I'm making a batch of ornaments to ship out with this month's Little Black Box sample shipment. I need to make 100, so to avoid the tedium of making just penguins and cardinals, I've been experimenting with making some new birds.

I'm about two thirds of the way through my task and I'm astounded by how much time this is taking me. I estimated that I could do about 30 birds per hour, but it's turning out to be about a third of that. I always overestimate my output!

I think I'm going to need a break from polymer clay for a little while. I noticed a lot of new smudges around the kitchen sink, on some of the light switches and along some of the walls in the house. It look me a little while to figure out that they all came from me. There is something about the new, softer formula of that really makes it cling to the skin on my hands after a while. Even with intense soap and water, I still retain a patina of clay and the house is starting to look once again like a steel worker lives here. I think I need to find out whatever they use to clean baby ducks soiled by oil spills, buy a bucket, and spray the whole house with it.

Labels: cute, polymer clay, projects

posted by Alison 10/26/2009 05:08:00 PM : (0) comments : splink