Well, it's been awhile since I posted.  For those who are still looking once in awhile, I apologize that it's been so long.  I injured my shoulder in the middle of June and have been trying to recover ever since.  Unfortunately I have no idea how much longer it will be since I still haven't seen the specialist. I suspect it will be awhile.  I don't know if I will be doing any more crafting till it is feeling better then right now, but you never know.  It's pretty painful and I am having trouble moving the arm and losing some feeling in my fingers.  This makes it hard to make anything, but as time goes by I am finding myself going a little stir crazy at not being able to do anything.  I may just have to practice working with my left hand. Anyways, I just wanted to update people on what's going on.  When I have a better idea of how long I will be injured I will post it.  I will also try to post a little more often some basic updates, and maybe other bits and pieces.  I have a few pictures of projects I did before I got injured that I didn't have time to post then, so I will see if I can get a few of them up soon.  Thanks again for being patient, and thanks for visiting my corner of the web. :)

Sharon

(September 12, 2013 - I am having problems with some of the photos all of a sudden, they were fine, and now they are turned sideways and squished.  I have asked for help from Blogger, but not sure when it will be fixed.  Till I can figure out how to fix them, I left just the one that actually stays the right way up)

Hey all,

Well, it's been longer then I wanted since my last post.  I apologize for the delay.  Lots of health issues occupied me for a bit, (nothing serious), and then I had some guests.  Today is the first day I have had to take pictures of the projects I have been working on.  I am going to post them gradually over the next few days because it takes some time to edit the photos for being on the net.  Anyways, here is a project that I had been meaning to do for a long time.  I started it a few weeks ago, but I only finished it a couple of days ago.  I had ordered the fence part and it took quite awhile longer to get here then I thought it would.  This is the project that contains the insects I posted awhile ago as a teaser. :)

This is a pincushion. All of the insects, flowers, grass, mushrooms, and cattails are made with polymer clay, specifically sculpey iii.  They are mounted on a small terra cotta flower pot and a miniature white picket fence.  The actual pincushion part is made with a styrofoam ball covered in green felt and then covered again with a white and green checkerboard cotton material.  It is glued into place with elmer's glue.  The pins are pearl colored pins available anywhere you can buy sewing materials.  The polymer clay pieces were glued on using a gel super glue.  The flowers are mounted on jewelry wire for the stem.  Which made it easy to poke into the pincushion.  This piece stands 8 inches tall and 5 inches wide.  I have included pictures from different sides so you can see all the little things on it.

This is also the first piece I am taking pictures of with my new close up lens, tripod, and lightbox.  Looking at the pictures I think I am going to have to starch the material and iron it, you can see wrinkles in the pictures that are hard to see with the naked eye.  I am still learning about photographing, so hopefully my pictures will get better with time. 

I hope you like my whimsical pincushion.  Thanks for visiting my corner of the web. :)

Sharon Mhyre

 

 

Ok, so here is my second entry into the Polyform Products, April "make it your own" contest.  These are barrettes.  I used a steampunk theme for them because I have very thick hair and the only way barrettes would stay in it would be if I riveted it and screwed it in. ;p   I was trying for a copper with that aged green patina copper gets.  Not sure if it looks right, but I like the way it turned out.  I hope you all like it and thanks for visiting my corner of the web.

Sharon Mhyre

Hey all,

Here are some pictures from a project I am working on.  These cute critters are only a small part of the project.  I won't say what it is, but I will say that it has been fun working on it.  Hopefully I will be done with it in a couple of days. The sizes range from less then half an inch for the ladybug, to 2 inches for the dragonfly.  Hope you like my little friends.

Thanks for visiting my little corner of the web.

Sharon

Hey all,

I apologize for not getting something up sooner but I was having some health issues.  I am feeling much better now and so I am starting to take the pictures of the things I made this past couple of weeks and will upload them over the next couple of days or so. 

This is a pair of sneakers I decorated with Premo.  Every year I get these same sneakers, and every year I decorate them.  I choose something different each time, this year I chose to try polymer clay.  I was inspired by the Polyform Products, April "make it your own" contest.  It was time for me to work on these sneakers anyways, so I decided to combine the projects.  This was my first time using Premo and it was also my first time using the Millefiori technique.  I had never made a cane before, so I decided to keep to a simple flower petal design for my first try.  They came out pretty good.  I learned alot and I think I will be trying more complex canes in the future.  I decided to individually make the leaves instead of trying a cane.  I think the combination worked out well. 

Let me know what you think and thanks for visiting my corner of the web.

Sharon

So I just wanted to let everyone know that I am working on some stuff and should be able to upload a few pictures in the next couple of days.  I was a little slow this week because of some health issues.  I might have a little recovery time this week as well because I am getting a tooth removed this week, but I am almost done with the two projects so I should still be able to put up photos.  Had a busy weekend.  My husband and son helped me go through a bunch of junk in our garage to try to make room for me to have a toaster oven in there for polymer clay baking.  We got it mostly done, however I have some boxes that I need to go through by myself with a paper shredder handy, so it will be at least another week before there is room.  We did however get a whole minivan load of donations for goodwill.  Lots of kids toys and clothing etc.  Can't wait to finish up the garage and make room, we are going to build me a wood table too so I can do all the sanding and drilling and other really messy stuff in the garage.  Once I am done with that, I will post a picture as well of this new workspace.  That will bring up my workspace total to three areas.  I have a painting area, the craft room which I do my claying and sewing in, and this new area for messy stuff. :)  I better make do with those three areas, because we are out of room for me to make more. 

Hope everyone is having a good spring, and thanks for visiting my corner of the web.

Sharon

Hi all,

I have finished another zentangle, (which is the proper name for my doodle designs).  I worked on this one off and on for about three weeks now.  I call this one Organisms.  I am having fun doing this in my down time.  It's very relaxing and I highly recommend it everyone to loosen up and relax.  This zentangle was hand drawn using a Pilot G-2 07 gel ink pen. The sketch pad used was: Strathmore Sketch premium recycled paper 5.5" x 8.5".

I hope you all like it! :)

Take care,

Sharon