We were challenged to find and share anything Black & White made by our fellow Smoosher. Since I like a good challenge I gathered up a few tasty treats for you all 🙂
Smoosher Challenge – Black & White
01 Aug 2011 7 Comments
in Polyclay Artists, Shopping Tags: black, box, cane, earrings, feather, heart, mosaic, necklace, pendant, polymer clay, showcase, smooshers, white
They’re All Done !!!!
20 Dec 2010 Leave a comment
in From My Workbench Tags: black, can, cane slices, canes, christmas, Holiday, ornament, ornaments, polymer clay, puprle, silver, white, xmas
The ornaments are all done and ready for the mail. Hopefully Priority mail gets them there in time.
Without further ado…… here is the purple set of 12 ornaments!
New Tutorial: Golden Lace Heart Pendant
12 Jan 2010 Leave a comment
in From My Workbench, Interesting Techniques, Shopping, Tutorials Tags: black, etsy, filigree, gold, how-to, instructions, jewelry, lace, necklace, pendant, polymer clay, Tonja Lenderman, tonja's treasures, tonjalenderman, tonjastreasures, tutorial
Just finished another tutorial called Golden Lace Heart Pendants. Just listed it in my Etsy shop. Great project fro beginners and advanced clayers alike.
My 2nd Place Winner !!!!!
10 Jul 2009 Leave a comment
in From My Workbench Tags: asian, black, clay, contest, green, inro, necklace, orange, Oriental, pendant, polymer, polymer clay, prize, red, winner
I entered a contest sponsored by the Polymer Clay Artist Guild of Etsy (PCAGOE) and my piece tied for 2nd place 🙂 The theme was vessels and I entered my favorite Inro.
You can see the other winners at SCDiva’s Blog
Nail Art Canes In Stock – Low Introductory Price !!
27 Jun 2009 1 Comment
in New Products, Shopping Tags: american, apple, art, baked, banana, black, blue, bright, butterflies, butterfly, canes, clay, colorful, dragonflies, dragonfly, flag, flowers, fruit, grapefruit, green, kiwi, ladybug, lemon, lime, nail, orange, oranges, pink, polymer, pre-baked, purple, red, roses, star fruit, us flag, watermelon, white, yellow
For the first 2 weeks prices the Nail Art Canes will be available in my web shop for the low introductory price of $1.29 per cane. After wards, the prices will be $1.99 each. There are many beautiful flower canes, a few fun fruit designs, and several cute butterflies to choose from. Plus a great American Flag for the upcoming 4th of July. I have red and blue flower canes with white backgrounds that accent the flag beautifully.



The canes are very simple to use. Easy to follow instructions will be included with your order. All you need is a single edge razor blade or scraper blade, a safe cutting surface and a cup of hot water to warm the canes. A single cane can produce 60+ slices if you slice them very thin.
You can use the Nail Art Cane Slices several ways:
1. Glue them on to store bought acrylic nails with nail glue and clear coat them with an acrylic clear coat polish. (I recommend Sally Hansen No Chip Acrylic Top Coat) Then adhere the acrylic nails to your natural nails.
2. Embed the cane slices into the uncured acrylic as you have a nail tech do your nails. Make sure they are covered/sealed with the acrylic.
3. Pre-coated your nails with a layer of acrylic nail polish. Glue the cane slices onto your natural nails (with nail glue). Then seal them with an acrylic clear coat. (Again I recommend Sally Hansen No Chip Acrylic Top Coat)
I will also offer a variety of pre-sliced cane samplers, 20 slices for $1.99 if you prefer to not slice them yourself.
Here are just a few of the canes you will see in my shop.
Canes are approx. 3 – 5 mm across and 50 MM long.
One Color Wonders
24 May 2009 2 Comments
in Interesting Techniques, Polyclay Artists Tags: amber, bead, beads, black, clay, dragon, faux jade, heart, leaf, leaves, mica shift, polymer, polymer clay, red
I was cruising around Flickr and found the greatest clay group called Polymer Clay Today which led me to this artist who only used one color of clay. The item that cought my eye was gorgeous. I wondered how many other cool things could I find where the artist only used one color of clay.
Selena Anne Wells has a album full of one color pieces. Be sure to check them all out.
Pippa – Pip’s Jewellery (Her Blog)
Liva (Her Blog)
Laurel Steven (Her Blog)
Janice Abarbanel (Her Blog)
Jan Geisen (Her Website)
Enkhtsetseg Tserenbadam (Her Blog)
Flickr Finds For April
09 Apr 2009 4 Comments
in Polyclay Artists Tags: beach, beads, black, blue, bracelet, clay, colorful, door, fairy, flower, flowers, green, jewelry, necklace, orange, organic, pink, polymer, portal, purple
I can spend all day wandering around Flickr. There is an abundance of talented polymer clay artists that use the site to store their pictures. I think each month I’ll have to show 6 random artists I find interesting. Hope you do too, because here are the first 6 🙂
The gallery is by stamp company Inklings and Imprints. The artworks is Kim Detmers
Barb Fajardo blog
Art Imitating Nature
03 Apr 2009 2 Comments
in Interesting Techniques, Polyclay Artists Tags: bangle, black, blue, bracelet, brown, clay, gold, green, jewelry, organic, polymer, white
Melanie West has a series of bracelets called Bio-Bangle. And are they ever beautiful !!! They do make me think of sea shells and ocean critters. 🙂 Her eye for design, texture and color is incredible. I’ve seen Melanie’s jewelry over the past few years really blossom into exception works of wearable art. Can’t wait to see what inspires her next.

BioBangle - Bamboo

BioBangle - Octopus

BioBangle - Sea Polyp

BioBangle - Sea Shell
Yetta’s Hollow Donut Cabachons
01 Apr 2009 9 Comments
in Interesting Techniques, Polyclay Artists, Tutorials Tags: bead, black, cabochon, clay, donut, hollow, jewelry, Kato, paint, painted, polymer, silk screen, silk screened, tutorial
It’s a technique that Donna Kato learned from Yetta in New Jersey. As Donna said “Her (Yetta’s) solution is elegant, efficient, simple and pretty much foolproof.” I must say, I may not have a donut cutter (yet), but I see the possibilities with any cutter. And I am tickled to say that Donna used the silk screen stencils I made and sent to her last year on the donuts pictured below. 🙂