When
I first read about this year’s version of the Art Bead Scene Ornament Blog Hop
I was so excited. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at making ornaments for a
while now.
My
original plan was to use polymer clay to make something new and different to my
usual direction. Not only were the polymer gods not in a mood to participate
but November and December turned out to be my busiest yet. After scrapping
several batches of polymer clay I had to put the idea aside and put my focus to
my final shows of the year.
This
week I decided to try again. Since I am on vacation from my bill paying job I
had more time to play, including spending lots of time on Pinterest. I found
many posts about an air dry clay made of corn starch, baking soda and water. I
used the recipe from this
pin and was letting it air dry. It
was taking too long to dry and today I ended up following the baking
instructions from this
post.
I
had visions of pretty painted ornaments with impressed images highlighted by
paint. Things didn’t turn out the way I anticipated, though they do look better
in person than in the photo below.
I decided I didn’t like the use of
the different coloured paint and went for silver and gold in the next batch,
using a dry brush technique. I went a little heavy with the silver paint,
mainly because it was so light and hard to see.
I was happier with the way this
batch turned out but decided to try one last variation. Skipping the
impressions I went to plain ornament shapes and stamped different images on
them. These turned out to be my favourites.
I did try a dry brush on the two top ornaments but
quickly decided I didn’t care for it and left the rest white. You can really
see how white the “clay” mix is. The bottom left ornament had to be painted
over and redone because I originally stamped the bird upside down. He did look
quite strange that way.
First I need to buy narrow ribbon to hang them with
then all of these ornaments will be gifts for some young friends. I hope they
forgive my mistakes and enjoy them for what they are.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great
day
Beautiful ornaments! I love all the different styles that you did. The bottom set with the bird and chipmunk are absolutely adorable.
ReplyDeleteSomehow I missed your comments earlier and just saw them now. I'm happy you like them. That bottom set turned out so well.
ReplyDeleteMona