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SwanLir 🦢🌊
@swanlir.bsky.social
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Irish🇮🇪/English🇬🇧
| Polymer Clay Artist/Sculptor🖌️
| Handmade Jewellery💍 — Earrings, necklaces, and keyrings
| Queer 🌈 & Chronically ill ♿
| They/Them 💜
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Here's my stall at Fleetville Community Centre's Christmas market today! We're in the Bycullah room, so pop by if you can!
#christmasmarket #craftfair #smallbusinessuk
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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Hi, I'll be vending at the Fleetville Community Centre Christmas craft fair this year, again! It'd be nice if you could pop by and say hello if you're able to!

#christmasmarket
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I'm really proud of how this commission turned out, and thankfully the person who received this piece, adored it!

#smallbusiness #polymerclay #jewellery
June 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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I've been working on taking product photos for Etsy, starting with this glittery green gnome phone charm and despite not being good enough for it, I've fallen in love with this photo and decided to post it here!
A product photo of a handmade gnome phone charm with a long glittery green hat and a squat glittery green body, a round pink nose, and a long white beard. It is made from polymer clay. The gnome is dangling at a slight angle in front of a plain white background and ever so slightly out of focus.
April 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Art Vs. Artist

It's been an exciting year for me art wise, as I finally had the courage to start selling my work! I've made many new fellow artist/small business friends!

I can't wait to see what this new year brings and how my small business will grow!

#artvsartist #artvsartist2024 #artbusiness
January 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I attended the Mill Green Midwinter Magic event yesterday! Met loads of other lovely stall holders and had some wonderful chats with both them and the visitors to the event!

#polymerclay #polymerclayjewellery #handmadejewellery #christmasmarket #uksmallbusiness
December 22, 2024 at 11:51 AM
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At my small local Christmas carolling and market event!
#polymerclay #christmasmarket
December 15, 2024 at 4:06 PM
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I'm working on restocking my first bestseller; these little sparkly green gnome/gonk earrings!

Here's the difference between the first step of making them, and the finished product!

#smallbusiness #smallbusinessuk #christmas #handmade #jewellery #gonk #gnome #polymerclay #fimo
A white glazed ceramic square with 9 pairs of handmade sparkly green flat Santa/Gonk hats, on top of it. The ceramic square is on top of a green craft mat with yellow lines on it. Photoshopped on the bottom right corner of the photo, is a pair of green sparkly Gonk/Gnome earrings on a brown card earring holder. A white arrow points to these, followed by the text "Finished Product".
December 6, 2024 at 11:58 PM
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Here's my little stall at today's Christmas craft fair at Fleetville community centre!

#christmasmarket #craftfairdisplay #craftfair #stalbans #fleetvillecommunitycentre #smallbusiness #smallbusinessuk
November 23, 2024 at 10:33 AM
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I'll be a vendor at this Christmas craft fair on Saturday! So if you're able to visit, come and have a gander!
A poster of a stylised craft market stall, a Christmas tree, a snowman, and a woman walking a dog on a background that resembles a blue sky and white snow covered ground. It has the following text on it: "Join us" "Christmas Craft Fair", "Saturday, 23rd November 2024 10am–4pm", "festive crafts & gifts, food and activities!", "Fleetville Community Centre AL1 4LQ, St Albans" "Info@fleetville.org.uk" The text alternates between being in a yellow text box with black text, and dark red text with no box. Above the text, are strings of coloured lights, and yellow stars. The word Christmas has a small bird sitting on the letter 'M'. The stall has a yellow awning, with a Christmas garland on the front. Hanging across the front of the stall are a string of light bulbs. There's a clothing rack with a yellow, a red, and a blue t-shirt, each with the a white square on the front. Below it, is a shelf with stacks of each shirt. Next to the clothing, is an upright grid with two paintings or picture frames hanging on it. The stall table has a white and red table cloth with various coloured shapes to represent other kinds of stock. On the front of the table cloth, which is the red part, there are yellow and white bags hanging there. The snowman is white, three snowballs tall of different size, with black round eyes and three black round buttons down the front. It also has two stick arms and a carrot nose. The woman has white skin, and dark brown hair in a ponytail. She has yellow earmuffs on, a yellow and red coat, orange bottoms, and navy shoes. Her dog is a brown sausage dog with a red Christmas jumper on. The Christmas tree has colourful Christmas lights, red and white stockings, and a yellow star decorating it.
November 21, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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Working on some cute snowmen and classic style gingerbread men ornaments and charms for my first local Christmas market! I'm super excited and hopefully those who will attend, will like my pieces!

#smallbusiness #smallbusinessuk #christmas #handmade #jewellery #christmasmarket #polymerclay #fimo
Five hand sculpted polymer clay glittery white snowmen figurines in a line that are made of two stacked snowballs, with black top hats with eyepins sticking out the top, two round black eyes, a chunky orange carrot nose, a red and green striped scarf around the neck and one or two black buttons on the bottom snowball. The Snowmen are roughly 3.5–3.7cm tall (1.3–1.5") and 2.6–2.8cm wide (1–1.1"). Below the snowmen, are three "large" gingerbread men that are made from brown polymer clay with a gingerbread looking texture on top and an eyepin sticking out of their heads. There are two round black "raisin" eyes, three smaller round "raisin" mouths in a smile shape, and three round "raisin" buttons down the torso. They are 2.8–3cm in height (1.1–1.2") and 2.4–2.5cm in width (0.9–1"). Beneath those, are three smaller gingerbread men, who only have the round black "raisin" eyes and buttons, and also have an eyepin sticking out of each of their heads. These smaller gingerbread men are 1.8–1.9cm tall (0.7"), and 1.6–1.7cm wide (0.6"). Behind these handmade pieces, is a glazed ceramic tile reflecting a round lamp, which is on top of a green mat with yellow squares which are 1cm² in size.
November 19, 2024 at 6:56 PM
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I've taken the first step to turning my art hobbies into a small business by opening an Etsy shop! I'm a little nervous but I can't wait to start creating listing for all the polymer clay pieces I've made so far!
#smallbusiness #etsy #etsyuk
A screenshot of a new Etsy shop. The shop's name is SwanLir and it's located in Hatfield, England. It has 0 sales and no items listed at this time.
November 8, 2024 at 12:42 AM