Rare Hello Kitty Squishy Replica

I've been wanting a hello kitty squishy for forever and I finally got one to add to my squishy collection. I purchased it from decoden-acc.com. She has amazing prices and the cutest squishies.

This is the one I bought:

Her shipping price is great and you get your items super quick. Every purchase also comes with her adorable business card :)

Before receiving the package, I decided to make my own replica of it!

I made the actual charm, or "squishy" with polymer clay. I used dark brown and black acrylic paint for the "chocolate drizzle" and used triple thick sculpey glaze on top of it. I attached a black cellphone strap fom hobby lobby onto it to give it the full effect of a real squishy.

For the packaging, I used a small resealable bag I got from Hobby Lobby. I made all the graphics from scratch using my favorite editing software called Photofiltre. I started off by making the pink and brown striped background, then added the text on. I got the heart, tea cup, hello kitty head, and hello kitty bow from google images then edited them by resizing, cropping, changing the color, etc. to make them resemble the ones on the actual squishy package.

For the label with the barcode, I actually just scanned the one on the actual squishy and then edited it on the computer to fit. The red label, however, was made with Photofiltre. The official Sanrio♥ tag is from google images.

Here is a comparison of the actual squishy and the replica:

I'd say it turned out pretty well. The graphics aren't as vibrant, but there's nothing I can do about that. The polymer clay charm itself is nice, though :)

This was extremely fun to do so I might make more of these!

Small Collective Haul

Last weekend I went out of town to take my sister to college and I did just a bit of shopping. Not much, but I thought I'd share it. && I promise all of my blog posts won't be hauls, haha :) I have a ton of exciting blog posts for the future so stay tuned!

It's an unlisted video, so if you've made it to this blog, you're pretty special to be able to watch it :)

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!! :)

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.

Her YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ToniEllison

Her blog: http://www.toniellison.com/

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.

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.

Her photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/_sk/