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So tomorrow is my sister's birthday and she's had a rough year so I thought I'd so something really special for her. I made her a charm bracelet that features all of her six children, three of the human kind and three furry ones. I made three dog beads for each of her dogs and since I'm not very good at making humans out of polymer clay I only did one bead of her son in polymer clay because he's easily identifiable, for the other sons I did something different -- and I figure it is a charm bracelet so the more varying types of charms the better. Here's the bracelet with a short explanation:
Close up, I'll explain the main charms I made. The first charm from the left depicts her son, he was easy to do in polymer clay because he always has his hair pushed forward and in his eyes -- this must be something new, I'm not sure if it's only around our neighborhood or not, but it seems to be the hairstyle for the boys. The second one I made is her dog Edie, she's her oldest dog, a wonderful Golden Retriever. The third is a heart with her son's name on it, Mike. The fourth is her other dog, Payton named after Walter Payton (actually her son brought this dog home) which was a surprise to her, but she fell in love and kept him (kids). He is a Sheltie/Akita mix or at least that's what they told him he was :)
The entire bracelet
The next charm is a small photo frame with her son's picture. The next one is a G, which is her first initial and the last one I made was of her other Golden Retriever, Spud, the wonder dog! I added a couple of other clay hearts and various things. I hope she loves it. And BTW she never reads my blog, I don't even think she'd know how to find it if she wanted to, so I don't have to worry about ruining the surprise. Have a nice weekend everyone.
Pink and White Fuzzy Scarf
It's that time again, these months are just flying by. It's time for our featured Etsy blogger and this month it goes to madebymelissa, a lovely shop with various handmade goodness including jewelry, crochet scarves and toys. Here's just a sample of what you will see in her shop! You also might like to stop by her blog to see what she's up to creatively.
Every so often when I create something I like to get away from cute and do something a bit more dramatic. It does get a bit boring doing the same thing over and over and I love to play with other mediums such as paints and powders along with polymer clay. Here is the outcome of one of those pendants, it's my Great Dane Leather and Lace Polymer Clay Pendant. I called it this because it is the color and look of leather along with stamps which create a lace effect and pearls that give it a more feminine touch.
Size is approximate:
7/8" vertical (top to bottom)
1" horizontal (ear to ear)
1" horizontal (nose to back of head)
The bead is pierced vertically from top of head to bottom.
It's that time again, hard to believe it -- the months just keep flying by. It's time for our featured Etsy blogger and this month it goes to designsbyvanessa, a lovely shop with handmade paper goods and jewelry. Here's just a sample of what you will see in her shop! You also might like to stop by her blog to see what she's up to creatively.
