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.

 

polymer clay beads bracelets

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. 

Time to Purchase Polymer Clay Beads to Create Jewelry Gifts

As a popular jewelry beads, polymer clay beads are used to create jewelry for both kids and adults. Handmade polymer clay beads are available everywhere. They are produced in various shapes, colors and sizes. The most widely used shapes including round, flat round, flower, oval, human, heart, butterfly and etc.

About polymer clay, it is not an earthen material. It is made from a combination of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), color pigments, and a product that gives it a plastic-like characteristic. It doesn’t dry out like regular clay, so an artisan can take as much time as necessary to create a piece. Polymer clay is affordable. It is nontoxic and its items can be baked to completion in a regular oven. A kiln is not necessary.

Polymer Clay Beads

Many people are preparing for Halloween now. How about you? You will find many jewelry beads with theme of Halloween on fashion jewelry market now, including polymer clay beads. It is the time to get some jewelry beads with such a theme to create some holiday jewelry for Halloween. You can wear them yourself, and can also present some for your family members and friends. No doubt that the handmade holiday jewelry can touch their heart.

Polymer Clay Beads

Polymer clay beads are very suitable for create kid’s jewelry as we said above, because they are very light and colorful. If you create polymer clay beads necklaces for your kids, I am sure they will love your handmade jewelry pieces very much. If so, why not have a try? You can start from the simplest stringing jewelry if you are just a beginner of jewelry making. Prepare some round polymer clay beads in round shape, different sizes and colors. A length of Nylon cord is needed. About the colors, I think you can choose your kids’ favorite colors. You can sting several oversized round clay beads in different colors on cord to create a simplest necklace, but also can string many of these beads in different colors and sizes on the same cord to create a vicissitudinous necklace. 

Polymer clay beads are very affordable, which is a reason why so many people like to use them to create fashion jewelry or other fashion crafts. If you are attracted by polymer clay beads and want to use them to create Halloween jewelry, it is time to purchase to prepare now. Remember to purchase them from reliable wholesale online stores, and you will find that jewelry making is not a costly hobby and can last forever as long as you like it. 

Use Polymer Clay Beads to Create Kid’s Jewelry

Children’s Day is coming. Do you have any idea about gift for your kids in that lovely day? If not, why not use polymer clay beads to create jewelry gifts for them? Polymer clay is a manmade, non-toxic plastic-based alternative of natural clay. Its only real similarity to natural clay is that it is shaped while soft and then heated for hardening.

Handmade Polymer Clay Beads

Polymer clay has been called the Chameleon Clay, by artist and author Victoria Hughes, because it can be made to look like nearly anything. Amber, Ivory, Jade, Silver, Turquoise, to mention several. Making polymer clay beads can open a whole new realm for those who love to make custom jewelry, but not all the jewelry makers have the condition and technique to create their own jewelry beads. But it doesn’t matter. You can purchase all kinds of polymer clay beads from both local jewelry stores and online jewelry stores.

Polymer clay beads are produced in various shapes as polymer clay has strong plasticity. The popular shapes including round, flower, oval, human, flat round, heart, tube, Hexagon, cube, star, animals, fruit and etc. All the shapes are available in different colors and sizes. That is to say you have a wide range of selection. These beads are very light and suitable for create Kid’s jewelry. And they are very cheap, everyone can afford without breaking its bank. String colorful round or cube polymer clay beads as a bracelet or necklace is quite suitable for such a lovely holiday. You can also combine some clay beads with other jewelry beads, for example, glass beads, gemstone beads, rhinestone beads and etc, to create a cute necklace. Polymer clay beads are available in European style too. Use this kind of beads to make a European style bracelet for children is a quite fabulous idea.

Handmade Polymer Clay Beads

Jewelry beads are innovated everyday, and polymer clay beads are no exception. Today, there is a new kind of polymer clay beads. It is named as “Polymer Clay Nail Art Decoration” which is a kind of fashion nail care. This decoration is produced in various lovely shapes, such as flowers, watermelon, lemon, carrot and so on. It can be cut down and thrill holes to make beads, or cut as thin pieces and stick on nails. No doubt, children will like them very much.

Handmade Polymer Clay Beads

For all the polymer clay beads, the colors and sizes may vary slightly as they are handmade. So you are unable to find two pieces are the same, and which is its specialty. If you have good jewelry ideas about jewelry gift for your kids in your mind now, just purchase what you need from reliable supplier and start your design. 

Polymer Clay Beads—Fabulous Choice for Spring Jewelry

Polymer clay beads are such versatile beads in jewelry making. Polymer clay is made from polyvinyl chloride. It is available in many colors and very soft to create any shape you like. So that polymer clay beads are available in various shapes too.

Polymer clay can be carved, stamped, sanded, buffed, painted, sculpted and textured, so that polymer clay beads are made in various shapes, such as round, flower, oval, flat round, heart, human, animal, tube, hexagon, fruit, star, bowknot, shoes and so on. Polymer clay beads are colorful, and available in many colors, which even include fun neon colors, translucent and granite textures. Colors can be mixed and worked together to create marbling effects.

Handmade Polymer Clay Beads, Red

Some of my friends told me that they are preparing jewelries for spring. Yes, hopeful, beautiful and warm season—spring is coming. Polymer clay beads are versatile in jewelry making, and have a wide range of selection from colors, sizes and shapes. So why not create some fabulous jewelry for spring? Green grasses, leaves and colorful flowers are the main protagonists of spring. Have you got any inspiration from these protagonists? Yes, using flower polymer clay beads with some yellow green or green glass beads to create a spring necklace is a gorgeous idea. Prepare about 10pcs flower clay beads with different sizes and colors, some small yellow green glass and white acrylic pearl beads, silver wires, silver iron chain and a lobster clasp. Wrapping jewelry is very fashion and popular. So let us use wrapping technique to create a lovely, beautiful and fashionable necklace.

Handmade Polymer Clay Beads

Wrapping technique is not very easy, but also not very complicated either, at least in this design. Cut off two or three stands wires with the same length first. Use another length of wire to twist three wires together (just twist a little first), and string a yellow green glass bead on it, cut off the wire and twist the rest wire on the other end till to three combined wires to fix them. String the rest beads and twist them by the same method. The final effect of this design depends on how you lay or put these beads to combine them like artwork. It is a time-cost project, but it is worth. After this artwork is finished, attach it and lobster clasp onto silver iron chains, a really gorgeous polymer clay flower necklace for spring is finished. It is no doubt that you must be the spotlight in crowd if you wear it.

Handmade Polymer Clay Beads

Love this design? So why not keep on and make a similar bracelet to create a jewelry set? When you search these materials, you will find all these materials are available in many stores with different qualities and prices. Choose a large and reliable supplier, like Panda Hall, if you want to get quality materials, low prices and avoid problems after you receive items. Enjoy your jewelry making.