Pie Charms From Clay: Earrings, Necklace, Etc.
Introduction: Pie Charms From Clay: Earrings, Necklace, Etc.
I have never attempted to make pies from clay until now, even though people are always encouraging me to make food themed jewelry. I have made little jams, little ice cream cones, little strawberries, and recently made these skillets with bacon and eggs earrings, but that was about the extent of my food jewelry. With pi day coming up, and pies on my brain, I decided to make some pie themed jewelry. (We actually went a little nuts at my house and made eight edible pies, but that is a whole 'nother story.)
Since I know that there are tons of pie favorites, I decided to try to make several different types so people could make what they themselves like. Feel free to skip to the pie of your choice; I will have them listed in the Supplies list.
These are just charms, so they can be used for earrings, keychains, whatever.
Supplies
I have listed the supplies that are specific to each pie under their own section, not here.
Here are the basic supplies for making all the pies.
- Clay in a dough color (polymer or air dry)
- Chalk pastels in light brown, dark brown, orange, yellow, and rust red
- Brush for applying chalk pastels
- Clay tools (roller, ball tool, stylus, knife - my favorites can be found here )
- Work space
- Liquid Clay (for polymer) or DecoArt Triple Thick (for air dry)
- Toothpick or pin
- Surface to mix liquid clay or Triple Thick on (I am using small plastic lids, not pictured)
- Kitchen Sponge
- Varnish (I use Duraclear Polyurethane, it is available in gloss, satin, matte, and ultra matte)
- Brush for Varnish
- Eye pins
- Round-nosed pliers (I use them to help put in the eye pins - mine are Cousin 3-in-1 pliers )
For Pie Pans:
You can use a bottle cap for a pie pan instead, or you can use clay. If you use clay, you don't have to have these specific colors; you can paint the clay your desired color, as I do. Feel free to use copper, black, or whatever color for your pans. I am making metal and ceramic pans here.
- Clay in white (or white paint, I am using Folk Art Titanium White)
- Clay in silver (or silver paint, I am using DecoArt EXTREME SHEEN Tin)
- Knife tool
- Nail polish bottle top
- Small ball tool (for ceramic dish)
- Brush (if using paint)
- Varnish (see above)
- Brush for Varnish
I decided it would be silly to repeat myself on making the crust for every pie, so for the Bottom Crust go to STEP 2 (all pies will need this). 95
If you want a Top Crust, go to STEP 3. For a Lattice Crust go to STEP 4.
*Pies that commonly use a top crust: Apple, cherry, any type of berry pie.
*Pies that commonly use a lattice top: Cherry, blueberry, blackberry and other berry pies
Step 1: Pie Pans
Step 2: BOTTOM CRUST FOR ALL PIES
Step 3: TOP CRUST
Step 4: LATTICE CRUST
Step 5: Apple Pie
Step 7: Cherry Pie
Step 9: Coconut Meringue Pie
Step 10: Pumpkin Pie
Step 11: Blueberry Pie
Step 1: Making Pie Pans
You can skip this step if you want to use a bottle cap. I wanted my pies to be smaller than that, though, so I am making my own.
Roll out any color clay thinly, but not super thin. Your pan will need a bit of an edge.
Place the clay on top of the nail polish bottle and carefully press it around the edge. With the knife, cut the clay a little bit from the top of the bottle in as straight of a line as you can. Take off the excess clay.
Remove the clay from the top of the bottle. This is the pie pan.
Attach an eye pin by pushing it through the side. You can stick a small ball of clay on the end inside the pie pan to give it a firm hold if you wish ( pie filling will go on it anyway, so that will give it something to stick to if you want to skip this step).
With your fingers, gently pull/push the rim of the pan outwards from the top, making it have a slight slope. 69