Stuff… for People

Handmade magnets, my latest creation!  I’ll be taking pictures of these in the next week and listing them on my Etsy shop soon.   I’ve been making magnets for a while now.  I have magnets of single food items like hamburgers, cupcakes, eggs and bacon, doughnuts, and even a pickle.  I also have a few multi-colored mushroom magnets.

I recently purchased some really tiny porcelain plates and just couldn’t resist putting together teeny tiny meals so of course, I had to make these guys into magnets.  They’re adorable!  Cheeseburger plate, eggs and bacon plate, pancakes and bacon plate, cream cheese danish with fruit plate, and the best… sushi on real Japanese sushi style plates!

Until later! ®oscata

“Health food makes me sick.”

Calvin Trillin (1935- )

I went on a Sculpey bender and just worked and worked all weekend.  My wrists and fingers are a bit sore and I might have a case of “Sculpey-elbow” developing, but it was so worth it.  In between going out for dinner and eating yummy meals (I didn’t have to cook this weekend – YAY!) I made a ton of stuff:  pendants, rings, magnets, and I’ll be taking pictures all this week.  Here is one of my new cocktail rings and my ice cream fruit parfait pill boxes (or tooth fairy boxes).  These are already listed in my shop.

Until later! ®oscata

“Life is full of misery, loneliness and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon.”

Woody Allen (1935- )

I actually thought about this for a while but once I start working, I tend to get into my zone and forget about everything else.  This time; however, I took out my camera and documented the process of making tiny burger charms!  Of course, I start from the bottom up, building each little piece, and then I bake, polish, sand, and glaze – ORDER UP!

Bun Bottoms with Burger Patties

Next come cheese slices and tomato with some bakeable adhesive

Lettuce goes next and then the top bun with an eyepin to secure it all together

After sanding and buffing, just brown the tops and bake

Yum! Finished Burgers!

Until later! ®oscata

“Sacred cows make the best hamburger.”

-Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910)

To celebrate Easter, I’ll post my most Easter-y creations.  A totally handmade Carrot Cake polymer clay charm on a necklace with a tiny silver fork charm!  I was craving carrot cake so on a whim, I just whipped this little fella up.  Also, I included tiny speckled light blue robin egg earrings (they’re about a quarter of an inch tall)!

I don’t know when I’ll get to make more of these charms or anything else for that matter!  I’m in the middle of a few custom orders, out in the field this week for desert riparian (river) bird surveys, and preparing for the Los Angeles Derby Dolls Vendor Village.  The derby is really fun and except for the fact that Jay drinks most of my earnings in Tecate and eats them in pizza and hot dog on a stick… I do pretty well there.

Until later!

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“Vegetables are a must on a diet.  I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.”

-Jim Davis (1915-1981)

I finished these about a week ago, but finally took some pictures!  I was preparing for the Silverlake Art, Craft and Vintage Market and was also listing a bunch of new stuff on my Etsy store.  I didn’t make the crazy pink Sno Ball cakes and that will be later (possibly this weekend…).  I did, however, make yellowy vanilla and chocolate Zingers with the authentic “plasticky” icing that you can peel off and use as a replacement for wallpaper adhesive.  I also had to make some Twinkies with toasted bottoms and the three spots on the bottom where they inject the creamy white filling stuff!

I absolutely have to mention a fellow Etsean that sells the absolute most awesome-est cards!  They’re kind of Terry Gilliam-esque – remember the intros to Monty Python’s Flying Circus?  These way-too-funny cards are by Frantic Meerkat.  This is my favorite card, I just haven’t found the right person to send it to!

Until later!

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“I always say shopping is cheaper than a psychiatrist.”

-Tammy Faye Bakker (1942-2007)