Tag: Jewelry

Pillow Beads

bighugelabs Pillow Beads

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I once tried to make such hollow pillow beads, but they collapsed. One day I will try it again, but I think I’ll better make filled beads, they seem to be easier ;-)

 

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Hollow Beads:
clayfulmingles: Pillow Bead Lesson
Polymer Clay Polyzine: Pillow Beads by Carissa Nichols

Filled Beads:
Polymer Clay Central: Barb’s Pillowbeads
Fire Mountain Gems and Beads: Creating Pillow Beads – scroll down

Google image search result for ‘polymer clay pillow bead’

I made the mosaic with the Mosaic Maker of Big Huge Labs.
The images are:
First row:
Polymer clay Mokume Gane Pillow Beads by Beadazzle Me
Polymer Clay Pillow Beads * Winter Garden by Kellee’s Beaded and Clay…

Second row:
Polymer Clay Grape/Lime Pillow Beads by Beadazzle Me
Polymer Clay Teal Damask Pillow Beads by Beadazzle Me

flickr: search result for ‘pillow beads’

Here at unikatissima: entries with the tag ‘fimo’ – with some of them you can make beautiful pillow beads

Beaded Brooch

unikatissima Beaded Brooch

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Are you still looking for a quick but personal gift for a friend?
How about a beaded brooch?
She describes with good pictures how to create a brooch from wire and beads and a lucky charm.
It should be possibl to create pendants or earrings in the same way.
I already have the materials … ;-)


Links:
Get hooked: make your own beaded brooch

Here at unikatissima:
Instructions on how to make brooches:
Necktie Flower Brooch
Needle Felting Brooch
YoYo Pin
Freeform Bead Embroidery Brooch (the tutorial on how to freeform embroider here)

Spraypainting Accessories

flickr OutsaPop Spraypainting Accessories

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A great idea again: customize accessories to your clothes with spray paints.
This way you can make i.e. comfortable shoes for dancing matching your ball dress ;-)
Or follow the ideas of Buy Nothing Day and revamp a by now shabby handbag to match your newest coat.
You also could have coloured one of your boots in red and fill it with some sweets ;-))


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Spraypainting Accessories

Here at unikatissima:
Tie Feathers Dress
Buy Nothing Day

Cold Porcelaine

espritcabane Cold Porcelaine

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With the recipe for cold porcelaine you can mix an air-drying clay with which you can make jewelry, beads and similar things.
I find air-drying a big advantage against fimo and similar polymer clays which have to be baked. I always need a good ventilation for the baking which I find hard to realize with cold weather.
And you can put the jewelry or the beads i.e. into the advent calendar boxes :)


Links:
Cold Porcelaine
Cold Porcelaine (Porcelaine froide) (French)

Here at unikatissima:
Boxes not only for the advent calendar
Entries with the tag ‘advent calendar’
Entries with the tag ‘fimo’
Entries with the tag ‘polymerclay’
Entries with the tag ‘jewelry’
Entries with the tag ‘beads’

Aluminium Can Jewelry

espritcabane Aluminum Can Jewelry

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I love recycling tutorials and therefore this tutorial on how to make aluminium can jewelry should hit the spot.
Additionally I really like the items, better than others.

But I haven’t bought aluminium cans for years and I don’t think that I will begin to buy them now just to make jewelry from the them ;-))


Links:
Aluminium Can Jewelry

Paper Flowers

instructables Simple Paper Flowers

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I found at instructables a tutorial on how to make paper flowers.
It seems to be quite easy and they are looking amazingly beautiful!

When the gift wrapping begins soon this can be a wonderful decoration.
But it could be also a beautiful pin for a beautiful woman ;-))


Links:
At instructables: Simple Paper Flowers

Faux Fused Glass

craftster Faux Fused Glass

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Some time ago I presented the DIY Shrinky Dinks, now I found at craftster the Faux Fused Glass.
Sheer lunacy!
She published the actual tutorial in her blog.
She uses the ‘real’ shrinky dinks, but it should work with the self-made as well?!


Links:
At craftster: Faux Fused Glass

Tutorial on how to make faux fused glass

Here at unikatissima: DIY Shrinky Dinks

River Troll Ring

Chicken Betty River Troll Ring

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Needless to say that you can also put jewelry into the advent calendar boxes, such as this lovely River Troll Ring.
It looks as if you could make quasi on the spur of the moment and that it would always be a unique and personal item.
I simply find it beautiful!


Links:
River Troll Ring

Here at unikatissima:
Entries with the tag ‘jewelry’
Boxes not only for the advent calendar