A VERY overdue update.

I bet you thought I had abandoned this blog.  No I have not, I've just been very busy.
So with out further ado, here are the several projects that I have finished over the past couple months.

First is a jewelry/keepsake box:

This is a necklace I made as a Christmas gift for a gift exchange:

A close up of the necklace:

These are some Post-It note stands that I made.  I have to confess, I did not come up with this on my own.  I stole it from the blog Kerry's Paper Crafts.  I would link the blog, but I am to lazy.  I will admit that hers were much prettier than mine.

These are some Christmas ornaments that I made out of polymer clay:

That is my freakishly white hand holding the ornament.

This a bracelet I made...actually I made two one for each sister.  My sisters have this thing for animal print.

Last but not least is a polymer clay robin I made.  D's fourteen year old cousin's mom died several years ago.  Her name was Robin and DH suggested I make this for his cousin K, in memory of his mom.

Here ends my very overdue update.  I promise that I will try to update more often.   I have almost finished my wedding jewelry so hopefully I will post that soon.



Jewelry for a flower girl.

On June 4th, D and I are getting married.  Today I made a bracelet and necklace for my little flower girl to wear.
I had some pearls leftover from a past project and I bought the blue beads a few months ago, but wasn't sure what to do with them.

Does anyone actually read this?

• Hello readers!  I just thought I would do a quick informal poll about ways to improve my blog.
• What do you like about my blog?
• What do you think I could do to improve it?
• Do you want to see step by step instructions for some of my projects or are you fine just looking at the final product.
• I don't know why this is in point form, but I am too lazy to try and re-format it, so it is what it is.

Casino Cake Topper

I mentioned in some previous posts that someone had hired me to make a casino themed cake topper for a 65th birthday party.

Well it is finally finished.  I am not 100% satisfied with how it turned out, but it's not too bad.  It just isn't quite what I pictured in my head.

Everything on there is hand made from polymer clay except for the ribbon (obviously) and the dice.  I tried to make some dice but they looked lopsided so I gave in and just bought some from the dollar store.

So that is one project complete, now I just need to get my butt in grear and finish the rest of my half finished projects.

That's all for now.

I am a great starter, now I have to work on finishing.

As the title of this post suggests, I am great at starting projects, but sometimes it is difficult to find time to finish them.  I keep starting new projects despite the fact that I already have several that I need to finish.
Here are some examples of my unfinished projects.

This is the mat I am knitting using old plastic shopping bags.

EXTREME CLOSEUP!!!!!!



If I ever get my act together and learn how to crochet, I would like to crochet some reusable shopping bags out of old plastic bags.



I am also working on a latch hook rug for my mother in-law.  She bought this for herself but then decided that it would hurt her hands to much so she gave it to me.  I would like to get it done for her for Christmas, but at the rate I am going I don't see that happening.

Lastly I am slowly but surely working on the casino theme cake topper.  It is so close to being finished and I am pretty excited.

I can't wait to actually put it all together.

On a completely unrelated not.  I am thinking about doing a give away on this blog, but I need to decide what to give away and I think I should probably wait until I have at least 10 followers.  So in other words don't expect a give away anytime soon.

Just some stuff I made.

I just wanted to show off some of the minor projects I have made with polymer clay.

First off is my favorite project, it is a lady bug family magnet set.

Next is another magnet.  It is a turtle that I made from some scraps from another project, hence why it is a black, white, and grey turtle.

Last is a tiny little chair, also made from scraps.  I placed the nickel beside it to give you an idea how small it is.  I need to sand it a bit so it looks less rough, and honestly I don't know what I am going to do with it.

That's it for today.  If I get my act together I will actually post some pictures of the mat I am making out of plastic shopping bags.

Frustration!!!- a vent.

I tend to build things up in my head.  What ever I am planning it will always be the best ever... at least in my head.  I have lofty goals but reality rarely lives up to what I had pictured
This time my "best plan ever" was my plan to make money by selling jewelry and custom made cake toppers on the internet.
I was convinced that once I started my Etsy.com store I would be making money like crazy.  That really hasn't happened yet and I am a little sad.
I know that I have only been pursuing this little venture for about a month so I really shouldn't feel frustrated yet, but I do.
Part of me wants to stop making jewelry until I actually sell something.  The other part of me wants to keep spending money on beads and other materials until the day that I actually get a sale.

I also have a ton of polymer clay that I bought on sale because I wanted to be prepared for all the cake topper orders I was going to be getting.  I have had 1 order so far.  I know that that really isn't that bad but I thought it would be more.

Okay I am done whining.