I started out with the planets, and a few simple bracelets on stretch string, but now I’ve started making bracelets on memory wire with some odds and ends of glass beads to complement the planets. The nice thing about the polymer clay beads is that they’re almost weightless. I had made several memory wire bracelets [...]
I’ve seen a lot of blogs with year in review or decade in review posts. So. 2009 pretty much sucked. Most of this decade I spent taking care of my dad, watching him slowly lose his struggle with dementia, while at the same time managing to hang on to his sense of the ridiculous and [...]
Isn’t my new baby just adorable? I’m starting to develop a much better method for making the stars without so much glue involved. I’ve made more “beads” in the past week than I have in all the time I’ve had all this polymer clay sitting around. The notion of making PLANETS instead of just [...]
Since creating a star — even a little bitty one — was somewhat draining, I went back to creating planets in our solar system. Here they are (some of them, anyway).
If you’ve never tried to make anything with polymer clay, I don’t know if I’ll be able to adequately describe just what a pain in the butt this “little” item was to make. For starters, I’ve never had any “formal” training in using this stuff — I use Sculpey brand, and haven’t tried others so [...]
I’m a little surprised I don’t have about six updates to install from WordPress. Apparently they have also been working on other things this past month. Here are some pictures of some of the most recent other things I’ve been working on. I’m creating planets. Yes, it makes me feel very goddess-like. [...]
You might notice that I’ve moved a few things around in the sidebar, added the nifty tag “cloud,” and some links to blogs I like and some websites that aren’t blogs that are cool. So now if you want to read all the posts I’ve written about my dogs you can click on the “basenjis” [...]
…by any other name is still “makeshift.” So, I have this watch that my first (ex) husband gave me when I graduated from the local university way back in 19ahemmhem. It’s one of the few things he gave me that I still treasure — mainly because it’s one of the few things he gave me [...]
I used to wear some pretty outrageous earrings. Back when I had long hair. Wow, are those days ever gone. But sometimes I get to thinking that I should wear something in my ears once in a while, so the holes don’t close up. I had that thought again Saturday, as I was thinking about [...]
Here’s another view of the shirt I made. A closeup of the fabric detail and a closer look at the bracelets. Making stuff like this is a little like electo-shock therapy — only less painful, I figure (not speaking from experience here). I just know it helps me unwind. And I’m going to wear the [...]