everyone!
Here is a super easy way to make fun Holiday Candy Canes or Lollipops for gifts, packages or your own tree! I used Premo clays in Frost White Glitter, Pomegranite, and Green. Condition your Frost White Glitter clay really well and then roll out a long snake maybe 5" or so about 3/4" thick. Next
Well, the wrapping has begun! I actually love to wrap gifts. I love to go out and pick out the wrapping paper. I am kind of picky about it. I like to get a few different kinds with matching ribbon and bows. When it's time to wrap I get all my supplies ready and spread
This past Friday I participated in a local craft fair at Bowdoin College. It is called the Sunsplash Festival and it is to celebrate the last day of classes for students and faculty. It is also open to the public. This fair has been going on for the past 15 years so it is really
Hello! I am so happy to be here on the Design Squad Blog! I really enjoyed Patti's post about her family Christmas tree. It was fun to see the photos of her many polymer clay ornaments from over the years. I thought I would continue on the ornament theme as I am getting ready
Generally, after our Thanksgiving turkey is picked clean, it's time for my middle child to get on our roof and string up our Christmas lights. He gets this job because my husband doesn't like heights and my son is 14 and fearless. I intended to avoid Black Friday (don't like shopping or crowds) but
We've been invited to share Thanksgiving dinner with friends at their home this year. So I'm not making the turkey, just a few dishes to bring to take the load off my host and hostess. Since I'm not pressed for time or really busy in the kitchen, I can play with clay instead!!
I've been spending a little time each day lately cleaning in my studio, tackling different counters, drawers, etc. until I get distracted or better, inspired. There are two types of organization for creative people, I've heard… those who have a place for every supply and every tool and everything is put away. And those
November and December always find me knitting. I have a long tradition of making a hand-knit sweater for my husband for Christmas. I've been doing this for almost 20 years. The sweaters are almost all original designs, and depending on my timeliness, sometimes they are vests! The past two weekends marked the end
I love the season of Fall. I don't get into Halloween much, and I'm relieved now that my kids are a little older that I don't have to deal with costumes and trick or treating anymore. But I love the changing seasons, the leaves changing colors, then making piles that crunch underfoot. (Thankfully, we live
Who knew that you could take little pieces of clay (these are only about 2-1/2 inches high and overlap them and create a shortened version of a Skinner Blend? Just overlap each piece with it's neighbors and I added a thin sheet of Premo Gold underneath to add shimmer and help hold it all together.
I was so bummed to have to leave my clay table last weekend, but fortunately this week just flew by. A couple of chores to do and I'm back to the table! My friend Jen buys an jewelry that features owls. It's like a free pass – she's got to have it. Sort of
So I was going around the house changing all the empty papertowel rolls (other people obviously think little elves come in the night and change these because they certainly don't bother to!). I reflexively put the empty cores in my "studio pile" of stuff to go to the studio next trip out. Paper towel
Inspiration is truly everywhere we look. I remember vividly when I first started doing clay back in the olden days of the 20th century, I once grabbed a coffee mug in a coffee shop and said to my friend, “Look! We could do this in clay!” Needless to say, I wasn’t inhibited at all by
