Any ideas as to what I did, or how I can get it back, I'd be very grateful!
Ok, so I drug out the clay yesterday, and played.
Nothing serious....just wanted to see what I had. I did use some scrap clay to make some bowls, vases, and planters. Not very pretty, I know I can do better than this, but like I said I wasn't making anything serious. I more or less just wanted to 'play', and I also got some of those scrap piles I had taken care of.
Here's how I did one of the vases..to make the scrap ball more interesting, I put a bunch of scraps together, then sliced through the middle of it to get this:
..Now that you have a neat piece of clay to work with, roll a small ball of it out.
Then form it around the end of a pencil.
Next, roll the pencil on a flat surface until all the sides are about even.
Then you can use a blade to cut the top off so that it is even all the way around.
This is just a basic idea of how to make 'vessels' with polymer clay.Another of my favorite things to do is to put my scraps in my mini food processor. Now, these scraps must be dried and old for this to work. If you need to use fresh clay, lay it out on some paper the night before, and the paper will help suck some of that moisture out. I do believe this may be called leaching...? Ok, so cut it up into smaller pieces and throw it into the food processor. It should look like this after a minute or so...
. I love this stuff.....wouldn't a 'cork' floor be neat using this stuff? Or a table top...oh my, there's lots to do with it.....I made a mini bowl with it. Just wrapped up a big marble with Saran wrap, and molded some of the clay around it. I was a little more happy with this one!
Here's another bowl I made using some scraps and the pencil trick. 
There's a lot you can do with scrap clay. I save all of it, and evenually it all gets used!
**Warning: You can NOT use the mini food processor for food once you've used it for clay. Polymer clay and food DO NOT mix!!!
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