Flowers in polymer clay...

Quite a long time ago since I made my last earrings out of fimo / polymer clay and some of my molds. For the earrings I used brown polymer clay (fimo soft, and no, you can't see the original colour anymore ^^). I layered the polymer clay with different colours of aqua acryl paint. After this step (it takes some time to dry) I out my fingertips in metallic acrylic paints (from reeves, I love them!) and brush a thin layer of the colour on top. Here I used bronze. I am still surprised what you can make with some polymer clay and some colours!

I have made a lot of molds in the past, just have a look here or here (or some button molds)...

Hidden pink!

More earrings using the hidden pink to be suitable for the pink advent calendar ^^ 

This time the dream of pink elefants! 

For the little elefants I made a mold out of air-drying clay. I used an old necklace from my grandmother which consists of a lot of elefant beads (yes, from the time ivory was still used). The beads are very typical in their shape because a friend of me has a very similar necklace (also from her grandmother, necklace seems to be as old as mine). 

The mold I used with fimo / polymer clay and after baking the little elefants were painted with golden / copper acrylic paint.

Homunculus

I forgot to put something in the pictures so you get an impression of the actual size: The little key or the foot of the homunculus are about 1 cm (ca. 0,4 inch). 

I made this one (and his book ^^) already some time ago as a birthday present for a friend. It is my first homunculus (or better to say: my first human-like work with polymer clay). 

Yes, the six fingers and finger nails on the hand are on purpose! You see his little earring?

And his little tail...

...all the scars and stiching lines (hey, he is an homunculus!)...

...a little skirt for modesty...

...and a big potato like nose!

I even like the effect of my finger prints on the surface...

The eyeballs are made with 3D laquer...

And I used a tiny wee bit of my own hair for him.

I just cut in the cured polymer clay with a sharp knife and afterwards used acrylic water paint which went into the lines. Otherwise they would have been invisible :)

And yes, I need a lot more of practice but for my first piece I like the result. :)

The little book is useable! I printed some tiny sheets with a strange language and some pictures which suits into the homunculus theme and glued and sewed them together. A little bit of acrylic water paint, some cardboard and silver leather for the book cover.. that was it! 

Pendants...

This little pendant with a swallow was made with one of my molds and a stamp :)

Like my buttons I mounted it on a card for the market. I like to display my stuff like this :)

And a white version on the deer...

 The backside of the card shows my tentacle ^^

Molds? More molds!

This is airdrying clay again, same brand. 

Just another colour ...

(although I get the impression there are some other differences too, 

the white one seems to be a little more stable...).

You can still see the leftover of the plants...

...a first try of a jelly fish with a little bit of a 3D effect...

...just press your natural findings in the clay...

...or make some strange tentacle like structures...

...buttons...!

...spirals are always facinating...

Oh... and I catched a minute of sun shine! 

This is what the earrings (here and here) from the last molds can look like in the sun :)

From A to Z - Letter earrings!

From one ear to the other... 

...from A to Z...

...all in your head! ^^

I bought this letters (made of chipboard or something like that, pressed wooden fibers). I had the idea they would make sweet little earrings. 

I just drilled a tiny hole into them (again, I ove my dremel :) ).

Some painting with acrylic paints...

...and it broke. *grrrr*

But I still loved the letters and the idea of letter earrings. Therefore I used the letters to create molds. 

In the molds I pressed either polymer clay (fimo) or other airdrying clay. Drying, sanding, painting...

...finished! (see the earrings above :) )

They could also be used as pendants for a necklace.

Also out of the molds... some buttons!

The molds from here :)

What else should I say? For the buttons I used polymer clay (fimo) for the stability.

I always use either a knitting needle or a sharped pencil to get smooth button holes. 

I just press it in on the front. The hole won't go through perfectly, I also carve the hole from the other side after baking with a sharp knife. 

Okay... this are no buttons... but maybe small decorations for cards or so?

Out of the molds...

At least the earrings I made with my new molds :) 

Some of them are made with polymer clay (fimo) and some like the molds with airdrying clay. 

I either used black polymer clay or painted them with black acrylic colour. 

Just to add the metallic effects also with acrylic paint. 

As I said... no sun! Therefore I had to use artifical light to get som pictures :(

I hope you get at least a little impression how they can shine in the light!