Thing a day - some of my things so far

I am taking part in a Thing a Day (TAD) for February challenge on the PCC forum and have really been enjoying it. So far I have managed to make something everyday and I am really enjoying it. I have posted them all in my Flikr set Thing a Day February 2012 but thought I would share a few of them here too so you can see what I have been up to. That's not all of them - go to flickr if you want to see them all. Kids are on school holidays this week, I am aiming to keep up with the TAD but might struggle to blog too. I will update you with my latest things soon. Have a good week!

Barrette

Stud earrings with resin

Here's what I did with those buttons

Heart brooch

Flower bud earrings

Thing a day challenge - day 1

I decided to take part in the Thing A Day challenge on the Polymer Clay Central forum. It's for the month of February only, not the whole year which would be far too much of a commitment for me. Luckily this will work alongside the pair of earrings a week challenge as one of my days creations will be some earrings! I don't think I will blog about every single day, I don't want to overload you!  If you want to see all of them you can go check my new Flickr Set - Thing a Day February 2012 or Pinterest board . (Oh dear I am a bit obsessed with Pinterest at the moment! There are just so many lovely things to look at! ). I will try and upload the photos on a daily basis but this will be tricky over weekends and school holidays so might have to post a bunch together sometimes but I am going to aim for actually making something everyday!

Anyway enough chat! Along side a mess - here's my creation for today

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Six little buttons, about 12mm in diameter. They are for a special crochet project that will be revealed when it's finished! Crochet is what I do when I am kept away from clay, my travel craft if you like.


What have you created today?

I've finished and used the buttons (well 1 of them ;)

Anyone who knows me will recognise the power of the blog - I am not one to finish things as a rule. So this week I not only made some buttons but I finished them (sanded and buffed - they came up pretty good) and then made a brooch using one. Here it is

 Felt flower brooch with polymer clay button

I am thinking about making a blog about the rest of my life as this one seems to be a very good motivator (I don't want to bore you all with the state of my house or why I can't get out of bed in the morning...)

My daughter who will be 4 next week is sat on one leg whilst I write this. She just said, "I want to make one of those!" So off to get the felt out again!

First polymer clay buttons

Here are my first ever polymer clay buttons! Again it was using a Cindy Leitz video. They aren't great (my fault not Cindy's of course!), I can see lots of room for improvement.

I had problems with the cling film I was using sticking to the clay - must try a different brand. I would of squished them up but I liked the pattern (off cuts from a scrap clay Natasha bead). I think they might be rescued with some heavy sanding - round the edges too where I didn't do a great job with the cutter.

I also must remember that whilst transparent clay looks lovely and white next to colours when raw once baked it becomes more transparent (durr of course) and it's colour is affected by the background. I put these on dark scrap clay to make them thicker and it shows through. They looked prettier before they were baked with the bright white of the translucent. Must use a light background or just use white clay instead of transparent (although in this case it was translucent in the scrap bits so that wasn't a choice)

I think I will use these as the centre of some felt flower brooches. I will post a picture when I have got round to it....