Marinas - mediterranean crips

New this year: crisps with sea salt from formentera. Also the potatoes are from the baleraic islands.... but the sea salt from formentera... that is pure luxury.

And yes, they are not cheap... and yes, the taste made it worth! Especially with crisps you can taste the difference between high quality products or not. I think it is the same with all products which consist (normally) only of a few things. Potatoes, olive oil, sea salt. That was is. 

Want more. Now.

Inspirations: Critters (Leipzig)

You are not alone. Waiting for the tram.

Covered in polymer clay - steampunk box

This metal box I made as a special thank you. I know I don't write too often in the last time. But this is not only a problem I have with my blog but also in real life. So my way of showing that I care is rather by creating something for the person. Better than words, at least for me :)

This is an old candy boy out of metal. Very thick and high quality metal in this case not the thin cheap ones. I covered it with polymer clay (Fimo classic), used some glas nuggets and stamped a lot of textures in the surface. Of course I also added more polymer clay on top, little balls or snake like things. 

The original colour of the clay is a dark brown. A good colour should be the basis for such a project because even thought it seems that all is now covered with acrylic colours, the basic colour always comes through! 

At first I went with black, wiping most of it away before it was all dried. Then I added several layers of other colours, like copper and bronce (all with Reeves acrylic colours). In the end I used some aqua acrylic colours (even if most stores don't have them, try to get them, they are such a great addition!) and of course I lacquered it with shiny gloss. It is intended to be useable ^^

And because I can't decide which pictures to skip... I just show you all of them! ;)

Beading beads - earrings

Yes, this is new to me. Not completly true, then I was a kid we beaded little flower bracelets. The ones were you bead five small glas beads in a circle around a middle one. 

So beading in different directions and even three dimensional, that was really new to me! A friend showed me how to make these earrings (adapted from a pattern from beads and buttons).  I made already three different pairs for myself and this goes to my family (the earhooks are gold plated). 

I am still struggeling how to catch the real colours, shine and beauty of the beaded earrings. My photo skills have to be improved in the next time... 

Here on in the direct sunlight so you get an impression of the shine and shimmer of the glas beads!

The only negative things about the beaded earrings: The faceted glas beads with the high quality needed... are  expensive! So this earrings I will propably just create for family and friends (and myself! ^^)...

And I didn't wrote down the winner of my tiny giveaway for my tiny eyeball earring studs from last week. 

The winner is Mickymunchkin!

Even not anouncing you here in my blog: You alreday should got an email from me asking for your adress!

And because it is a short time before christmas and I am already preparing a lot of packages...

How about a little surprise for the others? :)

@Mich L in LA: I know, I know... I should habe your adress already but could you send it to me again?

@Crystelle: Could you send me your post adress as well?

Embrace your thumb prints!

Strange titel for a blog entry? I just wanted to show you why I learned to embrace the thumb prints I leave on polymer clay: The create another layer of structure! Look at the big eye and the silver colour: This is just a silver lacquer pen over the raw polymer clay. Together with the liquid polymer clay on top  and the shiny gloss it creates all the thin lines which makes the eyeball so cool! And created with just one colour over my thumb prints! ^^

In case you want to see how big they are: Here hext to my elefant earrings! 

The other eyeballs I made with image transfer on polymer clay :)

Now I just need another monster sewing project to use the eyeballs!

Inspirations: Aching to be there again! (Formentera)

Just impressions. No more words. 

Buttons, buttons and buttons!

Buttons! More buttons! Made with polymer clay (Fimo classic) and image transfer or using my molds or stamps... Of course also a lot of acrylic paint and even more layers of shiny gloss (also the fimo one). 

Even if I don't find the time to write much... I realized that this is no excuse not to show you what I made over the last time. 

Here it goes! 

Buttons! :)

Flowers - how to use your jeans fabric scraps!

I had a lot of jeans scraps lying around. I made a big pillow out of old jeans (still not finished or rather stuffed ^^) and had a lot of fabric leftovers. 

Perfect to sew glas beads on top and stitch some knots around it with coloured thread! (this is crochet thread, the same I use for my crochet earrings, I just love the bright colours!)

The come in all colours and sizes...

...and even some other fabric leftovers sneaked in ^^ Really fast and easy to make! 

Organic!

More earrings, what do you expect from me? ^^ 

I am into this organic feeling the earrings have! With the dark green and the added metallic colour on top, as well as the structure itself...

Any idea what I used as mold / stamp?

An immature acorn! One of the really tiny ones! Just fall before me... and I had to take it with me! Pressed in a ball of clay it creates this stunning structure!

And some more eyeballs... made with image transfer :)

A strange combination next of each other...

Blue elefants - earring

I just made some earrings with my elefant, this time in shades of blue and turquois. I have to say I really like how the turned out. I chose dark wire to go for the earhooks. 

I think I'll have to try to make them in a lot of colour variations! Really.. a lot! ^^

I made them with polymer clay (Fimo classic, I really prefer this kind of polymer clay over the softer variants!) and coloured with acrylic paint (lots of layers ^^), sanded and painted again... and a lot of shiny gloss. Really... to use more than four layers is the trick!