Photo Transfer Bead Project - Baby Keepsake Necklace

Learn From My Mistakes So You Don't Have To Make Them Yourself:

Here's a link to a video that discusses several of the frustrating mistakes I made while learning about the toner method for doing…..

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Excerpt from the Video:

I tried all kinds of different methods. There are many to choose from. Some include special papers which I had trouble finding. You had to have the right photocopier. You had to rub the paper just exactly right. And I was running into a lot of problems.

And then I found one method that seemed quite simple. And if it's done right, it is extremely simple. But I still was making mistakes.

Some of the things that went wrong were things that the demonstrator never mentioned. Things like having the right temperature of water. If it's too hot, the image transfer will smear.

And when I laid parchment paper on top of the photo transfer pendant for baking (as I normally do with other bead projects), I ran into all kinds of funny smudges and things that I wasn't expecting.

If you rub too hard or you leave too much paper on when you do the technique, you'll get weird little splotches which the person who was demonstrating would not have done, because they knew how to do it right.

Polymer Clay Tutorials #79 Video Title Screen: Photo Transfer Beads:

In the video I show a baby keepsake necklace that anyone can make. It is the type of project that will be cherished for a very long time.

This link will take you to the video if you want to watch it now: Toner Image Transfer Technique for Polymer Clay