So I’m involved in a couple of swaps at the moment on Ravelry, one of which has a “Gnome” theme. I thought I’d expand the theme a little and for the something small I’m going to send, I made some tiny toadstool stitch-markers!
Of course I documented the process for all of you lovely folks playing along at home!
First there was FIMO in red, white, and sand colours, and I used flat-ended jewellery pins.
On to the pins I shaped the toadstool stalk (I made as many as I had pins for)
then hood
and finally the tiny white dots.
Then it was into the oven for half an hour on 110C
Once out and cooled, I snapped off the excess wire, and used round-nosed jewellery pliers to bend the ends around and hold the closed jump ring.
Finished!
Somehow I don’t think I’ll give up my day job, but I do think they have a quaint and rustic charm! *grins *
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Hi I am from Australia I have a few blogs I write about my dreams and about my creative thoughts from time to time. I also have a blog where I write problems I find on street like corruption and other similar issues. My blogs are at http://one.gracemonie.com and http://inception3.wordpress.com have a look and it would be great if you can give me a feedback on what you think.
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Grace Monie (grace@gracemonie.com)
I’ll have a look.
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Pretty awesome for a first try I have seen less attractive things on Etsy. You are normally amazing at everything you do, it usually takes the rest of us a hell of a lot of practice. 🙂
Aw! Thank you! 🙂
I have been thinking about adding these to my repertoire, but we’ll see. The project bags will probably make it first. They are less fiddly to make!