Still looking for a gift for mom? Look no further than your craft supply stash! Here's an easy way to make a matching card and necklace -- perfect for Mother's Day or any other time you need a quick handmade gift. The card features a bottle cap button embellishment made from polymer clay, and the necklace features a matching pendant.
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A few days ago, I asked your feelings on glitter: love it or hate it? And while the strongly-worded options may have influenced folks' answers, I think Laurel was onto something when she commented that people tend to be "vehement one way or the other about glitter." After 22 comments, here are the results:
Looks like I am in the minority, as a crafty "glitter-hater" -- but at least I'm not all by myself!
As for the drawing, the randomly-selected winners are:
I'll be contacting the winning commenters shortly -- so if you're one of them, be sure to keep an eye on your email for instructions on receiving your prize.
If you haven't read through the comments yet, there's a lot of fun ones. My faves include these:
Thanks for all your great comments -- & for helping me get rid of those yucky old glitter bottles once & for all! :-)
Mineral oil is cheap and easy to find -- your local pharmacy probably has a big bottle of some generic brand available for less than a dollar. And that makes it a darn good value for a surprisingly versatile craft supply.
Here's 6 reasons you need to buy a bottle of mineral oil for your craft space:
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Miss me? Seems like I've been working day & night lately -- preparing for, executing & recovering from this past weekend's garage sale. All that stuff from my craft room clean-up had to go somewhere!
As I was sorting through & pricing items, I noticed some of the bottles of glitter I'd finally decided to get rid of. I've never been a big fan of glitter. Hubby & I specifically avoid buying glittery cards for each other. And if well-intentioned family members send such cards our way, we handle them by the corners, carefully, hoping to avoid any glitter "contamination." I have no idea, then, why I had several bottles of glittery stuff in my craft supplies.
I've already shared some ideas for things you can re-use and recycle with polymer clay -- things like tin can lids and cardboard. But today I'd like to talk about "recycling" the clay itself.
One of the nice things about clay is its built-in reusability. Nothing's permanent til it's baked. So if you decide halfway through your project that there's no hope, you can just wad up your clay up and start again. (Or if you're like me, carefully pick apart the separate colors first. Course, I was also the kid who didn't let different foods touch each other on my dinner plate. Maybe this is the grown-up version of that?) Not every medium is forgiving enough to let you start over mid-way without any waste... Aren't we lucky?
Here's a few more ways you can reuse & recycle your polymer clay:
