Not every one is a keeper

We all have them... the project that we could envision in our minds, but when executed by our hands ... well, lets say they did not turn out the way we pictured it.

The Polymer Penguin is no exception.  I found an adorable stamp of a giraffe that I just knew would make a wonderful pendant.  I stamped on translucent clay, colored it a bit with PanPastel Chalks, layered over a mottled gold and blue foil (to give it kinda jungle looking background).  Well, after baking the result was less than imagined. 

  Hummmm....maybe the background was too dark...try again with silver foil.  Yeah, that will brighten it up.

As you can see, that was even less of a success. Back to the old drawing board, as the saying goes. I just know this stamp will make a great pendant.

Even Edison failed hundreds of times before he got it right!