WIP Wednesday: A Short Week

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WIP Wednesday in KatersAcres Polymer Clay Studio

Holy Week Excitement

As many of my readers know, I am not a full-time artist. I am an ordained American Baptist Minister. This means that some weeks (like last week) are very busy for me with church and church activities. Last week was Holy Week and I was crazy busy! However, I did manage to squeeze in about 6 hours of work in my studio last week.  Working in my polymer clay studio always seems to just melt all the stress away, and last Friday was no different.

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How to Catalog Your Millefiori Canes

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Polymer Clay Millefiori Cane Library Help by KatersAcres

Unique Millefiori Cane Library Solution

The Art of Millefiori Canes

As anyone who has created one of more millefiori canes, you know that there are some really awesome canes and some really not so awesome canes that you have made.  One of the things that I like to do is create a “library” for my canes.  This idea is not my own, but evolved from a discussion in one of the FaceBook groups I am in.  Many people talked about how they store, collect, and display their canes for future reference or use.

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How to Be Productive in Your Polymer Clay Studio

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Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio | How to Fall in Love with Your Polymer Clay Studio, No Matter Its Size by KatersAcres
Ginger Davis Allman of the Blue Bottle Tree
Katie of KatersAcres Polymer Clay Studios

Welcome back to “Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio.”  This month Ginger from The Blue Bottle Tree and myself are bringing you a collaborative series of posts. I hope you have enjoyed them so far.  In case you missed one, I’ve put the links to them below so you can check them out.  There’s valuable information in each article, so don’t miss them.   I hope that you will continue to join us and chime in with your comments, thoughts, & ideas as well.

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12 Polymer Clay Easter Tutorials & Projects

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12 Polymer Clay Easter Tutorials & Projects | Can be used for fondant, sugar paste, & other sculpting mediums

Looking for a polymer clay Easter tutorial?

If you are looking for a polymer clay Easter tutorial that you can put together in an afternoon, here’s 12 projects to get you started. And there are plenty more where that came from. All you have to do is follow my HOLIDAY BOARD on Pinterest. I pin new, fresh, exciting, and fun ideas, tutorials, supplies, and polymer fun each and every day.

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Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio: Making Room

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 Do You Have a Dedicated Space?

Ginger Davis Allman of the Blue Bottle TreeIt’s true that artists come in all types: organized, messy, simple, & complex. Often our spaces reflect the artist within. Our series “Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio” continues this week over at The Blue Bottle Tree. Ginger takes us on a great journey of finding your dedicated space and “Making Room for Your Polymer Clay Studio.”

As you read in my post last week,  we focused on “Falling in Love with Your Studio, no Matter its Size.”  This week Ginger takes that one step further and explores ideas on how to create that studio that you’re craving. She delves into all kinds of ideas surrounding building your own craft space: from converting an existing space, stealing a space, functional furniture, cart trolley’s and much more.

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Stroppel Cane Miniature Easter Egg Tutorial

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Stroppel Cane Easter Egg Tutorial by KatersAcres

The Stroppel Cane

Stroppel Cane by KatersAcresStroppel Cane by KatersAcresI have blogged about the Stroppel Cane many times, Alice has even joined us here on the blog to say “hi” & give us more information about her awesome cane (see the comments on her post).  I have been making so many canes lately for flower necklaces and things that I have made some of the most beautiful Stroppel canes ever from those canes ends. (Okay, perhaps not ever … but the best ones I’ve ever made for sure.)

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Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio: No Matter Its Size

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Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio | Brought to You by The Blue Bottle Tree & Kater's Acres
Ginger Davis Allman of the Blue Bottle Tree
Katie of KatersAcres Polymer Clay Studios

Welcome April! This month myself and Ginger from The Blue Bottle Tree are bringing you a collaborative series of posts, “Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio.” Each Thursday in April you can join me and Ginger as we talk about a topic relating to “Making the Most of Your Polymer Clay Studio.”  I hope that you will continue to join us and chime in with your comments, thoughts, & ideas as well.

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WIP Wednesday – Trying New Things

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WIP Wednesday in Kater's Acres Polymer Clay Studio | Daring to Try New Things

Daring to Try New Things

in my Polymer Clay Studio

For those of us who have creative streaks, we can often find ourselves deep inside a rut … sometimes one that we can’t get out of too. In fact, those are some difficult times for an artist. One of the things that I do when I’m in a “rut” creatively is to journal. However, I can often be found purchasing fabulous online tutorials for polymer clay.  Or … I order a new polymer clay book and dive deep into it’s pages.

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52 Weeks of Canes: Leaf Cane

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52 Weeks of Canes - Extruded Leaf Cane FREE Tutorial from Kater's Acres

Extruded Polymer Clay Leaf Cane

Week 12: Leaf Canes Continued

This month we have been exploring leaf canes & all the different kinds of leaves that you can make with clay. With all the colors of clay on the market, the infinite possibilities with color mixing, you could make hundreds of different combinations of colored leaves and never repeat the same color scheme twice.

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WIP Wednesday: Skinner Blend Madness

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WIP Wednesday - Skinner Blend Paradise by KatersAcres

Polymer Clay Flowers

The Week of the Skinner Blend

This week has been a very busy week in my studio, with Spring on the way I have been eager to start creating flowers! And like many other things in my studio, when I get the urge to create something I just follow the creative streak until it dies down. (Not to mention that since my gardening skills are not that good.) So unlike my other WIP Wednesday posts, this post is about just one thing instead of all the things I’ve been doing.

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