Gourd and Charleen - JUST beautiful

Thank you, I love them, the first ones I made my son's girlfriend just loved and I gave her two, and had one left. I know that the family will be asking for them once they see them on my frig..

you guys have to give them a try.. you will not stop making them, of course now I want to make some box turtle magnets and don't know what to do exactly, I tried one and it looked pitiful.. good thing we can re use the clay. I don't think anything will look as good to me as the greenmen do now. lol

You can do it. If you need help, just hollar.
they have little critter cutters at Joann's, probably Michael's too. Tater they also got a tiny humminbird. You all need to get them. I love them. Cut out the piece then, Tweer it with a toothpick, but I use my beadreamer.....

Gorgeous, Gourd!!!!
Love them.

Awesome job, Gourd! And Char, yours are so great!

I have to find the cutters, did get some of the shapes and a few others. But, couldn't find a turtle.

Thank you Sharon and bsavage, Char's tutorial is great and easy to understand.

Hi Gourd, glad you found us. Your greenleaf men turned out fantastic!! Yup, Charleen is a great teacher.

Wonderful job Gourd!

That gold one inspired me to make one similar and make it into a pin. Came out nice, but I sure do like Gourds better!!!!

The thread "Japanese Lantern, miniature." in Garden Art forum

Waving hello to goldfinch, taters and Junebug,

Hello Sossman,
if you get a chance, post a photo of yours, we would love to see it. I thought about a couple of pins for Christmas too. I guess we could bake it onto the pin or do we just glue them on?

I found a little box called mold maker and the clay is white and soft at JoAnnes. I don't know if it dries soft or hard when baked, but got a box of it to try out on a couple of things. I'm hoping to get some sleep so that I can make some tomorrow, the Greenmen magnets were a big hit with my family. Now I have to make some for me and my daugther. I don't think I'll get tired of making these guys.

Gourd, I baked my greenman and then glued the pin onto the back.

I picked up the mold maker yesterday and made a mold of an old skeleton key. The mold is flexible after baking. The key mold came out just ok, I need more practice, but at least you get a generous amount of the mold clay so I have plenty left to play with.

You can also glue the pin on and bake it in as you bake the Greenman. I use Sculpy Bak and Bond. It is a liquid clay,Works very good, You don't have to worry aboutbacking coming off if it is baked in.

My pins just happened to have plastic base and I didn't think that would bake well.

You could do one as an experiment to see what happens. I've always had metal pins....