{"id":2288,"date":"2009-01-26T03:29:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-26T11:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2009-01-24T20:52:57","modified_gmt":"2009-01-25T04:52:57","slug":"blue-gingham-heart-shaped-beads-valentines-jewelry-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/blue-gingham-heart-shaped-beads-valentines-jewelry-projects\/2288\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Gingham Heart Shaped Beads For Valentines Jewelry Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Blue<\/p>\n

A Unique Sliced Heart Bead That’s Simple To Make Using Polymer Clay Cane Slices:
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Just like most of my ideas, this blue gingham heart shape bead came from experimentation. Playing with chunks of clay and ends of canes, seeing if I<\/span> could come up with something new and different.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since it is just a few weeks before Valentines Day, most crafters and beaders are thinking hearts. Heart pendants, heart charms and of course heart beads.<\/span><\/p>\n

The other day I showed you a complicated heart shaped polymer clay pendant<\/a>, complete with butterfly wings. Large, elaborate and time consuming to make.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I know that a lot of us polymer clay artists like to make these sorts of intricate clay projects. It’s kind of a challenge to see how far we can push the envelope, so to speak.<\/span><\/p>\n

But are these ‘artistic statements’ what our customers really want to wear? I don’t know. One thing I have noticed is that I get a lot more compliments on the simple pieces I have made, than on the complicated ones.<\/span><\/p>\n

Realizing this, I decided to try making a heart bead that was simple to make, simple in design, yet still cool to look at. So this is what I came up with.<\/span><\/p>\n

To make this heart shaped bead I took a small piece of turquoise clay (it was on my desk) and rolled it into a ball. I then shaped it into a teardrop shape and sliced into the round end about a third. When the sliced portions were separated, the bead became a heart. Cool!<\/span><\/p>\n

Thinking the design could still use some uniqueness, I saw the blue gingham cane<\/a> sitting there. Starting over, I balled up the clay again and covered it in thin slices from the gingham cane. Then shaped and sliced the bead again to create the heart.<\/span><\/p>\n

This time the effect was very cool. The slicing revealed the inside color of the heart bead and the cane provided a neat patterned contrast.<\/span><\/p>\n

What a neat looking, simple, heart shaped bead! I Love it! Bet it could be incorporated into a jewelry pattern a lot easier than my winged heart could. And it was way faster to make, which means I can make a lot of them all at once.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll probably keep making the more complicated ‘artistic statement’ pieces for myself, but will also include the more simple, more wearable pieces for my customers.<\/span><\/p>\n

So tell me what do think? Complicated? or Simple? Which is better?<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cindy\"Polymer<\/p>\n

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