Fun & Funky Necklaces

Ordered lots of beautiful designer beads from TLS Clay Design and here are the necklaces I made with them.  These are truly one of a kind.

 All these unique necklaces now available at my Etsy shop, Polymer Panache. Click here

Wonderful Colorful Beads

Searching through the internet for unique hand crafted beads I came across these beautiful beads by Terri Stone of TLS Clay Design on Etsy.  You can see more of her wonderful bead work here: 

 Click here.

Here are just a few samples.

 I would have a hard time trying to pick my favorite from all her colorful designs.  I hope you like them.

Torpedo Twist Earrings

Another new twist technique I've been playing with.  These are called Torpedo Beads.  They make cute earrings.

 

See these at my Polymer Panache Etsy Store 

New Swirl Bead Technique

I've been learning the swirl technique for creating polymer clay beads and it's not as easy as it looks.  Took a while to get the swirls just right.  Here are two necklaces I just made using this technique.

 

See them here 

Translucent Polymer Clay Rose Necklace

I'm having so much fun playing with this translucent clay.  The colors you can create from the alcohol inks are beautiful and the best part is after you bake an item, it gets even more translucent and has a slight shine to it so it tends to look like glass.

This past week I worked up a few roses and some matching beads and put them together with silver chain and lobster clasps.  I am very happy with the way they all turned out.

Here are some photos of the results.

  The round beads look somewhat like beach glass.

They can be seen here at my Etsy Shop 

 

More Translucent Clay Necklaces

A few more Pink petal necklaces made with translucent clay tinted with red inks.  One is more for everyday wear with small pink clay beads and small white glass beads, and the other has beautiful crystals which dresses it up a bit.

 

Both of these pink necklaces can be seen here on my Etsy shop.

Translucent Polymer Clay

I've recently come across some jewelry that was made with translucent polymer clay, and naturally, I had to get some.  It's interesting how you can actually see light through the clay, and although it's  not completely transparent, you can read text through the pieces of clay.  The clay is colored with inks and the colors are much more intense than if you just used colored clay.

Here is my first experiment with this unusual clay tinted with aqua/turquoise ink.

 

I love working with this type of clay and the inks.  Can't wait to get started on my next project. 

This necklace can be seen in my Etsy shop by clicking here. 

 

Two Color Petal Necklaces

I've recently decided to try some petals with a different color on each side.  There are so many ways to make pinch petals and I have a lot of fun deciding which method to use next that would make for an interesting necklace.

Here are two of the newest necklaces that would be great for summer.

Magenta and White

 

Lime Green and White

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Spring/Summer Necklaces

New Spring/Summer Necklaces

 Here are some photos of the newest style necklaces I've been working on this past month.  All made of polymer clay with appliques of flowers and other little designs on each bead.  That's one of the things I love about polymer clay beads.  No matter how many beads you use to create a necklace, they are all so light you hardly even know you're wearing one.

All available now at my Etsy Shop - Polymer Panache: Click here.

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New Cinco De Mayo Jewelry

My newest jewelry creations were made with Cinco De Mayo in mind.  It will be here sooner than you think!  All the necklaces are made by hand of polymer clay and can be seen at my Etsy shop, Polymer Panache. Click here  

The large discs are polymer clay and all the little adornments are also made of polymer clay and placed one by one by hand.  The rest of the necklace consists of small glass beads in colors that compliment the discs.

This necklace is made of individual small pinched petals in all the colors of the rainbow.  Great look for Cinco de Mayo. 

Seahorse Necklaces

Seahorse jewelry seems to be catching on lately.  I've made quite a few and most of them have sold.  One customer liked it so much she commissioned another similar necklace with a "funky" fish focal bead instead of the seahorse. 

These seahorses are hand sculpted of polymer clay, adorned with crystals and pearls, antiqued and finished off with a satin glaze for a soft shine.  Then they are strung on professional grade beading wire with semi-precious stone chips and I add a beautiful gold tone metal leaf toggle clasp.  Each one is so unique, you'll never see anyone else wearing the same necklace.

This Green Seahorse Necklace is still available.

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I'll be making more of these necklaces this week.

 They would be great at the seashore or your favorite vacation resort.  Click here.

 

More Pastel Colors

After I finished with all the petals, I made another Rainbow necklace of round beads in pastels for the summer.  Those round beads are so hard to get absolutely round.  It takes a lot of practice.  Here is the result.

  The beads are graduated from the large beads in front to the smaller beads at the back with small white glass pearls in between.  Would be pretty for the summer and the necklace is so light weight!

More Petal Necklaces

I had such great response to the multi-color petal necklace I recently made, I decided to do a few in pastel colors for the summer.   Then I got carried away with the petals.........

These rainbow necklaces are all available at my Polymer Panache Etsy shop: Click here

Rainbow petal necklace

Made one of these multicolor petal necklaces last spring and it sold so fast I decided to create another one today.

It has over 120 individual clay petals and is 22 in. long.  Can't get much more colorful than this.  A great necklace for Cinco de Mayo celebration.

  Polymer Panache at Etsy

 

Learned a new technique.

I saw a beautiful necklace a few years ago at a local jewelry shop at Pier Village in Long Branch (on the boardwalk).  It appeared to be crocheted wire with black and white beads crocheted into the necklace.  Recently I came across a YouTube video showing instructions how to make this type of necklace.  At first it was a little difficult but, as you work on it, it gets easier.  Here is my first crocheted necklace:

This necklace is made up of white pearls, aqua crystals and aqua glass twist beads on gold wire with a pretty clasp.  It is a three strand necklace braided together.  Came out really nice.

Here is my second crocheted necklace in browns:

This one has large tan glass pearls, smaller chocolate pearls, small gold crystals and larger beige button crystals, again 3 gold wire strands braided together.  They can both be seen at my Etsy shop: Polymer Panache.  https://www.etsy.com/listing/123836870/statement-necklace-crocheted-tan

Polymer Necklaces I Just Finished .......

Just completed these two necklaces with round PC beads and lots of small glass beads for sparkle.  Think they will be nice for spring/summer.

 I find it's always hard to get perfectly round beads for the necklaces.  But I guess that gives them that unique handcrafted look.