Watermelon, part two

Etsy shop now open!

I've just listed my first Etsy shop items.  Visit https://www.etsy.com/shop/FiddlywinksStudios?ref=hdr_shop_menu if you're interested in checking it out.  The following items are currently for sale:

Poutine.

Polymer clay, pastel dust, paper, ink, varnish.

A dozen chocolate chip cookies on a cookie sheet.

Polymer clay, pastel dust, purchased metal tray, varnish.

(two available)

Spaghetti and meatballs with breadstick.

Polymer clay, pastel dust, craft sand, alcohol ink, varnish.

Watermelon, part one

Wondering what it'll look like when it's opened.

After adding texture and seeds.

Still needs a layer of varnish.  Stay tuned for more watermelony goodness.

Spaghetti

Snacks

Poutine

Nachos

Egg tray and deviled eggs

Eggs in the tray, with sliced olives and baby carrots -- ugly carrot included.  

(There's one in every bag.)

This is for my dad, whose deviled eggs are irresistible!

Making a gnome figure

This is my first attempt at a gnome head.  Eventually I'll have a family of gnomes who can live in future Stump Houses.

I sculpted a head in greenish scrap clay, then made a mold with purple silicone putty, and then made a reproduction with flesh-colored polymer clay.

(He'll get ears soon.)

Gift foods

All of the polymer clay foods I've made so far I've given as gifts.  Soon I'll begin to build an inventory of items to sell in my Etsy shop.

A taco bar for my mom, who asked for a single taco.

June 6, 2015.

Sushi (Philly roll) for my younger son, who will leave in a week for a summer exchange program in Japan.  

June 6, 2015.

Cutting French fries. A gift from Idaho for my son's Japanese family.  June 12, 2015.

Monkey bread for my aunt who makes the best monkey bread in the world.  June 12, 2015.

Stump House

I'll publish better pictures of this papier-mâché stump house when I get them.  This project filled every second of my spare time (and even some time I couldn't spare) for about seven weeks.  It was a joy to make, and an even greater joy to give to my darling 6-year-old niece.  The house was completed on May 26, 2015 and delivered to her the following day.

 Front view, fully furnished and inhabited by Calico Critters / Sylvanian Families.

 Another view.

The two upstairs bedrooms share the balcony.

I was delighted to learn that the Critters could hold the ice cream cone I had made.  Believe it or not, they could even hold the chocolate chip cookies in their little paws!

A mouse standing outside her bedroom.

I made these ladybugs from polymer clay and affixed them to the exterior of the house.

Back when the stump house had only reached the priming stage.

 Note the opening in back for accessing the bathroom.

(And this is what the bathroom looked like when it was completed and furnished.)

The balcony side of the stump house, back when it was a heap of newspapers and masking tape.

And even earlier, when it was just a couple of shoeboxes, some cardboard, and a dream. This would eventually become the front.  The spiral staircase is made of cardstock glued to a cardboard tube.

This would eventually become the balcony side.

This project was inspired by the beautiful tree stump dollhouses by Sharon Ojala.

More early polymer clay foods

Wedding cake, 4 cm high.

A first anniversary gift for my brother and sister-in-law.

April 14, 2015.  

 Chocolate chip cookies.  April 15, 2015.

Pepperoni pizza for my pizza-obsessed older son. April 17, 2015.

The cookies and pizza were based on tutorials by Tanja Jensen of SugarCharmShop.  

She's a wonderful artist and a great inspiration to me.

First Foods

In April, I decided to try my hand at making some polymer clay foods for my niece's Calico Critters (Sylvanian Families).

This was my first attempt at making bread.  April 6, 2015.  I followed the tutorial at

http://www.theenchantedgallery.com/miniatures.html, and later added a dusting of pastel dust "flour."

The bottoms of the same loaves.

First ice cream cone.  April 11, 2015.