West Highland White Terrier (Westie) Polymer Clay Dog Christmas Ornament

The entire face of the ornament is hand created from polymer clay. The background is a Christmas green and laying on top is a hand-sculpted West Highland White Terrier. She has a sprig of holly at her ear and a red collar with large vintage crystal at the center. The base is a silver tone cameo setting. The ornament hangs from red satin cord.

Approximate size of the ornament is: 2-1/4" long (with satin cord 4-1/4" long) x 1-1/2" wide.

Bad Santa, A Favorite Holiday Movie

So we were posed the question what is a favorite movie that you watch around the holiday season. Well, we never really watch that many Christmas classics, but we did watch Bad Santa the year it came out and have been watching it ever since. Even though it may not be for everybody we thought it quite funny, actually kind of hysterical. So now we try and watch it at Christmas each year, but occasionally we'll watch it throughout the year if it comes on TV. I really like Billy Bob Thornton in this movie and two stars that are no longer with us Bernie Mac and John Ritter are a riot! Good movie, but may not be for everyone.

Does your pet have days like these?

Does your pet ever get the flu or a 24 hour bug? Yesterday it seemed as though Lena was a bit under the weather or depressed, but she certainly wasn't herself. She didn't want to go out, although when she did she did go potty, but on the walk she walked about 10 steps behind me as if she just didn't want to go. She was dragging around the house all day yesterday, not sleeping in her usual spot. She ate and drank fine, although her nose was dry, but she just didn't seem herself. Now today thankfully she's back to normal. So the question is do your pets have days like this where they seem either sick or depressed?

Tommy the Turtle Polymer Clay Christmas Ornament

I decided to put some ornaments in my ecrater store this year and one of those ornaments is Tommy the Turtle, a very loving turtle who loves to give roses. He is hand-sculpted from polymer clay and has a red shell with a sprig of holly at the center. He wears a black mustache and has a hand crocheted hat on with a red bow. Clutched in his hands is a red metal rose charm. The ornament hangs from black satin cord.

The entire ornament is hand-sculpted from polymer clay except for the hat which is crocheted.

Size is approximate:
1" wide side to side
2" top to bottom (hangs approx. 4" with satin cord)

Beagle Snow Queen

Fellow Etsian Ms.Anomaly has made another great Christmas ornament from one of my beads. It is always so fun to see how creative fellow artisans get with my beads and Ms. Anomaly never fails to disappoint. Here is her Beagle Snow Queen Christmas Ornament and is she not the cutest snow queen you've ever seen? From the looks of it, it has sold out, how wonderful is that! Happy Holidays to Ms. Anomaly and all the beautiful Beagles in the world!

A Gift for My Sis

So tomorrow is my sister's birthday and she's had a rough year so I thought I'd so something really special for her. I made her a charm bracelet that features all of her six children, three of the human kind and three furry ones. I made three dog beads for each of her dogs and since I'm not very good at making humans out of polymer clay I only did one bead of her son in polymer clay because he's easily identifiable, for the other sons I did something different -- and I figure it is a charm bracelet so the more varying types of charms the better. Here's the bracelet with a short explanation:

The entire bracelet

Close up, I'll explain the main charms I made. The first charm from the left depicts her son, he was easy to do in polymer clay because he always has his hair pushed forward and in his eyes -- this must be something new, I'm not sure if it's only around our neighborhood or not, but it seems to be the hairstyle for the boys. The second one I made is her dog Edie, she's her oldest dog, a wonderful Golden Retriever. The third is a heart with her son's name on it, Mike. The fourth is her other dog, Payton named after Walter Payton (actually her son brought this dog home) which was a surprise to her, but she fell in love and kept him (kids). He is a Sheltie/Akita mix or at least that's what they told him he was :)

The next charm is a small photo frame with her son's picture. The next one is a G, which is her first initial and the last one I made was of her other Golden Retriever, Spud, the wonder dog! I added a couple of other clay hearts and various things. I hope she loves it. And BTW she never reads my blog, I don't even think she'd know how to find it if she wanted to, so I don't have to worry about ruining the surprise. Have a nice weekend everyone.

Pug Polymer Clay Dog Snow Globe Christmas Ornament

Another Christmas ornament --

Here is a sweet hand-sculpted Pugster encased in her very own snow globe. The Pug has been hand-sculpted from polymer clay. She wears a pink and green collar and sits in front of a large heart tile and pink and green feathers. There are small "snowflakes" scattered at her feet. The globe is sprinkled with tiny crystal "snow" and pink glass shards. The globe is topped with a pink organza bow and a large vintage crystal and hangs from green satin cord.