Santa Ornament

Instead of exchanging gifts, my friends and I do an ornament exchange.

I couldn't find anything I liked at the stores (or if I did, I didn't want them to think I was being cheap with my Target/Meijer bought ornament), so I made one.

He's a little expressionless for Santa - or maybe this Santa has just seen the face of his death, a disgruntled reindeer bent on goring him with his antlers - but I still kinda like him.

I stuffed this one with aluminum foil, which I will do much more carefully next time. I made three separate balls of foil to make the base, and when I was shoving clay around the whole thing shifted on me. Not cool. Another problem with this polymer clay stuff is the red clay is so stain-y. All the white you see is actually tinged a bit pink. Le sigh.

Polymer Clay Owls

I made these owls from polymer clay (Sculpey III) to act as wedding cake toppers (we were going to go with a barn wedding, and I was really running with that idea - barn owls, you see? - but now we're just going to elope, cause all the planning makes me want to cry).

The girl owl is meant to be leaning into the boy owl, but it just looks like I screwed up and made her lopsided. Sad.

Nevertheless, they are adorable.

I took the photo with my Diana lens, and don't you just love how the whites get blown out and fuzzy around the edges? I adore it.

My Workspace

I always think it's interesting to see what other people's workspaces look like (mostly so I can look on with envy, and wish I had that many bookshelves or whatever). This is mine.

I made notes.

This photo was taken with my Canon Rebel XT with a Diana Super-Wide 38mm lens mounted on there. I just got the lens, so I'm a little Lo-Fi happy.