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Behind the Scenes: Treasure Hoarder
I wanted to put the spotlight on a fun project I finished up recently! In a way, this was kind of a collaboration with my husband. There will be many times where I'll drag him into Michael's, and he'll see a craft supply item and get an idea. He is an extremely...
3 Ways to Koi
This week's tutorial is going to focus on 3 ways you can create a koi texture/pattern in your polymer clay work. A couple of months ago, I created a koi merdragon. Originally, this tutorial was going to show you how to achieve the look I got by experimenting with...
Polymer Clay Hibiscus Flower Tutorial
So I created another flower dragon recently, and this time I decided to sculpt the flower with it. If you'll recall my blog post recapping my peony dragon project, I did not do a tutorial because I only echoed the petals and color scheme. I found looking at photos of...
DIY Octopus Tentacles from Polymer Clay
When I created my Ursula-inspired dragon at the end of May, I thought it would be fun to break a tutorial out from it, so I put together a smaller one on how to create your own octopus tentacles from polymer clay. They're created individually and then you can blend...
How to Order a Custom Dragon
I thought it would be helpful to create a dedicated post about how I currently run my custom orders. I'm going to put all of the information I can think of in one place for easy review. Up until now, just about every time I took custom orders, I was trying...
Disney-inspired villains for Pure Art Collab
Here we are again, at the end of another round of Pure Art Collab themes. If you're new to my blog and to this concept, Pure Art Collab is a community collaboration event (open to all mediums) started by @amotherofdragoneggs and myself after the conclusion of our...
