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One Day Make: Pin Banner

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I've recently been collecting pins and while my collection is still small, I decided it was time to make something that doubles as storage and display. The main pin storage systems seem to be cork boards and fabric banners, also known as pennants. My friends showed me pictures of some of the ones they had and I decided I wanted a banner. I knew I had the items I needed for this at home and I also thought they looked very stylish. I spray painted a stick black and left it to dry.  I made a template out of scrap paper in the shape I wanted the banner to be. Then I pinned that to some spare velvet fabric and cut it out.  I zigzagged all the edges on my sewing machine and turned them under. Then I pinned the fabric around the branch to make an appropriate sized channel, removed the branch, sewed the channel and put it back on the branch.  After that it was just a case of adding some string to hang it from and pinning on the badges. The pins can easily be removed to be worn as...
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Polymer Clay Creatures.

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Last year I started sculpting with polymer clay. I decided to make miniature animals because I loved the miniatures I've been collecting from Koki Craft . She uses traditional clay but I wanted to try it with polymer as I can bake it at home and don't need a kiln.  I'm really enjoying learning how to make things with it. At the moment I'm using white polymer clay from Kmart. This has a soft texture which I like as I find harder ones a bit hard on my hands. I also find it easier to work with than paper clay, which is funny because I used to think I should stick with paper clay as it was the cheapest but it turns out I'm improving faster with polymer clay.  I have been painting my creatures with acrylic paints after baking. Most acrylic paints work well but a few seem to get a bit sticky. I then coat the finished item with a few layers of Modpodge. Here are some of my creations so far.  Parrot couple I made for my manager for an Xmas surprise. Rain frog necklace and e...
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Update

 Hi there, it's been a long time since I visited blog land!  Life has been really busy and I have not had any time to write or make videos! Blogging and commenting have fallen by the wayside of my schedule! Thanks to lovely Bracken for asking about my stories, I have written a couple of short stories but I haven't had time to edit them. I am thinking of self publishing a little short story collection but I haven't had time for that either! I have had a few adventures and done some crafts, hopefully I will get around to posting pictures eventually!
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Melbourne Day 5 and 6

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 DAY 5  THURSDAY: Melbourne CBD A little sparrow at the markets, I think he was waiting for his coffee order. Vegan cupcakes at the market On Thursday morning we caught the tram to the Queen Victoria Markets. I got another iced decaf coffee. Jon got a breakfast burger. The market was only partway full (there were so many empty spaces) and most of it was the same cheap clothes, tourist merchandise and expensive leather goods. We got a couple of cute presents and a Wednesday tee for $20. We did get a Melbourne magnet for our fridge because I realised a while back having cheesy merchandise from holidays is fun.  After looking around the markets, we headed back to the deli hall for lunch (the food court was closed for renovations). I grabbed a vegan pie and a Biscoff cupcake from a Ferguson Plarre's Bakehouse. The pie was really amazing!  Jon got prosciutto and salmon wrapped cream cheese . There weren't really many places to sit as there was no food court and most of th...
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