CORRECTION… Polka Dot Cottage. Lisa Clarke has a brand new polymer clay web site and it already feels like home:
Today I would like to share some thoughts about a wonderful polymer clay artist who I [MORE]
1) Making keepsake memorial beads using flower petals from a loved one's funeral.
2) Instructions on how to collect and dry the flowers and rose petals before mixing them into the Premo or Fimo polyclay for making keepsake jewelry [MORE]
How to make turquoise beads look like real gemstones… Use Fimo clay:
Some polyclay techniques are just so darn fun.. like making turquoise faux jewelry beads for example. In this project, you'll need some Fimo or Premo clay; black plus [MORE]
Vid #74: How to make jewelry tube beads with crackled metal leaf Fimo clay:
I've talked a lot lately about about using metals & foils with polyclay. The cool thing about these products is the crackling effect that you can [MORE]
Polymer clay instructions: How to transform an embarrassing Fimo pendant mistake, into a beautiful piece of dragonfly jewelry, inked with a rubber stamp design:
Sometimes mistakes can be a beautiful thing! Let me [MORE]
Making jewelry with rainbow beads, shaped like tiny little pillows… for the hippie in you:
My parents were young adults during the hippie era when colorful beads were such a big part of American culture. This influence is probably [MORE]
A plastic fish tackle box is perfect for storing polymer clay and jewellry findings:
The cool thing about polymer clay is that it keeps indefinitely if it is properly stored. Although polyclay does not dry out, the plasticizers that keep it soft, can be [MORE]
Mishly's millefiori canes and polymeri online web site, have inspired the hearts of 1000's of polymer clay artists around the world:
If you've been on the Internet for any length of time searching for millefiori canemaking tips [MORE]
1) How to cut super thin fimo cane slices for fingernail art designs, from polymer clay canes that are already baked.
2) Need some advice on making a cute cake topper decoration out of sculpey clay (also know as sculpy and sculpty)? [MORE]
A beaded bracelet using jelly roll canes and flower petal inclusion techniques:
With the popularity of handcrafted jewellery these days, nothing is more personal or original than jewellry you've made yourself… especially when you also [MORE]
Tip #67: For making jewelry beads with bright white clay, always keep rubbing alcohol handy for cleaning:
Have you ever been frustrated after your pasta machine left streaks of color on some brand new white polymer clay [MORE]
Make these fun Sculpey and Fimo Beads based on 50's style caning patterns and beginner polymer clay techniques:
Old meets new with this unique gingham design on lentil and cube beads! Originally created in [MORE]
Jewellry making is more fun when the beads you use are made by YOU!
The upper left image in this photo is a modern funky polka dot cane. Slices from this cane were added to the surface of the tube bead also pictured. [MORE]
Free Polymer Clay Tutorial For Beads And Beading Guest List Subscribers:
Each week I send out free how-to video tutorials on a wide variety of bead and jewelry making topics. In a few days I'll be sending out video instructions for a slab cane [MORE]
Cindy Lietz uses beadmaking treasure hunt to trick unsuspecting polyclay'ers into learning… instead of just having fun:
OK you caught me! Here you guys thought the bead treasures contest on my blog was all about [MORE]
"Polymer - The Chameleon Clay" — An excellent book for learning about making poly clay faux jewelry and beads:
Faux ivory, jade, turquoise and other natural materials (aka very cool fake stones). Sometimes it takes someone from [MORE]
Do you want to make some Gothic Jewellery, a Harry Potter Pendant or really cool Halloween Costume Jewelry? Then you'll love this very buggy clay cane project:
I just love the look of Spiders. They are graphic, [MORE]
Vid #71: How to slice your polymer clay canes with little to no distortion — Making bead jewelry with less waste:
Getting a nice clay cane slice to use on your next polyclay jewelry making project can sometimes be trickier [MORE]
Create your own custom hand made beads for truly unique jewellry designs:
Just as the leaves on a tree give dimension, color and movement to it's branches, polymer clay leaf beads can do the same for your jewellery making projects. [MORE]
How to transform a single cane slice into a flower shaped bead… make jewelry that will attract buyers to your Etsy shop:
Yesterday I wrote about how polymer clay canework can make your handmade beads really [MORE]
Your hand made jewelry will stand out from the crowd when you use bead designs created by YOU ! And… polymer clay canework is an important part of the process:
One of the most exciting aspects of making jewlery these [MORE]
Winner will receive access to the 39 polymer clay tutorials (web videos) in my beginner bead making course!
On Friday or Saturday of this week, the rules for the first ever Beads and Beading Online Treasure Hunt Contest [MORE]
The perfect color for making polymer clay jewelry or a simple fimo bead… Purples bring peaceful beauty and majesty to all they grace:
Think Lavender water sprinkled on linens; Violet colored petals on a petite pansy flower; [MORE]
Whether you're just learning how to make polymer clay beads or you are a seasoned Fimo artist, these blue jewelry bead color ideas are for you!
Think of a crisp bright sky, smooth rolling ocean waves, the [MORE]
Make yourself some beautiful pendant jewelry in the warm summer colors of Yellow with these seasonal color recipes:
Ranging from lively and bold to warm and old are the colors in this post. Think of the warmth of sunshine, tart lemons [MORE]
Forests, leaves, grass, emerald colored mountain lakes… OK that's it… I'm going camping!
Production of my polymer clay jewelry making classes and cane design courses is going to come to a grinding halt for the next [MORE]
If you make polymer clay beads, check out Home Depot for buying inexpensive jewellery supplies:
With the rising costs of craft supplies and the need to be original, all you polymer clay jewelry designers need [MORE]
Fimo jewelry and the geek girl collide! How polymer clay crafts can satisfy the inner nerd in all of us!
Is uber geekster Bill Gates to blame for the explosion of interest in geeky polymer clay crafts? Whether he is or not doesn't [MORE]
Some newbies even giving up on canework altogether and selling off their Sculpey polymer clay supplies on Ebay. Don't do that!
Lately, many clayers have been blaming their cane making woes on the recent phthalate-free [MORE]
How to get polymer clay inspiration from pop culture trends and rock star jewelry:
Whether you like her style or not, rocker Avril Lavigne fashion is hot! That means jewelry themes for necklaces with cross bones and a skull bead or [MORE]
