Crafts by Chris

Musing on polymer clay, beads, jewelry and other stuff.

filigree experiment

Here’s my first experiment with the Vintaj brass filigree.

Several things I will do differently next time….which is the point of experimenting. The polymer clay part needs to have the design more centered and/or thicker so that it doesn’t wrap around as much. There are also some other things regarding bending the metal around the polymer [...]

first day of Spring!

It’s really not a great day weather-wise here, but at least it’s not snowing. Will probably do some running around today with the boys since it’s the last day of Spring break. I enjoy having them home, but I don’t get very much accomplished, so I’m looking forward to some quiet time next week once [...]

creative slump

I’ve been in a creative slump recently. I’m still creating, just haven’t been really excited about anything. So, I went shopping. Now, I just have to wait for the items to get here.

One of the things I bought to try is a wonderful brass channel bangle bracelet from Melanie West’s etsy shop, [...]