“Faces in the Crowd” Part II

If any of you remember the July/August 2003 cover of Expression Magazine then these might look a little familiar. Although I was not the talented artist behind the article pieces, they were made from my art glass pieces I call ClinkIts!. The artist in the magazine is Lea Everse and she is a hugely talented artist. My pieces still lack my final embellishment, but I wanted to share with you what I’ve been doing. The original cover is below and back issues are still available if you visit the magazines’s website at: www.expressionartmagazine.com.

I take the ClinkIt (glass piece) rubber stamp and emboss it. Once it’s cooled down from the embossing gun I add a face I’ve made with polymer clay. Lea herself sent me the molds for this and I think I have used them more than any other thing in my craft stash! I should drop her a note to say hi. I haven’t talked to her in such a long time! To turn the piece into a pendant I will glue a coil hanger on the back.

When they are done I plan on putting them up on etsy and probably giving some away to friends. All and all they are not that hard to do. Perhaps I will post the entire project on a ‘Tutorial Tuesday.’ If you need ClinkIts, you can get them at AliciaG.

My home based business, The Craft Cart, is coming along. We are lining up our first few consultants. I am disappointed that my husband has not done much work on the new site as I had hoped, but he does work all day at his computer and I guess it’s a bit unfair of me to nag him to do more work after he gets home. Because of this I’m starting to do my own site. It’s about 75% done and if you want to see the work in progress, you can here. That’s about it for today. I’m going to snag a nap before one of my kids wakes. Have a wonderful afternoon.