Wedding order

I have spent this week working on a special order for a wedding: 150 lime charms for wine charms, flower bracelets for moms, and pendants for bridesmaids, everything in purple and lime.

I quite like this colour combination myself :)

Lime tutorial and soft fimo

FIMO clay became very soft recently. That is either my hands are hotter now, or they changed the formula of clay. Even Fimo classic is very soft, not to mention Fimo soft. You don't want your clay to be soft when you are trying to make a cane :) A few days ago I had to make a lime cane for one order, most of which is translucent clay (Fimo soft). It was so soft, it reminded me a used chewing gum. So I had to leach out some oil of it: placed a thin sheet of clay between two sheets of paper, put a heavy box on top of the stack, and left it for a few hours. I didn't even have to pass translucent clay through a pasta machine. I have just stretched it with my fingers.

After a few hours I have managed to make a lime cane:

A little request :)

Please do not ignore this post :)

Your opinion is very important to us!

As I have been writing before I am a lucky member of a wonderful big and friendly group of crafty people called "Newcastle Craft Mafia". We have knitters, jewellery makers, artists, clothes makers and others in our group. We are trying to promote everything handmade, make "handmade" popular with general public.
So now we have an idea of making an online magazine, full of creative ideas and modern trends.
Leeanne, a co-founder of our Mafia, has prepared a survey to help us choose the right ideas and directions for our future magazine.

I would be really really grateful if you could take this survey. It will take you only a minute, but this way you will help 25-strong group of crafters, and with this you will help promoting "handmade" (isn't it what we all want? :) )

TAKE THE SURVEY

Thank you!
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Beads in metallic frames

I keep playing with various metallic frames I've got. I wrote a tutorial on using them here.
These are some new bracelets I've made with hollow metallic links.

My bead swap stash

I am taking part in a lovely game called Bead Soup Party, organised by Lori Anderson and today I received my lot of bead goodies from Kella, and I love every bead! Particularly a handmade clasp - dragonfly, I think it is absolutely fabulous! And a lovely blue pendant!



Isn't this dragonfly a piece of art?
I am not sure what I am going to do with these treasures, but I am sure I will come up with something by Febuary 10th :)
Thank you Kella!

Waiting for spring

Making flower bracelets and wearing three at a time :))
Just kidding :)) Although I like it how three bracelets look together. Nice and bright.

Posted them in my Etsy shop
Following my experiments on making beads with metallic frames I have made a few more new shapes.


I am not sure how to use them yet, other than using them as pendants :)) Do you have any ideas?

Apple pendant and apple tutorial

Just a cute realistic apple :)


An apple tutorial below. Make an apple out of translucent clay, paint it with powdered yellow pastel first, then paint half of it with red, and another half - with green pastel. Add leaf and other details.