“My daughter moves on to high school next year,” says Virginia’s Melissa Terlizzi, “so I’m scrambling to finish notebook covers for the teachers she’s had for the past three years.”
This would be the band director’s, right? How cool is that?
Melissa wins PCD’s best teacher’s gift award! Let’s hope she posts more of them on her Facebook page.
As long as we’re talking gifts, we’d better think about the kids. These poseable pieces from Australia’s HollyJayne are so cute and simple (she has a 2-year-old son). Of course Holly’s mastered the devilish details that can make simple spectacular.
Holly shows the pieces and parts on her Facebook page and she sells them on Etsy. See all her creatures on Flickr.
Speaking of simple, don’t you just love these little striped Christmas trees from Ukraine’s Masha Shupova? These are just the thing for that sylish, minimalist friend. Here’s her Etsy gallery.
As you start to make polymer mementos and gifts for the holiday season take a look at what you may think of as the lowly keychain.
Zona Manualidades (the photo) and Silvia Bordin (the keys) demonstrate a couple of memorable and fun options.
Baking polymer designs right on the keys makes construction easy and the hardware is minimal. The ball shown here contains tokens or coins.
I’m guessing that the bezel on the photo is polymer which has been filled with clear resin. The cording could have been strung through or baked in.
Think of it, there are few things you handle more often than keys! Make them memorable.
