The FIMO® Effect Neon is the brand new range of FIMO® released in early 2020. It has the particularity of reacting to UV light! Magical, isn’t it?
FIMO® Neon is perfect for colourful creations, we are ready for this summer !
The range has 6 new colours.

The necessary equipment for this DIY:

• The color of FIMO Neon range of your choice (Yellow, Pink, Blue, Orange, Green, Purple)
• One blade
• One roll
• A needle
• Earring holders

The necessary equipment for this DIY:

• The color of FIMO Neon range of your choice (Yellow, Pink, Blue, Orange, Green, Purple)
• One blade
• A round cookie cutter
• Key ring
• Fasteners for assembling the key ring
• Screw syringe for FIMO
• Two pliers for attaching key ring elements together

The necessary equipment for this DIY:

• The color of FIMO Neon range of your choice (Yellow, Pink, Blue, Orange, Green, Purple)
• Black and white FIMO SOFT
• One blade
• One roll
• Templates of the desired shape
• Earring fasteners
• Two pliers for attaching key ring elements together

Try it, have fun, share and remember… we all have talent!

As you know, we love to share with you the backstages of our workshop, it makes us feel like you are there, with us ☺️

Based in Preuilly-sur-Claise (37), it contains a whole universe that resembles us. We know you love anecdotes… Did you know that the candle is one of Graine Créative’s historical products ?!

The initials of the company DTM (one of the entities of the Graine Créative group before the merger) actually alluded to “Devineau Travaux Manuels“, one of the activities of the famous candle brand for schools. The candle has managed to make a place for itself and to cross the (many!) years, to become now accessible to everyone and a trend on fire (funny for a candle…!).

Our candle-making workshop in all this?

It’s nice to go behind the scenes of a workshop, isn’t it? Follow me, I’ll show you around! (respecting the social distancing obviously 👀).

For starters, we have a special “moulds” corner. We make two types of them:

• Thermoformed moulds
• Latex moulds

Simply put, thermoformed moulds are suitable for simple shapes with a relief on one side and a flat base on the other (a cone for example).

With this kind of mould, you need to be able to slide the result out of the mould easily ! This would be impossible for more complex shapes…

But don’t panic, that’s precisely why our latex moulds are here ! They allow complex shapes to be demoulded thanks to their flexibility.

We also offer dyes that allow you to colour your candles as you wish ! There are two types of dyes, liquid and solid. This is a preference of use, they are completely miscible with each other. It’s up to you to choose your favourite! In our workshop, we also have a section dedicated to our modelling wax, a wax that you can model with your hands to create candles in the shape of a character.

In order to reveal our manufacturing secrets to you, here are the stages of manufacture of our famous modeling wax explained by William, the person in charge of the workshop :

We melt the wax in a water bath and add the desired colouring. When we obtain a homogeneous mixture, it’s time to fill the chocolate bar moulds with a ladle (but be careful, don’t eat it ! * laughs*). 

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Once dry, slip it into the bags and tadaa it’s ready to use !

DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAX:

To make a candle you can use different kinds of wax. Therefore, we have decided to clarify all the characteristics of the different types of wax to enable you to use them in the best possible way.

Vegetable wax

As their name indicates, the composition is 100% vegetables. As for their appearance, they have an opaque finish. They are all suitable for latex moulds, except for the frosted vegetable wax.

We distinguish three types of vegetable wax:

• Rapeseed wax : Perfect for moulds ! It shrinks when it cools, allowing an easy removal from the mould. Its composition is eco-friendly. 🌿
• Soy wax : Perfect for containers ! It does not shrink when it cools, this allows a perfect filling of the container in which it was poured. Its composition is eco-friendly. 🌿
• Frosted and unfrosted vegetable wax : rather used in moulding. The particularity comes from the frosted vegetable wax with its … frosted aspect (that’s the best way to describe it !).

Candle Paraffin

Unlike vegetable waxes, this one is rather translucent. That’s why the colours obtained are more vivid !

Modeling Wax

And finally, our famous modeling wax ! Made in our workshop, we can say that it is our little baby 💕 Its particularity is due to its malleability at room temperature, which makes it an excellent modelling support for adults and children !

Here is one of our latest novelties : the kit cute Totems animals !

⚠️ GENERAL TIPS :

• ALWAYS melt the wax in a water bath.
• Add the colouring and / or a few drops of scent once the wax has melted (do not add them while it is on the heat).
• Never overheat the mixture as excess heat will cause a colour change and a risk of flammability.

Here we are, our candle range has no more secrets for you !

We hope that you have spent a good time while reading this article, we can’t wait to open the doors of our workshop to you again to tell you all the nice things going on here… ☺️🌷

Find all our range of candles with this link : *Graine Creative’s catalogue*

The patagom® boxes, the latest trend, and Graine Creative are in the spotlight in this report from the 12/45 of M6. In the company of his mom marilyne, mathis 9 years, participated in a workshop to manufacture gums using our patagom cabinets.

The replay of the report:  (video)

 

PATAGOM® ?

Creative Seed® reinvents traditional eraser clay by launching an unprecedented collection of boxes to make its own gums. Children choose their favorite colors and model the shape they want. Thanks to PATAGOM, they give life to cute and unique little companions! Here is a fun activity and conducive to the creativity of budding artists.

Each box is composed of an explanatory note and 6 colors miscible between them at infinity.

To create his eraser clay? It’s easy. Just mix the colors, shape shapes and bake them in the oven with your parents for 15 min at 120 °. Tadaah! Kids get unique and amazing gums!

The PATAGOM was awarded the 2019 Innovation Award in the “Product of the Year” category at the International CREATIVE WORLD Fair.

The Graine Creative team wishes to thank Marilyne  (Her page on Instagram) and Mathis for their welcome and sympathy!

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From the advent calendar, to decorating my home, this year, Christmas will be creative!

Christmas decorations are always a source of inspiration for the creative. They like to receive, indulge with personalized gifts, but also decorate their interior! Graine Créative has therefore decided to accompany you this year during this wonderful period that is Christmas, for the decoration of your interior. Fill up some good ideas for your Christmas decoration, from the fir tree to the D-Day table. Not forgetting the crib or the famous Advent calendar to wait until Christmas Day. You have to play to make your Christmas decoration!

 

My Personalized Advent calendar

Why not make your own advent calendar 2018? Advent calendar in wood or soft cardboard? Graine Créative allows you to free your imagination in order to create the most beautiful calendars, and good news: there are for all tastes!!! We have selected for you 2 beautiful ideas that will inspire you to make your advent calendar. Making them is an easy and fun task for adults and children alike. Realize them alone or with the help of your little piece, and teach him the value of the objects that one realizes oneself!

Our first Advent calendar is a pyramid calendar, which is part of one of our customization kits. It consists of 24 cubes to decorate, a masking tape, 24 digits Peel Off’s, and 10m of gold fantasy string.

The wooden advent calendars can be decorated with paint, masking tape, stickers.

 

My Christmas crib

Decorating the crib is a must-have Christmas tradition to make with your family! Decorated in the smallest detail, this beautiful crib is made from a cardboard base forming the walls and the roof, to climb oneself. Then, Graine Creative proposes two differents models of Christmas crib figure to complete the crib: one more traditional, and the other more modern and minimalist.

Little tip: Have fun to decorate your crib with things to find in nature such as pebbles, Moss, branches, your crib will be more beautiful!

My Pretty custom Christmas table

Creating a nice table decoration for Christmas is an art! Table Plan, menu, Mark-squares, table linen, crockery… Make a dream decor to receive your guests as it should be.

But what would Christmas be without its wonderful stars? To honor this idea, make your own sparkling stars with a special polymer clay mold and glitter-effect Fimo_®, and decorate your home with these sumptuous decorations. They will come to finalize your table decoration beautifully!

A few other simple tricks, like a pretty verrines painted and decorated with masking tape or a personalized place brand, which can immediately create a festive and warm atmosphere. To illuminate your table, we offer our cottages in Kraft paper, embellished with light garlands, guaranteed cocooning effect!

My interiors decorations for a natural Christmas

Why not combine this year’s creativity and nature? This year the trend is at the recovery ‘ and at the DIY, which allows everyone to create at home a personalized Christmas decoration while giving free course to its creativity. The opportunity also to share moments with your children through DIY fun and simple to achieve. Twine, branches, wood, bread apples, beads, everything is allowed to create the most original decorations!

Adorning its front door with a Christmas wreath is a true tradition, you are then offered to make it using a polystyrene ring, branches of FIR, string, ribbon and paint.

To lay on your fireplace or on a table, the letters “Christmas” wooden are also customizable to infinity here, we opted for metal to repel, and paint with metal effect. The top mobile is composed of a branch of driftwood, sisal balls, painted wooden beads.

What about the tree? Find a selection at the Graine Créative of crystal Christmas balls with multiple shapes to personalize: gout, fir, Santa Claus, Snowman, Sphere, Hearts. On these crystal balls everything is possible: Paint, FIMO_® to Accessorize, glitter, stickers, polystyrene balls to be placed inside for a snow effect… The possibilities are multiple!

 

Now it’s time to wait until December to start the countdown before D-Day and take full advantage of these decorations. Good creations and most importantly, have fun! And if you realize one of these DIY do not hesitate to tag us on the networks, we love to discover your creations!

#OnaTousduTalent #grainecreative

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To make beautiful masks in the rules of art, it is necessary to devote time and precision. Creative seed opens the doors of its manufacturing workshop, where each piece is worked by hand and with the help of our machines. All our masks are conceived, created and manufactured at DTM according to meticulous know-how, and especially with love! Know-how, quality and authenticity are the words of the order of this production workshop. To better understand this mysterious process, Sophie invites us behind the scenes of making these wonderful masks!

How to make a fabulous mask step by step?

1- Our graphic designer, Chloe, draws each model, and then models each of the masks by hand. The models and the technical files are then validated and sent to our production workshop to start the manufacturing.

 

2- Each piece is programmed manually on the machine by the collaborators for each new mask arriving, depending on its shape and its specificities. Then they place the material to be shaped.

 

3- The cutting of each part is carried out by the roller press using a template delimiting the pattern. Every gesture of Sophie and her team require extreme precision, otherwise the mask would be distorted. Some models should be taken back to the réfilatrice for accuracy when cutting.

 

4- Cutting done, you must now remove the falls from the sponsorship! Parts must be carefully cut and removed from their plates to avoid defects.

 

5- Sophie now comes to adjust the machine manually, then carefully and symmetrically cut the eyes. Finally, it pierces the holes for the elastics.

 

6- Sophie performs a final quality control and can now deposit the barcode and French manufacturing labels. The masks are then put in cardboard and ready to be shipped all over the world!

After a little staging full of love on another model, here’s the result!

 

INTERVIEW.

10 questions asked of Sophie, specialist in the manufacture of masks at DTM

Manufacturing

1) How long does the process of making a mask take? Each mask is made by plate, so it is necessary to count between 45 seconds and 1 minute per plate of masks. Or 110 masks created in 10 minutes.

2) The manufacture of masks is a real know-how, what do you think are the main human qualities to create pretty masks? First of all patience (laugh), because all masks require a different mold and tools, as well as a new setting to be programmed on the machines. But above all a lot of precision and know-how.

3) What is the thermoforming technique? Thermoforming is a technique which consists in taking a material in the form of a plate, heating it to soften it, and taking advantage of this flexibility to put it in shape with a mold. The material hardens when it cools, and keeps this shape.

4) Is it the same person who realizes this whole process of manufacturing? The same person does the entire manufacturing process, but we are three to work at the workshop.

History

5) Since when does this activity take place in the company? Since 25 years, almost since the creation of the brand.

Material

6) What makes you different from the other masks sold on the market? What’s special about them? Our masks are of very good quality, they are untearable, and are covered with a special paint to allow a better adhesion of the products added afterwards (paint, pencil, felt…).

7) In what matter are they made? Our masks are made of PVC, with a special coating for a better adhesion of the products.

Design

8) Where does the design of each model go? Each model and its tool are first created by our graphic designer, and then sent to the workshop to start manufacturing.

1) Are there standards to be met? Of course we must comply with the EC standards, especially for the safety of children.

A big thank you to Sophie for allowing us to know more about this real know-how that is the manufacture of the DTM masks.

 

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One year ago, Miss creatives challenged us to realize a FIMO_® advent calendar, so we immediately accepted! Maeva comes back to this idea on video and introduces you to the awesome calendar!

Graine Creative team would like to say thank you for this incredible challenge proposed by Maeva aka MissCréatives, YouTuber addict to the FIMO_® and DIY, which today brings together over 250 000 fans. For the curious, go to her YouTube channel.

Imagined for fans of creative leisure, the advent calendar FIMO_® x Graine Creative is the perfect (re) creative Calendar! It’s Christmas before the hour with this wonderful advent calendar 2018 containing 24 surprises: essential Fimo_® products and many accessories to create infinity.

This kit appears as the perfect gift to wait until Christmas Day, or to create your own gifts for the holiday season. It is intended for both FIMO_® experts and beginners alike, both for teenagers and adults alike. Each calendar contains several FIMO_® breads in various colors, and many creative accessories. The material inside allows to create multiple objects such as: Kawai Miniatures, marble candle holders (very trendy this year), jewellery cups, jewellery ornaments, Christmas decorations… However, no model is imposed, allowing the imagination of everyone to be free.

Go looking day after day for gifts hidden behind the windows, for a touch of fun and magic on a daily basis while waiting for Christmas. Quickly discover the wonderful universe of creative seed and all its creative surprises!

 

As promised, you are accompanied every week in the opening of your calendar windows. You will find every week a new idea of realization according to the surprises harvested. Feel free to tag us on social networks to show us your creations, we love it!

Week 1 : BLACK AND WHITE

Material Needed: Fimo® White, Fimo® black, + Fimo® Star Dust (for candle holders).

 

Week 2 : Delicacies and fantaisies

Materials needed:

Miniature delicacies: Fimo® Peach, Fimo® Flamingo, Fimo® Translucent, Choco Coulis, mini cane, mini diamonds.

3 pairs of Trendy earrings: Fimo® White, Fimo® Black, Fimo® Translucent, Fimo® Star dust, x6 earrings, coin-holder.

 

Week 3 : Soft and gentle

Material needed: Terazzo Cup: Fimo® White, Fimo® black, Fimo® pink Quartz, Fimo® gold.

Flower ring: Fimo® Rose Quartz, Fimo® ruby red, Fimo® black, ring, red mini balls.

 

 

Week 4 : Christmas Tree

Material needed: Fimo® Olive green, Fim ® Gold, Golden Glitter wire, cookie holder, tropical polymer stencile.

 

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The FIMO® Effect is perfect for reproducing stone effects and creating very fine jewelry. The crystals are patterned with translucent breads and quartz effects and then shaped using a blade. The jewels, developed by Graine Créative, enhance the crystals and bring a chic touch!

The necessary equipment for this DIY:

• FIMO® Effect translucent pink and quartz blue
• Silicone modeling mat
• Jewelery findings
• Cutting blades and finishing lacquer

Try it, have fun, share and remember … we all have talent!

À l’occasion de notre passage dans C’est au Programme, on vous invite à revivre en images notre journée de tournage chez La Petite Épicerie, avec la participation de MissCréatives. Accrochez-vous, ça va ficeler !

 

REPLAY. Le reportage “Passion String Art” sur France 2 

BONUS. Les coulisses du tournage

En plein cœur de Paris, c’est l’atelier créatif de La Petite Épicerie qui a ouvert ses portes à MissCreatives et notre équipe pour réaliser des tutoriels vidéo façon String Art.

Le String Art, c’est avant tout un partage de douceur et de créativité. On vous explique…

 

Pour la petite histoire, Delphine Roth (gauche), PDG de PW International, accorde un attachement à la technique du String Art depuis sa plus tendre enfance. De la réflexion à l’aboutissement des kits Graine Créative, ce projet très nostalgique permet de faire (re)découvrir à toutes et à tous cette activité old-school, en partageant nos inspirations. On a tous du talent !

 

Le décor de l’atelier des épiciers ! Ne rien faire dans la précipitation et attendre que le lieu nous inspire. On se déconnecte, on lâche prise et on ralentit le temps d’un instant.

 

Moteur, ça tourne, Action !

MissCréatives fait le plein d’inspirations avant de créer le tableau String Art idéal. Pour sa première création, elle choisit un motif cœur en tissant sa forme sur l’extérieur du cadre.

Un petit coup de pouce de Natacha, notre graphiste, pour planter les petits clous, ça va 2 fois plus vite ! Mais rassurez-vous, pas besoin d’aide pour les clouer. Au total, c’est 160 petits clous qui dessineront le cœur imaginé par MissCreatives. Attention les doigts !

 

Et voilà, ce cœur est prêt à décorer vos murs avec amour. Collector ! Pour trouver d’autres inspirations String Art, jetez un coup d’œil à notre board « Home déco & Cocooning» sur notre compte Pinterest.

 

Nous remercions Lise, Karine et les équipes de C’est au Programme / France 2 pour ce superbe reportage.

 

Merci à La Petite Épicerie, boutique dédiée aux loisirs créatifs et tutoriels DIY à Paris, et plus particulièrement Laura & Cyril, nos épiciers du jour !

 

Merci à Maeva, alias MissCréatives, YouTubeuse spécialiste des loisirs créatifs. Si vous êtes curieux ou curieuses, sa chaîne YouTube.

 

 

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À l’occasion de notre nouvelle collection estivale, on est ravi de vous présenter « Ninja », le petit chat imaginée par MissCréatives, célèbre créatrice notamment connue sur YouTube, réalisé en partenariat avec Graine Créative et FIMO®. Revivez en vidéo la folle journée de Maeva dans les locaux de Graine Créative en région parisienne !

VIDEO. Le making-of de Ninja, le chat de MissCréatives

 

Ninja, en images

 

Toute l’équipe Graine Créative tient à remercier Maeva, aka MissCréatives, YouTubeuse addict à la FIMO® et au DIY, qui rassemble aujourd’hui plus de 240 000 fans. Pour les curieux, rendez-vous sur sa chaîne YouTube.

 

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As the summer holidays approach, the bodies will begin to discover themselves on the beaches. Here is the solution that will bring the final touch to your “beach body” : the temporary tattoo!

A real tattoo is a great personal decision and expensive. So we found the solution to stand out … at a lower cost. Here are some tattoo ideas to brighten your summer vacation!

 

The totally magic girly tattoo 

 

DIY tutorial: the glitter girly tattoo

Using a stencil and cosmetic glue, a pattern is made on the skin. Then sprinkle the glitter gently on the pattern, possibly with a degraded effect and spread with a brush. The tattoo can be applied to felt or glitter.

 

The tattoo will last between 2 to 5 days, enough to shine as a holiday at the seaside as a beautiful summer evening!

 

The ephemeral chic tattoo to start a conversation

Ki Sign « Dreamcatcher  » – 194679

 

With my number one free spirit in my number one place! 📷: Taken by the brilliance that is @scottydubya_ #girl #meroo #camping #flashtattoos #boho #hippies #summer #nye #love

Une publication partagée par lauraaward (@lauraaward) le 8 Janv. 2015 à 7 :32 PST

© Instagram: @lauraaward https://www.instagram.com/p/xnkNjdq_Lq/?taken-by=lauraaward

 

 

Ki Sign « Apache » – 194712

© Pinterest : Nadège Azmi https://www.pinterest.fr/pin/418482990353158337/

 

 

Hihi ! 😁 #kisign #maillot #blogger #blogmode #modeuse #fashion #fashiongram #fashionblog #bloggeuse #marocco #maroc #maillotrouge #frenchblogger #marocco #maroc #blogger #bloggeuse #marina #bateau #frenchblogger #blogmode #instamoment #instagood #sunset #sunday #holidays #palaisdesroses #hotel #piscine #vue #tatto #tatouagestemporaire #tatouages

Une publication partagée par SARAH MODEEE / INFLUENCER 🇫🇷 (@sarah.modeee) le 9 Sept. 2015 à 3 :50 PDT

© Instagram: Sarah Modee https://www.instagram.com/p/7bV9JCIo0R/

DIY tutorial: the chic tattoo

 

• Clean, dry the skin and cut out the pattern of your choice. Remove the plastic film.
• Place the tattoo pattern facing the skin, moisten the paper on the back. Then gently remove the corner of the paper.
• Check if the pattern is attached to the skin, otherwise moisten and press again.
• To remove the temporary tattoo, preferably use a washing cream or baby oil, then rub.

 

The temporary marker tattoo to share with your BFF

We all have this best friend in the world. This unique person with whom we can stay on the phone for hours, share his best laughs and his biggest sorrows. Nothing better to honor this precious person than to share a tattoo on the same vibe!

The mysterious tattoo

🌙☀️🌙 @viktoria.vitez 🌙☀️🌙 FOLLOW > @lucymariemakeup #tattoo #tattoos #littletattoo #littletattoos #smalltattoo #smalltattoos #coupletattoo #bfftattoo #suntattoo #moontattoo #sunandmoontattoo #sunandmoon

Une publication partagée par littletattoos (@littletattoos) le 20 Sept. 2017 à 1 :15 PDT

© Instagram: @littletattoos https://www.instagram.com/p/BZRqAW3hExn/?tagged=bfftattoo

 

DIY Tutorial: The Temporary Marker Tattoo

 

• lean and dry the skin beforehand.
• Freehand, draw the desired pattern with the tattoo marker Ki Sign.
• Cover with talcum the area drawn and rub lightly.
• Remove excess powder with a tissue.
• To optimize the performance of the tattoo, spray lacquer 30 cm from the skin.
• Let dry. The tattoo should hold about 1 month.
• To remove the temporary tattoo, use baby oil and rub.

 

Check out our new tattoo selection: « TATTOO IS AN ART » !

 

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Mother’s Day is fast approaching and it’s a golden opportunity to show all the love you feel for your dear mother. To do this, here is a DIY tutorial to offer a small personalized gift and hand-made that will make her happy !

How to make a DIY soap full of love for Mother’s Day in 5 steps?

1. Cut the molding soap into strips.

2. Melt in the microwave.

3. Pour into your favorite mold.

4. Wait for complete cooling.

5. Turn out.

After a little staging full of love, here is the result!

Discover the new selection of soaps in our catalog: « The seaside »!

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L’effet mokume gane est une technique de modelage simple et efficace pour créer une déco bluffante !

Le matériel nécessaire pour ce DIY :
– 1 récipient métal
– 3 pains FIMO® Soft blanc
– 1 pain FIMO® Soft sahara
– 1 pain FIMO® Effect or métallique
– 1 pack de feuilles de métal Cuivre FIMO®
– 1 pelote de 5m de Suédine
– quelques perles de bois brut (2mm)
– peinture acrylique or et cuivré

Pour emmener cette idée partout, tout le matériel est disponible dans le kit Atelier modelage “Ma suspension en Mokumé Gané”

 

Testez, éclatez-vous, partagez et n’oubliez pas… on a tous du talent !

In 2018, PW International strengthen with the redemption of the Ki Sign brand, brand specialized in textile customization and temporary tattoos.

With simple products, Ki Sign aim to help everyone express his creative energy! Temporary tattoos, makeup, textile customization, stencils, home decorations, all of Ki Sign techniques are quick and easy to offer an infinite universe of creation.

Ki Sign, a personality story

Born in Bernin (Isère, France), Ki Sign was created in 2004, by Christophe Jobert, to help each one reveal their true personality. The brand renews its creations by taking inspirations from the vintage / grunge rock universe, and working regularly with French designers (Artlex, Alice Balice, Lucky Sophie) with a real passion for new trends … to constantly feed your imagination and sign your fashion up to your image.

PW International gives a lifting to the Ki Sign logo, to discover soon on every products. Thanks to a simplified and easy-to-read logo, the group supports its desire to make Ki Sign a dynamic and trendy brand, open to the public.

 

Customization, the hype DIY trend

Upcycling gives the opportunity to recycle, create and recreate unique object. No need to be king of drawing, just a few flex fabric geometric shapes, randomly fixed, brings the DIY touch! Your old t-shirt with a hole or your old Converse pair can transform into a nice new outfit. Accessorize it with thermobonding fabric, imitation leather, strass stones… A child’s play, just like the original DIY pillowcase.

 

Ki Sign, the temporary tattoo specialist

For a party, a birthday, a festival or just to enjoy the beach, create a unique temporary tattoo thanks to a big range of Ki Sign accessories.

• Inks and glitters to make your skin glow,
• Soft-vinyl stencils, adhesive et reusable,
• Tattoo kits and accessories to help you make your temporary tattoo.

Ki Sign leaves a print of talent and creativity on the skin.

 

Find the complete Ki Sign collection in the PW International catalog

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2018 is the modelling year with FIMO®. Find out about the first of three highlighted modelling techniques: the driftwood effect.

Let yourself be tempted and shape these creations!

Warm and gentle, wood is an inescapable decoration trend. This modeling technique helps create FIMO® objects with a real natural aspect!

 

VIDEO. FIMO® jewel case with driftwood effect

 

-> All necessary equipment with the creative sheet !

Every Friday in the TV show La Maison des Maternelles, Marie Perarnau gives us some ideas to keep children busy for the weekend. Today, she picked Graine Creative’s set for children among her best activities ideas which take very little room and can be carried anywhere with you. (more…)

The festive season is the right time to let your imagination speak and compose the decoration of your desires using handmade creations! Here’s our favorite DIY gifts and decoration ideas for this winter !

As we are approaching Christmas… We love this time of enjoyment and chill. So get your favorite plaid, wake the chimney and let yourself get carried away by these inspirations to end the year on a high note!

#1 Celebrate Christmas with nature

The natural materials bring tenderness to interior design. A beautiful Christmas DIY with wood washers decorated using pyrography. Here’s a different Christmas tree! (ref. 107580, 107581)

#2 Shape a FIMO_© Christmas tree

If your traditional Christmas tree feels a bit lonely, make him a miniature companion 100 % made of FIMO_® clay. Take a little jar, add a little bit of FIMO© snow and it’s done ! (réf. 263115, 168002)

 

#3 Create a hygge vibe with String Art

This DIY mixes creativity and nature. String Art is really simple! To get a cocooning decoration, you only have to stretch thread between a few nails. You can hang your creation on the wall to bring the best out of winter. Your decor is now ready! (ref. 100655)

 

#4 The Christmas crib, a nice tradition

If you love setting up a Christmas crib, you still can build and customize this handmade crib. There’s a thousand way to imagine this tradition before it’s ready to welcome its little characters. (ref. 224322)

 

#5 Create your own Christmas balls

A nice alternative option to the classic Christmas balls. Customize some sheer Cristal balls with glitter and feathers to offer an authentic charm to your Christmas decoration.  (ref 579020, 579021)

 

#6 Embroider your cocooning interior

For Christmas decoration or the whole winter, the lama will warm your home to open a chill atmosphere! Pick your design and colors and then get started with this embroidery handiwork. Comfort and relaxation await you. (ref. 100678)

 

#7 Create a unique and gourmet Advent Calendar

A few bags filled with your favorite treats can be a good start to a beautiful home feel.  Start the countdown to wait until Christmas Eve! (ref. 518240)

 

#8 Shape some high-flying FIMO_® suspensions

These bohemian-style shaped stars and clouds can be hung anywhere. On your Christmas tree or the window, for example, it brings a graceful and airy to your interior. (ref. 266253)

 

#9 Hang some hand-casted suspensions

A fairy tale atmosphere takes hold of you thanks to these hand-casted Christmas decoration! First, pick your thermoformed mold (on this pic, flake – ref. 271301) suitable for plaster molding, cold ceramic powder, resin and… soap! For your home, this suspensions is the icing on the cake: Christmas magic happens!

 

#10 A nice table set

To brighten your Christmas Eve table, pull out your prettiest plates and welcome your guests in a shiny universe. The tiny houses and (ref. 224320) and place cards (ref. 224333) are precut for an easy montage and a chic result.

 

Find more DIY gifts and decoration ideas on Pinterest with the Graine Créative Christmas pinboard. Meanwhile, Graine Créative wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. “
Calvin Coolidge.

Dear DIY fans, the FIMO clay welcomes you in every newsstand for the new collection you won’t want to miss : Easy Creations with FIMO clay in partnership with Hachette !

 

 

Fill up your  inspirations with the FIMO® collection

Every week, find a booklet with fashion or decoration tutorials. All the necessary material to create the flagship creation of the week. The beginners will discover step-by-step illustrated methods. The experts will perfect their techniques and to fill up with new ideas!

 

So, to learn more about the FIMO collection and the exclusive gifts for subscribers, visit www.collection-fimo.com, furthermore, join the community on Facebook and Instagram.

To make a good soap with all the proper rules, it is necessary to devote time and precision. Graine Creative opens the doors of its DIY soap-making workshop, where each piece is cast by hand.

Based in Preuilly-sur-Claise (Indre-et-Loire), the DIY soap-making workshop allows us to offer you a selection of trendy and unique products made in France. Join Véronique to discover how we homemake our soaps. Small clue, it takes a lot of love and delicacy.

We prepare the soap dye and following our recipe. Thanks to this mixture, we get a fluid and colored soap.

The mixture is then poured into each mold before weighing and packaging.

 Our “Melt & Pour” soap is:

• Complying with European cosmetic standards
• Manufactured manually in our laboratory according to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)
• Made in France
• Customizable at will, it can be easily melted, colored or perfumed

Find a lot more fresh and creative DIY soap-making ideas on Pinterest: Graine Creative: DIY soaps

More about our range of soap perfumes and dyes: Graine Creative: DTM Catalog

A manual activity loved by kids from an early age: the iron beads! Children’s imaginations puts on endless colours thanks to a back plate, iron beads, ironing paper and a little help of an iron. The new Perlou XXL iron beads, larger (10 millimetres) are perfect for kids from the age of 3.

An explosion of colours and shapes

The iron beads to learn and create

For more activity ideas for, please visit our Pinterest pinboard.

Graine Creative launches 4 new laser-pre-cutting Shrinking plastic kits, for easy, precise and trendy DIY. Making lovely hemstitch like a dreamcatcher has never been easier. Kids can now set up a real 3D decor, with the Native Americans and circus themes!

For more Shrinking plastic ideas, find Graine Creative on Pinterest, « 50 shades of Shrinking plastic”: Click here

Easy 3D kits for kids

The younger ones now can give life to their creations. Thanks to the 2 new pre-cutting Shrinking plastic kits, made in our France workshops, here’s a playful and useful activity.

How it works?

To create a character:

1. Remove the Shrinking plastic shapes (easy for kids to remove)
2. Trace and/or draw the characters design
3. Color the shape
4. Remove the characters’ shapes
5. Put the shapes in the oven (with the help of an adult)
6. Remove from oven after retraction (with the help of an adult)
7. Slot the shapes together

For more kids activities’ ideas, find Graine Creative on Pinterest, “25 DIY for kids”: Click here

Heard about FIMO®? The famous polymer clay, perfect to begin easy-modelling. All that is needed is a flat surface to work on, a pinch of ideas, a few tools, some FIMO® and… an oven to bake the FIMO®! Then you will be able to create pearls, lovely jewellery, canes, and a lot more colourful decorations!

FIMO® soft, effect, kids, professional…? Here’s a little tutorial to learn more about FIMO® clays and the benefits of each one:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The dreamcatcher, latest DIY trend of the year, and Graine Creative, is honored in this M6 12 45 report. With the help of Delphine Roth, director of PW International / DTM, Lorenzo, 8, has gave a try to a dreamcatcher workshop.

Watch the replay:

Lorenzo has chosen to make his own dreamcatcher thanks to the Graine Creative dreamcatcher kits, to « hang it above his bed » captures nightmares, leaving dreams go through.

The whole Graine Créative team would like to thank Carmela, Lorenzo, Julie (her blog and her Instagram page), and the Une mère une fille à Paris teahouse for the warm welcome.

For your pleasure or the pleasure of giving, Graine Créative launches two new kits to create easily pretty jewellery.

LA PÉTILLANTE :

L’ÉBLOUISSANTE :

The dreamcatcher is the latest DIY trend of the year. Graine Creative offers you to rediscover the Creacord* through a new range of 4 dreamcatchers kits. The dreamcatcher comes from a Native American legend explaining that this handmade item captures nightmares, leaving dreams go through.

 

 

Traditionally made of a hoop and a spider web-shaped weaving, the dreamcatcher is often decorated with feathers and stones.

The handmade appearance makes the loveliness of the dream catcher. It doesn’t have to be perfectly symmetrical. You can hang your dreamcatcher all around the house.

Graine Creative offers a wide of range dreamcatcher kits, with different materials, shapes and colors. Theses kits are ideal to easily achieve your dreamcatcher.

 

The possibilities are endless! With the Creacord*, a few knots, a few beads and some feathers, you can get a solid and colorful dreamcatcher, ready to decorate your dear home.

When the first light of day strikes the dreamcatcher, the bad dreams that have been captured melt away to get the day off to a good start.

With Playcolor, poster painting has never been easier and quicker!

Playcolor gives you the opportunity to paint easily on paper, cardboard, wood, glass, and mirror, ceramic and even on… the skin!

It’s fun, easy, quick-drying and doesn’t stain.

The collection features 2 formats of gouache sticks : Playcolor ONE and Playcolor POCKET.

PLAYCOLOR ONE : For young children. The stick format is adapted to the hand of the child.

It is consisted of 6 ranges :

• Basic colors gouache sticks : 6 and 12 colors
• Metallic colors gouache sticks : 6 and 12 colors
• Textile gouache sticks : 6 and 12 colors
• Fluo gouache sticks : 6 colors
• Art gouache sticks : 24 colors
• Window gouache sticks : 6 and 12 colors

 

 

PLAYCOLOR POCKET : For older children and adults. Lead is thinner and the stick is more elongated.

It is consisted of 2 ranges :

• Basic colors gouache sticks : 6 and 12 colors
• Metallic colors gouache sticks : 2, 6 and 12 colors

 

We also offer a range of dermatologically tested make-up, paraben-free, hypoallergenic and cleanable with water to the delight of parents !

Check out the 6 basic and metallic colours making sure your make-up is diversified.

PLAYCOLOR MAKE UP :

It is consisted of 2 ranges and 3 displays :

• Basic colors make-up : 6 colors
• Metallic colors make-up : 6 colors
• Basic and metallic colors make-up : 3 colors

The 3-pack sticks were designed to achieve 6 make up themes: Camouflage, Zombie, Pirate, Robot, Princess and Reptile.

 

The Playcolor range is suitable for young and old. You can even sharpen the lead to achieve more detailed patterns. From now on, you have no more excuses not to paint… get your Playcolor sticks!

Tired of bland jars? With Graine Creative, decorate your jar with endless possibilities of creation and decoration.

You can tint your jar, draw patterns on it, add some stickers, swap lids…

It’s easy and quick to decorate the jars and breathe new life to your lamps, your candles, your cocktails and your terrariums.

Here’s the step-by-step video tutorial to help you to decorate your unique little jar.

With Graine Creative, we’ve all got talent!

Shrink plastic is a magic activity !

It is a sheet on which we trace or draw a shape of our choice, and then color it.

Then we cut this shape and place it in the oven.

Now the magic happens. The shape will twist and retract until reducing to 7 times smaller when the baking is done. Then we just need to fix the form to a necklace chain, a key ring, earrings …

As the ” feather ” pattern is very trendy this summer, here is a video tutorial to make a necklace with shrink plastic feathers.

A step-by-step to understand how to use this… crazy product !

 

The Queen Tape is the major 2016 concept of Graine Créative® !

This adhesive tape is flexible, strong, waterproof and can be cut by hand. With ten plain colors and twenty exclusive patterns, this collection is specially suitable for any kind of customized project or object creation. We use it like fabric, but without sewing.

Here is the video tutorial for succeed at doing a feather crown with Queen tape.

An easy activity that can be realized with your children.

With Graine Créative, we’ve all got talent!

Deviated from its initial purpose, the Queen Tape is the major concept of 2016 !

This adhesive tape is flexible, strong, waterproof and can be peeled off by hand. Its simplicity makes its strength. It is enough to superimpose the adhesive strips to give life in a few minutes to a vanity case, a handbag, jewelry and even children fancy clothing.

With ten solid colors and twenty exclusive patterns, this collection, designed in France by our teams is specially suited for any kind of customized project or object creation. A delight for the DIY lovers !

For the anecdote…

Adhesive tape comes straight from  the United States, where it is well-known  under the name of  « Duck tape » ou  « Duct tape ». It was created during the WWII and on initiative of  the United States Armed Forces.Waterproof, the Duck  tape  was designed  to keep the dampness out of  ammunition boxes and also used  temporarily for the reparation of  assorted military equipments.  Nowadays, the Duck Tape is a very popular item in the    creative leisure activities shelves in the United States.

 

Christmas decoration always inspires DIY passionates.

They love to receive their guests, offer them personnalized gifts (“wrapping” trend), decorate their home with Christmas colors especially their table.

GRAINE CREATIVE® is launching a new home decoration product line with GOLD and SILVER colors to give a posh and glamourous touch : Christmas tree, table decoration, personnalized gifts for guests.

This product line is composed of paper straws to realize pop-cakes, carton boxes to wrap it gifts, adhesive paper bows to stick in the gifts, alphabet letters, tag stickers to express it kind thought, bundle of sticks as bookmark, flag picks to bring a shiny touch to your aperitif, metallic adhesive tapes for a metallic effect to give a final touch to a decroation, divisible ball to hang in the Christmas tree in which we put a candy inside…

« My creative jar » trend arrives in France!

Inspired by the American « Mason Jar ®» trend, the creative jar product range offers you 7 little jars to decorate. Many styles available: vintage or modern, classical or oriental to match everybody’s tastes !

Wanna decorate your table, prepare a nice cocktail or a beautiful salad, an original jar or highlight a candle? “My creative jar” can be decorate in many ways : ceramic pens, glass paint, glupatch, stencils, lace, stickers, raphia…). Express your creativity!

Many accessories are available to make your jar unique: beautiful metallic lids for posh and elegant créations but also colorful lids with vichy or polka dots patterns! 2 straw assortments are also available to realize fun and aesthetic cocktails!

Everybody knows about CRÉACORD®, this year activity! We are sure you already succumbed to its intense colors, its solidity and its funny concept easy to realize for you or your friends!

We are also quite sure you are pretty good at making beautiful bracelets by yourself. But, at Graine Créative®, we are nice people and we decided to share with you this wonderful video to know everything on your favorite activity for this summer! Have fun!

Wanna create jewels but not inspired? You think it is too difficult or you don’t have enough time or material? STOP. No more excuses, we have the perfect product for you!

We have designed 11 different boxes for jewellery creation (to make yourself) of our brand Graine Créative®.

Each box has its own personality:

 

 

This summer will be hot and beautiful… and you feel like practicing your favorite activity: modeling with the famous FIMO® clay.

But pay attention to the storage of your blocks!

Indeed, polymere clay blocks are very sensitive to heat and a temperature higher than 30°C might spoil the quality of your favorite polymere clay.

Store your blocks in a moderate temperature to avoid any quality loss.

A little explanation on how to keep your FIMO® blocks perfect during this summer!

PWI / DTM : The group is launching its new brand GRAINE CREATIVE® and its new website www.grainecreative.com

After 12 months of an intensive work, debates, meetings, doubts and joys, PW INTERNATIONAL and DTM Loisirs creatifs are pleased to present you the new brand of the group:

A brand which democratise the crafts for all: whether you are creator for one day or passionate every day, we all can create something with our hands, and we are able to make a promise:

“We all have talent.”

A new brand but also a beautiful new website, which will be launched on 1 October 2015.

www.grainecreative.com

You can discover our news, projects and our tutorials and photos for new inspirations …

See you soon….. for new surprises !

 

 

Sabine Backer has a unique background. Passionate about jewelry creation, she finds inspiration in nature and surrealism.

Well known in the polymer clay field, Sabine teaches many students all over the world and shares her passion and her knowledge. In 2006, she opens her first studio.

Sabine talks about her experience with FIMO® Pro, a polymer clay offering a high quality of detail. She also appreciates the better preservation of the clay thanks to a resealable bag and the new size of the blocks…

To discover Sabine work, it is here!

Bettina Welker is an exceptional artist. Designer, she has been realising many polymere clay jewels since 2003. She is sharing her passion with many other polymere enthusiasts all over the world though German or international associations. She also published many books on this topic: “Edle Schmuck-Unikate & Accessoires aus Polymer Clay” in 2009 and “Polymer Clay Bracelets” during 2012 summer.

Bettina shows her work using FIMO® Pro and shares her experience. She is happy with this new clay: smooth and easy to work with  with and highlights the True Colors imrovements: A unique color mixing system enabling precise, brilliant and intense colors.

To discover Bettina’s world, Watch this !

 

We are very pleased to present you the new book «Créations en paracorde » published by “Les Editions Carpentier” with our brand CREACORD® on the cover!

French TV show « Les Maternelles » on April 20th 2015 « Licornes et FIMO® Kids » hosted by Carole Tolila

In this new TV show, the bubbly Carole Tolila introduces a legendary and fairy animal, loved by kids: The unicorn. She will teach how to realize cute unicorn headbands thanks to FIMO® Kids, the oven hardener polymer clay that changes creations into toys!

To discover a unique tuto, Watch this! The FIMO® Kids introduction can be seen on 2.30.

Fed up with holding the same bracelet everytime? Need for new color, freshness and trendy items? Discover CRÉACORD®, the new DIY trend !

Coming from Germany, these original bracelets are composed of parachute threads and plastic connectors. With intense and neon colors, these bracelets can fit any outfit and highlight the tanned wrists. The must-have accessory for this summer ! CRÉACORD® enables you to realize keyrings and lucky charms. A fun and easy activity that will seduce the young and old alike.

CRÉACORD® threads is a flexible and resistant nylon rope. Normally used by military parachutes, we kept its solidity but added new colors to enlighten your creations.

These nice bracelets are easy to realize. You just have to mix colors and tie together the threads to create your personnalized bracelets: you can realize all kind of knots. There’s something for every taste! We can also create a bracelet, necklace, bag straps, belt, headband…

You are passionate about FIMO®? You wanna learn how to create unique and personnalized colors?  You wanna know everything about color mixing? This FIMO® Professional video will teach you everything on the color mixing system developed by Staedtler. It will enable you to reproduce 175 different colors with only 5 basic colors (pure yellow, pure red, pure magenta, pure blue, pure green)!

These pure colors are composed of only one colored pigment and will enable you to create exact, precise and brilliant colors.

Shades or hints can be added thanks to black and white blocks.

Thanks to clear explainations and a pratical example, you will become an expert on the color mixing and you will realize intense and unique creation!

To know everything on FIMO® color mixing, Watch this!

 

Christine Dumont is a complete artist. Passionate about creation, she teaches internationally in many European countries and also on the web.

She founded Voila ! (http://www.voila.eu.com), a polymer clay fan community that helps members with advices, lectures, creative tips…

Her inspiration ? She found it thanks to her travels all over the world: Middle East, Morrocco, Canada, the UK, Malta and Belgium…

Christine introduces in this video one of her creations made with FIMO® Professional. Elle likes very much the clay texture and loves the fact it is very easy and pleasant to work with.  Moreover, its solidity and its flexibility make it essential for the effect she wanna give to her work.

The True Colors gives vibrant and particular effect to her création. These pure colors enable to realize successful and exact color mixing. It can be heated without any color changes!

To discover Christine’s creation, Watch this video!

Hey girls… what about making our own jewels by ourselves? It is a super-fashion activity which has soooo many advantages!

French TV Show « Les Maternelles » on March 2nd 2015 « Des Loisirs créatifs qui cartonnent » hosted by Carole Tolila

In this new episode, Carole Tolila explains two trendy activities for kids: ironing beads, an activity that was already existing in the 80’s and the FIMO® Kids. The clay can be easily knead by kinds and enables them to create their own toys, jewels or realizations.

To Watch this video and discover a nice and funny TV show dedicated to mummies, it is here! The tuto on Fimo® Kids is on 5.00.