Some new work

After watching Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg's (Riverpoetdesigns) new DVD three times, I decided to give it a try. What she does with clay is absolutely amazing. She makes it look so very easy and believe me, it's not. I doubt anyone will come close to her beautiful flowers and placement on her pendants. There's a lot of room for improvement, but I'm working on it.

Georgia O'Keeffe Necklace

This is my challenge entry for the October Challenge of the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy. We had to pick our favorite artist and design something around their art. I chose Georgia O'Keeffe and added Kambaba jasper rounds and tubes and highlighted it with yellow magnesite. I just found out this was accepted into the Customer Gallery at www.turquoisemagpie.com.

Bringing Back the 60s

The peace sign is all over the place, in clothing, in jewelry, on backpacks and more. I decided to add one to my Etsy shop. Here I used a transfer image on polymer clay and finished it with resin. I tried to find one that was a little different and not so psychodelic. This one has the stars, moon, earth and sun. It comes with a black cording. I guess the peace sign was a cool part of the hippy era.

Polymer Clay Book Thongs

These are new to my Etsy Store - polymer clay book thongs - they fit in the crack of your book to hold your place. LOL. The hearts are made of polymer clay with a transfer using magic transfer paper. I then finished them with resin for a lasting, beautiful shine. I'm selling them in my store for $9.95. They would make a nice gift for an avid reader.

Putting some necklaces together

Decided to finish some of my pendants with beads. Here are a few I made this week. The brown one is carnelian gemstones and Swarovski crystals. The green one is adventurine and yellow crystals.

Featured Artist - ToniNZ

http://www.toninz.etsy.com/

Very rarely do I purchase premade canes. I try to do them myself and most times I am fairly successful, BUT, I have recently been following a polymer clay artist in New Zealand, Toni Ransfield. Her flower canes are absolutely the most beautiful I have ever seen. I purchased two of them this morning and I am so excited to make some pendants with the flower canes from Toni.

Surprise 40th Wedding Anniversary Party

Last night my children gave my husband and I a surprise 40th anniversary party. It was great to have all my family celebrating with us. Thank you so much Ken, Dawn and Nicole for a fantastic party. Wow, who are those people?