Oh my, I’m really losing my blogging mojo or so it seems. Thankfully, I’m finding other creative outlets, like polymer clay.
Yesterday, I was watching a YouTube video in which the creator made some polymer clay earrings with the image of daisies on them. I wanted to recreate those, but really was pretty much clueless.
Like her, I started out with blue (well, Fimo Soft #39, “peppermint”, the closest to blue polymer clay I have). I then added little yellow dots. I still don’t have white, so used porcelain for the petals. The YouTuber hadn’t created individual petals, so neither did I. Rather, I extruded a strand of clay to go around the little dots. That was hard enough. I didn’t flatten my slab, because I feared I’d distort the design if I did. I also really liked the texture in my design.
Unfortunately, when I baked these, they stuck to the tile and got a hole in them when I pulled them off. I threw them straight into the bin, so no pics of these.
Yesterday evening though, I did create some earring pieces that were more or less a success. I used purple as the background color this time and again, yellow dots and white strands to go around them for the daisies. This time, I tried to flatten my slab using my acrylic roller, but that didn’t create an even surface. Then, I ran my slab through the pasta machine, which of course distorted the design a little. Or a lot.
I decided to bake my earring pieces anyway. I had four of them and this morning, had my staff pick the best two to be glued to the earring posts. That worked surprisingly well considering I didn’t use super glue. I had to let them dry for about three to four hours and they look and feel pretty sturdy now.
VoiceOver Recognition does say they look like boiled eggs rather than daisies. I guess it has a point.
For the photo, I attached them to a piece of blue cardstock. That will do okay as an earring card for keeping my earstuds safe while waiting for me to actually get my ears pierced.
What do you think of these?
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That’s really cool! I guess daisies might be tricky, but keep trying and you’ll get there 🙂
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I think so too. Thanks for the encouragement.
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Very nice indeed and I’m glad you’re having fun. I hope you find your blog mojo.
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I hope so too, but there’s only 24 hours in a day anyway, so I can’t do a lot of crafting and a lot of blogging at the same time.
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They do look very nice and artistic
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Oh, thank you for saying that! 🙂
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You’re welcome 💖
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Beautiful, Astrid creative things and beauty really feed our soul.
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Thanks. I completely agree! 🌺
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They are beautiful and I agree with Juliette: Just keep trying and you’ll find a way. Or just do with boiled egg earrings 😉 Happy Thursday to you and yours despite everything 🙂
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Thank you so much. Yes, I’ll keep these but will keep on trying to make better ones too.
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These are so lovely! I love crafting, I find it very therapeutic. Can’t wait to see what you make next.
Have a lovely weekend. 😊
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I’m so happy you like them. I really love crafting indeed. Thank you for commenting.
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I love them. You are actually our Feature of the Week for Monday’s MMBC! Have a lovely day. 🙂
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Oh thanks so very much for featuring me! Have a great week ahead.
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Great job for trying. This is a craft I would love to try but I have to finish some things I have before start something totally new.
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I understand. I tend to start a ton of different craft projects at a time, but sometimes I too need to slow down a little.
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