Comments on: How Difficult is it to Make Memorial Jewelry Using Polymer Clay?

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Library Vol-1 Lentil Beads

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Library Vol-1 Lentil Beads — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:17:54 +0000

@Elizabeth – Well it’s the new year as I write this so it looks like we made it :-) … loads of love right back atcha.

@Julie – You are very welcome. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate it. Please keep us all updated with your progress.

By: Julie Wooding

Julie Wooding — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:14:08 +0000

Hellooooo Cindy! I’ve been meaning to write to you to let you know how much I’ve enjoy your videos. I’m a beginner with clay, and am having so much fun!!! I have purchased Volume 1 and look forward to your future videos and to learning more! Thanks for making them available. Julie Wooding

By: Elizabeth K.

Elizabeth K. — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:19:15 +0000

Hi Cindy, Merry Xmas

thank you so much for your comments I love blogging as it brings everyone all over the world so close.

Yes I had thought of that and give a typed card with the meaning of the book bead and so far my friends have loved that .

Thanks for the thought about it.

See you in the New Year

Bye and Loads of Love

XXXX

Elizabeth

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Tutorials

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Tutorials — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:13:14 +0000

Thanks everyone for adding your tips and ideas to this thread. Hopefully this information was helpful for Martha-B and Jan-R. It would be great to hear from the two of you as to how things work out with your memorial bead projects.

And Melek… you are a sweetheart! Thank you so much for posting those very kind words. Sharing information publicly like this is really helpful for others when they are deciding if my video tutorials might be right for them too. I’m really looking forward to hearing more about how your polymer clay projects are coming along.

Happy Holidays everyone!!!!

By: Melek

Melek — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:05:22 +0000

Cindy, I’ve been watching your tutorial videos I had ordered just last night, and I had to stop midway to say THANK YOU! I’ve been beading for a few years now, but started with polymer clay only a few days ago. As you can imagine, I’ve been feeling like a babe lost in the woods! But your very detailed explanations and clear, close-up video instructions have taken away my fear of getting started. It’s like I’ve hit a gold mine!!! Thank you so much!!!

Your eternal fan.

By: michelle

michelle — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:33:50 +0000

@Elizabeth S.: I am still learning belive me, If I can get them to look like cindys too I will be a very happy camper. :D

By: Elizabeth S.

Elizabeth S. — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:41:39 +0000

@michelle: Thanks! I appreciate the detailed instructions and can’t wait to try this again. I was so disappointed when I tried them the last time and they looked nothing like Cindy’s. Now I have step-by-step instructions to follow next time I dry petals.

By: Melinda

Melinda — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:17:32 +0000

Someday I wanna try that too…. thanks for the inspiration and reminder!

By: Silverleaf

Silverleaf — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:37:03 +0000

A friend of mine makes handmade soap, and she got some dried rose and calendula petals free last time she ordered supplies, big bags of them.

So of course since I love inclusions so much I got her to give me a little of each to use in beads.

The beads came out nice, very natural-looking and pretty. The red rose petals made the bead pinker than I expected – I’ve seen some pics of rose beads and they often seem to look brown (which is also nice). The calendula beads came out very pale, next time I’ll use more petals I think.

I also tried adding essential oils to the clay so the beads would have a scent, but although the raw clay smelled wonderful, once it was baked and sanded the smell almost completely vanished.

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:34:21 +0000

Elizabeth,

I use the microwave method and it does work,I put in a paper towel, then scatter rose petals over it and cover with another paper towel.. put on 1 min I check them put on another min. I then leave the door open so the moisture can get out about 30 min or so.. check your petals, they should be cool and starting to be brittle. Just repeat.

Why its done this way so you can watch them as they dry.
If you just put them at like 4 min depending on the petal and how much moisture is in them they will start to burn.