Links and Resources

[Chisa]

If you know of any links to great tutorials, resources or sources of inspiration please post them here. I'll also be compiling a bunch of tips and tricks for various media and techniques, so if you have any words of wisdom please post them here also.

Tutorials
clay
Hannie Sarris' fantasy sculpting tutorials - tutorials for sculpting a fairy head and a fantasy moon ornament
Pinecone hedgehog - a very simple tutorial for creating a hedgehog using a pinecone and some polymer clay
Ocotpus Charm - tiny cute octopus charm tutorial for polymer clay
Strawberry charm tutorial - tiny cute strawberry charm tutorial for polymer clay
Jack-o-lantern charm - another cute little polymer clay charm tutorial, using coloured clays
Smellybug's Maquette tutorial - amazing tutorial for creating a maquette in clay
Smellybug's Maquette tutorial 2 - another detailed tutorial
Making Sculpture tools - how to make your own tools if you're finding them too expensive
Maquette sculpture tutorial - tutorial for a simple maquette figure using super sculpey
Motti Progress - progress shots of a clay maquette figure

ball-jointed dolls
Full doll tutorial - making ball jointed doll from scratch using styrofoam, sawdust and stone clay
Doll head tutorial - how to make a hollow doll head for a ball-jointed doll


plushies
Plush toast keychain tutorial - cute simple felt toast plushie!

Blogs
My Little Mochi - creations, tutorials and reviews on various crafts, mostly of the plush variety
kookii:kooky's blog - plush and material creations

Galleries and Inspiration
My Little Mochi on Flickr - plushie creations
Kookii on Flickr - super cute plushies, bags and other crafty things
Oborochann on DA - cute sculpey creations and tutorials
MumboJumbo on DA - amazing detailed sculpey creations
Mochimochi Land - weird and cute knitted plushies

Books
Easy-To-Make Teddy Bears & All The Trimmings by Jodie Davis (ISBN is 0-913589-40-3)
Easy-To-Make Stuffed Animals & All The Trimmings by Jodie Davis (ISBN is 0-913589-56-X)
The Bear Book. How To Make Teddy Bears & A Few Close Friends edited by Diana Deakin (ISBN is 0-8069-5820-0)

Online Shops
Fabric
Etsy:
Lucky Kaeru
Matatabi
Ebay:
Fabulous*Fabric UK
Buttons & Bows UK


 

[Lily Rabbit]

I have a few plushie books to add!

"Easy-To-Make Teddy Bears & All The Trimmings" by Jodie Davis. ISBN is 0-913589-40-3
"Easy-To-Make Stuffed Animals & All The Trimmings" by Jodie Davis. ISBN is 0-913589-56-X
"The Bear Book. How To Make Teddy Bears & A Few Close Friends" edited by Diana Deakin. ISBN is 0-8069-5820-0

I've looked through all three books and they're really helpful. They describe a bunch of plushie making techniques and have bunches of patterns for things as well. You need access to a copier if you don't want to destroy the book, however.  

[Chisa]

Thanks Lily, got them up now smile  

[Viceregal]

Various Craft Project Tutorials from the Art Attack tv show. It was intended for children but some of the ideas are practical and fantastic. There are several paper mache craft ideas as well as paper sculpture ones.

More: Make Cloth Dolls - lots of pictures and tutorials about making all styles of cloth dolls, ranging from chibi to life size.  

[Maimy]

Just a heads up, I'm going to add shops to the list ...

Etsy:
Lucky Kaeru
Matatabi
Ebay:
Fabulous*Fabric UK
Buttons & Bows UK

I've bought from these shops myself & have been happy with the service/products 3nodding  

[Nekolover_8]

I found a good tutorial for amigurumi beginners:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4

And remember the details really help. 3nodding  

[shivababe]

http://www.youtube.com/user/ThreadBanger
i coulda sworn someone would beat me to the punch with this duo. The Thread Heads really jumped started me on so many projects. They also have a website of their own that has more detailed instructions and extra tidbits that they dont include on their youtube channel. http://www.threadbanger.com/  

[Nefidean]

http://www.firemountaingems.com/ it's one of my favorite sites to go to when I need supplies for jewlery. Alot of the items can be used for other things like tha faceded crystals and inlay beads, but they also have Poly-clay and other crafts supplies. Even though it's a Wholesale Supply Store, you can still buy things individually. Also because it's a Supply store, you get disscounts for the more you buy.

They also have a wide verity of Craft Books as well.  

[dragonhealer]

My super family fun awesome etsy shop!!!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5486586  

[Fashion Over Function]

~www.craftster.org is an amazing forum with extensive tutorial lists and ideas!  

[Felt Teeth]

http://www.mailleartisans.org - Awesome chainmaille and metalworking website.

http://www.theringlord.com - Wire, rings, and all other sorts of useful metalworking things.  

[HeroRat]

http://www.craftster.org/forum/ -Is a gallery were you can post any crafts that you make no matter what it is. Clothes, clay sculptures, paper crafts interior design projects... everything! It also has many tutorials on various crafts. I highly recommend it!  

[Morluin]

http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/index.html Has a lot of info and advice for polymer clay, as well as links and other stuff, and some fairly good tutorials for beginner and intermediate projects.

It's a little "old lady crafty" in places, but you can get to some other good sites from there, and some of the projects are good for learning techniques. I found it helpful as a starting point anyway smile  

[Moonfaerie]

Smooth-on's company has tutorials on casting and molding that could be very useful for general replications.
http://www.smoothonsecure.com/store/howto_service.php

This is also a good tutorial for making doll wigs by wefting
http://www.nonidolls.com/weft.html

This company deals with casting, molding, sculpt materials: Activa Products:
Though they don't seem to sell directly, but they do show lists of online shops that distribute their products when you check out a specific product.
http://www.activaproducts.com/

For those who want to create your own playing/trading/tarot/whatever cards this place has got the stuff ya need. The only thing it doesn't provide is a good printer ^^;
http://www.plaincards.com/  

[Rvaya]

I found a new tutorial today that is very helpful!

It's by Serena on DeviantArt but she's uploaded it to her personal website here: http://site.seremeres.com/index.php?page=kirby-plushie