Wednesday, January 12, 2011

AHHH-CHOO BUTTONS AND BEADS

I made myself a promise that I would have 100 animal beads done for The Beads of Courage program.  I wanted to turn them in this Saturday to our rep at our clay guild meeting so she could send them in.  Well, Sunday night I got a nasty cold truck hit me and have been on the couch for 3 days.  It's been couch, cat, hot tea and Law and Order for 3 days.  I do have 50 animals done so I'm half way there.

Before that nasty cold truck hit me I was experimenting with some little buttons.  Thanks to Marie Segal, she told me I could bake the buttons as long as they were Jesse James.  Once again she was right.  Here's a little cat with a mouse on him and a little dog with a bone on him.  They baked just fine.  Thanks Marie.

I took them on a trip to the Grand Canyon :0).

MAKING MOLDS

A couple of my molds (old ones) cracked (not my new ones from Penni Jo Couch, her's are great).   I decided to try some new mold making material from Terry Morris at http://epoxyjewelry.com/2-part-supplies.html.  It's called Simple Silicone and comes in 2 parts.  On his website, he has a video tutorial on how to use the product.  I've made 3 molds with it so far and it works great.  You can find his ad on Polymer Clay Daily, click on the box and it will take you right there.  They can be used for polymer clay, resin, chocolate, candy, wax, soap, etc.

BEADS

This is a bracelet that I finished Sunday before I got the bug.  It's going to a friend of a friend who has breast cancer.



Hope this brightens her life a little.



2 comments:

Lupe Meter said...

That is a beautiful bracelet! I am sure your friend will love it, Bonnie. Love your little creations, they are adorable. I will be putting Terry's information and Penny Jo's information in our newsletter. I have heard a lot of great things about Penny Jo's molds. I have yet to buy one...gotta save up some money. Hope you feel better soon!

Linda K. said...

Bonnie, This is the prettiest of all the breast cancer jewelry I've ever seen! I love how the gold zig-zags outline the pink ribbons--and I love the loops at the tips of each one. Hope you get rid of that cold ASAP.