When I was going through my inventory of clay looking for which colors were low and needed reordered, I put aside all the packs already opened from previous projects. There were about 15 opened packs.
Instead of opening up any new clay, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to use those clay packs.
I have two upcoming craft fairs and will be teaching classes again in the month of April. Since I need beads and pendants to sell during these events, I decided it was time I get started.
This post will show you what I've been doing this morning.
I was in the need for some colorful beads. There is a craft fair coming up soon and I want to apply for a space as a vendor.
One of the requirements is a photo of your booth. Since the holidays, my finished pieces have dwindled (yeah, good sales this last season).
Anyway, I need more bracelets and necklaces to fill out my display. My bead stash is low so it's time to make some additional beads. Time to replenish my stash.
I wrote a very similar post on Dec. 28, 2014. It can be found here. It provides more photos and details for this technique.
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Yesterday, I
crafted some pendants that will be displayed during a trunk show hosted
at a friend's home next month. If you have been reading my blog, you
will notice my brand is creating asymmetric jewelry using warm tones.
Now,
on to the pendants. The polymer clay colors chosen were all Premo
Accent colors of 1oz size bars. The colors used are Red Glitter, Bronze, 18-karat Gold, Copper and Translucent.
All
bars were chopped into little pieces and conditioned. I find chopping
them up first allows the conditioning process to go a little faster.
Some people use a food processor for this step. I just use a sharp
blade.
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This morning my goal was to get up really early and start working on the pendants I wanted to create today. I must admit, I did not get up as soon as my alarm went off but I only hit the snooze button a few times.
I have a craft fair quickly approaching in January 2015 and need some more jewelry pieces for my display table.
Now, on to the pendants. The polymer clay colors chosen were all Premo Accent colors of 1oz size bars. The colors are Bronze, Peacock Pearl, 18k Gold and Navy Blue.
Recently, I was sent an email asking what brands of polymer clay I use when making the jewelry displayed on my website.
That's easy to answer. My all time favorite is Sculpey III. Next on the list would be Premo and Fimo.
I will list a few of the pro's and cons I've encountered. Although there are many polymer clay brands available, I can only comment on the one's I've actually worked with.
