So tomorrow is my sister's birthday and she's had a rough year so I thought I'd so something really special for her. I made her a charm bracelet that features all of her six children, three of the human kind and three furry ones. I made three dog beads for each of her dogs and since I'm not very good at making humans out of polymer clay I only did one bead of her son in polymer clay because he's easily identifiable, for the other sons I did something different -- and I figure it is a charm bracelet so the more varying types of charms the better. Here's the bracelet with a short explanation:

Close up, I'll explain the main charms I made. The first charm from the left depicts her son, he was easy to do in polymer clay because he always has his hair pushed forward and in his eyes -- this must be something new, I'm not sure if it's only around our neighborhood or not, but it seems to be the hairstyle for the boys. The second one I made is her dog Edie, she's her oldest dog, a wonderful Golden Retriever. The third is a heart with her son's name on it, Mike. The fourth is her other dog, Payton named after Walter Payton (actually her son brought this dog home) which was a surprise to her, but she fell in love and kept him (kids). He is a Sheltie/Akita mix or at least that's what they told him he was :)

Another Christmas ornament --

It's time to showcase our featured Etsy blogger and this month it goes to thefabmissb, a shop with various handmade goodness and vintage items for your home. Here is just a sample of what you will see in her shop! You also might like to stop by her other shop beckykazana or her
blog to see what she's up to creatively.

I need to take some lessons from this dog, he/she really knows how to salsa. This is just too cute! If it t plays too slowly you can also find it here on their website.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas and I'm getting in the mood with my Christmas ornaments. I just love to make these little guys, they get me in the spirit so expect to see lots more until Christmas!
The Brussels Griffon is hand-sculpted from polymer clay and is holding a large green crystal ornament. She has a sprig of holly at her ear and sits on a red base in a silver cameo setting. The ornament hangs from green satin cord. Approximate size of the ornament is: 2-1/4" long (with satin cord 4-1/4" long) x 1-1/2" wide