Heart Shaped Beads and Other Polymer Clay Bead Shapes You Can Make

Hear Shaped Polymer Clay Bead

There Is No Limit To the Number Of Shapes Polymer Clay Allows You To Create For Your Jewelry Projects:

I was looking at a big pile of polymer clay beads today in my studio and was amazed to see how many different bead shapes there really are. I think that is one of the reasons I love making polymer clay beads and jewelry so much. Just the shear number of posibilities… how could you ever get bored?

For fun, I’ve listed some of the bead shape possiblities below:

What are some of your other favorite bead shapes? Let’s see how big we can make this list. It will make a good resource page to bookmark and come back to when you need an idea.

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  1. Mary Ellen, 13 November, 2008

    Hi Cindy, I love your pillow bead. How do you make it? Do you make a square sorta,then push in the sides and pull up the corners to a point? I’d like to try one. I’d also would like to make a hollow one that has a pattern cut out and put something like a small bell inside for xmas When you make a hollow bead what do you use to join the seams with? Do you use liquid sculpty on the seams and rebake, or glue the seams with something like super glue? Thanks again for a list of so many shapes. Mary Ellen

  2. Cindy Erickson, 14 November, 2008

    Hi Cindy!

    Here are some ideas…

    Leaf Shaped Beads
    Star Shaped Beads
    Diamond Shaped Beads
    Animal Shaped Beads
    Celestial Shaped Beads
    Letter Shaped Beads
    Number Shaped Beads
    Textured or Bumpy Beads

    Well, I guess I just got carried away!!!
    This is too much fun :)

    :) Cindy E.

  3. Cindy Lietz, 15 November, 2008

    @Mary Ellen: Thanks! You pretty much have the idea on how to make pillow beads. Though seeing it in video would help tremendously (I’ll put it on my to do list :). For how to make hollow beads, type hollow into the search box at the top of this blog for more info on that.

    @Cindy E.: Great additions Cindy! It’s great to get carried away, isn’t it!

  4. Eileen B, 16 November, 2008

    Hi. I have just received your free videos and was extremely impressed. You are an inspiration to a fairly new beady and thanks for your advice. Kind regards.

  5. SANDRA G, 22 May, 2009

    I just love this site!! it blesses my heart. Your cane tutorials have enlarged my clay making abilities. Thanks. God bless you.

  6. Cindy Lietz, 23 May, 2009

    Thank You Sandra! What a pleasure to hear that! Let me know if I can help you with anything. Thanks again for the comment!

  7. Jane, 21 October, 2009

    Love the heart shape beads… they are perfect for giving to the people we really love.

  8. Cindy Lietz, 21 October, 2009

    I agree Jane. Welcome to the blog and thanks for your comment.

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