Polymer Clay Nail Art?

I had never heard of polymer clay nail art, until a few days ago, when it was written about on Polymer Clay CraftGossip. It is so interesting and quite pretty! You have to check it out. I also googled "polymer clay nail art", and found an interesting blog post from The Polymer Clay Tutor on the subject. Here is another post from the Polymer Clay Tutor on how to make the teeny tiny canes used in nail art.

photo by aya1gou
photo by CatTherien C.A. Therien has a great selection of nail art canes and slices on her website. She also explains how to apply them. Very, very interesting!

Fun Finds...

I've decided to share some fun things that I have found online recently.

• First, I wanted to share this wonderful blog that is full of great crafts to do with your kids. It is called the Craft Crow and would be a great resource for teachers too.
  
• Here are some really cute, free printable gift tags from Inside a Black Apple. You can take maya*made's tips and print them on brown paper bags...for some "green wrapping and brown tagging". You also must check out her snowflake cutting tutorial.
  
• Grosgrain shared a wonderful doll making tutorial from Martha Stewart.
  
• I finally signed up for Project Wonderful and have free ad space on my blog! For some reason, I was really intimidated by it, but it turned out to be really easy to set up...
  
• Creature Comforts has some free printable cards. They also have lots of other free printable items on their blog...like gift tags.
  
• Xerox is giving us the opportunity to send free thank you post cards in support of our troops.
  
• Tina T. has a great polymer clay tutorial on dried flowers.
  
• A Foothill Home Companion shares how to make origami stars.
  
• I have used this recipe many times, and found it a while back. It is a recipe for microwave caramel corn. It is really easy and would make a wonderful gift!

Yummy Cupcakes:)

I found a website called the Skinny Chef a while back. It has some great recipes, especially if you are looking for healthy, but still yummy! While checking the website looking for Thanksgiving recipes (both Grandma's stuffing and the whipped sweet potatoes were Mmmmm!), I found a blog post about Fat Free, Calorie Free Cupcakes. I had to check it out, right? The post was about a wonderful polymer clay artist named Christel Jensen. She makes the most amazing miniatures. I have been following her blog ever since...and you really should check it out! I just love her tiny cupcakes. They have inspired me to do a little cupcake themed giveaway...Check back tomorrow!

P.s. How cute is this cupcake candle by candleconfections?

See you tomorrow!