Comments on: Polymer Clay Color Recipes | Vintage Ornaments | Christmas Theme

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:58:53 +0000

Well, I believe all of us here in Lietzville will be interested to see how it turns out :)

By: Ken H

Ken H — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:02:12 +0000

@Maria: I plan on making a House w/all the candies as well, but that is a project for after the holidays during the winter doldrums.

By: pollyanna

pollyanna — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:24:31 +0000

Sorry Maria, that was not meant as a bad reflection on you. I guess I was thinking of molasses cookies which I happened to be munching on at the time…..lol.

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:08:18 +0000

Thanks, Cindy for coming to my defense! I DO love to bake and for a moment there I thought I was losing my color sense : ) Looking forward to seeing your gingerbread people, Ken.

By: Ken H

Ken H — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:44:45 +0000

Thanks Cindy, I will try both options Suede and Spices, and mixing Suede and Shirt colors

By: Cindy Lietz@Spice Beads

Cindy Lietz@Spice Beads — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 19:10:26 +0000

@Ken H: Gingerbread can come in many different shades, depending on the recipe and the type of molasses and spices used. I have made it where is was quite dark and other times where it was quite light. What you could do is mix those two recipes together to get a good balance of the two. Also if you enter ‘gingerbread man’ into Google images, you will find examples that may help you more to get the color you’re looking for.

A neat option would be to mix the Suede Boots Recipe and then add real spices to get a nice warm color. The spices in Gingerbread are Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Allspice and Cloves. Adding a little of each of these spices would make your gingerbread look (and smell) very realistic. Just an idea if you choose to use it!

By: Ken H

Ken H — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:47:12 +0000

I stumbled on pictures of PC gingerbread houses this morning and though wow how cool are they, there might be another brown that I’m not thinking of that might be better, these were the ones that stuck in my brain and that I remembered their names

By: pollyanna

pollyanna — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:34:14 +0000

I’m with you Ken. I’d say the shirt. the boots are coming across a little too orange to me. I guess it depends on who’s baking the cookies….:)

By: Ken H

Ken H — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:22:15 +0000

@Maria: I’m not sure, I thought it a little darker than the suede boots color. I must be the only person who never did gingerbread for the holidays as a child.

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:09:25 +0000

the “suede boots” look more appropriate, no? (and I’m in the same – Ididn’tfinishallmychipsclub, too ;)