Polymer Clay Beads for Sale Soon!

I have been busy working on my website lately, I am hoping to add a tiara page in the not too distant future, and my polymer clay bead page is nearly ready, prehaps I will upload it tonight or tomorrow. I don't have alot on my new polymer clay bead page yet, but I have lots of ideas I hope to get working on very very soon!!! Here are some new beads called Fairy Secrets. They are so shiney, I don't really want to sale them, as I love them so much, but if I don't I shall turn them into some jewellery!!!

A post today-my new camera!!

I forgot to say in my previous post that I now have a new camera, a Canon powersot, and it's great, I am so pleased with the quality of photo's it is producing, it has a wonderful super macro setting too. All I need now is too sit down and make a lighting tent with my Dad, and hopefully that will improve them further. Here are some more photo's of the lentil beads I made, this have been buffed and sanded but not yet varnished, I believe the varnish really brings out the twinkle in the so well.

Well, here I am again. Yet another bracelet using my own polymer clay beads-I really enjoy making swirled lentil beads, they are such great fun, and the colour combinations are endless!! This bracelet is called Sweetie because it remins me of lovely yummy sweets I use to eat when I was a child. I enjoyed making this bracelet, I used Violet, Violet Opal, and Rose AB Swarovski crystals, Czech crystal, and a few seed beads. The other photo shows one of the clay beads I made. I haven't thought of a name for these yet.

A new bracelet!

Today I finished a bracelet using my swirled lentil beads-I decided to varnish them, and it really bought out the glitter beautifully. I made this bracelet with various Swarovski crystals-Pacfic Opal-Fushia etc, and purple Czech crystals. I also added a few shells bits too and some seed beads. I am pleased with the finished result, although the photo doesn't show the true colours.

My First Polymer Clay Beads

Well, here they are my first ever polymer clay beads. The photo's do them no justice at all!! They aren't really wonderful but look a lot better than the photo's say!!! I have called the bigger beads sherbert swirls, they are relly glittery, and the others I don't have a name for yet, but they are swirled lentil beads, I will work on getting a better image, and add this later!!!! I made the Sherbert swirls using the Mokeme Gome technique, the colours turned out lovely, and although it looks like there is red inside, it is actaully more of a dark pink colour. The most important thing is though I enjoyed making them and I feeli like a learnt something too-a step in the right direction I hope!!!

It's Arrived!

Well, after waiting a couple of weeks, my Polymer book by Carol Blackburn has arrived-yippee!!! I have had a quick scan and read, and I feel quite scaried about starting to make these beads!! Daft isn't it, I think, to be honest I have a fear of failure. But I must start out on this venture open minded and positive, I know I have to be patient, not rush and not expect miracles over night! Hum thats good, and now I've written it in my blog I can read it always!! My stuff also arrived from Emma Ralph. The glitters are wonderful, love those colours, and foils too, can't wait to try them, and everything was so well packed and the shipping cost was great, really really pleased, and only 8 days to Turkey amazing!! If you haven't seen Emma's web site there are some great pieces over there, she is a fab bead artist.

Thought I would show you these, I bought a Paua shell from my uncle, and used my new rotary tool to cut out the shapes I needed, I still have loads of shell left, and I love it that I can chose what shapes I want. I used Silver plated ear wires, and Swarovski Crystals to finish this piece.

Thanks to all of you who helped me sort out my blog adding problems!!

Trying Hard!!

I seem to have gone completely blank lately, I am trying hard to join a blogroll, but don't seem to be getting anywhere!!! Have no idea where to start really!!! Lets hope my friends from the jewellery making forum let me into there little secret soon!!!

I haven't written anything for ages, but just been so busy to do this and that. Went to England with my daughter, and parents in May-and it just rained and rained!!!! It was nice though, my gran parents got to meet there great grand daughter for the first time, and I got to visit the new beads shops in Cornwall-what a treat, I even bought a copy of Bead magazine, and throughly enjoyed it becuase I have only ever been able to enjoy the pictures in the Turkish magazines!!!

I have made some more jewellery, one of which I called the Blue Lagoon, inspired by the Blue Lagoon in Ouldeniz. I am quite pleased with this.

My new venture is to start making my own polymer clay beads, I was thinking about making my own glass beads, but it just wouldn't be practical here in Turkey-I would have to buy everthing off the internet, and if I really got into it and could never afford to up grade to all the proper equipment and kilins. So I decided this would be the next best thing. I've bought some Fimo, got my pasta machine today, and now I am waiting for my book and other bits to arrive from England, the book should be anyday now, and I can't wait!!! Hope to show you all some new beads in the future.