Coffee Anyone?

If you wonder why I am so chatty on my blog today it's because I am housebound for a week or so because of a case of the shingles.  Fortunately it is a light case, but am told to avoid crowds for a week or so.  So, luckily I can make pretty polymer clay pieces and blog along.

A friend of mine has a granddaughter that works at a coffee house and she asked if I could make her some earrings having to do with coffee.  Soooo, thanks to Jessica and Susan Partain and their Polymer Clay Cookbook, I found some coffee cup earrings including the beans.  Here is my finished project.

Lemon Slice earrings of Polymer Clay

I live in a warm desert climate, as I mentioned before, and the citrus trees love this area.  We have beautiful grapefruit, orange, and yummy lemon trees brimming with fruit.  Thinking about citrus,  I decided to add to my polymer clay "food pieces" by making some cute "lemon slice" earrings.  While doing this my mouth started watering for Lemonade.  I know, it's not Summer right now, but in our warm desert sun Lemonade is always refreshing.  My friend, Vicki Bensinger, has a recipe for "homemade" lemonade that you can find at her website.  In the meantime, here are my "Lemon Slice" earrings.  By the way, I found this design in the 

"Polymer Clay Cookbook" by Jessica and Susan Partain.

A Little Chuckle For The Day

Jewelry for Teens and Tweens

I've been a little slow on blogging this week as I have been busy getting ready for a "Harvest Boutique" in the Yucaipa, CA area sponsored by The International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, a division of the Masonic Lodge.  I thought  that since it was the Girls division sponsoring, that maybe they would appreciate some jewelry for Teens and Tweens.  Here are a few things I've put together for the younger set, and will include some fun "Foodie" items made of polymer clay too.  Look for pumpkin pie earrings, pretzel earrings, pizza pendant and more.  The pendants at the bottom are awaiting their bails and rubber cords to finish.

Our Canadian Guests

I live in a nice warm desert climate, and in the winter we have wonderful people from Canada come to our valley and stay to enjoy our warm weather.  They are affectionately called "Snow Birds".  Well here are some other snow birds that follow them, "Canada Geese".  Beautiful birds to watch, but you don't want to walk in the grass after they have been there for awhile, if you know what I mean.

Help Kick Breast Cancer!

As a ten year breast cancer survivor I support any group that is raising funds to help beat this disease.  Please watch this video, and you will be counted in raising more funds for Breast Cancer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfRSDbV8Adw

New Leaf Bracelet & Earrings

Earlier I posted a picture of some leaf beads I made, and promised to post a finished project.  Here is a charm bracelet and earrings.  The nice thing about the bracelet is that it is reversible.  Both sides are shown below.  What do you think?

The Polymer Clay Cookbook

Jessica and Susan Partain have a Polymer Clay book out called "The Polymer Clay Cookbook".  In this book you can learn to make tiny food jewelry to whip up and wear, and they have a few "edible" recipes too.  Here is my take on their "Cheeseburger Earrings".  Looks good enough to eat, don't you think?  It's even on a sesame seed bun.

Judy Haupin New Leaf Beads

Judy Haupin has a free tutorial featured on the Beading Daily website called New Leaf Beads that she used to design a very showy necklace.  Here are a few of the beads I made using this tutorial, and I will post my necklace and other pieces when I get them all together.

The necklace can be worn two ways.  One showing the colorful cane side and the other showing the gold, copper black side of the leaves.  I can see this project using many different colors and canes.  This is just a start.

I also intend to make some earrings using the leaves, and have made smaller leaves to use in a charm bracelet.  This is a fun project, but labor intensive.  Let me know what you think!