Our little bundle of Joy

The reason why I have been so quiet with my blog posts lately (besides being busy with my day job) is we recently received a blessing from God.

 

Me, my hubby and baby Sophie during our vacation in Coron, Palawan



We're blessed with a little bundle of Joy due on the later part of 2013!

Last Sunday, even it was raining hard in Manila, some of my friends from the Philippine Polymer Clay Guild threw a surprise baby shower for me. My husband was the accomplice. It was held at the Bizu Patisserie in Greenbelt 2, Makati. Here are some of the photos:

 

Group picture while eating

 

Games Galore!





My yummy afternoon tea set



Sponsored treats from our friend





Serving dessert :)



The girls (and kids) of P3 :)

Excited parents-to-be

  

One more picture before going home

Thank you guys for making this a special day for my family. 

Philippine Polymer Clay Guild "Mosaic Challenge"

It has been a long while since my last post. A very nice and big suprise came our way last March that my claying activities took a back seat.

Anyway, please let me share our guild's challenge for the month of July. Our theme was Mosaic.

The guild's album cover

For this challenge, I decided to make a new technique using tinted liquid clay as a medium to "paint" a picture to polymer clay. I was inspired to make a Buddha image for the design of my bracelet bangle from my recent trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Buddha bangle bracelet

When worn

But since you cannot appreciate the design due to the irregular design of the bangle, I decided to make another mosaic piece using a card holder as my blank canvas. This time my design is a koi pond.

Mosaic Koi pond Card holder

But I did not submit this though.

Until my next polymer clay adventures!

Baby impressions

Last month, a friend commissioned me to make a hands and feet impression of her newly-born son. For this project, I used sculpey ultra light clay. It's soft enough to make an impression without having to force the baby's limbs.

I met her at their house to take the impressions, then went back at home to bake it and embellished it some more.



Baby Ryan Karl's hands and feet impressions after baking



Finished!

I added a frame around it then added an oil-painting of the sky and clouds as the background. Then I also added balloons with his name stamped at the sides.

A moment frozen in history! :)

Wedding Cake Topper

A friend's friend is getting married. And what better gift to give is a cake topper to symbolize their new life together. The wedding's theme is peach and beach. The topper stands at about 5 inches high and 6 inches in width. 

I started with the bride, since it was the easiest for me. Using the reference design of the wedding gown the bride will be wearing, I tackled the project head on.

I started with the form and the gown

Back detail of the gown and head ornaments

After finishing the bride, I started doing the groom

And here is the finished wedding topper with the couple's monogram. The base is clay covered with white sand finished with liquid polymer clay.
 

Front view



Back view



Groom's view




Bouquet Detail in pink, peach and beige colors




Bride's view

Congratulations to the soon-to-be newly weds! :)

Globe Ring: Caty Pury

I was commissioned by a friend to make a globe ring with her beloved cat as the subject.



Caty sleeping in the couch



It took me 2 months to start the project due to some personal affairs which made me busy all throughout the holiday season. Here are some of the pictures of the Caty Pury ring in progress until completion.




Starting with the head :)



Unbaked yet



Finished product



Top view



Back portion

And it comes with a packaging like this:



Globe Ring packaging

 More stories to tell on my next blog!

Art Bead Scene: February 2013 Challenge

I'm back!

After months of blog inactivity and a short vacation from claying, I decided to go back to my craft with another Art Bead Scene challenge.

For this month, the inspiration was from Toshi Yoshida's skillful woodblock print "Heijinja, 1941".

Toshi Yoshida's "Heijinja, 1941"

 The flame red focal color reminds me so much of Love and Valentine's day and so as the Cherry Blossoms blooming.

With this I created an asymmetrical necklace using Red and the cherry blossoms as my main focal points. And I named my piece, "Sakura".

The flowers are all finished with alcohol inks, inka gold and mica powders. And I incorporated it with plastic and acrylic beads to complete my palette.

One of the Three Sakura flowers

With the focal bead depicting a Cherry blossom tree

Here is the finished product:

What do you think? 

Happy claying everyone!

Globe Rings

Between my erratic schedule at work, planning for the renovation of our new house, doing challenges for our polymer clay guild, compose layouts for the Global Pinoy Bazaar creatives for our guild and orders from clients, I managed to create these little creatures. I admit, I'm not so keen in making miniatures so this posed a challenge for me. But because of my hoarding syndrome (of materials and settings), I was forced to try my hand in getting out of my comfort zone.

Inspired by many things, but mostly of fairy tales, here are some of my globe rings:

Tea Party

The Shoe house

The Princess and the Pea

Caterpillar

I still have more settings for this, so I've got to go and create some more! :)