Puffy heart beads and "diamond-like" magnets?

Valentine's Day is around the corner!

Although Valentine's Day isn't a jewish holiday, it's still one of my favorite days and it's a good excuse to leave all the laundry/cooking/dishes (& kids) at home and show my love to my sweet other half that makes my artistic passion possible :)

Among the gifts given as a Valentine's Day gift, jewelry is the most common.

Why not make it ourselves? Handmade jewelry goes a step farther by being a gift that is truly from the heart.

I have been playing with ideas and came up with 2 new tutorials for the holiday. They can be used for Valentine's Day but not only! they are also great for any time of year and you will learn a new technique to use in your future projects!

The new heart themed tutorials make perfect gifts for the upcoming Valentine's day!

Puffy heart beads and "diamond-like" magnets?

Carving and molding?

Click here to see what's in the Valentine's Day 2011 tutorials!

Wishing you a LOVEly day :)

PolyPediaOnline FREEbie for Halloween!

My daughter is so scared of Spiders! we have lot's of them over here, not inside the house of course, they are in our back yard with special colors and wonderful webs!

I've got a new Free tutorial for the upcoming holiday -Halloween, which i am sure is a grown-ups & children's favorite :)

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SPIDERS!

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and this time a magical mommy spider with a baby on her back plus, a 5 minutes spidery ring!

Hang those enchanting spiders on your walls, car, or as a magnet on your fridge or wear these bewitching rings :)

If you already Joined PolyPediaOnline, an email is waiting for your with the URL to download the PDF tutorial, no need to register again.

If it's your 1st time - Join the fun!

BIG p.s.

- in about a week i am celebrating my 39th birthday (oh MY, i'm almost 40!)

AND... I am working on a beautiful, new, artistic tutorial....

Get ready for Birthday surprises! more details soon!

have a wonderful holiday with lot's of scarrrrrrry & crafty fun!

Shana Tova!

Rosh Hashanah in the jewish tradition is the "head of the year, or the "start" of a new year, one of the foods that is most commonly eaten on Rosh Hashanah are apples dipped in honey, for this reason people like the holiday symbols and this is a good opportunity to create something nice with apples, honey, bees or similar related themes.

In these 2 videos i want to show you how to make a nice apple magnet using an apple shaped cookie cutter and a rubber stamp decorated with a smiley bee. This magnet will look nice on your fridge, dish washer and even on your car door! let's wish every one happy holidays! - Hag Sameach (in hebrew)!

Shana Tova to all my friends and a great year to come!

Polymeri Online 4.6.10

Polina & Sergey from Ukraine makes jewelry made of polymer clay, transfer and resin, how beautiful!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/beautyspot

Penni Jo found a cool way to make cabs with embeded flower and leaf canes, she is slicing canes and placing them on the bottom of her mold, then place clay on the slices and when everything is pressed well she demold it and the pattern is smooth and nice!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pennijo/4629132763/

Rev byrd is making clay painting over a marbeled "canvas", All paintings are made with polymer clay, no actual paint involved, they are fairly abstract, with a strong bias towards Zentangles and fairly small, they range from 4 in by 4 in.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/revbyrd/sets/72157623676691172/

Look at this cute face fish magnet by Liat Ripp from Israel, he really has a face expression!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/45580602/bluefish?ref=v1_other_1

Polymeri Online 22.5.08

Cherry Boop / Karen Sleseris from Uruguay makes adorable food jewelry!http://www.flickr.com/photos/cherryboop/
http://www.cherryboop.com/

Laurel plays with polymer clay and beads and digital art. She has been collecting techniques for the last few years, including working with polymer clay, Photoshop Elements, beads, shrink plastic.
http://www.laurelsteven.etsy.com/
http://www.laurelsteven.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laureleee/

Cute Fimo figurines!
http://farfabetty.farfelue.free.fr/
http://farfabetty.farfelue.free.fr/figurinesfimo.html

Liquid polymer clay test (post dated 12 février 2008) - See how translucent is the liquid clay after baking - (if the link is temporarily not working try again later)http://crearti.canalblog.com/#cooliris

Magnets with cute faces
http://divacreation.canalblog.com/

All Breed Dog Art - Ginny Baker is sculpturing ALL kinds of dogs in polymer clay, She is creating pins, frames, etc. of a variety of dog breeds.
http://members.aol.com/ftofclay/index.html

Polymeri Online 8.3.07

Few Links on Creatures and Creations!

Oolong - Fergus Ray Murray Blog which feature sculpted animal photos and a tutorial for making a cat!

http://www.oolong.co.uk/zoo/

http://oolong.co.uk/colmod.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/0olong/

Dylan Edwards Site - Dylan says he has been making art for longer than he can remember, and has been fascinated with monsters!

http://www.feepingcreatures.com/

his Magnets -

http://www.feepingcreatures.com/accessories/magnets.html

and don't miss anything in his site.

Flickr Gallery by alienpumpkin / Tim Edwards with colorful creatures -http://www.flickr.com/photos/82516008@N00/sets/72157594402099554/

Last one is SpiceGirl site - comics using polymer clay sculpturing -http://www.motodraconis.co.uk/space/ComPage60.html

Polymeri Online 31.1.07

More of ETSY -

Jenn Edwards Designs wonderful floral millefiori -
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=38775&order=§ion_id=&page=1

ChickieGirlCreations - Hair Sticks
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6047

ConniesClay
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=14005

and last - Tiffany Stained Glass millefiori cane of IRIS
http://polymerandprints.blogspot.com/2007/01/tiffany-stained-glass-inspiration.html

Polymeri Online 14.11.06

Watch the Watches!

first 7 sites on polymer watches

1. tutorial by HGTV - maybe for the kitchen?http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay/article/0,1789,HGTV_3236_2331459,00.html

2. and another tutorial http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay/article/0,1789,HGTV_3236_4147429,00.html

3. Irene Semanchuk Dean

http://www.good-night-irene.com/

4. Retro Clock and Frame from DIY

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_clay/article/0,2025,DIY_13750_5075439,00.html

5. Margi Laurin - magnets watch

http://www.studiocrafts.com/Products/Lm/clock1.html

6. Colin Haxton - Polymer, paper

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/roselawnsidmouth/index.html

7. Laura McKeag - inspiration?

http://stampsmith.net/projects3.htm

Polymeri Online 14.11.06

Watch the Watches!

first 7 sites on polymer watches

1. tutorial by HGTV - maybe for the kitchen?http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay/article/0,1789,HGTV_3236_2331459,00.html

2. and another tutorial http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay/article/0,1789,HGTV_3236_4147429,00.html

3. Irene Semanchuk Dean

http://www.good-night-irene.com/

4. Retro Clock and Frame from DIY

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/cr_clay/article/0,2025,DIY_13750_5075439,00.html

5. Margi Laurin - magnets watch

http://www.studiocrafts.com/Products/Lm/clock1.html

6. Colin Haxton - Polymer, paper

http://hometown.aol.co.uk/roselawnsidmouth/index.html

7. Laura McKeag - inspiration?

http://stampsmith.net/projects3.htm

Polymeri Online 30.8.06

Dayle Doroshow has an intersting colorful gallery, use of transfers, gold leafs, stamping and more.

http://www.ccpvideos.com/gallery.php?action=grab_dir&dir_chosen=Dayle+Doroshow

and another site - MARA LUIZA`S FIGURINES with small sweet figurines as magnets.

http://www.maraluiza.com/

Polymeri Online 9.8.06

Before you enter M.L.F.W. oO My Little Fairy World Oo please note that you are about to see some interesting charachters there.

The french artist Rapha Gilardino chose unique figures and made a collection of creations: magnets, kew chains, jewlery and more.

http://fimosite.free.fr/

Polymeri Online 4.7.06

A Flickr Artist - Fric-De-Mentol, a lady names Ana, which is very multidisciplinary as an artist, painture degree, crafter, cooker, human, tile painter etc...

her pins, magnets and other creations are so unique!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fric_de_mentol/sets/72157594165125870/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fric_de_mentol/sets/72057594104892390/