It's a Clay Thing!

I've always wanted to work with clay but have always had a vision of whatever I made falling apart. Just remembering what all those clay figures that were made during those elementary school years gives me the shivers! And, that pottery class in high school went the same way. Still, after being inspired with what Penny (from our Mapunapuna store) makes; I've been thinking of giving clay another try. These Martha Stewart Silcone Molds (the stores just got these in) may be the way to go before I try free-styling again. The directions say to just press the clay into the molds, release, air dry & embellish! Sounds simple enough?! I think I'll try it with our air dry Hearty Clay and either the Sculpey or Fimo Clay too! I'll let you know how it turns out!
This week's crafting features a Sizzix Swing Card tomorrow, September 20 & on Saturday, September 22 our Adventures will feature the Tree of Life Pendant in the morning & you can make a Burlap Ribbon Rose in the afternoon! The Burlap Rose is perfect for your Fall wreaths & the Tree of Life Pendant would be a nice gift for a friend!

There's always somethng creative going on at Pearl City Ben Franklin!
gloria @ Pearl City

Trees & Blossoms!

Beautiful Trees of Life were created on Thursday's Crafting with Gloria! One crafter created a Sakura tree with pink beads and another crafter made smaller ones to be turned into earrings! If you missed this workshop, there's another one scheduled for Saturday, September 22 or come in to see the demonstration on Tuesday, September 18th. The trees are fairly easy to make and no tree is exactly the same so they are personalized and would be great Christmas gifts!

Tomorrow, join me for our Saturday Adventures in Crafting! We will be creating Paper Blossoms using special paper punches to create pretty flowers. These can be used as embellishments for cards, scrapbook pages or even to wear as a pin or in the hair!
Also, on Saturday, there will be a demonstration on straw leis using our specialty yarns. Create your holiday leis or get ready for graduation (it's never to early)! Another demonstration will feature the Sizzix dies using the Big Shot!
There's always something going on at Pearl City's Ben Franklin!
gloria @ Pearl City

Thursday Crafting & Saturday Adventures

Thursday Crafting with Gloria (that's me!) features this cute Heart Ring! A few twists of wire with round nose pliers and you've created a ring for your pinkie or a special girl!

Two tools that any paper crafter can use will be featured on this week-end's Saturday Crafting Adventures are the Big Shot and the Cinch. Since everyone needs color pens for their projects, we will feature the Le Plume Pens as well! From 10am-12pm, cut a die with the Big Shot, color with some Le Plume Pens and create a cute make-n-take card. In the afternoon, from 2-4pm, we'll be using the Cinch to make a mini-booklet to hold notes or memories! Hope to see you there!

There's always something creative going on at Pearl City's Ben Franklin Crafts!

gloria @ Pearl City

*Don't forget to read today's earlier post on another Burlap project on Crankin' Out Crafts!