Charms update #2

Just a quick update on the various things I had been making. Its been quite busy for me, juggling crafting, work, school and theatre rehearsals. Sometimes I wish I have 72 hours!

I ran my first stall alone this time for my school and took it as an opportunity to get a feel of what it’s like to have a small pop-up. Loads to learn, I’ll say!

On to pictures of the clay I’ve been making!

These are made out of air dry clay. They are less than the local 20-cent coin. I’ve yet to find a better comparison but to give you a rough idea, it’s around an inch tall.

I attempted to make another one after that, this time wearing a little dress made up of a bunch of flowers. It didn’t feel as delicate as the first one.

Oh well. Practise makes perfect! And I’ve been neglecting resin craft. Not good!

Sweet treats

Ever since I discovered the world of resin and crafting, I also found myself immersing into the world of clay.

As a child, I have never enjoyed clay because I never knew how to handle clay correctly. As a result, I always ended up with clay pieces that just broke off. Very discouraging. Recently, I decided to give clay another chance and threw myself fully into it by buying a basic kit.

The kit came with 4 colours and two molds. I have only used one, and I’m really enjoying myself right now. So after a bit of playing around, these are my first charms from the kit:

They aren’t perfect but it was exciting to see them coming out of the mold. I was really tempted to make more. Then I thought, how about a macaron?

So I mixed up my favourite mint colour and got this:

Ok, so it wasn’t perfect. The shell was too thick and they weren’t even. But I felt a sense of achievement. So I tried another one which turned out much better. After two hours of play, these were my results:

I feel pretty darn proud of myself! I’ll probably keep myself busy with these projects over the next few days when I lack the motivation to sew!