8/22/12

Craft Shopping!

The craft store is seriously my second home. I spend hours and hours shopping around until my mom starts rushing me to hurry up. This time I spent quite a bit of money, but after a long hiatus of not going, the list of things I needed was pretty long. I got cute stationary, polymer clay, clay tools, findings, glass bottles, miniatures, scribbles, cake decorating items, storage containers, etc.

For a closer look at all the items I bought, you can watch the video below!
A few other things I didn't include in my haul video was scrapbook paper, felt, and two white tiles (what I used in the background to film). I got the tiles to work with my clay on.

 I can't wait to start on new projects!! :)

7/25/12

Polymer Clay Deli Sandwiches

These are my newest polymer clay creations, and once again, completely inspired by Toni Ellison. She is  seriously my favorite crafting youtuber and is so inspirational. I could sit and watch her videos for hours! I used her video tutorial to make them.

Close up shots:
Turkey and Bacon Sandwich
I will probably turn them into earrings.

Peppered Steak Baguette Sandwich
She used some kind of crafting dirt for the black pepper on the meat, which I don't have, so I substituted it with actual black pepper mixed with black chalk pastel. The sandwich didn't turn out perfectly because you can't see all of the cheese from the front of it.

front
back

Corned Beef and Swiss Sandwich

Poppy Seed and Cream Cheese Bagel
She also used the crafting dirt for the seeds on the bagel, instead I just cut tiny bits of black clay and placed them on top.
I might turn the bagel into a ring.

The pieces aren't perfect, but this was my first try, so I'll definitely find ways to improve and try out different techniques and experiment.

7/13/12

Squishy-Inspired Polymer Clay Charms

This video is about polymer clay charms that were inspired by squishies! The squishy photo references are from different YouTube videos and google, but mostly from Kawaii-Land.com.
I tried my best to make the charms look a lot similar to the actual squishies.
Here are some photo examples:
 



I would say it took about a month to finished all the charms (over 30!). I got frustrated a lot because I always mess something up or ruin a charm or have it not turn out the way I want it to. I contemplated not completing them at all but I'm relieved that I am finally finished with them and I'm pretty satisfied. Despite the negatives, they were actually really fun to make!

Polymer Clay Miniature Sweets - Candy & Desserts

This is a video of some miniature food that I made with polymer clay. You could also consider them re-ments. They were really fun to make and didn't take much time either (about 2 days). They are smaller than your finger nail and each individual piece is handmade, textured, shaded, etc. However, the extras (tea set dishes and clothes) were purchased from Hobby Lobby.

A few shots of the finished product (which are viewed in the video as well)

Like many of my creations, this was inspired by Stephanie Kilgast on flickr.

Mini Kawaii Haul!

This is a quick video about a few kawaii things that I picked up at a store. I purchased some squishies , Japanese soda (Ramune), and some Japanese candy (Hi-Chew). I've been really into squishies lately, and I think they're a really cool thing to start collecting. They are sold in Japanese and Kawaii stores like Sanrio, Japantown, Daiso, etc. so I was totally surprised to actually see them in person in store and I just had to get them all since they're so rare.
The soda and candy were purchased from a grocery store. The Hello Kitty Ramune soda is strawberry flavored and is soo delicious. The Hi-Chew is like a Japanese version of Starbursts, which is also really chewy and very good.

Handmade Rements - Coffee Shop Pastries

This is a video about my first handmade rements.

What are "re-ments"?
RE-MENT Co., Ltd. (株式会社リーメント Kabushikigaisha-Riiment?), located in Chiyoda Tokyo, is a Japanese manufacturer of collectible plastic toys. The company's name is derived from a combination of the phrase "reform the entertainment", alluding to their desire for innovation in the toy market. Established in 1998, Re-Ment currently sells a line of highly-detailed miniature food, furniture and animal figures as well as mobile phone charms, doll fashions and magnets.

Instead of buying re-ments, I thought it would be a lot more fun to make them myself! This re-ment set is of different pastries that you would normally find in a coffee shop.

CONTENTS: (Everything was made with polymer clay)
(8) macaroons
(2) cinnamon rolls
(2) danishes
(3) bagels
(3) eclairs
(3) donuts

EXTRAS: (Everything was made with cardstock / copy / construction paper)
(2) macaroon boxes
(1) donut box
(1) paper doily
(6) paper plates
(1) french newspaper

The whole inspiration for these Handmade Re-ments came from the following video:

Her YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ToniEllison
Her Blog: http://www.toniellison.com/