Leafy leaf

This is a picture transfer. I have also made the same in green last night.

Cleaning up

I am amazed what sometimes comes out of leftover bits of fimo!

Today I decided to clean up my work-table. I had a lot of scrap pieces from cane ends or very very old and "beginners" canes that have been sitting in a tupperware. Inspired from silastones.com' s blogger page I decided to make beads out of the bits and peaces.

Two of my favorite outcomes form this "clean up" are the green swirl beads and the wrapped up ones, shown in the photo's. I think I'm going to continue making wrapped up beads, you can use so many shades and colours to get different kinds of effects. I've seen paper beads like this and always found them very inspiring and pretty! Just wonder how I'll use them in jewelry!

Something new

It always fascinated me, seeing picture transfers on fimo, I don't know why. I thought that it way too complicated, so I never tried it.

I found a great book in the library about all sorts of different ways of making beads and jewelry on Friday and they discribed how to do transfers in such an easy way that now I just had to try it!

Here's how I did it:

Photocopy an image. (If you use words, it'll be reversed) (I copied something from Ikea, I hope they wont sue me!) Mold your pendant with fimo in the size and style that you want it in. Then, apply a very thin coat (I use Q-tips) of peppermint oil (the book said Eucolyptus, but I only had peppermint and that worked fine) and slowly put the photocopy on the fimo. Do not move it anymore. Then, apply some more oil on the back of the paper but do not drench it, it'll otherwise smear the picture. Leaving the paper on bake your fimo pendant according to directions. After the fimo has cooled slowly take off the paper and voila! There you have your transfer!

It's so easy that I think I'm just gonna go wild with this, hahaha.............

And here are the beads from the same swirl canes that I used on the mini jar. I kinda think they might have looked better if I kept them natural without any varnish/glaze but oh well, I can make more. I'm now looking for some really happy kid-loved design for a necklace for my niece, it's her birthday in two weeks. Maybe I'll use this...don't know yet.

I tried to use some more happy spring colours yesterday and decided on using swirls. I decorated a small jam jar with it. I like it.

I tried to make a rose cane out of black+white. I was hoping for more gray and less black actually but it's really hard making skinner blends withOUT a pasta-machine. I can't wait to get one....I found a really cheap one on ebay and am now waiting for the bidding to end *smile*. That would be a great help and I'd probably have much better (and faster) results! It is a neat design though and it will be interesting making beads with this cane.

I love the combination of black and gold. I'm really looking forward to using these beads and making a Necklace out of them. Am working and some more though in the meantime.

Opening Act

My first entry! I have finally decided to open up a blog for my beads, necklaces and what-not that I make from Fimo and glass beads. It's a great new hobby of mine but feel like I'm still in my baby shoes and have yet to still learn a great deal. Best way to learn though: through trial and error.