Millefiori – thecraftinista.com https://thecraftinista.com Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:15:38 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://thecraftinista.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-banner-2-32x32.jpg Millefiori – thecraftinista.com https://thecraftinista.com 32 32 Upcoming Workshop! https://thecraftinista.com/upcoming-workshop/ https://thecraftinista.com/upcoming-workshop/#respond Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:18:47 +0000 https://thecraftinista.com/?p=343 I’ve been asked to teach my polymer pens workshop again at Pier 21 on Saturday, September 5th 11am. The cost is free and if you’d like to register, please email Lena at learn@pier21.ca to be put on the list! Read more...

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]]> https://thecraftinista.com/upcoming-workshop/feed/ 0 I’m teaching a new workshop in September! https://thecraftinista.com/im-teaching-a-new-workshop-in-september/ https://thecraftinista.com/im-teaching-a-new-workshop-in-september/#respond Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:01:49 +0000 https://thecraftinista.com/?p=271 Last winter I taught an amigurumi workshop at Pier 21 and I was recently invited back to teach a workshop on millefiori polymer clay beads! It will be on Saturday, September 7th from 11am – 12pm and it’s free! Space is limited so if you’d like to take part, just email Lena at learn@pier21.ca! You […] Read more...

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]]> https://thecraftinista.com/im-teaching-a-new-workshop-in-september/feed/ 0 Geeky goodness! https://thecraftinista.com/geeky-goodness/ https://thecraftinista.com/geeky-goodness/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 04:04:00 +0000 https://thecraftinista.com/?p=90 I’ve seen pens covered in polymer clay in the past but never thought to try them myself until recently. I built a few space invaders polymer clay canes last week so I thought that this would be a perfect project to showcase all of the different sprites. Take a look! I think that they turned […] Read more...

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]]> https://thecraftinista.com/geeky-goodness/feed/ 1 One step forward, three steps back…. https://thecraftinista.com/one-step-forward-three-steps-back/ https://thecraftinista.com/one-step-forward-three-steps-back/#respond Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:00:00 +0000 https://thecraftinista.com/?p=60  Read more...

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]]> https://thecraftinista.com/one-step-forward-three-steps-back/feed/ 0 Yup, I am indeed back. https://thecraftinista.com/yup-i-am-indeed-back/ https://thecraftinista.com/yup-i-am-indeed-back/#respond Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:47:00 +0000 https://thecraftinista.com/?p=38  Read more...

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]]> https://thecraftinista.com/yup-i-am-indeed-back/feed/ 0 Will explain later! https://thecraftinista.com/will-explain-later/ https://thecraftinista.com/will-explain-later/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:49:00 +0000 https://thecraftinista.com/?p=35 But in the meantime here’s the first project I’ve done in five weeks. Soon I’ll be back to normal. Read more...

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]]> https://thecraftinista.com/will-explain-later/feed/ 1 And it’s only Saturday! https://thecraftinista.com/and-its-only-saturday/ https://thecraftinista.com/and-its-only-saturday/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 05:20:00 +0000 https://thecraftinista.com/?p=31 Today was more productive then usual. Finished off Polo, which was a big hit and I got started on a new polymer clay cane! Last time I went to my parent’s place, my mother suggested that I do a flower cane, so I did. Started with my three main colours Turned them into a skinner […] Read more...

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]]> https://thecraftinista.com/and-its-only-saturday/feed/ 2 Screw you Victoria Day. I didn’t like you anyway! https://thecraftinista.com/screw-you-victoria-day-i-didnt-like-you-anyway/ https://thecraftinista.com/screw-you-victoria-day-i-didnt-like-you-anyway/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 05:27:00 +0000 https://thecraftinista.com/?p=23 Crappy thing about working for an American company in Canada? I have to work Canadian holidays. Bleh. Nothing downtown is open for lunch, the buses run on Sunday schedule and I can’t buy yarn! I’ve been working on a new crocheted amigurumi project based on this little guy (some of you will who he is!) […] Read more...

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]]> https://thecraftinista.com/screw-you-victoria-day-i-didnt-like-you-anyway/feed/ 3 Another one in the bag…. https://thecraftinista.com/another-one-in-the-bag/ https://thecraftinista.com/another-one-in-the-bag/#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 03:24:00 +0000 https://thecraftinista.com/?p=21 I love doing 8-bit designs when I work with polymer clay for one simple reason – it’s bloody easy. You simply lay the clay out according to the colour chart and reduce. Not difficult, not even a little bit. I actually based the skull design on a t-shirt that I saw my cousin wear last […] Read more...

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]]> https://thecraftinista.com/another-one-in-the-bag/feed/ 2 Translucent clay is my new love. And so is my new clay extruder. https://thecraftinista.com/translucent-clay-is-my-new-love-and-so-is-my-new-clay-extruder/ https://thecraftinista.com/translucent-clay-is-my-new-love-and-so-is-my-new-clay-extruder/#respond Thu, 07 May 2009 01:38:00 +0000 https://thecraftinista.com/?p=17 Until recently I never thought of trying out translucent polymer clay. I didn’t know how to work with it and I figured what difference could it make in my projects? Man, was I ever wrong. That stuff is genius! It wasn’t until I got the book The Art of Polymer Clay by Donna Kato (Kato […] Read more...

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