Two brand new texture sheets!

Introducing my latest texture sheets GROOVY and DRAGON"S BREATH!
Just in time for you to order a little something to put in your stocking ( 'cause we all know that the big guy in red always needs some help.)

GROOVY

This design goes with all things retro or contemporary. Use the entire design with a larger project to get the psychedelic feel or isolate any of its "op art" components in a smaller project. 

DRAGON'S BREATH

This design has a free flowing organic feel. Great when you need something subtle. It starts off small at one end and gradually increases in size to give you more variety. 

These are available now at  Shades of Clay!!!!!

Ho Ho Ho!!! A quick tutorial

It's that time of year again so I just thought I would remind you of this really basic slideshow type tutorial for creating a "Snowman" or a "Santa" with the "Geometric" CaBezel molds. Great for making ornaments or even gift tags. Ho Ho Ho  You can find it here.

Pretty at Christmas

This piece made with the "Get to the Point" CaBezel mold was made by Janice O'Grady.
The chocolate ribbon and copper accent beads make it so feminine, and just in time for the holidays.

 

Leftovers



No, I'm not talking about food silly! I'm talking about all of those leftover bits from extruding clay.  There was a small gathering of them on my table the other day so I decided to lay some down on a piece of scrap clay. Then I used my Lemon-Egg CaBezel mold and made cabochons. Once they were baked, I carved some lines and back-filled them with white clay.
(the gold collar is a piece that i picked up at a thrift store)


 

 



For this example I used an All-In-One mold. "Crest"

Some Sunday Morning Solace

I just had to share this beautiful snippet with you: Shaken By Life’s Beauty, Shaken Posted: 16 Nov 2012 07:02 AM PST “You lethargic, waiting upon me, waiting for the fire and I attendant upon you, shaken by your beauty Shaken by your beauty Shaken.” ~William Carlos Williams Post written by Leo Babauta. This morning I awoke, meditated in the quiet dark empty room, and then went to make my coffee. The world outside is wet, and the raindrops patter upon the leaves of the lemon tree, with its bursts of bright yellow. My kids and Eva asleep, at peace. And as I drink my coffee I think of you, dear reader. And I am struck by the beauty of this world, and the fragile human lives struggling to make their way within it. And shaken. The pain and stress and anger and sadness and loneliness and frustration and fear and cravings and irritations that we will experience today … they are made up. We can let them go as easily as they arise. They are unnecessary, if we realize that we've created them for no good reason. Instead, see the beauty in every moment. In every person’s so human actions. In our own frailties and failures. This world is a morning poem, and we have but to see it to be shaken by its beauty, over and over.

A free tutorial by Helen Briel

For those of you that haven't yet seen this, it's definitely worth taking a look at.
It's a tutorial using polymer clay and an extruder.
Helen Briel does beautiful work. She is one of the founding members of the Southern Ontario Polymer Clay Guild. (SOPCG)

http://www.helenbreil.com/Free_Tutorial.php

``As we get older we get better``

This trailer is amazing! So colorful and inspiring!