Father's Day Challenge!

[dreamflower]

Several of the stories for the Father's Day Challenge have now been posted. There are stories about Fathers both good and bad, some are happy, some are sad. We hope you enjoy them all.

ETA--this brings the total to fourteen:
A Starless Night by Cathleen
A Father's Love by Nancylea

ETA: Two more stories have been added:
Self-Discovery by Pearl Took
The Greatest Gift of All by Sivan Shemesh

There are ten so far:
A Decent and Respectable Hobbit by Dreamflower
The Promise by Lindelea
Pippin's Epiphany by Mattygrl
Walking on the Streets of the Past by Golden
The Prince and the Faery Queen by Lily Hawker-Yates
Thrice Cursed by Zhie
Recall by Nath
Roots, by the_arc5
Line of Heroes by Rhyselle
The Extraordinary Son by Larner

Thanks to all the authors who have participated; and keep watch--we'll announce any late additions as well!

Comments

[gershwhen.livejournal.com]

WOW, those have amazing detail!! I love that you made Sam's blanket a quilt -- very appropriate and VERY nice looking.

Thanks for posting this, it made me smile.

[dreamflower]

It just seemed to me that Bell might have made quilts for her children, using up scraps and so forth, while the others would probably have knitted blankets.

Nice to give someone a smile. That makes *me* smile.

[slightlytookish]

Awwwwww!!!! *melts into a puddle and oooooozes away*

These are so adorable! You made wee hobbits in blankets eeeee! Can we get a closer look at the wee ones, please? Of their faces? I can't get over how cute they are. Their little feet!! Tiny toes!!

*melts again*

These are my favorite polymer hobbits yet!

[dreamflower]

I will try to take some close-ups of them. I am not sure how much detail I can show without it getting all blurry, but I will give it a try later today, and then see if Dana will have time to help me get the pics up.

I love to make the little feet. Hobbit feet are actually rather easy to make, and it's so fun to put the "fur" on them.

[allisona.livejournal.com]

Your little hobbit models are very cute :).

[dreamflower]

Thank you! 8-)

[maidenform.livejournal.com]

So cute OMG!!

[dreamflower]

Hobbits *are* cute. They can't help it; but I'm glad you think these capture that cuteness.

[obeliamedusa.livejournal.com]

SO CUTE!!! I especially love the wee Bag End and Crickhollow. Well done! :D

[dreamflower]

I'm glad you like the little Bag End and Crickhollow. They were quite fun to do. These two took a lot of time, but now I've done one of each, I can probably make others more quickly.

[lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love it!!!
Hobbits in blankets... :D

[dreamflower]

The neat thing about wrapping them in blankets was, I didn't have to worry about their clothes or their hands, LOL!

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Incredibly sweet!

[dreamflower]

Thank you! 8-)

[este-tangletoes.livejournal.com]

What a delight these little ones are! That quilt must have taken some time to make, it is wonderful (do you use ready-made canes or do you make your own?). The pins are charming and so full of detail.

Well done lass and thank you for sharing these with us.

I’m with Slightlytookish in wishing to see a close-up of their faces.

Also some information on suitable instruction books for polymer clay would be much appreciated.

[dreamflower]

I'm glad you like them. I did several before I had some that I liked enough to take pictures of and share.

Most of the canes I used in the quilt were scraps of canes I'd already made, although a couple of them made use of two ready made canes I had. One doesn't show on the front, and the other is that little pink square--it has tiny butterflies on it from a purchased cane. All the rest are mine. The hardest part was making sure there was no distortion when I flattened the "patchwork" onto the backing clay. And Sam's quilt was still thicker than the others' blankets, so it was a bit harder to wrap him up.

I will see what I can do. They are so tiny, that I'm not sure I can get a good enough close-up, but I'll try.

Good books:
These are great for the basics--
The Polymer Clay Techniques Book by Sue Heaser
The Art of Polymer Clay by Donna Kato
and then for figures--
How to Make Clay Characters by Maureen Carlson
Making Gifts in Polymer Clay by Stacey Morgan [that's the one that helped me figure out how to make eensy toes]
Making Polymer Clay Jewelry by Sue Heaser
Fast Polymer Clay by Sue Heaser
Clay Characters for Kid by Maureen Carlson [even though it says its for kids, the techniques can be used by anyone]

There are a lot of other great books out. And you can check out HGTV's website--go to The Carol Duvall Show, and do a search for polymer clay, and you will find a bajillion great projects and instructions that you can print out! [That's where I got the idea for the "plot bunnies" I made a couple of years ago.]

[dreamflower]

*grin*

Now why did I know you would like that?

[dreamflower]

Thanks! Sam's quilt was fun to do, though a little time-consuming.

I like them--I don't wear pins a lot, but I will probably be wearing *these*!

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwww. I LOVE those wee hobbits!! With their tootsies out the bottom of the blankets.

[dreamflower]

Well, if you look at my icon here, you'll find a pic of some of them; and gamgeefest has also made an icon of the one I sent her, that she named "Squiggy". I only took the one pic of them before I sent them off to their homes.

[este-tangletoes.livejournal.com]

Thank you Dreamflower. They are so sweet. I also saw gamgeefest's icon, squiggy.

Thank you again for the book and istruction information.