Tutorial: Faux Turquoise Polymer Clay Beaded Necklace

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Love the turquoise trend? Bake up some big, bold faux turquoise polymer clay beads and create your own stylish summer statement necklace! Supplies: * Polymer clay, 1 block turquoise or colors to mix (One 2 oz block makes about 20 large beads.) * Oven-safe acrylic paint, black * 1mm necklace cord, black (You’ll need about … Continue reading

Polymer Clay Faux Turquoise Beads

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I spent all day yesterday playing with polymer clay. Since this was my first clay project that didn’t involve an Altoids tin or shrink plastic, I decided to start simple, testing out conditioning techniques and methods for mixing colors, adding paint, and shaping. My first color mixing attempt was just begging to be made into … Continue reading