Showing posts with label Polymer Clay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Polymer Clay. Show all posts

Sunday 12 November 2017

Introducing To You - Yaelsplace

Hi There.....Do you like cake?

I suppose almost anyone does. I do that's for sure. And this I do also has a lot to do with the shop I would like to introduce to you - Yaelsplace

This shop sells mostly handmade Wedding Cake Toppers. Yael, the shop owner, is a self taught artist. She has been experimenting with different types of arts and crafts for most of her life.

About 10 years ago she decided to put the focus on her art. But when she discovered polymer clay a few years ago she immediately knew it would become her passion. The idea came to her when her nephew turned 4 and wanted animals on his Birthday Cake. Since Cake Toppers are not common in Israel she couldn't find any at such short notice and had to make them herself. She made it from marzipan to start with, but that made her realize they might work in polymer clay too.

From that point on it was a very challenging journey with mistakes and frustration belonging to the territory. After a few years she felt her work had developed enough to open her Etsy shop.

It was a slow start and having an online shop is very challenging on so many levels. Her customers are a great source of inspiration. She loves working with brides. Hearing their new ideas and requests to create custom Wedding Toppers for them that are the perfect addition to their wedding cake.

So let me show you some examples to give you some inspiration.

Penguin wedding cake topper, bride and groom, polymer clay



Custom Stingray Wedding Cake Topper, Polymer Clay



Hippo love, wedding cake topper



Giraffe wedding cake topper, British style, bride and groom, custom made



Cat love, wedding cake topper



Love snails -custom wedding cake topper - polymer clay



Two peas in a pod, wedding cake topper, polymer clay



Winter wedding cake topper, snowman, bride and groom



Dino bride and groom with a baby, wedding cake topper



Custom Wedding Cake Topper, Sheep Bride and Groom



All of her keepsake Wedding Cake Toppers are 100 % handmade and will last for a lifetime. She makes them without the use of molds and every detail gets special attention.

Hope you like my blogpost.......Until next time.......Have a great day

Renata (Seadbeady)

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Friday 18 August 2017

Confessions of a Seadbeadaholic part 4

And it's story time again today.

The wire necklaces I made were ok. But that's definately not the end of my bead quest.
I was thinking what if I made my own beads with Fimo Polymer Clay. Then my necklace would be even more special.

So I started experimenting after a quick glance on the internet. Couldn't be that hard I thought. Haha wrong off course. I rolled my beads - nothing wrong at that time. But then they needed to bake in the oven. Ok no problem, I took some tooth picks and pushed them in the clay. But none of the clay beads kept their shape when being pushed on the tooth pick. But I managed to get them shaped again more or less. And in the oven they went.

Great my first badge was ready. After they had cooled down I put on the varnish and waited for a day to let them dry. Finally the next day it was time to get them of the sticks. What did you think happened? The sticks where stuck - couldn't get the beads off. There they went, all in the trash can. 😢

So I decided to buy this book on Bol.com - they even still sell it :)

https://www.bol.com/nl/p/making-jewelry-from-polymer-clay/1001004010363347/

After a bit of training I succeeded into making some reasonably nice beads. Like the ones in this necklace I still have 😊


But I must say making those beads is pretty labour intensive. First softening the clay and making shapes or mixes with them. Then rolling out the beads. And the step that I didn't know about before was putting them in the fridge for about 15 minutes to harden the clay again. And I used special bead baking pins to put the beads on. So then they went in the oven for 35 minutes.

After they had cooled down I put on a first coating with varnish. Then I had to wait until next day to put on the second coating. And finally the third day I could take them of the pins and start to use them in my jewelry.

Some people liked and others did not. And I did sell a few on markets. Yes indeed always enough to cover my costs and buy a few new materials. But I wasn't getting rich - no way. My business was still bringing in just enough to buy me some more beading stuff. And I was still happy with that.

The end for now - gonna tell you more about my bead addiction later

Hope you had fun reading.......Until tomorrow......Have a great day

Renata (Seadbeady)

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