Rainbow Swag


This post should go to my crafting blog, but I have some picture posting problems there, so here you go. Feel free to skip.


I have friends in the Finnish Association of Gay- Lesbian- and Trans Families, so one of them asked me if I would be interested to do some polymer clay crafting for them. They always have a stand in Helsinki Pride march, and people love to buy something small from them. So, I got delivered large chunks of clay in different colors and a freedom to do whatever I wished. The association's name is the Rainbow Families, so rainbows it was.

My goal was to make something commercial and cost-effective. Some of these look really crafty, but it doesn't matter. Garage sale-quality is perfectly ok, I think, and one has to keep in mind that I made 440 pieces altogether. for example, all metal hoops are individually secured with super glue, as are all the pinbacks and magnets. So there.

Pendants. I like more the ones with have a bit of white between the layers, but the ones without the white have the official pride colors. For these, I ordered 200 wax strings from eBay.


Larger pieces for keychains and whatnot.


For earrings. Not going to craft them, oh no!


Fridge magnets. The one that looks frosted has glitter in it. And the dicks were specially requested! I swear!


Pins. Ok, some of them came out a little vonky, I should have hardened the clay before cutting it. Oh well. There are good pieces, too?


Dick pendants. These were especially requested last year, so I think that the thirty of them will sell.


Beads for bracelets: