New Items - xmas pressies

These are some xmas pressie's I just finished up last night. My picture taking skills are getting a little better. I learned a lot on this round of photos. I need to readjust a few things on my "photo lab set up", once I get everything redone I'll post about it.

In the meantime.....


This is a basket weave (klew design) and floral cuff bracelet.



This is a blue swirl on square velum pendant with a heart shaped peek a boo key.



A multi - element blue swirl pendant.


A clip on flash light.


A hidden compartment emergency whistle and key chain. The triangle cane was made by Kathi.



An art doll wind chime. I LOVE her feet!!


And a cute little piggy bank!

Polymer Clay Creativity Workshops!

Polymer Clay Creativity Workshops!

Taught by Connie of “Constance Pelkey Designs”

Workshop dates:

September 13 & 14 ~ or ~ October 11 & 12

Polymer Clay offers a rich and varied playground for artists of all ages and skills. It is a medium that appears almost eager to please, allowing its use in a surprisingly wide range of styles and rendering techniques.

It can be made into flat collage illustrations and surface decorations of all sorts. It's also great for sculpting figures, creating decorative household items or beads and personal adornment.

These workshops take the students from the beginning basics of working with Polymer Clay to an intensive look at the wide variety of creative uses and embellishment potentials of polymer clay.

A wide array of techniques will be covered. Included are basics of preparation, color blending and simple "cane work" or millefiore. Then we will move to surface decorating techniques like mokume gane (a technique taken from Japanese metal and wood working) stamping, inclusions, ghost imaging, texturing and faux effects (mimicking bone, wood, turquoise, etc). Storage and baking, safety issues, and finishing options will also be covered.

Each workshop will be given as a two day session (ten total hours) with technique demonstrations by the teacher and plenty of student 'hands on' work time. We will start off with polymer clay basics and work our way to more in-depth detail of the various surface embellishment techniques. Students will ultimately make a variety of bead "samplers" and decorate small storage boxes with mosaic tiles and pieces using the techniques learned in class.

Students will need:

• a healthy curiosity and willingness to have FUN!

• a work surface (acrylic plate, ceramic tile or other similar non porous surface)

• other tools as desired, including, but not necessary; a pasta machine

Many tools and supplies such as clay, foils, powders, inks and stamps, texture plates. and more will be provided for use in class.

There will be two motorized pasta machines available.

• Ovo-Lacto Vegetarian, sugar free lunches will be provided. Bring your own drinks.

• Unfortunately my studio is not handicap accessible, as it's located on the second floor of my home. If you can not do stairs, PLEASE let me know and we can arrange a time and price for me to come to you!

COST OF TWO DAY WORKSHOP IS $135

TO REGISTER FOR A WORKSHOP PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL:

conniepelkey@gmail.com 207.333.1145

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Thanks!! Connie

Creativity and time

So, I've been thinking a lot lately about creativity. I haven't been able to work in my studio for any length of time in the last few weeks. I miss it. When I'm doing other things, like caulking, taping, painting, cleaning brushes, vacuuming up paint chips etc... I daydream about working in the studio. I have a couple ideas running around in my head, like polymer clay critter faces in sea shells, (I have a big box full of shells, have had 'em for years now and suddenly they are calling my name) wooden box purses, lined with fleece and flannel, and sewing up a new pair of lounge pants using a comfy pair I already own and really love as a pattern. Beading projects are roaming around in my head, I have a pile of necklaces that either need repair or finishing. I have some faux turquoise cabochons that need some kind of bezels, I'd like for one of them to be a PMC one and another to have silver seed beads peyote'd around it, and perhaps that becoming the focal of a free form piece??

*SIGH*

Even after we get the rooms up stairs painted, we are then moving down into the bathroom to finish it, and then back upstairs to the new living room, then back down here in the downstairs double living room. After that I'll start moving my studio upstairs. THEN I'll be packing up Mom in preparation for her to move down here.

I'm not anticipating being able to get back to my studio until - maybe the fall?? *pout*

That doesn't mean I won't be making and working on things, it's just that my studio will be upside down for a while and I'll work out of boxes. *sigh* I *thought* I finally had a permanently dedicated studio space in this house. Nope. I'll have come full circle after this next move. My stuff will have been in 4 different places, one will be the second time around.

*dream* A dedicated studio space in our new place in the southwest. *heaven*

So, I'm wondering how in the heck do you all find time to be creative on stuff just for you??


In the meantime, I've been shopping for new bedding. I found this 12 piece Bed in a Bag on line at smartbargains.com. We really like it and think it will go well in our new room!

*squeeeee!*






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Connie

Grand opening!!

Grand opening!!

Come shop "on the moon" at my new eCrater store (ConstancePelkeyDesigns.ecrater.com) !! Free shipping to the US Mainland!!

I'm also celebrating the opening of my new eCrater store at my Etsy store (ConniesClay.etsy.com) by offering free shipping ANYWHERE until June 7th!!

Just a few examples of what you'll find at my stores!

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Connie

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faux-pal and fauxquoise

faux-pal and fauxquoise
Originally uploaded by connie_clays

Or Faux Opal and Faux Turquoise. Here is my mornings work of my versions of faux opal and turquoise I made.

This is taken just as they are going in to the oven. They still need to be baked, iced, tumbled, acrylic painted , buffed, drilled, strung, PMC bezeled, finished and foto'ed.

Just thought I'd share my works in progress today. *G*

This afternoon I plan on taking more finished work photo's out on the deck. Yesterday I got all of 3 finished and my batteries died! Simply MUST get more rechargeables!! Arrggghh!!

And now for something totally different...

Yesterday I had my appointment to have my spinal epidural injection in my lower spinal column, 3rd injection in 8 months, second in this location. I have had tremendous success with these shots, however they kind of lay me up for a couple days. The relief I have for months afterward is worth it though!

So yesterday I worked in the AM and then went for the procedure, didn't sleep well (restless) and have a pretty significant headache today. Hopefully that will settle down later today and I can get back into the studio again, I have to reduce the cane I made earlier and work more on my multi media beads (PC and PMC) and I'd like to begin my plaid cane. I joined a cane swap hosted by Linda Weeks over on Polymer Clay Central and need to make eight geometric canes for it.


We are counting down to our to Key West trip! YAY!

I plan on doing some much needed recharging and shopping in as many bead and funky touristy places I can find. Then, after coming home, I need to really get back into the swing of things creatively. I have a few crochet bags that need liners, two other half made sew only bags, a commission on one of those badge holders thingy's, more swap canes, and a bunch of finishing work on my various and eclectic jewelry elements I've seemingly forever been working on and I think I'm going host the Bug Swap again this year.

And now, as promised,

something totally different....

Connie~

designer/instructor

~ Life's too short to use cheap beads! ~