Comments on: Keepsake Jewelry and Prayer Chaplet Made with Rose Petal Beads

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:07:04 +0000

@Mollie, or anyone else who makes memory bracelets: Carolyn Winters has red roses from her brothers funeral, and would like them made into memory bracelets. Leave a comment for her at the link if you can create keepsake bracelets for Carolyn & her daughter.

By: Mollie Hubenak

Mollie Hubenak — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:28:54 +0000

I haven’t had any problems with the beads fading. I seal them with Studio by Sculpey Glossy Glaze.

By: Mollie Hubenak

Mollie Hubenak — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:27:11 +0000

I am so thrilled and honored to be featured here on Cindy’s Spotlight. I have been out of town and didn’t find out until this morning. Thank you all for your wonderful and kind comments.

By: Cindy Lietz@Alcohol Ink on Crackled Gold Leaf

Cindy Lietz@Alcohol Ink on Crackled Gold Leaf — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:14:27 +0000

@Becky: I don’t think polymer clay based flower petal beads fade over time. I think it is just the traditional rosary beads made by boiling the petals, are the ones that fade. I’ve never had any of my polymer clay rose beads fade, but they are only a couple of years old.

@Carrie: In regards to your gold leaf and ink sticking to the rollers of the pasta machine, try laying a piece of parchment on top your sheet before putting in the machine. That should fix the problem.

By: Polyanya

Polyanya — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:03:42 +0000

Gosh they’re lovely what an unusual idea.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:41:59 +0000

Thanks Silverleaf! I was using silver, I even let it dry overnight. Also, my color seems to fade a lot. I had a little better luck with gold. I also tried the red variegated, it had about the same result as the silver. I got a few usable items with the gold though. I’ll keep trying. I would appreciate any other help also!

By: Marsha

Marsha — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:12:55 +0000

Mollie, your work is beautiful! I, too, make keepsake jewelry with flower petal inclusions and find it to be so meaningful. I love how you’ve paired your handmade beads with the Swarovski crystals! Thank you so much for sharing with us.

Becky, I made some beads with red roses from my niece’s wedding in May 2008 and they are still as beautiful today as when I made them. I do seal the beads with Future.

By: Silverleaf

Silverleaf — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:58:43 +0000

They are really nice Mollie, I love the idea of memories captured in jewellery.

@Carrie – Happens to me too. Leaving the ink to dry for a couple of hours helps a lot, just waiting until it looks dry doesn’t seem to be enough. And different leafs seem to work differently too – I have copper leaf which doesn’t stick much, and silver leaf which does (and has much finer crackles).

By: Catalina

Catalina — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:43:28 +0000

Mollie, your beads are very beautiful. All the care and time you put into your work shows! I just started working with inclusions and especially roses and it is quite challenging. I think I may have found a new way to work with dried flowers myself. I need to do more experiments to work out some kinks. If I find this new way works well and consistently I’ll let you all know.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:33:33 +0000

Gorgeous! I love the look of the flower inclusions.
A little off the topic, but I tried the ink on gold leaf today and the leaf stuck VERY badly to my pasta machine. I love this technique but cannot seem to get a pendant worth keeping.More than half of the gold leaf sticks and gets ruined.Please help!