Translucent effects
Translucent polymer clay rocks, the problem was that I didn’t know how to use it. It was one of those situations where I knew what the potential was, but just didn’t know how to achieve it. Carolyn to the rescue, she suggested that I try slicing my canes thinner and buffing them to increase the [...]
New stuff; wire and clay
This is where my lathe used to sit. I’m not ready to give up my little lathe just yet, although I really like polymer clay, I’m going to wait it out and see if perhaps I might be able to do some occasional well protected wood turning without my immune system freaking out and making [...]
Hmm wax..
Wax, I have wax! I spent most of Saturday cleaning and laying out protective layers of things (like Seran wrap and newspaper) onto surfaces that needed protection, then cleaned jars while my fresh wax melted. Most of the candles are the baby-food jar kind. I like them for two reasons; they ship well, and there [...]
I share my craft fair wisdom with you
Reasons why you have to mentally prepare for a craft fair; small children with muddy hands, large adults with muddy hands, people looking to ‘ghost’ projects, people looking to barter/haggle/trade/or sell you something, thumbnail marks on candles (yes, it’s really wax people, why do you have to test it?), people that smoosh stuff in hope [...]
Cool yarn/knitting link
Yarn? I am so impressed, you must go there now.