Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Paperclay Bricks


Not much has happened since the last time. I did stain the roof a dark walnut color like the inspiration photo.

By the way, I have finally gotten the paper clay for the exterior bricks. I bought them from paperclay.com and they were wonderful! They have discounted price for wholesale items. So I bought 19 packs of "Pearl" paper clay for only $2.65 each ... each pack contains 17.5 oz. of clay! If you have shopped for paper clay before, you already know how ridiculously inexpensive this is in comparison. They also credited back almost $10 on shipping when they found out they could ship out the clay in a USPS flat rate box. So, my thanks goes out to the folks at paperclay.com.

I have started bricking the house, and I can tell you right now, it will take me forever and a day to finish making the bricks. I tested the paper clay on the front door steps. If you remember from the post about stairs, I had used the original front door steps on the third floor of the Garfield instead. So this time around, I had to fashion stairs out of cardstock and masking tape, which I later covered with paper clay bricks. The "Pearl" clay dries very hard, and I am loving it so far ...


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8 comments:

  1. christineJune 23, 2010 at 11:01 PM

    i am watching with great interest!!can't wait to see your bricks..:)

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  2. Tallulah BelleJune 24, 2010 at 6:59 AM

    The roof looks great.

    I use regular paperclay - what is the difference between that and the pearl one ?

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  3. Sumaiya MehreenJune 24, 2010 at 11:55 AM

    "Pearl" paper clay is just another brand of paper clay, similar to "Creative Paperclay" that is commonly found in the U.S.

    They are a little different as far as drying time, color and texture, but both of them are just paper clay ... "Pearl" is less expensive.

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  4. Tallulah BelleJune 30, 2010 at 8:42 AM

    Thanks Sumaiya....I'll look out for it.

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  5. SaritaJuly 7, 2010 at 8:53 PM

    Your house is coming along nicely! Can't wait to work on mine! It's so torturous not to be able to work on mine right now especially since I haven't much to do. It's still another month until I will be able to work on mine. Looking at your pictures fulfills that void inside. Thanks for sharing!

    Sara

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  6. MinisOnTheEdgeJuly 22, 2010 at 10:49 AM

    Your house is looking Fantastic!! Have your favorite music playing in the background and the clay brick process will fly by faster! {{{Hugs}}}

    Tracy

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  7. Sumaiya MehreenJuly 22, 2010 at 12:27 PM

    Dear Tracy,
    I don't know how you do it! I remember the Annabelle Pierce you bricked...

    I haven't been able to finish even one of the sides. The tower is almost done, but that's about it!

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  8. KC-DesignJuly 28, 2010 at 7:42 AM

    I use paperclay too and I love it to work with that material.
    Your house is comming out such great!!

    Karin

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