Owner: Nothinglikeit - My own virtual scratch pad for crazy crafting and wild ideas URL:http://nothing-like-it.blogspot.com/ Join Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 20:23:43 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: Recording for posterity my various experiments creating wild cartoon art and crazy polymer creations. Site statistics:Click here
Geocaching in Georgia 2008-07-20 19:18:35 What do we do on vacation? Travel with friends, visit with family, roam around in the woods with a GPS looking for hidden boxes?Welcome to Geocaching - a good reason to get outside, get some exercise, and use your brain.Click here to learn more about GeocachingToday we spent about 3 hours wandering the woods north of Amicalola state park in Georgia
. We were looking for an ammo canister filled with
Time-out for a friend 2008-07-20 19:17:38 I took the day off today and spent my crafting energies on a project for a friend
. She's recently been in the hospital and has had a bad time of it because of a few very callous and arrogant doctors. Their errors, actions, and lack of action caused my friend a lot of pain and an extended hospital stay. Now that she's home, I wanted to send her something to cheer her up -Introducing the "I hate my
Never leave projects unfinished... 2008-07-20 19:17:38 When you go on vacation it's smart to finish up any polymer projects you have sitting around.Otherwise, you might see something like this:On my way out the door this morning, I caught these guys in the act. It wasn't pretty.I took away the tools and told them to chill out for a few weeks...
From nothing to something... 2008-07-20 19:17:38 I'm trying something
new with Polymer - pose able art dolls! With a little clay and a few hours, I can fashion and bake a head, two hands, and two feet. Add these to a Six inch bendable wire frame and dress it up with some stuffing and clothes and a 'one of a kind' doll is born.I normally don't know who or what the doll will be when I begin, I just let the clay tell me what to do. This time it got
Christmas is coming... 2008-07-20 19:17:38 ...and I'm getting busy!The Christmas
Critter Coasters are going to be good this year - I'm flattening everything!
My ETSY shop is HOT today! 2008-07-20 19:17:38 It's really hard to get traffic to your web site and sometimes it seems like there's no way to get anyone to come to your page and look at you stuff.This weekend I got lucky and someone put my flat flamingo coaster in an ETSY treasury: Treasury LinkToday one of my flat cow coasters is in another treasury: TreasuryWest LinkTreasuries only last a few days but it is a great way to get new people to s
Weird Science 2008-07-20 19:17:38 Lately I've become interested in the Human Genome project. Much attention has been paid to isolating the genetic links to things like diabetes, heart disease, and depression. I thought it might be useful to track down the links to other important issues that plague mankind.Using a magnifying glass and some toenail clippings I've been able to isolate, sketch, and finally create, in stunning 3-D rea Read more:Science
, Weird
If I had a Dog... 2008-07-20 19:17:38 If I had a dog he would be very cute and everyone would love him. He would be small enough to ride in the passenger seat beside me, but not so small that I could carry him in a handbag because that's just wrong. He'd enjoy hanging his head out the car window as I drive but would not bark at anyone unless I really wanted him to.If I had a dog he'd eat the same things I eat and would only have to go
Cold Porcelain? 2008-07-20 19:07:33 While sailing from Turkey to the US this past year I had problems figuring out a way to make things with polymer clay. Our oven on the boat did the job fine but the energy it took and the heat it gave off made polymer a lot less attractive as a medium.I met a great artist through ETSY who creates wonderful characters using cold porcelain ColdPorcelain
Designs.com. She sells kits of pre-colored col
Here comes Santa Claus... 2008-08-04 16:28:47 OK, I'll admit it - the hamster project (see previous post) was putting a lot of pressure on me. I stared at "Hammy's" picture this morning and could not find a connection with the hamster in the photo. Maybe Friday will be better...Instead of dwelling on my obvious hamster issues, I decided to channel my energies into other things. This was good for my ETSY store; I listed a new flat cow coaster Read more:Claus
, comes
, Santa
, Santa Claus
Christmas is Coming... 2008-08-04 16:28:12 Counting down the hours until I roll out the Christmas
section of my ETSY store. Creating the Christmas coasters is not the hardest part - it's the photographing, uploading, and organizing that drives me crazy! I plan to add the Christmas category to my store tonight and add just a few products. Early next week I'll bring in all of the Christmas coasters and mugs I've completed so far.I'm so excit
Catching up... 2008-08-04 12:28:38 Busy weekend all around, great weather got me outside messing about and my ETSY shop was super busy. Last night I took inventory of all my projects underway and decided it was time to crank out a few eyeballs...These creepy little fellows wind up in all kinds of my creations, from coasters to dolls to Weird Science creatures. The fun thing about polymer is you can bake and re-bake without harming
Hammy makes it to his new home! 2008-08-01 15:23:30 OK, this is the last time I'll talk about Hammy the Hamster... promise. I had to share this picture of Hammy meeting his namesake for the first time:I think they will be the best of friends...Hammy (or maybe it's his human roommate) has a few shops on ETSY you should definitely check out! Read more:makes
Because Coasters aren't enough! 2008-07-27 17:44:49 In an effort to live up to my motto - "Most things are funnier when you flatten them...", I've decided to add to my product line at my ETSY store.Although technically not a coaster, the "Mini Moo" above has been tested successfully with a 2 oz shot glass. She also hangs nicely on the refrigerator door! Read more:Coasters
Hammy the Hamster... the rest of the story 2008-07-27 07:43:04 Hammy the hamster is finally finished. What a relief! The cartoon below shows pictures of Hammy as he neared completion. What you don't see are the numerous, aborted attempts that came before this one. It wasn't pretty but it was VERY funny... Read more:story
Hammy the hamster 2008-07-24 08:35:32 I'm just back from vacation and I'm being stared down by a project I thought would be a piece of cake - Meet "Hammy" the hamster
:ETSY special order - I've been asked to create a polymer figure of this cute little guy for his owner. She insists that he look as 'true to life' as possible so I'm starting to feel a little nervous about being able to capture his real 'hamsterness'. I'd feel better if I
We've received an Award! 2008-08-20 22:34:46 Wooooooo! We have received an award from the incredible blog site SquidEtsians! The Critter Coasters and I feel quite honored by this award and want to thank everyone responsible!As part of this very cool honor, we now get to choose 7 blogs that we find exceptional. It's been a long hard process of elimination but we think that we've narrowed down the list to 7 finalists:1. LoveEtsyFeedback - She Read more:Award
An Elephant Never Forgets... 2008-08-20 08:26:00 The first time he gets flattened!Poor guy, he fell for the free peanuts trick.
Taking time out for a special order... 2008-08-19 06:59:47 I promised I'd get this little guy done over the weekend but time got away from me... This fellow's name is ANutinATree and he lives on the island of Club Penguin with many other penguins who are just as cute as he is. I hope Elise likes my version! Read more:Taking
Just Mii and the Cats 2008-08-17 22:25:14 It's Sunday morning and Charles is back at work making our house 'more' hurricane-proof. He's reinforcing the roof gable in the garage. I'm not sure what that means exactly except that he's been in the attic for 3 days and there's a lot of hammering.That leaves me down here to entertain myself. After a long workout with Wii-Fit, I decided to finish the kitties I started last night. They can't wait
New Science Experiment 2008-08-16 13:38:16 I've been really busy the last month and my scientific studies have taken a back seat. Yesterday I blew the dust off my microscope and decided to again contribute to the vast knowledge of the scientific community.It all started when I was rummaging though the refrigerator and I came upon some vegetables that should have been tossed a few days earlier. As I looked at the shriveled-up carrot I pond Read more:Experiment
, Science
Got Blood? 2008-08-14 20:36:27 I've been thinking about Halloween lately and wondering what kind of sculptures I'd like to put in my shop. There are already a few jack-o-lanterns out there and a Halloween themed cow but I needed something really scary so I went back to work smashing clay.I still had some glow-in-the-dark clay left from my mini moo project and I decided that might make a pretty cool vampire. To keep him from bei Read more:Blood
September 19th is "Talk Like A Pirate Day" 2008-08-14 12:09:02 ARRRRGGGHHHH, will you be ready?"Pete the Pirate
" character coaster. Coming soon to my ETSY store!Follow this link if you REALLY want to learn to talk like a pirate!Can you think of any other characters you'd like to see flattened? Leave a comment below! Read more:September
Eat More Beef!?! 2008-08-12 10:40:03 I finished a bunch of cow coasters last night and got the idea for this photo when I saw a funny dollar store chicken sitting on the shelf. Why should those Chick-fil-A cows have all the fun?!?That chicken is pretty hilarious - I think I'll work on silly bird coasters next.
Mini Critter from Another Planet 2008-08-10 17:34:03 Sometimes I do things just because I can. That's the only way I can explain my latest "Mini Moo" magnet. By day she's just your ordinary hang on the fridge magnet but by night she turns into Mini Moo Glow..."Comments are welcome just don't tell me I have too much time on my hands...
What a Deal! 2008-08-10 11:20:52 It all started with a comment in an ETSY chat room: "If you made a coaster that looked like this I know someone who would want it!"A few hours later the "heart with wings" coaster was in the oven!The best part of this whole deal is that I get something extra special in trade for this coaster - a gorgeous pair of earrings I've been drooling after!Check out AuntieDis' ETSY shop for some great jewelr
Baking turtles for a good cause 2008-08-07 15:28:59 Today was a different kind of day. This morning a tree crew arrived to cut down 6 pine trees in our yard and our next door neighbor's yard. The crew went to work fast and chips were soon flying. When we all got over the shock of hearing (and feeling) the first tree crash to the ground, we went on with our day as usual.Today we decided to work on a project we've been planning for a while. My neighb Read more:Baking
Mini Critters in the real world 2008-08-06 18:13:00 Thought I'd post this very cute picture of one of my "Mini Moo" critters hanging off a very tastefully accessorized middle school backpack. It's the little white and brown cow at the top of the picture.Travel well little cow, travel well...Big thanks to Dianna for sending me the picture! Read more:Critters
Could Be Worse... 2008-09-11 18:11:05 New, Crazy Pumpkin CoastersIn my ETSY shop NOW!
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