Bracelet

Very short post: a simple bracelet with mixed beads, all handmade (except for the small grey ones which I bought)

details...

That's all for today :-)

London

Such a big city! So many things to do, so many things to see! You would think that after 9 years over there, I would have managed to see it all, but no. I had this list of things to do, but each time I looked at it, I thought "I still have time to do it, no rush". Then I decided to go back home and thought "I absolutely have to do this before I leave!" and I left...with my list full, and nothing ticked on it.

A bit like a lot of my polymer clay projects: you keep on having those ideas, you draw them in a notebook in order not to forget, but then you read blogs and tutorials and you keep on thinking "ooooh! I have to try this! No, that one! NOOO! THAT!", and you end up with a lot of different projects you wish to try but do not have time. Or you start, and never finish them because something more interesting showed up in your mind. I am trying to get better at this and work on one project at a time. And I have to say that I have been really surprised at how nice and efficient it is when you stick to one thing lol Maybe that is why I can show you more pieces?

Like this necklace for example: mini glass bottle filled with mini macarons. They are so tiny, it is tricky to make them.

That's all for today :-)

Tribal Dance

If you are from my generation (or the ones before), you should already be singing after having read this blog's title. Come on! I know you are. For those reading who don't have a clue as to what I am talking about...look at this.

So now that you have spent quite some time looking at the videos linked to the one I have just given you (probably even ended watching at cute, funny little cats haha!), let's go back to me!

Another necklace, still in the tribal spirit. Actually, I started it as a bracelet, but as I finished putting together the first row, I pulled it up and it placed itself into the position it is now: so I decided to turn it into a necklace. Sometimes, things do not always have to be the way you intended them to!

That's all for today :-)

Another "tribal" necklace....

...I should probably start thinking about giving names to the pieces I do. Or maybe I should ask the readers (by "readers", please understand...my two sisters, my boyfriend and my friend lol I hope I will have more eventually) to find a name for them for each post?

My first attempt at making a torque-style necklace. I absolutely love the effect that the polymer clay has on it (fimo nº27-Copper).

...and the matching earrings

That's all for today :-)

Sunday Interlude...

Today (ok, the nails were actually done last night due to the travelling) we are playing with magnetic nail polish.

Purple for my sister 

and black for me!

That's all for today :-)

Hope you all had a good weekend.





The hottest day of the year...

...was yesterday here in France. We went out with my sister and the thermometer was showing 41 degrees in the car! No need to say that the shops were empty as people prefered to stay home, which was nice. But very happy once we got home to cool down. No need to say either that it is quite difficult to do anything with the polymer clay with such heat: it gets really soft and sticky and the cornflour doesn't help.
Actually, the whole week was like this but not as bad as yesterday. I have managed to make a few pieces before it got too hot. I will be showing them to you over the next couple of weeks.

It seems I have been in a sort of "tribal" mood this week. That is what comes out of my pieces. So, piece number 1: a necklace.

I used a tutorial from a polymerist (does that wordeven exist in English?) called Marie-France ("Polymeramoi" is her blog). It did not come out as nice as hers, but I think it is because my scrap clay wasn't varied color wise. Anywho! I like this necklace. What do you think?

and details...

Oh! and by the time you read this, I will be somewhere above the English Channel on my way to Great Britain: I am going to see my other half for two weeks. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

That's all for today :-)

More earrings

One from the clay gun/scrap clay family...

and another pair: I've added some silver metal leaves to blue clay for the round beads. For the bottom bead, I stamped it and used white paint afterwards.

That's all for today :-)

Earrings

I played with my clay gun extruder and quite a lot of scrap clay I had left. Simple but nice (well, that is what I think!)

That's all for today :-)

"Pti Biscuit"

...is how we, the French, call the gingerbead man in Shrek. My sister saw a bracelet with a tiny version of him and asked me to do it. So I made these:

But when I showed them to her, she said it wasn't the right one. Turns out, the one she saw was actually a Gingerbread man, but a basic one, not "Pti Biscuit". But she told me "Pti Biscuit" when describing it...so I made him (still following?)
Anywhooo! I will have to make a normal gingerbread man for her bracelet now lol

That's all for today :-)

PS: oh yes! You will have noticed that I have changed the look of the blog. I wanted it to be a bit "lighter". Still not sure regarding the final look as I would like to change a few things, but it will have to do for now. I have changed the banner (it is an interim one, until I decide on the final design of Pti Kikó). And as I tend to do more than polymer clay it seems, I have also changed the description lol

Sunday interlude...

And it is nails interlude. Tonight I tried...leopard print.

That's all for today :-)
Hope you had a nice weekend!

Interlude...

A few months ago, I made myself a lunch bag for work. My sister asked me last week to make one for her, so I did. I am very happy with that one...I actually find it cuter than mine :-(She has seen it already, so I guess I can't steal it from her now haha!

That's (really) all for today :-)

The neverending project...part 3! (and the end lol)

I realised I actually never posted the picture of the finished scarf necklace my twin asked to make for her.
So here it is! Even with following the book's instructions and quantities, I find that the beads are too big and heavy for that sort of design. My sister liked it but she said some of the beads fell after a little while. I might try it again but will surely reduce the amounts of fimo in order to make the beads much smaller

That's all for today :-)

Things do not always go the way we want them to...

...like those beads. I tried to make some hollow ones. It started well, but once I tried to remove the "stuffing" from inside....most of them just split! Guess I am going to have to try again :-)
At least I am shoing you what they looked like when still ok (here in the water, soaking the "stuffing" before I tried to remove it)

That's all for today :-)

Summery necklace

A little necklace. The only annoying thing is that the lentils keep on turning so they don't stay on the right side the whole day. Will need to figure out a way to stop that.

That's all for today :-)

Sunday Interlude...

It is Sunday so I did my sister's nails. I am particularly proud of her hands tonight!
Not sure if the gradient can be seen properly but I love this design. It is inspired from Cutepolish's tutorial.

That's all for tonight :-)
Hope you had a nice weekend

Still here...and interlude

Although I have not been here lately. I've not posted things because I haven't made much jewellery in the last few weeks. And when I have....I forgot to take a picture!!

Basically, I finished this temp contract which lasted 5 months: I am glad because it was sooo tiring! Straight after that, flew to London to see my other half whom I'd missed enormously: we spent 10 days together and it wasn't near enough :-(
Came back and spent some time with my brother, his girlfriend and my nephew.

Now back "home" and back on the job hunt. I did not feel like rushing to make any new jewellery as I really needed to relax and chill (which I have not really done since I have stopped working lol)

Today I felt like making a little something though and made those simple earrings for my sister:

Also, for today's interlude, I have been trying nail art in the last few weeks: each Thursday night in front of "Desperate Housewives", I took the habit of playing on my sister's nails :-) I will need to post the pictures at some point. Now Desperate is finished, but the nail art remains! Sometimes it's good, sometimes it goes really wrong! But she is nice enough to keep everything I do for 7 days each time :-) Gives me some good quality time with my older sis too!

On Sunday, I tried something on my nails: leopard print. Quite glad with the result, but think now that I should have done it on all the nails. Maybe next time...

That's all for today :-)

Rings

Remember that purple ring I made back in February? As I quite liked it (that and the fact that I had quite a few of the beads left!), I made it in different colours so it can go with plenty of different outfits.

red...

orange (I used the translucent one)

blue...

brown...

...and green.

obviously...the "purple ring" joke couldn't apply here anymore.

That's all for today :-)

Cupcakes

Two cupcakes I've made a little while ago (my first ones too...yeaaaah!). I picture them as necklaces. Just need to find the right chain for them.

That's all for today :-)

Something different

I tried to make a pen. But then thought it needed something to hold it as well when not in use. And then thought a pen holder on its own wouldn't be nice and that I hadn't done a character in a little while.

For a first, I think it's not too bad. Of course, it was a bit before I decided to try bright colours....I already had the comment from my sister lol

That's all for today :-)

Colours...and Interlude

First of all: HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY (yes, it is today in France). Although my mum won't read this, I still wish her a wonderful day...or afternoon actually as she is in another country :-)

My sister keeps on saying that my work is not very colorfoul. Dark colours being my favourites (I am sure you will have noticed), I hardly ever use bright colours. What can I say? I love black, browns and dark greys.
So today I tried to use more colours. I already know what I will make with those lentils and beads. Just need to polish them a bit and varnish too.

...now the interlude: a little thought for my gorgeous boyfriend. Him being British and this weekend being the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations, I had fun lol He will certainly enjoy the 4 day weekend he is getting out of this!!

That's all for today :-)

Last night...

...I could just not sleep. You know this feeling when you are exhausted but once you hit the bed it's impossible to fall asleep and you need to do something? That's what it was.
I've had this picture in my head about a pendant I wanted to make with a certain design on it. I've been thinking about "how I could turn it into a cane" for weeks and last night was the night!

So I got started around 1am and almost 4 hours later, I was done and so excited about the result: I can say that so far it is the greatest cane I have made. It turned out exactly how I wanted :-)

What do you think?

After reduction

I also made it in 3 different sizes

That's all for today :-)

Miniature food

I really admire those who can make realistic miniature food. It must take so much patience and precision to do that. I wanted to try....but with the "easy" stuff lol

I made a baguette

details...

...and a croissant!

details

I find them super cute I must say.

That's all for today :-)

Three little rings...

Well...the title says it all :-)

That's all for today :-)

Momiji doll

A new one. I made a mini version of the ones I made back in December so that it would not make a pendant too big. I have not found the right chain for it though.

Hope you all had (and are still having) a nice weekend.
That's all for today :-)

Chinese knots

I made some beads back in December for an order that go cancelled. I didn't know what to do with them until I bought a book on Chinese knots.
Decided to try mixing both and see.
Not so sure about the result though: found it nice at first but I wore it for a day and now think it needs some improvement: the knots don't keep their size so it gets bigger sometimes.

That's all for today :-)

The neverending project...part 2!

Today was a bank holiday so I worked on my sister's necklace this afternoon. This project has to be my longest so far!
I have finished the white cane today and was disappointed with the results as the centre of the blue flower did not want to reduce with the other canes. I really don't know what didn't work because it is exactly the same cane that I've used in the black one.
Now that I think about it, it might be because of the white fimo I've used: half way through it, I ran out of Fimo Classic in white and used some Fimo soft to fill in the gaps.
Anyway, I can't throw it away so decided to go ahead with it.

I have finished all the beads necessary and cured them: just need to varnish them now and make the necklace. I might manage to do it by the weekend, who knows...

Here are the beads. What do you think of the white ones compared to the black ones?

That's all for today :-)

Long time no see...

Yes, I haven't posted for a little while. The truth? No time and when I did try to sit at the table (without falling asleep lol), I had no inspiration. It was frustrating.
My twin has asked me to make her a ring and a bracelet that would match the necklace I made for her birthday....it's been weeks and I still haven't managed to come up with anything.

Anywhooo....I showed her a book I got and she asked me to make her one necklace from it. Of course....she didn't pick the easiest :-) I admit that project was one of the reason why I bought the book but never found the time or "courage" to try it.  And all of a sudden I thought "come on! let's try this!". I have done half of it so far and it has taken me quite some time. Let's take a look.

This is the first step: all the canes, separated...

...and once put together in one cane. (sorry for the dark but I finished it at night time...about 30 minutes ago)

I am a bit disappointed when I compare it with the pictures from the book. The leaves didn't come out as proper leaves and the orange of the flower in the middle has disappeared (where? I have no clue!) on two of the petals.

I still have to make that same cane in white to finish the project.

That's all for today :-)

Oh! and here is the book if you are interested