Creative Sprinkle

my new address: MarieYoungCreative.com This is a good-bye of sorts. I've launched a new website at marieyoungcreative.com so I'm moving my blog to that address. Please come check it out! I...

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March is an unpredictable month in Pennsylvania. Wednesday morning we woke to snow--about 6 inches coated everything. By afternoon it started to melt away. By Sunday, temps rose to close to ...

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Thanks to everyone who voted in the PCAGOE challenge. I am honored that my Celestial Sun and Moon Decorative Eggs tied for first place in the Members Voting category. Here's a link to see the ful...

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Celestial Themed Polymer Covered Eggs With Easter right around the corner, I'm in egg-covering mode.  I decided to take advantage of that creative rhythm and design a few eggs using theme f...

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This is my studio guest, Henry. He's our newest adoption, but he is little shy about integrating with our other cats so he's spending most of his time in my studio. There he has a comfy couch...

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Art Deco Aqua Switch Plate Cover There is something about aqua that makes my heart sing! It can feel wonderfully vintage or fresh and modern. In the top switch plate, I paired a simple tr...

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When the request came in from my nephew to do an Angry Birds Space cake for his birthday, I have to admit that I had to do a little googling. Once I found a picture of a bird I liked, polymer...

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Faux Granite Easter Egg When I wrote about this project last week in my post Faux techniques in polymer , I promised you a few tips on creating your own faux granite. Well here they are: ...

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Faux Granite Decorative Egg Faux treatments are fun in polymer. So many options! That's why it made a great theme in this month's Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy challenge. FAUX GRANIT...

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Hand Blown Egg Shells Hollow egg shells are such a great raw material, but collecting them, well, that BLOWS. With Easter just a few months away I am doing what I should have been doing mo...

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You know the saying, "the shoemaker's children have no shoes," well in my home, that translated into the polymer artist's husband had no rack for his Bat'leth. Confused? Let me back up in thi...

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Ah, a new year -- that time of psychological fresh starts. Who am I to fight against the tides of goals and resolutions? Actually, I'm feeling pretty good about my path right now. If you re...

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  Polyform, the manufacturer of my favorite polymer clay: Premo Sculpey, hosts a "Make It Your Own" challenge each month. This month the inspiration piece was an extruded snowflake by Phoe...

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"Sled Fled" by Beckie of Aurora Clay Works Madonna and child by Line of Play Sculpt Live The arrival of two ornaments from my polymer guild's ornament exchange has been a bright spot...

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We said goodbye to our Pumpkin today. He was almost 18 and had been in bad health, but we will miss him dearly. This was a picture of him a year ago enjoying one of his favorite activities:...

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Counting Down: 5 Days! Dashing Dachshund Ornament

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Sexy Siamese We are on the countdown to Christmas. 6 more days!!! My talkative Siamese Emily was the model for this ornament that sits front and center on my tree. She is always striking a...

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This lovely beauty arrived at my house yesterday--my reward for participating in the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy's Ornament Swap. I made three ornaments and sent them out, and now th...

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CLOSEOUT SALE I'm streamlining my inventory to get ready for some new designs in 2013. That means select light switchplates are on sale for only $8 each.  If you order this week, you could ...

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Ideas are fabulous, but they are also hazardous to your health. Unorganized, unfulfilled ideas are a great source of stress for me. Sometimes my head gets so full that one more random thoug...

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Here's another ornament that evolved from my star ornament debacle . It is based on my cat Lucy. I painted her black patches with alcohol inks. I like the translucent, glowing finish better tha...

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I know it looks like I've been slacking for Art Every Day Month, but I really haven't. I've been working on a custom switch plate order, my entry for the Polymer Clay Artist Guild of Etsy mon...

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More snow angel experimentation! I've moved from babies to bears--using my custom cinnamon blend of course! My husband is so disappointed that rarely does my pulling out spices mean that I a...

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Snow Baby: Take 3 Day 17 Art Every Day Month:Trail and Error...and Progress Good news on the Oompa Loompa snow baby front . I followed some advice I got when I first joined the Polymer Cla...

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In my day job as a marketing communications director, my creative energy is focused on figuring out how to let other people's talents shine. This week I had the honor of creating a web page ...

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