Trina's Trinketts: August 2011

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

My Angel Cake Topper

I just completed this adorable Angel Cake Topper for a customer, for her daughter's baptism cake. I am so pleased at how it turned out. My customer said the cake is going to be peach and she wanted peach flowers, yellow birds and the angel dressed all in white. I added peach flowers to her white gown, and her sweet little heart shaped wings were stamped with a pretty flower, vine and heart design. I highlighted her wings with gold mica powder to enhance the design. She is holding a cross and has a golden halo adorned with little peach flowers, which match the flowers on her dress. I also highlighted the vines and leaves in the grass with gold mica powder, and placed three little birds among the flowers. One of the birds is a baby bird, looking up at her mama. This was such fun to create and I sure hope my customer will be happy with it!

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Thank you for visiting today!! I enjoyed sharing my Angel with you!

~Trina

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

A Polymer Clay Halloween

Well, Autumn is right around the corner... We can already feel the chill in the air in the mornings and in the evenings. I LOVE fall! I love the beautiful colors, and here in Michigan we do get a brilliant show of color! I'm sure I will be taking a lot of pictures, and will be sharing the beautiful fall scenery with all of you! I hope you'll stay tuned. :)

It's Treasury Tuesday!

Part II

I've been preparing for Halloween in my Etsy and Zibbet shops. With Halloween on my mind, I put together this wonderful polymer clay collection. I love each of these pieces, so wonderfully crafted by amazing polymer clay artists!! Be sure to check out all of their fantastic Etsy shops too!

A Polymer Clay Halloween!

Picked by Trina's Clay Creations

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Wishing you a great day!

~Trina

By the Light of the Silvery Moon

It's Treasury Tuesday!

Beautiful creations by fantastic Etsy Artists!

All of the beautiful items in this treasury were created by members of the STATTEAM. The STATTEAM is "Self Taught Artists Treasury " It's a team of Artists that are exclusively "self taught" in one or more areas of their artwork. It is a 'Treasury' team, and I am a proud member. I enjoy browsing each of the member's shops and putting together treasuries featuring their wonderful work! Enjoy!

By The Light of the Silvery Moon...

Picked by Trina's Clay Creations

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Wishing you a great day! :)

Trina

Monday, August 29, 2011

Part 30 - The Polymer Clay Artwork of the PCETeam

Welcome to my 30th post featuring the amazing polymer clay artwork created by six of the members of our PCETeam on Etsy!! The diversity in creativity and style is wonderful!! Enjoy, and be sure to check out their Etsy Shops to see more of their wonderful items.

Pink and Black

By: Fer-de-Lance

This modern necklace is composed of polymer clay, glass beads, and rubber. It measures 18 inches (or 46cm) from end to end. Each polymer clay bead has been hand-crafted, fired and finished with a polymer clay specific gloss varnish

Kawaii Decoden Photo Picture Frame

By: Lucifurious

Adorable hot pink 5"x7" metal picture frame topped with miniature clay sweets floating in a (fake) whipped cream cloud border. Cupcakes, pretzels, sticky buns, cookies and more.

Flowers Lost in a Crazy Checkerboard World

By: DreamLeaping

This gorgeous one of a kind two piece set consists of earrings and bracelet. Made of hand rolled Premo polymer clay balls covered in decorative clay cane slices of the design, buffed to a soft shine finished with crackle glass clear and black beads.

Papa Panchito Santa Claus

By: GoForPinks

This adorable ornament features a "Mexican" styled Santa Claus, complete with a Christmas sombrero! He is guaranteed to make a great addition to your Christmas tree this year. Ornament measures 4" long including beard and is very light weight.

Button Bouquet Scrapbook Embellishment Flowers

By: Jackie's Flowers

A bouquet of flowers all buttoned up. Tulips, hydrangeas, and cherry blossoms with a gold finch hint at a touch of spring. Tulip button is 1 1/4" in diameter, hydrangea and cherry blossom buttons are 1" in diameter.

I Love Coffee Robot

By: Sleepy Robot 13

"Ah, the smell of fresh coffee brewing in the morning..." Now if people would just quit trying to use him as a coffee maker... This little coffee bot sits about 2"

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Thank you for visiting, please stop by again for post number thirty-one in my series, featuring more of our PCETeam members!! Wishing you a Happy Day!!

~Trina

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Isabella Surveying the Land...

Izzie just loves to sit or lay at the edge of our property and look out over the farmers field next to us. She'll sit for the longest time, just looking... It's the cutest thing! We'll glance over and see her sitting or laying there, enjoying the view, looking as if she's surveying the land. Lucky for her, they didn't plant corn this year or she wouldn't be able to see much of anything right now. It's been a couple of years since they planted corn so next year they may plant it again, and Izzie may not be so lucky. A friend of mine said she thinks Izzie is watching for a rabbit... I do agree, she would LOVE it if a rabbit hopped by, and a chase would most definitely ensue!

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Thank you for joining me today to see more of the 'Adventures of Isabella'!! This one is a relaxed, 'soaking up the fresh air' kind of adventure... Quite a bit of the time Izzie's adventures aren't quite this calm! Like the time she chewed up one of my black shoes, from my only pair of black heels suitable for working in the Law Office! I had to go into town to buy a new pair. I had trouble finding just a plain pair of black pumps with a short heel... But thankfully I finally did. Then, just a few days later, Izzie was in the other room chewing on her bone, when suddenly she ran into her crate... Usually NOT a good sign when she runs into her crate. She walks slowly to her crate when she's tired and ready to sleep, but when she runs to her crate... It means "I did something really bad just now." And yes, she was right, she did do something really bad just then! She chewed the tip off of one of my brand new black shoes. So, back into town, to the shoe repair shop I went. The shoe repairman laughed when I told him my dog chewed off the tip. Both tips had to be replaced to match, and when I asked when they'd be ready, he said (in a very 'laid back' sort of way), "Oh next week sometime." After explaining to him that these were my only pair of black shoes for work, he said maybe he could have them ready in a few days. I called a few days later and no one in the shop could find my shoes, not even the shoe repairman. He remembered me, but didn't know what he had done with my shoes. "Hmmm," he said, "I just can't imagine what I did with them." Oh dear! As I write this I'm realizing this WAS NOT an Isabella Adventure at all.... This was an adventure for ME! LOL! All is well now though. They finally found my shoes and when I'm not wearing them, I keep all of my shoes in the closet where they belong! Trying really hard to break Izzie of her love of chewing shoes!

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Wishing you a great day!

~Trina

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Fun Pinterest Pins!

I've been having so much fun browsing Pinterest! I thought I would share some of my recent pins! From fun ideas, amazing nature and animals to awesome polymer clay artwork, there is so much to see on Pinterest. It's very inspirational and "pin~interesting"!

Love this swing!

Source: tumblr.com via Trina on Pinterest

I thought this was such a fun idea for the patio!

Source: blog.freepeople.com via Trina on Pinterest

...And check out this beautiful polymer clay artwork by Lynne Ann Schwarzenberg!