Wire protectors are one of those jewelry findings that I definitely could have used way back when I first started making jewelry. As you’ll see in the video from the examples of my fails, they are especially useful when making jewelry with…
This was a fun and a really interesting project to work on. It’s based on Marlene Brady’s 2016 Polymer Clay Adventure class on making a fairy garden teapot. I found this teapot at the Salvation Army last fall for two dollars, and…
Meet Violet, the fourth polymer clay sculpture in my 2017 polymer clay figure challenge. She is based on Mischievous Mike from Maureen Carlson’s book How to Make Clay Characters. Maureen had Mike with his cute little tongue sticking out and to me…
I’ve seen lots of different versions of these rolled polymer clay beads around the Internet. They are basically a take off on the rolled paper beads that folks make. I never was really impressed with the paper beads, but did see some…
If you’ve been watching my videos for any time now you know that I love the versatility and control we get when we make our own jewelry components. It can be so frustrating and annoying to finish off a project and then…
In last week’s video I showed you how to make cute little hemp cord tassels. Today we’ll put them to good use by dangling them from the ends of this very simple but on-trend beaded bar necklace. The sky is the limit…
In this week’s Friday Findings I’m working with GS Hypo Cement glue. I chose it to try out because many crafters and jewelers seem to enjoy using it, especially to finish off knots in bead weaving bracelets. I tested the glue on…
Today I have for you my third polymer clay sculpted figure of 2017. Meet James. Isn’t he sweet little boy? If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook you may recognize the butterfly as the same one I made several of to…
Tassels are all the rage right now, in fact I’ve made quite a few videos using tassels (links below) and I love all the different things that you can use to make them. I’ve made tassels using leather, chain, strands of beads,…
Sometimes drilling a hole to hang a polymer clay pendant or dangle is the easy and obvious solution, but it isn’t always the most appropriate or fitting for your piece. I’ve done videos on several different types of purchased bails… Tube Bails…
