Creative Paper Clay

Awhile back I bought some polymer clay molds from Mold Muse.  I love the way the clay looks when it comes out of the molds, so crisp.  I was really hooked on making clay flowers for my hair barrettes.  I recently rediscovered Creative Paperclay. This "clay" is very easy to use.  It takes about 24 hours to dry on both sides.  Use it like polymer clay. Pinch off a small amount of clay and roll it in your hand to form a ball. It's already soft so there is no reason to pull on it to much. Smoosh the clay into the molds making sure that the back is fairly flat. Then simply flex the mold and pop out the item.  I set these aside and let them dry rotating them over so that the backs get some air as well.  These dry simply by the air no oven needed. The best part is that you can paint them what ever color you want. So no need to buy several colors of clay.  These are fairly light when they are completely dry so you can attach them basically anywhere you want them. I have attached several to barrettes for a little girl. They can also attach to scrapbooking pages, cards or where ever you need some 3-D effects. I love making these.  In the picture you can see the unfinished ones have a white appearance.  The painted ones I just used your basic craft paint.  Try some of these you will be surprised how well you like them.

Happy Crafting

Debora

Spring Made an Apperance Today

   Normally in Wisconsin this time of year we have snow. In the very near past we have had 15 inches of snow. This year it looks like we habe been blessed with an early Spring. Although I do not have myself fooled in thinking that this will last I am enjoying the nice weather we have right now. My hubby put in 6 raised planting beds for me and I can't wait until I can fill them with veggies.  

   It seams like everything was just waiting to burst. I came home today and my Flowering Cleveland Pear Trees were all white. Where as yesterday they were just sticks in the ground. I love seeing all the color after a cold and drury winter.

   I hope you enjoy a few pics from around our house. I couldn't resist snapping a few shots.

Debora

Living off the land

Well sort of. 80 degrees in March in Wisconsin? Well it was this weekend and I took full advantage of it. My hubby and I put in 4 planting beds this weekend. We have plans for 2 more. My next adventure will be to add a rain barrel and possibly composting. There is something special about being able to provide for your family. I paid $4.19 a gallon for gas this weekend and nearly fell over. So any savings we can get would be helpful. I have already taught myself how to can do now all I have to do is get the veggies to put in the jars. I'm posting some pics of my planting beds. Empty of course but it is only March. Have a great day after all you are in control.

Debora

Dessert with Left Over's?

It's left over night in this house, but that doesn't mean we will skip on having a delious snack afterwards.

SMILES
Debora
I made some chocolate cookies dipped in chocolate. You can never have to much chocolate. I know we have a freezeer full of Girl Scout cookies and those will get eaten as well.  Over the weekend I made some cookie dough following the recipe from Pioneer Woman. Jump on over there and check her out or her new show on the Food Network. I'm so anxious to see how they taste. they look good at least.

Lets get organized

Every January the stores promote organization. Plastic tubs and shelving galore. Well I wanted to get organized as well. This is NOT something that I am. I have a ton of stuff and it's all over the place. I try I really do but I never seam to get the stuff in a place where I know where it is. So this year I deceided to stay small and see if that could help jump start the organizing juices deep (and I mean deep, cause I can't seam to do it) inside. I saw this tutorial on following the paper trail with Laura Dennison. The tutorial was so easy to follow. I found some really great paper. I don't remember the name of the paper. The cover is this really cute fruit with faces paper and I added some red swiss dot to off set the yellow. I think it turned out really cute. So if you want to get organized jump over to Laura's website and watch.

Thanks for looking.

Debora

New

New things happening in this house today and I can't wait to get started on them. Canning some BBQ sauce. Cleaning and more cleaning. And with any kind of luck some crafting. I will have new projects and pictures comming soon and I hope to be abel to get to this on a more regular basis. It's a great release and fun. So stay tuned and lets go on this adventure together.



Debora

Can't stop

I started making these clay roses several months ago, and I can't stop now. I have never been interested in clay but once I found these molds and found that they are so easy to use. I take the clay and soften it in my hands. Once soft you simply push the clay into the molds and then pop it out. I place them on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and bake them per the manufactures directions. I apply gloss glaze to them once they have cooled off and VIOLA! These are great to use on scrapbook pages and cards and you can add them to the end of a bobby pin to customize any outfit. They are so cute and easy that I can't stop making them. I have made so many that I'm thinking of opening an Etsy shop. That is going to take more thought on my end to make sure it's really something that I want to do and will have some pay off. ( I don't need to end up with a ton of clay bobbles) Well we shall see. So for now here are the latest flowers that I have made.



Enjoy.

Debora