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bit of playing with google translate and i thought i had the gist of it unfortunately there was one vital ingredient that i do not possess resin i have always wanted to have a go with resin but the mixing and the waiting for it to set i know would be my downfall i never was the most patient of people so i have never bought any not to be deterred i decided to try it anyway and would just give the beads a couple of coats of glaze instead unfortunately this really was not a good idea it turns out that the gel is very flexible when baked which i am sure is brilliant for some applications but for beads that will obviously have a fair bit of wear and tear it was just not strong enough these are the first leaves i made i sort of followed the tutorial but really just used it as a guideline the colours are gorgeous but i wanted a clearer finish so i sanded with about 6 different grits of sandpaper but it seemed to make things worse the instructions on the gel bottle said that you can wet sand however i used my micro mesh so maybe this is where i went wrong autumnal leaves i then decided to add the glaze to see if that worked it really did clarify the translucence however i then thought that it would be a good idea to add a second coat of glaze did i mention that patience was not a strong point of mine ah yes well it seems as though the first coat may not have been completely dry so the finish became streaked with brush strokes not my finest hour not a good finish lovely colours but very streaky finish however all is not lost i thought at least i know that if i am patient a second coat of glaze will look great before i spent another 4 hours making some more beads however i had to try the ultimate test and see if i could mark the coatings in any way as you can see my thumbnail indentation is very clear oh well it was obviously not to be at least not without a lovely finish of resin my thumbnail indent so lots of lessons learnt and lots of experimentation which is always a good thing it has been ages since i just played for the sake of playing and i think it is something i should do more often i now have something else new in the oven we shall see if this experiment turns out any better posted by pips at 08 31 17 comments thursday 29 august 2013 and the winner is keeley from tempting little charms check out her lovely fb page here tempting little charms i used random generator to pick the winner congratulations keeley your beads will be in the post to you in the next few days thank you to everyone to entered the giveaway and shared and liked my page now that facebook have decided we are ok to do giveaways and promotions without using a third party app then i will certainly be doing some more soon hope you are having a great day pippa x posted by pips at 04 03 3 comments thursday 22 august 2013 a millenium moment calls for a giveaway no not a thousand years but a thousand likes i was so amazed that my little facebook page reached this amazing milestone last night so as a thank you to you all i am having a giveaway clemetis bud connector you would all like to win some beads i am sure so one lucky person will win a selection of my newest beads remember flower pendant little luna moth fob key pendant green remember leaves pendant clemetis seed head pendant little luna moth fob key pendant blue i haven t even made the beads yet so i cannot show you pictures but they will be like these just not these exact ones but of course they will be just as lovely all you have to do to win is go and like my facebook page or share this giveaway on your own page or share this giveaway on your blog when you have done that come back here and leave me a comment so that i know what you have done please remember to leave a link to your facebook page or blog so that i can contact you if you win and of course that way i get to like your page too if you do one of the above you will get one entry if you do two then you will get two entries and if you do all three well i think you get the general idea i will announce the winner in one week s time on thursday 29th august here on the blog and will also announce it on my facebook page this is going to be fun thank you all again posted by pips at 04 13 60 comments monday 12 november 2012 uk inspiration challenge here is the reveal for the uk inspiration challenge on artisan whimsy my region as one of the hosts is bath the historic city originally built by the romans in ad60 on the site of natural springs the roman did like their hot baths it was known then by the name aquae sulis which means the waters of sulis later the city was very popular during the georgian era which lead to a massive expansion resulting in some of the glorious georgian architecture that we can still see today it was the roman influence that interested me the most the fact that many of the jewellery techniques that they used then are still being used today nearly 2000 years later i find that completely amazing here are the pieces i created roman inspired pendant and matching earrings the romans loved their gold so i used gold polymer clay as the base for my pendant and incorporated it in the leaf cane that i made knowing how fond the romans were of leaves and as everyone who knows me and my creations know i too have a bit of a thing for leaves i wanted to incorporated them into my design i was thinking broadly of the roman laurel wreaths that emperors are often depicted wearing i created a pendant and a pair of earring the earrings use a wire wrap technique that roman jewellers would have been familiar with i have so enjoyed this challenge and so i think have lots of other people judging by the number of entries that we had to the challenge please take the time to visit their blogs and have a look at the amazing pieces they have created using the 6 regions of britain as their inspiration all the links can be found here on the artisan whimsy challenge page we will be picking the winners on tuesday posted by pips at 04 23 18 comments monday 8 october 2012 artisan whimsy come and join us i m a member are you if not then please come and join us artisan whimsy is a new website and learning centre for anyone who is interested in handmade jewellery and beads and everything to do with them it is a fantastic place to meet like minded enthusiasts from all over the world and make friends and basically indulge in our favourite topic today is the first blog post of the uk blog team and there are prizes to be won we introduce ourselves and tell you a little about our work and influences and there is a challenge for you all to take part in each member of the blog team explains whereabouts in the uk we hail from and your challenge is to create a piece of jewellery or a component drawing inspiration from the region that we live in my nearest city is bath the beautiful georgian city which has it s roots going back to roman times when they had a spa there you can still visit the amazing roman baths today and imagine yourself back in time 2000 years ago the roman baths at bath bath abbey beautiful pultney bridge the incredible royal crescent the romans were very fond of their jewellery so much in fact that there was a law passed banning people from wearing too much gold it was considered tacky if you look at this picture of some examples of roman jewellery you can see that many of the techniques they used are still in use today 2000 years later i find that amazing add caption if you decide that you would like to choose bath as your inspiration for this challenge then i am offering a set of my petal capped beads in teal and black cherry as a prize petal capped bead set you can chose which region appeals to you the most out of the ones listed and of course if you want you can do more than one region although prizes are limited to one per person so how do you join this fantastic new website and take part in all the fun go here and just follow the instructions it is really simple i do hope to see you there pippa x posted by pips at 05 41 3 comments tuesday 18 september 2012 are you one of the three ok here is the thing the rules of the game say that i choose the first three comments on my blog post yesterday to be the lucky recipients of something gorgeous and handmade by me the first three that is soooo hard when i put my comment on cilla s blog i wasn t one of the three and yet she was so generous that she included a couple of extra comments as well so in the end i was one of the three well one of the five actually so as this is a pay it forward theme it felt only right that i should continue with cilla s generous idea and choose more than three first lucky person then is jennifer from souls fire designs do check out her blog she is amazing second is julie from made by jules one of my lovely and very talented fellow craft fairers well julie this should get you blogging again third would be emma however emma is my lovely neice from canada and not wanting to be accused of favouring family or anything i am not going to count her but will still send you something lovely emma fourth is leigh a lovely new friend i have met on an online beading group so excited that you will be joining in leigh please go and check out her blog jewellrleigh fourth is sky happy to be sending something to you sky here is her blog for you all to check out creative chaos what a great name fifth is elizabeth from elizabeths art what a lovely blog you have elizabeth and lastly sixth is rebecca from the wonderful songbeads rebecca is an incredible jewellery designer who i am sure you have all heard of and have drooled over her gorgeous designs dear jody who also commented by did not want to take part i am so sorry that it didn t work out for you the last time that you did something like this but thank you so much for commenting jody so over the next week or so i will be contacting you all to find out what sort of things you like colour preferences etc etc i will then make something for you it might be a piece of jewellery or it might be some beads if you have a preference just let me know i want you to be happy of course you will have no idea when i will send it to you might be next week might be over christmas might be in the depths of february to cheer you up on a dark and dismal day you will all have to wait and see thank you all for taking part and playing along and remember you all must pay it forward too do a blog post and choose three or more people who comment and send them something gorgeous too hope you are all having a lovely week so far pippa posted by pips at 11 34 7 comments monday 17 september 2012 something to brighten up a monday pay it forward i discovered such a great game on the lovely cilla of tell your girlfriends blog do check it out it s fab it goes like this i ll send a surprise gift to the first three commenters on this blog post the gift will be a handmade surprise by me and will be sent to you some time in the next 365 days yep mystery gift at a mystery time here s what you need to do leave me a comment and make sure you include your email address if your profile doesn t include it i ll email you for your snail mail address and a ask a few questions likes dislikes favourite colours sizes general stuff like that to complete signing up you must play along too to do this you must blog a similar post and pledge to make a surprise gift for the first three people who comment on it so do you want to play comment below and i ll sent a thoughtful handmade gift to the first three people who do just how much fun is this so what are you waiting for get commenting posted by pips at 11 31 14 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom hello pips bath united kingdom addiction not a word i ever thought i would use in a description of myself but here i am addicted to the stuff and loving every minute come and share with me the up and downs and ins and outs of trying to be a polymer clay artist it s a 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