It's 2017!!

Ok, I admit I've been a bad blogger! I've neglected this blog. I'm not really a writer so putting my thoughts into writing is a bit hard for me. Sharing RockyBeads updates through instagram and facebook is the easiest for me because one or two liners work!  haha But here I am again trying to resurrect theclayingmommy blog. So bear with me if my writing is just blah blah blah. I will try my best to make it interesting.

Let's have a rundown of the events these past two years. I'm still a stay at home mum to my boys. Still busy with the toddler and when he's big enough to go to school, it would be time for me to go back to work again. So for the meantime, it's back to RockyBeads for me. I just went back to full time claying last year. I made a few orders mostly family portraits. Here are some of the finished pieces...

 I've been busy updating my etsy shop also. I joined an etsy market too and it was so fun. I also joined Handmade Alchemy. I took this info about our group from fb - "Alchemy can be defined as a seemingly magical process of transformation &/or creation. This magical process of transformation and creation is the perfect way to describe what you'll find from our talented Australian artists in the form of polymer clay and metal components for jewellery makers, craft and mixed media artistry. Essentially we are a marketplace group where you can buy handmade beads and/or components to use in your own creations. Our Australian sellers have been invited to sell their work via showcases because they create with a unique style, use excellent technique and strive for a high-level of craftsmanship in either polymer clay, metal or both mediums."   So if you are looking for unique components to use in your jewellery, head on to our group in fb. It's a fun group to belong to. I am planning of having another showcase soon. Here are some samples of the polymer clay components I made and sold there..

And to end 2016 in a high note, we moved from Sydney to the Central Coast.  I think I can already say that we're finally settled at our new home. Busy with fixing the house and exploring the Coast. I thought of writing again in this blog because I want to share with you not only my adventures in claying but also our (me and hubby) fun but tiring shenanigans in fixing our home. We've been busy fixing the garden. Lots of weeding and cleaning to do. I feel so fulfilled that I was able to clean one side yesterday. I didn't really expect that gardening would be so fun and relaxing...just like claying! Here are some photos of our garden (still have a lot to to but taking it one day at a time)...

Cut a lot of branches so that the lemon tree will have some sun. I can't wait for the lemons to turn yellow! :)

Adding mulch and sand is next in line.

I repotted some plants and transferred the Jade plants from the back of the house to this part of the garden. We added some hanging plants too! 

I hope you could join me this year and I also hope that I will be faithful in updating this blog! Let's have a wonderful 2017!! :)

Sketches for luggage tags..

I made sketches for two orders of  luggage tags. I'm excited to work on them. Thinking of using vibrant colors for both. I hope they will turn out nice. I will post WIP photos. 

front

back of the tag

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A Baptismal Gift...

Happy Easter!! I hope everyone had a very solemn and relaxed holy week. We just stayed at home because it was a very rainy Friday and Saturday. But thank God, it was a sunny Sunday! It was a Happy Easter indeed. :) 

I wasn't able to make two jewelry pieces this week because I had to finish a baptismal gift. I decided to make a personalized picture frame. I was supposed to use air dry clay for the letters of her name but when I was trying to position the letters on the frame, they didn't look nice. So at the last minute (as in the night before! haha!), I gave up and just used polymer clay. No regrets because it came out just the way I pictured it. 

Here are the details of the frame:

the meaning of Eunah

added some details at the sides of the frame using a stamp and acrylic paint

used the martha stewart letter push mould for the name

I love seeing the styled photos in instagram and decided to try it out. This is what I came up with. I think I will do this  with the new pieces that I will be posting. 

 For this coming week, I will work on two new pieces and a family portrait. I hope my two boys will let me finish something haha! Wishing you a good week ahead!:)

Preggy, Baby and Claying....

Oh wow! I didn't realize that my last post was a year ago! How time flies! So many things happened in the past year but the best one was having Austin. Our new baby boy! He brings sunshine into our lives.

In my last post, I told you about my new work at a preschool. I had to stop because I got pregnant. So I'm now back being a stay at home mum. I'm slowly trying to get back to claying. When the bub's asleep, I try to push myself to make something but house work plus surfing the net and sleeping get in the way! tsk tsk! So as of today, my goal is to be able to finish 2 pieces of jewelry each week and eventually I hope to be able to finish something each day. I will share with you the finished pieces each week.

So to start it off...here's a bag tag that I made for a little boy. I'm glad that he liked it..and his mum too!

I also tried mixing clay and felt together in one piece of jewelry and this is what I made..

Bub's awake!! I'll be back soon...

Work and claying...

Hi everyone! I'm back...again! haha New things happened during the past month. I've just started regular work and so finding time to blog or clay is a bit hard. I look forward to Friday nights and weekends because those are the best times for me to get crafty and play with clay again! 

I just want to share with you a project I made last Feb and March. I made these babushka pendants for two toddlers who will wear them on their birthday! I also made a family portrait but I'm still looking for a photo that I can post here. I'm also in the process of finishing one again but it's taking me a bit long to get it done. Hopefully, I could finish it this weekend. 

So that's it for now! Just a quick update! Have a good weekend everyone!