Paint Stick Holiday Decor

Hello All, This weekend my mother-in-law, aunt-in-law, and I created the most cutest decor I have ever seen. I was really even more impress on how cheap and easy it was. One 10 pack gives me 3 large snowmen and one single stick snowman.  So for 4 projects its around $11.00, which comes to 2.75 each project. Now if you have never purchased […]

GINA’S CHALLENGE # 86 – Christmas Planner

Hello All, I have to say I love Gina’s Challenges over at My Scrap Room. The theme is Christmas in July and the project is Christmas Planner. Below you will see the materials I have used to make this lovely project.  Further below you can check out her challenge. Materials I used: Recollections Holy Joy 2014 Christmas Paper Recollections paper […]

Gone in a Blink of an Eye!

Hello All, I see my last post was on December 4th of 2014. Well, I can honestly say a lot happens during the holiday in my family. We have pre-Christmas parties, office holiday parties, Christmas Eve parties, Christmas Day get-togethers, and after all the “holiday parting” we get maybe two days to relax (with kids) which is not much relaxing. […]

Mixing the Right Blend!

Hey All, Look who’s making a special order. This girl, yup that right me! I was starting to doubt I would ever get a request. I had extra ornaments Gesso ready to go when I reopened my Etsy account.  And that was way back in September. So after months of waiting, I finally got one. I’m super excited! If any […]

Ornaments for That Geeky Person in Your Life

Hello All, As some of you know I have added a few items to my Etsy shop. If you haven’t stop recently at www.etsy.com/shop/UniqueDesignbyMonica here is what you’re missing. If you are unable to find what your looking for you can find it here: https://store.uniquedesignsbymonica.com/?s=ornament&post_type=product

Mega-Man working through the pain

Hello Subbies, I had to stop crafting ornaments for a little bit. It seems I forgot that polymer clay dries my hands something terrible. I have so many Bandages on my hands I look like a burn victim. I am going to try to work through this problem and start working on my next bulb which is Mega-Man. Now it’s […]

Kriby Link from Super Mario Smash Bros

Hello Subbies, Well, it’s day seven of creating ornaments for Etsy. If you haven’t guessed it from the photos below, I am making Kirby Link from the Super Mario Smash Bros video game. Now, this is not the final product, I still need to sew the details on Kirby Link’s hat. I still need to glue the sword together and […]

July 5th, 2014 More Bulbs to be Gesso

Hello Subbies, Tonight I had to frost some more bulbs with gesso. It seems at two bulbs a night for four nights it would equal eight ornaments completed. Honestly, it doesn’t seem like a lot when I count them by two’s but believe me it feels like a lot. So in order to have more products I need to frost […]

Work done July 3rd and 4th

Hello Subbies Here is an update on what I have been up to. On July 3, 2014, I sculpted two Jiggly Puffs. You may not believe this by looking at this photo. But it’s a bright sunny day in this room, for whatever reason the flash went off giving me a darker photo than it should. I tried a few […]

Progress on Day Two

Hello Subbies, Just so you guys know that I haven’t been slacking, I am going to be posting my progress as often as I can. This is what I did for June 30th.  I gessoed some ornaments because I am going to make… you guessed it gamer, manga, and other ornaments. On July 1st I was able to sculpt and bake […]