Royal Ascot Tuesday Treasury

A Right Royal Ascot Themed Etsy Treasury

'Horse Racing at Royal Ascot 19th June' by Lottieoflondon

Royal Ascot starts on the 19th of June, here is my selection of horse racing finds for horse lovers and race goers alike

8mm Dome Tungsten C... CustomTungsten $49.00	Decorative pillow H... VeeDubz $25.00	Horse Racing Belt B... bmused $20.00	Equestrian Horse Co... nosweatcoaster... $18.50
Final Turn Horse Ra... dogartstudio $24.50	Horse Wooden Sign W... SlippinSouther... $79.00	And the Winner Is N... ThreshingToolD... $2.75	Equestrian Horse Pe... HappyHound $11.95
Chantilly horse cam... loubijoux $14.00	Keep Calm and RIDE ... KeepCalmShop $15.95	Horse Racing Cuffli... AustinCreation... $19.00	Horse Button StoneLiliesBut... $4.65
Horse racing drawin... AnikosImpressi... $25.00	Jockey Lapel Pin jimclift $5.00	STICK HORSE horse t... giddyupstudio $7.00	Racing Horses Penda... cmeek68 $42.00

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What to do with Alcohol Inked polymer clay scraps

Using Up Scraps of Inked Polymer Clay

Following my recent post on  Polymer Clay Swirl Beads in which I created a necklace using swirl lentil beads, I have been left with some left over scraps of inked clay.

Incase you have'nt seen my post, I created sheets of clay using metal leafing and alcohol inks which was used to create my beads for my necklace below.

Polymer Clay Necklace with swirled lentil beads

 I was left with with a few random scraps , as you can see, now more often than not my scraps would go into my scrap pile for forming the base of my beads, but with these inked scraps they are still usable, heres what I done with them...

 As you can see the scraps of clay are in many shapes, the larger sheet I tore into strips also.  I used the strip scraps to cover base beads totally and then rolled them out so they blended in.

This is pretty much the same as the watercolour torn paper effect used by  Maggie Maggio.

Here's some more examples of what I made using my scraps ...

 

Some simple round beads with torn strips applied

Some swirled lentil beads

Swirled heart charms created from lentil beads, and two pendants using various scraps of inked clay

So why not have some fun with your scrap clay and see what you can make...

Part of Handmade Monday with Handmade Harbour

Fathers Day Treasury Tuesday Gift Guide

A Fathers Day Themed Treasury for those special Dads

 

'Fathers Day Gift Ideas' by Lottieoflondon

A selection of some fab fathers day gift finds

Ipad Case ipad Slee... Covercraft $27.50	Bronze Personalized... 3girlday $8.00	Brown Leather Brace... amyfine $45.00	GUITAR HANGER / MUS... SpareTimeWoodD... $32.00
Golf Golfer Art Pri... QuaintandCurio... $14.00	Felt cell phone cov... StudioBIG $17.50	Love you lots like ... antdesign $25.00	Large Wishbone Neck... soradesigns $32.00
My Stache Mustache ... meandmy3boys $4.50	You & Me Dad...Are ... JCannaford $3.50	Hand Painted Side P... jimbobart $35.50	Dads Coffee spoon, ... MilkandHoneyLu... $16.00
To GOLF or not to g... trimblecrafts $9.99	Steampunk Ring - Vi... edmdesigns $95.00	Father's Day Pr... HarperJubilee $5.00	Concussions Are Fun... franticmeerkat $4.50

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Polymer Clay Swirl Beads

 Creating Polymer Clay Swirl Beads

I have a wedding to attend tomorrow and I have been playing with the idea of creating a necklace/pendant to go with a new dress I am keen wear.  Below is a close up shot showing the print and colour my dress.

Print of my party dress with colours on red/orange, black, mauve and hints of white and green

The print of the dress is very bold as you an see and is almost animal like, but rather than replicate the print and colours I have decided to take some of the elements of colour in the dress and create some polymer clay swirl beads.

Polymer clay with gold metal leafing applied

To create my beads I have decided to use alcohol inks for my colour which will be applied over gold metal leafing on two sheets of black clay.



 

Polymer clay applied with metal leafing and alcohol inks

 
Here I have applied alcohol inks over each sheet of clay.

My first sheet has been applied with alcohol inks in  Wild Plum with hints of Stream and Pearl.

The second sheet has been applied with Stream and Buttercream.

My polymer clay sheets are covered with a thin translucent clay sheet

The clay sheets are allowed to dry and once ready I apply a thin sheet of translucent clay over each cover.  I do this as I have often found that it protects the colour and leafing from rubbing off when applied to beads.

Polymer clay lentil swirl beads prior to cooking

Here are my swirled lentil beads prior to cooking, these are two test beads to test two types of application styles for swirling but also to test the colour once cooked. 

Polymer clay lentil swirl beads after cooking

Now the beads have been cooked, some of the translucent still remains and unfortunately the Wild Plum colour has become more pink after cooking,







So after some more experimentation with swirling here are my final swirled lentil beads... as you can see I have included a red and gold bullseye cane into the swirl to give the bead more depth in colour as the wild plum colour was not strong enough. 

My Polymer clay lentil swirled beads, my final design

They now need a good sanding, buffing and polishing before I decide on my final necklace design.

Updated sometime later that evening ....

Here it is my finished necklace and I'm delighted with how its turned out, initially I was worried that the beads would look slightly dull but after a good polishing, buffing and varnishing they are perfect and the Fire Opal Swarovski Crystals I have teamed them with give the necklace that extra sparkle, I can't wait to wear the necklace tomorow.

Polymer Clay Swirled Lentil Necklace

Polymer Clay Swirled Lentil Necklace combined with fire opal swarovski crystals

Polymer Clay Swirled Lentil Bead (largest bead)

Polymer Clay Swirled Lentil Necklace wire wrapped in gold with swarovski crystals

Have you visited our website lately?

Turquoise Millefiori Oblate Necklace

 The last couple of weeks have been a busy mixture of making, claying and updating my current website, and I am pleased to say it is finally complete.

Prior to my website update, www.LottieOfLondon.co.uk was designed as a showcase to display my past and present jewellery work/commissions.

Monochrome Millefiori Floral Brooch

But I am happy to say that I have now updated the website and our Bespoke Handcrafted Jewellery is now available for purchase direct from the website Lottie Of London

So please pay my website a visit, share like and tweet away to your firends and let me know what you think.

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