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Tomorrow sees another return to in person (yay!) a

Tomorrow sees another return to in person (yay!) and even if it has to be in a slightly smaller capacity than usual, I’m excited!

I’ll be teaching my Polymer Clay Fine Finishing workshop and if you’d like to join us there is one place left.

Take your polymer clay work to the next level by finishing your work to a professional standard.
Learn the secrets of finishing your polymer clay work to achieve the best results with the least amount of work and also how to achieve a perfect matte and/or shiny finish.

Like the look of sanded and buffed polymer clay but find it too much hard work? Let me show you how to effectively use sanding materials and what buffing materials to use for the quickest, most effective method of finishing your work to a mirror shine without the use of varnish.

We’ll debunk the theories on varnish – what can you use, what will react with polymer clay.
We will cover finishing your work with liquid polymer clay, renaissance wax and UV/epoxy resins plus more.
We will also cover what you can do before baking to enhance the finish of your pieces and reduce the amount of fine finishing you need to do.

As an added bonus, I will also share with you my methods for gluing findings to polymer and also for adhering polymer to polymer and polymer to bezels.

If you’re interested you can book online or send me a message.

The studio will also be open for sales from 11.00am until 4.30pm.
10 Marna Street, Healesville.
You must wear a face mask and digitally sign in.
Please also be aware that there may be a slight delay with service as I am teaching but you are welcome to browse in the meantime and I’ll be as quick as I can.

I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

I feel a bit like a yo-yo at the moment with all t

I feel a bit like a yo-yo at the moment with all these snap lockdowns here in Melbourne BUT I’m here to let you know that we can reopen again and workshops are recommending this weekend. Let’s hope it’s for a longer period this time.

Due to density limits, ‘official’ opening hours will be limited for now, however we encourage you to make a time with us to come and browse at your convenience. Just send me a text/email/message/call and we’ll find a time that suits. Plus this way you can not only come at a convenient time, but you’ll also have the place to yourself!

I’m looking at rescheduling workshops that needed to be cancelled due to covid and we are due to release some new workshops too. I’d love to be able to release workshops in blocks as we usually do, but this is proving to be a little difficult due to snap covid lockdowns and restrictions. So I’ve decided that workshops will be added periodically for the remainder of the year and I'll be adding more as demand calls for it - a bit different from how we usually run things (with workshops usually being released in 6 month blocks) but I think given the circumstances with covid, this is the best way to do it for now.
I’ll be taking my lead from all of you, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

In the meantime, I’ll be open this Saturday 19th June from 11am until 4.30pm. I am teaching (Fine Finishing Polymer Clay - there’s still one place available if you’re interested!), so there may be a small delay in service but I’d love to see you (and so would Kenzi who is starting to get very annoyed that the outliers won’t come in to play with her!) so please pop in if you’d like.

Once again, thank you all for your support both online and in person. I really appreciate it 💗

Joining our range of nickel free brass, stainless

Joining our range of nickel free brass, stainless steel and sterling silver ear hooks are our new niobium and titanium ear hooks.

Pure titanium, is extraordinarily strong, impervious to fresh or salt water and hypo-allergenic. Titanium offers a light gunmetal color, a bright finish and is lightweight and comfortable to wear. It is an ideal choice for those with metal sensitivities.

Niobium is naturally hypoallergenic making it an excellent choice for people with metal allergies. It is highly resistant to corrosion and other reactions.

Now available online.
If you’ve got any questions about any of our earring findings please don’t hesitate to reach out.

After 4 days of no power, heat, hot water, phone o

After 4 days of no power, heat, hot water, phone or internet due to the severe storms that hit Victoria, I’m happy to report that the power is back on and we are returning to some kind of normality.

Thank you so much for all your messages. Even though I didn’t get most of them until yesterday, I really am feeling the love and I think I’ve replied to most of you. The offers of support have so lovely.

We were so lucky not to have sustained any permanent damage to our house. With the devastation that’s around us, I am feeling very grateful.
I hope those of you also in Victoria are safe and damage free.

The lack of heat, routine, food, hot water etc has played havoc on my health so it will take me a few days to recover fully but I’m back in my happy place packing all your orders that came through and super grateful to me be doing so.

What a week.....what a year.....
The studio is still closed whilst the 25km covid restrictions are in place (we are open for click and collect and online orders of course). I’m hoping that workshops will resume next weekend but we will just have to wait and see what this week brings.

Thank you once again for all your love and support. It never goes unnoticed and I am so grateful 💗

Just checking to let you all know that we are ok.

Just checking to let you all know that we are ok.
We’ve had no power, phone, internet or hot water since late Wednesday due to the storms but the house survived quite well considering. We’ve got some flood damage outside but nothing inside thank goodness.

I have no phone or internet access so I haven’t been able to reply to messages. Kenzi, Mum and I have come down to my Aunt’s house in Chirnside to charge phones and power banks, shower and warm up so I just thought I’d do a quick post to let you all know what’s going on.

Thank you so much to those of you who have checked in. I will reply to all your messages once I have proper access but I am feeling the love - thank you 💗.

I have no access to the website so orders will be delayed a few days but I’ll upgrade them all to express when I gain access. All orders up until Wednesday at about 8pm have been posted as of yesterday.

Thank you for your understanding and patience. It’s looking like we have a few more days of this but I’ll check in again as soon as I can.
I hope you are all safe.

Love Dani xx

Our Sculpey delivery has just arrived and whilst i

Our Sculpey delivery has just arrived and whilst it’s definitely no where near as big as I’d like it to be, we did get some colours that have been out of stock for some time including *drumroll please* Premo Mustard!

Anything that came in this delivery is now online and available to purchase but please be aware that there are very limited quantities. I ordered much more but there are still significant stock issues worldwide so we can only take what gets allocated to us.

There is no set date for the next Sculpey restock as the Australian distributor does not yet have a date for their next delivery.
As soon as I get any more information I will let you know.

Barnes Epoxyglass in the 1L size has also been restocked and I’ll be adding our new titanium and niobium ear hooks a little later today.

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