It has been a long time since I have posted on my blog. I was pregnant, then had my baby girl on October 17th. It is awesome, I love her very much! It can also be exhausting, which is to be expected since this is my first child.
I will be back with projects, I am starting to get back to normal and am getting use to toting a little one along with me. And, maybe someday, she will be my little helper.
My husband and I are Star Wars fans and named our daughter Mara Jade. He has read a lot of the expanded universe books, and that is how we came up with our daughters name. For anyone who has read the Star Wars books, they know Mara Jade is Luke Skywalker's wife. I won't go into her whole story, you can Google it.
Happy New Year to everyone. Happy Imagining!
I decided to do a little self promoting today. Check out my Facebook page facebook.com/caliradan. You can also follow me on Twitter twitter.com/caliradan, and on Instagram instagram.com/caliradan. I am getting back my energy, so there will be more posts. Of course, I have to warn you, there may be more posts about baby stuff.
Stay tuned. Happy Imagining!
Most people will recognize this symbol... yes, it's the Captain America's Shield. I decided to make a polymer clay cane, then cut into little beads. Doesn't make sense, that's alright, I will do a tutorial on it. Not this one, it didn't turn out how I wanted it to; but, I do know what adjustments I need to make and, hopefully, it will turn out how I want it to. I will show some steps on this post.
Here is where I'm starting to put it together, I like to make little clay pebbles and put them together like a mosaic when I have to fill a large area (except the star). Then, I'll coil tubes of clay if I have to fill a large area around the piece.
I skipped a few steps, but, this is what the cane starts to look like as you are "squishing" the clay into a cylinder. I never looks right and you may think it is ruined, but it's not. I will cover how to do this on the tutorial.
When you do get it down to the circumference you want it, you will slice it. This is the middle section, that's where it is the best. I still use the outer sections even though they look a little funky. This will be sliced up into little beads. I know exactly what I have to do for my next one, the white stripe became a little white line, so, more white on the white stripe next time. Hopefully, that will work. There will be other adjustments I make next time, but, you will have to stay tuned to see.
I hope everyone has an awesome day. Leave a comment, send a message or visit my other sites: facebook.com/caliradan, twitter.com/caliradan, instagram.com/caliradan. Happy Imagining!
OK, this week has started off a bit rocky. But, that's ok because I purchased a couple of things that I need to finish some projects, and one was 50% off... BONUS! As I was starting this post, the pictures wouldn't load, I was about ready to throw in the towel and throw my computer across the room... just joking. Yesterday and today I have been having problems; from spilling coffee all over the floor to my dishwasher acting up, and just recently my computer deciding it wasn't going to work with me. Luckily, I got through all of them, and had some ups too. I received my yellow belt yesterday, I'm very proud of that. But, enough about that.
Pictured above are two items I need to finish a project. The yarn for my husband's scarf and the fondant shape cutters for a polymer clay cane I want to make. I usually like to use things around the house; like reduce, recycle or reuse (that has been one of my favorite mantras since I was a kid).
Here is a picture of my MadCat, VP of Fluff, inspecting the items and making sure I made a good buy.
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I was going through some of my pictures and came across this one. This is the start of my California Roll polymer clay cane. The finished bead showed up on my post "Beads, Beads... and More Beads!". I have an idea for my next polymer clay cane, but I don't have the right tool to make it. I may just have to do something different at this time until I find what I need. This was one of my first canes, and I think I made this one a bit too big. I have a lot of beads from this one.
If you have any questions, comments or need help with anything creative, give me a holler either on this post or the email attached to this blog, or some other ways to get a hold of me: facebook.com/caliradan, twitter.com/caliradan, instagram.com/caliradan. Happy Imagining!
I have found some of my polymer clay beads made from canes. I have a great idea for my next polymer clay cane, I will do a tutorial on that as soon as I find exactly what I need to start it. What is pictured: (top row, left to right) California Roll bead, pink-brown swirl, purple-blue-indigo-green quarters encased in black. (bottom row, left to right) California Roll bead, ladybug, eraser (I think it looks like an eraser I had when I was a kid).
Stayed tuned, soon, I will have the massive kitchen tutorial. I will also get that polymer clay cane tutorial going. Happy Imagining!
I found some of my first polymer clay forms, my first attempts to sculpt something. The clover was actually to get rid of the light green because I used it in a cane before this, and it was really hard to work with in a cane. So, I made a giant 4-leaf clover. The pink and white flower was to practice a gradient from one color clay to another, which is called a skinner blend gradient. Once I perfect the skinner blend, I will do a tutorial on it; but as of now, I am not good at it.
Here is a picture to show how big the 4-leaf clover is.
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I wish I had pictures of all the steps to make these beads, I guess I'll have to make more and take pictures of my process. These are polymer clay ladybug beads, I think they are my favorite so far.
I like working with polymer clay, but I couldn't work with it this past summer because it was way to hot in our house. We don't have air conditioning, yet. But, it was too cold this week to work with it, too. I'm hoping the temperature evens out soon, it is way too cold here. I think I'll get back into the clay after Christmas, hopefully, the weather is not too cold.
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Here are a few samples of some polymer clay figures I have made, a couple of robots holding hearts and a green toadstool.
I put the green robot on my key chain next to Squirt. Yes, that is a R2D2 and C3PO house key!
