How To Make Polymer Clay Beads, Book Review
This is such a lovely book, I’m always excited when I read it because the projects are so inspiring and useful. You can make beautiful jewelry with the ideas from this book! Me, I love to make colorful beads to match new outfits like dresses or tops. It’s very inspiring to make your own custom...
Thing-A-Ma-Jig Review
The Thing-A-Ma-Jig is such a cool tool for beaders! You’re making customized and unique pendants, links and clasps for your jewelry designs. It’s like magic but still so easy to do! You just twist and turn the wire round the pegs, and you have a new pendant! The wire you can use with a Thing-A-Ma-Jig comes in...
Oprah’s Jewelry: Beaded African Bracelets
Oprah’s wonderful jewelry, the african bracelets, took me by surprise because they’re such good beadwork! They are a bit pricey, but if you have the money I strongly encourage you to buy them since they are made by women in Rwanda so the money supports a good cause. What was my first Beader reaction? The urge of finding...
Find the right beading classes
Addicted to interesting beads and cool supplies? Keen on getting a sea of inspiration while finding new friends? Curious about a new beading technique or want to get more experience in one? :) Then you just might want to take a beading class! You will get the chance to learn the skills from someone experienced working...
Pantone color chart in Jewelry making
To work well with colors when your making jewelry is essential, but not always easy. Luckily there are many tools out there which are very helpful. One brilliant idea is to use a pantone color chart! Also it’s a very fun way to do it. By getting a Pantone color chart and a book you get giant leaps closer...
Ferido Epoxy Adhesive
Check this out! I’m so excited, found a marvelous epoxy glue made especially for jewelry making. It’s called “New Ferido Epoxy Adhesive” and the possibilities of usage is endless! This two-part epoxy adhesive molds like clay and can be rolled, sculpted, inlaid or set with foil-backed crystals and gemstones for a custom jewelry design.
Zebra Jewelry pliers
Found this lovely Zebra pliers set for jewelry making. You just gotta love them, and I’m definitely getting them. They must be the coolest jewelry pliers on the market, and I found them very cheap here. If you just want a good set of complete jewelry pliers even cheaper, you have that here. Anybody else who has...
Clay bead Jewelry
I’ve had these clay beads like forever, but now it finally struck me. I’ve been trying too hard with beading them! And by that I mean, trying to complement them with too much other beads. Guess they’re supposed to be kept as they are. I made a bracelet with elastic bead cord and then a pair...
Fimo Bead making for Jewelry
Beaded some jewelry pieces yesterday and had lots of fun! Wanted to make something out of my leftover Fimo beads, and so I did! It’s not always necessary to buy new beads, why not recycle? It’s great fun to use scrap beads from here and there You tidy your bead stash from materials left over from other...
Baking Polymer clay
It’s very important to bake polymer clay correctly to keep the desired shape and durability, therefore it’s important to follow the manufacturers instructions for appropriate baking temperatures. To be more precise you can use an owen thermometer to ensure that you are not baking it too hot or too cool. Under-baked clay is brittle, so you don’t want that in...
