Goddess Diary Necklace

Last month I showed you how to make goddess dolls using Creative Paperclay®. In this post I'll show you how I used one of my goddess dolls to make this goddess diary necklace.

Remember—I already had the goddess, so I'll walk you through making the diary. To make the diary cover, roll out a slab of Creative Paperclay® about 1/16" thick. I work on a teflon mat to make handling the clay a bit easier.

Next, measure strips of clay, and cut them with a craft knife. Remember to move the clay off the teflon mat before cutting or you'll have teflon strips. My clay strips are 1 3/8" wide.

Then, measure and the strips into 1 3/8" squares. Of course, you can make yours whatever size you desire.

Measuring the strips

Blank Covers

Now, let the cover blanks thoroughly dry. To keep them as flat as possible you can dry them on a screen and turn them frequently, or press them under a heavy book. Drying them under a weight takes a much longer drying time.

When the covers are dry, it's time to paint them. I started by sealing them with an acrylic medium. When that was dry, I dropped on small amounts of mica powders using the tips of tweezers, and recoated with the acrylic medium. Take care not to overwork the mica/medium.

Last step in my cover design was to stamp a rubber stamp image using Staz-On ink. 

I cut 1 1/4" pages for the diary. The number of your pages will be governed by the size of your jump rings. I stacked the pages with a cover on each side, and used a Crop-a-dile to pierce the holes for the jump rings. I also pierced a hole in the center bottom of the back cover to attach the goddess.

I added a jewelry bail to the back of the goddess with E-6000.

I used jump rings to attach the goddess to the back cover of the diary. Last step was adding the necklace chain.

Wear your goddess diary necklace in good health.

Carole

Goddess Doll

These goddess dolls each start with just three balls of Creative Paperclay®.

Here are the three balls that I started with. The grids on my work table are 1/2", so you can get an idea of the size that I used. Of course, different size balls of clay will give you a variety of different sized dolls.

The smallest ball will be the head; the medium one the arms; and the largest one becomes the body and legs. Begin by rolling the ball for the arms into a long rope. Drape it over the top of the head.

Next, determine how long you want the arms to be. Remove any extra length, and form the tips into cones.

Determine arm length

Reshape hands

Next, form the body and legs by making this shape.

Bring the two ends together, forming the legs. Add a support pin (I used a short piece of a coffee stir) at the top of the body that will connect with the head.

Add the head and arms, smoothing the pieces together. Pose your goddess, and embellish as desired. Note: You may need to dab a bit of water or slip between the pieces to insure that they adhere to one another.

Add the head

Pose and embellish the doll

Let the doll dry thoroughly before painting. You can use any acrylic paint. I mixed Terri Sproul's Mixers—a mica powder—with the paint to achieve a metallic look.

When the paint was totally dry, I coated the goddesses with a two-part resin to completely seal them.

Be sure to check out my next post to see what I created with one of my goddesses.

Carole