My craft room

I thought you might like to see my work area, it could give you an idea of how I work to create my polymer eye candy.

This space also holds my beading, sewing, crochet, and soap making supplies. Yeah, I love to craft. I spend more time doing that than anything else.

LOL The shelf with the Bud Light case is my soap and candle making storage space. The beer case holds my fragrance bottles. NO I did NOT drink all that beer. LOL

For those of you who don't know much about working with polymer clay, the pasta machine is used to condition and soften the clay before use and to make flat sheets when I need them for a project.

That cordless drill on a shelf is an invaluable tool to me. It is variable speed, I love it. It not only drills holes in my beads, it also twists wire used for making jewelry and will one day hold a final buffing pad.

Yup, in the background behind my work table, is the water softener I share the room with. LOL

Thought you might like to see me working at one of my crafts. Here I was attempting my first ever quilt. I didn't like the colors after it was finished so it was sold as a quilt top. Check out that gorgeous Indiana sunset out the window. :D

For more years than I care to remember, I have done some sort of art/craft. Starting with crochet and sewing when I lived with my Grandma in my pre-teen years all the way through to when I started beading from time to time in the 70's. I remember always having a crochet project to work on. Of course I did other crafty things too such as rug hooking, painting pictures for kids rooms, and little home decor thingies when I became inspired.

Since I now have arthritic fingers and have had carpel tunnel surgery in both hands, I have cut way back on the crocheting which really hurts the old fingers LOL.

As a natural extension of my beading, I took up making my own beads with polymer clay. WELL, I am here to tell you that there are sooo many other fantastic things that can be done with this stuff! The sky is the limit! One is limited only by one's imagination.

THEN! As another natural extension of beading and making wonderful things with polymer clay, I have recently taken up learning to make wire jewelry. It is such a satisfying feeling to see a project just completed which I have made completely from scratch.

Being an 'Old Hippie' I love flowers and bright colors. Polymer clay fits the bill perfectly with it's easy workability and bright colors that can be made into a rainbow of MORE bright colors. Making flower canes to embellish my various projects is the most fun of all. I am surrounded by pretty posies now.