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Handmade Jewelry from Polymer Clay Rose Beads and Ghost Cane Beads

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Sunday, July 27th, 2008 in Bead Shapes, Cane Work, Techniques | Comments (17)

Rose Petal Bead Bracelet

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 Read More→

Mokume Gane Polymer Clay Canes for Pendant and Bead Jewelry Making

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 in Promotions, Techniques, Tools | Comments (7)

Mokume Gane Polymer Clay Jewelry Making Project

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 Read More→

Flower Beads for Jewelry Making, Created from Polymer Clay Canes

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, July 17th, 2008 in Bead Shapes, Cane Work | Comments (11)

Cane Slice Flower Bead

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 Read More→

Buffing Polymer Clay Beads with a Dremel Multipro Rotary Tool

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, July 5th, 2008 in Finishing, Promotions, Tools | Comments (45)

Buffing Polymer Clay With a Dremel Tool

Vid #65: Are you still polishing polymer clay by hand? Kick it up a notch and learn how to use the Dremel power tool:

There is nothing like using a power rotary machine to really bring a shine to your beads. Although polishing can Read More→

Summer Sunflower Fun – Polymer Clay Color Mixing Recipes

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 in Color Recipes, Color Theory, Inspiration | Comments (47)

Summer Sunflower Polymer Clay Colors

Let this polymer clay sunflower color palette inspire your jewelry bead making creativity:

The photo was taken from our garden last year and it inspired me to create a mix of Premo recipes just for you. With a pinch Read More→

Polymer Clay Lessons – Condition Your Clay Using a Food Processor

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, June 19th, 2008 in Handling, Promotions, Tools | Comments (3)

Polymer Clay Food Porcessor

This polymer clay conditioning technique works especially well for hard clay brands such as Fimo Classic:

The free tutorial video that I’m sending out to subscribers of my Guest List this week, will Read More→

A Polymer Clay Glitter Story – Ellen DeGeneres vs The Crafty Chica

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 in Feature Guests, Musings-News, Supplies | Comments (11)

The Great Glitter Debate - Crafty Chica vs Ellen Degeneres

Ellen DeGeneres’ plight to ban glitter gets the Crafty Chica going:

Being a polymer clay glitter fan, I had to respond to this highly unusual news story. If you haven’t already caught wind of it, I’ve posted a YouTube video Read More→

Some Polymer Clay Canes Made from a Spring Color Palette

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, June 14th, 2008 in Cane Work, Color Theory, Inspiration | Comments (2)

Polymer Clay Canes from Spring Color Palette

How to make polymer clay canes inspired by every day beauty:

The other day I wrote about mixing up a palette of spring clay colors inspired by the rhododendron flowers in my garden. Read More→

No Need for Ebay Polymer Clay when Michaels has their $1 Sale

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Friday, June 13th, 2008 in Cane Work, Musings-News, Supplies | Comments (33)

Michaels Polymer Clay Sale

Premo, Fimo Classic, Fimo Soft and Sculpey III, all for a buck a block:

Yesterday was my lucky day… Michael’s had their 2oz polymer clay blocks on sale for less than what you can usually find them for on eBay. And the ebay Read More→

How to Make Rose Petal Beads from Polymer Clay and Dried Flowers

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, June 12th, 2008 in Promotions, Techniques | Comments (7)

Beads From FLower Petals

If you ask, you may just get exactly what you want… Flower petal inclusion video, a full tutorial:

The following dialog is is from an email conversation I recently had with a subscriber about how to make beads from flower Read More→

Memorial Jewelry from Polymer Clay Flower Petal Beads

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Monday, June 9th, 2008 in Bead Projects, Feature Guests, Techniques | Comments (13)

Bead One Pray Too Book Title

Dried Flower Inclusions Can Help To Bring Healing to Sad Situations of Loss:

I received a sad email from a subscriber the other day. She told me about the unexpected loss of a friend and was looking for ideas about memorial jewelry. I Read More→

Mixing a Polymer Clay Spring Color Palette

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Sunday, June 8th, 2008 in Color Recipes, Color Theory, Inspiration | Comments (14)

Mixing Polymer Clay Spring Colors

A Rho-do inspired polymer clay color palette for making some pretty Spring jewelry:

Today I was inspired to create a new spring color palette by a photo my husband Doug took of the Rhododendrons and Ferns in our garden. Read More→

Flower Petal Bead Inclusions for Memorable Keepsake Jewelry

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, May 8th, 2008 in Bead Projects, Techniques | Comments (37)

Flower Petal Beads

Vid #51: Dried Flower Petals (+) Translucent Polymer Clay (=) Beads that Say, “I’m Thinking of You.”

If you’re anything like me, you probably dry flowers from special events such as weddings, graduations and Read More→

Spice Beads and the Polymer Clay Inclusion Technique

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 in Bead Projects, Techniques | Comments (22)

Spice Bead Polymer Clay Inclusions

Vid #50: What to do When Kitchen Spices Get Too Old …Make Beads!

Ok I’ll admit that making beads is what I do to fix many of the little problems life throws my way. The kids are frustrating me… make some beads! My husband Read More→

Polymer Clay Colors – Which Ones to Start With

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Friday, March 7th, 2008 in Color Theory, Feature Guests, Supplies | Comments (5)

Polymer Clay Colors

Vid #18: Seven Starter Colors For Beginner Polymer Clay’ers.

It’s best to limit the number of clay colors you work with when first starting out as a beginner. Choosing one of each in the chart will not only be expensive, but Read More→

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