Different Usages of Polymer Clay Beads on Fashion Jewelry

Polymer clay beads are one of handmade jewelry beads. They are colorful and light weight. If you like to create jewelry with large beads, these beads are a good choice as they won’t put pressure on your neck, wrists or ears. These handmade beads are versatile and can be used in making different fashion jewelries.

 

Handmade Polymer Clay Beads

For Bracelets and Necklaces

No doubt, jewelry beads use to make bracelets is quite common. But how to create a unique, eye-catching bracelet is not an easy thing to many jewelry makers. If you are one of them, why not have a try with polymer clay beads. These jewelry beads are available in different shapes, and flower shaped clay beads are one of the most popular shapes. When you search these flower beads, you will find they are available in different colors, sizes and patterns. Choose the ones you like or desired. For example, if you would like to create a bracelet as a jewelry gift for your mom, wife or friends, pink, purple flower clay beads, rose quartz heart shaped beads and pearl beads are the perfect combination for this design. Use ball headpins to make these beads as beaded pendants and attach them onto the chain randomly. Adding a clasp, and then a beautiful bracelet is finished. Follow the same steps to create a matchable necklace, if you like.

 

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For Earrings

The simplest way to use polymer clay beads for jewelry is gluing them on earring setting for creating earrings. If you like or you are just a beginner of jewelry making, you can have a try with flower shaped beads. The earrings are simple, but the flower polymer clay beads are so vivid and beautiful. If you would like to create a pair of more “complicated” earrings, you can use the flower polymer clay beads and some other jewelry beads to create a pair of dangling earrings.

 

polymer clay beads earrings

For Brooch

Many people like to wear brooches, and most of them like handmade DIY brooches. Polymer clay beads are one of the best materials for that kind of DIY as they are cute, colorful and lightweight. When you search polymer clay beads, you will find some of them are named as “polymer clay nail art decoration”. They are available in different shapes too. Like flower, fruit, hear, round, half round and many others. Just glue the polymer clay nail art decorations you like to on basic brooch. Of course, don’t forget to cut them off as thin pieces if they are available in long strips.

 

Brooch

In fact, polymer clay beads are not only can be used for the above fashion jewelry, they can be used to decorating things, including hair pins, handbags, shoes, gloves, scarf and many others. Little things can be used to create stunning designs. Just believe in yourself. 

Tutorial of Making Polymer Clay Beads Jewelry for Beginners

Many jewelry makers like to use polymer clay beads to create jewelry designs, and some of them even like to create handmade polymer clay beads themselves. What is polymer clay? Some beginners of jewelry making may not know. Clay is not a natural material. On the contrary, polymer clay is blended by polymers (a kind of plastic) and softeners, like oils and waxes.

 

Fashion Earrings

Polymer clay beads are always made in various shapes, colors and sizes. The popular shapes include round, flower, oval, flat round, tube, butterfly, human, heart and many others. Some of them even produced with holiday themes, such as Christmas, Halloween and so on. Polymer clay jewelry is very popular. And here, I’d like to share two simple but lovely jewelry making ideas with beginners of jewelry making.

The first design is a pair of earrings with polymer clay flower beads and glass pearl beads. The other materials you need to prepare are headpins, eyepins, earring hooks and jewelry pliers. First, string a flower shaped polymer clay bead on a headpin, and use your jewelry plier to make a loop at the top of clay bead. Second, string a glass pearl bead on an eyepin, and use your jewelry plier to make a loop at the top too. About the color of glass pearl beads, you can choose a similar color as your clay bead, or choose a different color. Third, use your round nose jewelry plier to attach the top loop onto one end of eyepin. Fourth, attach the whole earring drop onto the ring of earring hook. Fifth, repeat the above four steps to create the other earring for a pair. A pair of simple but lovely polymer clay flower beads earrings is finished.

 

Handmade Polymer Clay Flower Bracelets

The second jewelry design is about a bracelet. The materials we will use are 3pcs polymer clay flower beads, about 19pcs clear faceted round glass beads (about 8mm in diameter), clear elastic crystal thread. Stringing is the simplest method of making handmade jewelry, and it is the method we will and only use for this design. First, cut off a length of elastic crystal thread (longer than the size of your wrist), and string 3pcs flower polymer clay beads with a clear glass bead between each two flower beads. Second, string all the rest clear glass beads on one by one. Third, make a knot and cut off the extra thread. Fourth, hide the knot into a hole of polymer clay flower bead to make this bracelet look clearly.

Many people like to wear polymer clay beads jewelry; no matter they are young or old. Would you like to create your own one of a kind jewelry designs with polymer clay beads? If yes, it is time to purchase some polymer clay beads and other jewelry materials to start now. 

Jewelry Making Ideas about Lucite Beads

If winter comes, can spring be far behind? Of course not. Do you have any ideas about jewelry making for the coming spring? If no, why not choose some Lucite beads to make some awesome jewelry designs? Here I would like to share some jewelry making ideas about Lucite beads with you.

How to Make Girly Girl Earrings

Among all the jewelry pieces, earrings are the favorite pieces for most women. Shiny and hanging earrings make them more beautiful and enchanting, which help them to attract more eyes. Well, how to make girly girl earrings with Lucite beads? Beads and Lucite materials are fashionable these days; I thought we would combine the two in one pair of earrings. I combined two color shades, light pink and light blue, to reach a multiple effect—the earrings can be worn casually or to dress up an outfit for a more sophisticated look. The materials you will need are two pink Lucite beads, two blue Lucite beads, two silver flower frame beads, two headpins, two little silver plated metal beads and two earring hooks. Of course, you need to use pliers. Stringing the blue bead, silver flower frame bead, pink bead and small silver plated metal bead by headpin, then cutting the rest headpin and making a loop at the end. Please note that the pink bead is in the middle of silver frame bead. The last step is attaching the earring pendant on the earring hook. A beautiful and girly Lucite beads earring is finished. Make the other one by following the same steps. It is a good jewelry gift for girlfriend’s birthday or on Valentine day, isn’t it?

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Idea of Creating a Colorful Lucite Beads Dangle Bracelet

Women are easily fall in love with colorful jewelry pieces. Want to present a beautiful and meaningful jewelry gift for your girlfriend to wish her a colorful 2012? Colorful Lucite beads dangle bracelet will be a perfect idea. The supplies you need to prepare are 7-14mmLucite beads, 8-10mmcrystals and metal beads, 3-5mmflat spacers, 7-10 inches chain (20mmlinks),6mmhead pins,6mmjump rings, large lobster claw clasp, chain-nose and round-nose pliers and wire cutters. About the jewelry beads, you can choose different colors your girlfriend like. First, use headpins and beads to make hanging bead pendants. Then, attach those bead pendants onto the chain. Attach four pieces to each link until the dangles section is the desired length. Third, check the fit, and remove the chain if necessary. Attach a lobster claw clasp and close the jump ring. On the other end, attach bead pendants as desired for the extender. A colorful and lovely bracelet is finished. No doubt it is a wonderful jewelry gift for girlfriend, right?

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Lucite Beads Are Fashion Trends for Jewelry Making

Lucite is an acrylic resin. It is truly the queen of diversity in jewelry making materials. Lucite was created in 1937 and was widely used in jewelry making. Lucite beads are inexpensive and easy to work with and resulted in lovely carvings and inlays. Lucite beads were manufactured in a wide variety of colors and run from opaque through to transparent. They were at the height of its popularity during the early retro period. However, they are still produced and very widely used today.

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It seems that the names for all things plastic are hard to differentiate these days. Lucite is such a pretty word that it’s easy to want to label all things plastic as such. However each plastic recipe has varying qualities that give tell-tale signs as to how to accurately label a plastic bead. Lucite is generally much harder and more durable than acrylic. It is going to last much longer.

Resin Beads, Multicolor, Flat Round

Many different types of lucite beads containing brilliant colors in various styles were produced. These beads are currently prized by costume jewelry designers for their superior craftsmanship. Many jewelry makers and crafters use lucite beads to add a touch of pizzazz to their creations. Those beads are dazzling material which you can easily turn into a beautiful craft item, whether you are giving the piece as a gift or you are offering it as part of your jewelry assortment. The lucite beads have an extensive variation in their shapes, sizes and a variety of vibrant colors. They are sturdy and light weight when compared to other quality of plastics, even some people just thought they might feel heavier. Therefore, even though vintage lucite beads are often cut in extremely chunky pieces they won’t weigh down a necklace made entirely of them. This is an important reason behind their popularity, even if the vintage lucite beads are not currently being manufactured and can be a bit difficult to find sometimes.

Resin Beads, Round, Mixed Color

Given market trends, lucite beads are far more widespread in today’s world. If you would like to grow your jewelry business better, I would like to say you’d better to purchase some lucite beads. Where to buy the lucite beads? PandaHall.com will be a wise choice. It is a professional company specializing in jewelry beads, findings and gems for jewelry making. With over 3,500 lucite beads in different styles, shapes, sizes and colors to choose from, I am sure you will find just what you need in lucite beads or plastic beads.