First.

Whew a couple of hours late!

Anyhow, I've got 3 things new to show you today for Tuesdays Jabbering Craft...

1. My workstation, as this being my 1st ever entry on Tuesdays Jabbering Craft. 

2. I am also going to show you my first ever attempt in sculpting a dragon, and

3. My first time to disassemble my newly purchased pasta machine!

So since this is the first entry allow me to show you how my workstation looks like...

This is my mini-craft-station... The tiny spot where you will find me claying in the room. The ones stored there are the tools I often use when claying. Below it are really huge cabinets where I store all of my craft tools used in claying and beading + books related to my crafts - polymer clay, beading and crochet. 

Crochet on the other hand has 2 huge cabinets on the other side of the room, where I store tons and tons of my precious imported yarns Ü

The clays you're seeing on the tile are the clays I am using on the project I am currently working on... My 1st ever -- CF inspired DRAGON.

I am not done with it yet. There's still A LOT of things to do to him... And quite frankly I'm still not sure how I'd go about accentuating it. Top that, I also wonder whether the rhinestone I used would melt the moment I bake it with the clay. I guess I'll have to wait for that until I'm done curing, haha. But I am really enjoying this project. I'm so excited to see how it'll turn out! 

Now for the last part allow me to introduce you to my new baby -- my Makin's pasta machine!

If you're having a little trouble checking if it is a Makins pasta machine, just look at the roller (I so love the non-stick rollers) and the handle, colored green - you'll know. Those are, I believe, the things a Makins pasta machine boasts. ♥

Now if you're kind of wondering what I did with it or if there's something wrong -- nothing really serious. However, since the machine was making a weird sound every time I run my clays into it and the handle locking at the thinnest and thickest settings, I had to ask my husband dismantle it for me so I can clean the rollers and check on the gears... Thank God I attended my clay date with some of my clay friends where Jen (Purpleluggage) was able to demonstrate how we can easily clean up our machines, I was able to breeze through the cleaning part and checking of the gears of my newly purchased machine without any problem.

After aligning the gears and cleaning the blades and rollers, I asked my husband to assemble it back but decided to leave the covers unattached. I honestly prefer it this way for easy maintenance. After the dismantling, the cleaning and realigning, my Makin's pasta machine is as good as it should be - quiet, without the lock up problem and working 100% in good condition! Ü

There you go for this week's TJC. I'll see you next week! :-) 

Something to Look Forward Weekly

I looked at my site and realized that if not for my GT entries every Thursday, I wouldn't have been able to update this site. If you're not familiar with GT, it stands for Girls Talk and it happens every Thursday of the week. Most of the topics are mainly about personal stuff depending on the topic posted by the host.

In short, I have been missing a lot of post craft-y.

And so to keep you posted of what The Joyful Crafter is doing in her crafting work space, I decided to do...

Every Tuesday you will see me blogging about anything related to crafts that I currently have my hands into. Oh and that includes photos too! :-) 

So drop by whenever you can to see what I have for the week. Join me if you're also into crafts, whatever form it doesn't really matter, and have a blog. Just leave a comment and a link so I can visit you back. 

Ooohh I am excited!
See you on Tuesday! Ü