Cheers! Holiday Polymer

I am horrible at Christmas Cards.  I never get them done in time, and we take our kids annual Christmas picture, usually on Christmas Eve.  That's how I roll.  

I do however try to make a little something for my friends and family each year.  Usually, its a special Christmas ornament.  This year, I wanted to do something different for them.  Since a few of them are wine drinkers (ok, ok, all of them are!) I thought wine toppers could be cool.  I wasn't sure how they would turn out, but hey, I have polymer, and picked up some corks.

Well, after three leisurely play days in the studio, I have wine toppers-

AND I LOVE THEM!

Here they are before I glued them, all set up ready to go in the studio.  

And here they are all finished and ready for gifts!

(I definitely need to make these to sell as well)

How did I make them?

I created the polymer pieces first, baked and finished them.

Then I drilled a hole in the bottom as well as the cork.  

I fitted in a 14g wire so it attached both of them securely.

Then I mixed up my 2 part epoxy, took them apart one at a time, and glued them.

To ensure a good bond, I tied string around them so the connection was nice and firm.  

I could NOT be more happy, and now they will have something they can use year round...ILO just at the Holidays. 

I never get tired of what you can do with Polymer Clay!

Some Exciting Things Going on Around here

I am wrapping up listing a round of my newest style polymer beads- carved beads with color.

 

I first fell in love with carving beads in black, but have since moved on to adding color to them, and loving the results.

 

you can pick some up here www.slartisanaccents.etsy.com

 

The other news is that the voting for the Peoples Choice awards in the Bead Dreams competition has begun.  To cast you vote, use this link

http://apps.kalmbach.com/survey/default.aspx?sid=2289&auth=gXZJ0LQrPm

 

If you want to vote for me, my pieces are Sea Swept

 

 and Zen Circles. 

 

If you follow the link, and scroll down through the pictures, they are a little over halfway down.  They are named, but there are no artist names applied to the pictures. 

 

So that is what is new and exciting with me. 

 

I hope you all have a great memorial day weekend!

Thanks as always for your support!