Big-Eyed Cat

With Halloween coming soon, I think my Big-Eyed Cat may have seen a ghost or two! 
 

Big-Eyed Cat by Lisa Haney

 
He is made from white Makin’s® Clay and painted with Reeves® Oil Paint.  I was going to make him a black cat but since I have two orange cats I made him orange.

 

Halloween Pendants

Halloween is coming up soon so I made these cute little glow-in-the-dark pendants to get into the spirit.

 

I used glow-in-the-dark and black Makin's Clay® and the Crinkle and Halloween A Makin’s® Cutters.     
     
  
        
      

My Little Fishy

I recently took a trip to the beach.  When I go to the beach I like to take clay for the times I am sitting under the umbrella avoiding the sun.  This year I took some plastic eyes, a few tools, and a box of white Makin's Clay® with me.  Makin's Clay® is great because it is an air dry clay.  I was able to make my little fishy with the plastic eyes without having to bake him.  I did, however, have to wait until I got home to paint him. 

Harold, the Refrigerator Magnet

This is Harold, my refrigerator magnet guy.  He is made from white Makin’s Clay®.  I sculpted him, shoved a bunch of feathers in the top of his head, and let the clay dry.  Then, I antiqued him with burnt umber oil paint, painting the paint on and then rubbing it off leaving it in the cracks so he would have more detail.  I’m not normally a sculptor but I had seen a similar guy made with ceramic clay and wanted one for my fridge so I made Harold.  He makes me smile when I look at him.    

Game Pieces

Recently, we were at a beach house on vacation.  Unfortunately, it was a rainy day so we were stuck inside.  There were plenty of games at the beach house but the Backgammon game we wanted to play had no pieces.  Where they went we had no clue but in order to play we needed the games pieces and a set of dice.  What do you do when you are a crafty mom and you don’t have what you need?  Well, you make it.  I just happened to have some Makin's Clay® and tools with me so I could work on some projects.  I rolled out the clay, cut out the pieces, made a pair of dice and we were ready to play!

Flower Pendant Earrings

Did you check out my Makin's Clay Flower Pendant on the Makin's Clay Blog?  Well, these are the earrings that I made to go with the necklace.  It's nice to have a matching set.

To make the earrings I followed the directions on how to make the flower pendant except I made two smaller pendants.

The only things I did different were:

1)  I used the medium size Makin's Clay oval cutter for the background piece
2)  To create the smaller pendants I used a smaller portion (one flower and a few leaves) of one of the flower arrangements on the Makin's Clay Hearts Push Mold

I put everything together with matching pearl beads and earring findings.  Another easy, fun project!

Makin’s Clay® Bow made with the Bow Genius™

Recently, I received a Bow Genius™ from Offray®.  With a Bow Genius™ you can make all sorts of bows, big and small.  Of course, bows are normally made from fabric ribbon.  Not mine!  I love making my bows from Makin’s Clay®.  Why?  Well, they are easy and fun to make, they keep their shape, and I can decorate them. 

I simply ran Makin’s Clay® through the Makin’s Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine from the largest setting down to the #7 setting to make a 36” ribbon.  I impressed the strip with the Makin’s® Stripes Texture sheet to make the clay look more like ribbon and then trimmed the sides with scissors.  I made the bow by following the directions for making a 4 Loops Tail Down Bow (found on YouTube), added crystals for decoration, and then a hair clip to the back to turn it into a cute hair bow.    

Check out my Treat Container project which can be found on the Makin’s Clay® blog for another example of what I used a clay bow for!