Sleeping Beauty

Sleeping Beauty...

Trying out an idea I have wanted to pursue for quite a while. Storybook, fairy tale doors.
My girls and I love to watch the tv series "Once Upon a Time" and I thought it would be fun to do some fairy tale inspired doors.

Pretties

Premium Beads 3 days in the making....
I only get the urge to make these about once or twice a year due to the labor intensive, time consuming nature but oh my, I do love how they turn out.
Here is the process..
* make canes
* make beads
* cook beads
* sand beads by hand starting with 400 grit then again with 600, 800 and finishing with 1000
* gloss beads and heat set 5 times each

sit back and oogle their pretty glassiness.

These are going to be made into lamp pull/ceiling fan pull sets which I am then going to hang for display at this years Renaissance Faire. I think I will make some sort of display so they can hang from the top bars of my canopy. If anything I think they will look pretty!

Americana Style Door.
Just in case your Fairies are feeling nostalgic and Patriotic.

Spring Bouquet

Every year about this time I get the spring fever and can't resist making some spring bouquets.

I can imagine this being used in a beautiful necklace dripping with pearls and crystals fit for any princess.


Rococo

I can imagine this in the palace at Versailles.

A secret entrance for the royal fairies to visit....

I am having fun with my new brass window frames and love

how the glass effect crackled.

A Day at the Pond...

What a perfect afternoon....
Sitting by a pond listening to the frogs and watching the dragonflies buzzing around. All kinds of green growing things and little buttercup flowers with dew drops on the leaves.
Let your imagination take you to the pond. It is a nice little break in the day.   :)

Shimmer

I love some of the "new" colors in Premo. Particularly the wasabi green and peacock pearl. I am almost out of this cane and I keep stretching it because I do not want to use it all up. It goes from large items to smaller items and then finally I use the last bits to cover pens. I love how you can keep adjusting the canes to each project so there is hardly any waste.
When I first started with polymer I had a scrap bucket that was gallon sized and full. Now I am scrounging for scrap clay and always running out. I guess  that means I am getting better at reducing canes and liking more of my designs.
Now if I just had more hours in the day. So much clay, so many colors, so much FUN !

"Little"Gem

I am recuperating from my rattle snake bite and was lucky to get this commissioned piece to work on for a client. She is going to use it as a latch on a bag. It was a great diversion from my sore leg and I am in LOVE with her. I was sent this HUGE gem that is so heavy and fits in the palm of your hand. It is gorgeous and I was a bit nervous about messing with it but I think the muse was with me and it turned out wonderful.
I will be keeping my eyes out for a "little" gem of my own.