Custom Bezels

So..here's the newest in my shop...custom bezels....

Most of them will be made to order and you can customize what colors you want. They're handmade from polymer clay with an inset of 18 x 25 inch. Great for graphic pendants or decorating with your own clay creations. Here are some closeups...

What can I do with Resin

I noticed a lot of people asking about resin and what it can be used for...and its amazing at the many possibilities you can do with it...


First, I've used resin before as a top coating, to give a piece a domed, glassy, magnified look...especially in domino pendants such as these....

also same thing with scrabble tile pendants...like these...

You create a domed effect when you use the resin on a flat surface. You can also use resin to fill a bezel. For example, you can use it in traditional type bezels such as these settings which are made from polymer clay...

or in metal settings such as these...

Other bezels you can use are bottlecaps, buttons, shells, spoons or any other thing that has a "cup" like area that the resin won't seep through...you just need your imagination to come up with more...

You can use certain molds like the flexible silicone molds or special plastic molds to create beads or other castings...I used a special plastic molds to create these basic shaped cabochons...

In these cabochons, I incorporated glitter/ pearlex powders. That's another nice thing about resin...you can incorporate anything you want...from candy, rhinestones, pictures, charms, glitter  and so much more to create a collage like effect...

Look at these really cute resin bangle with embedded candy sprinkles sold by Lunaricsales on Etsy ...

This is a picture by India from her shop Lunaricsales...check out her shop..she has lots more beautiful resin jewelry there...

If you work a lot with polymer clay...you can use resin in a lot of techniques... check out Eugena Topina's Tutorials on resin and polymer clay! 

She has tutorials on creating faux lampwork with polymer clay...which I bought a couple months back...but haven't had time to try it yet....but I'm sure itching to do so!!!

She also has tutorials with resin to create Faux Cloissone, Faux art glass, faux enamel, resin and gold leaf. Check out her page on Polymer Clay Tutorials!!! They're all so lovely...

So, that's just a few ideas of what you can do out of resin.... your imagination's the limit!!!

New Ring Settings

Happy Leap Day!!! I have re-stocked the shop with new ring settings yet again!!! Take a looksie...

Leap day also signals the end of the month of February! I'm planning to spend part of my day writing up a list of things to accomplish for March. My shop offers a lot of settings for rings, bangles, earrings and pendant blanks...that I'd like to think its becoming a "specialty" so, one of my goals is to offer  an even wider selection. I know some of my settings have become unavailable and I'm looking to have them re-made so that they are more readily available to my customers.

Secondly, I'm hoping to get started on my kits...I plan to work on my basic beading kit. The actual items for the kit are no problems and that's quite easy to get together but, what I really need to start on is the actual tutorial. I need to start on that ASAP!!! Along with the basic beading, I also need to work on my scrabble pendant and domino pendant kits. I'm quite happy that I finally got my resin posted and the natural progression for this are the domino/scrabble kits. 

And last, I need to start posting more stones. I love rocks, stones etc. and I have a nice collection. I'm always having second thoughts of posting them and making them available for sale since I love them..but I think I should stop hoarding and start putting them out there so they can become part of somebody's beautiful creations! So... here's a preview of what's to come...

Oh its so hard to part with my stones...they're all just soo pretty. Well, let's see how it goes....That's all for now!

Focals from Scrap Clay

I've been wanting to try to make beads from my scrap clays ever since I saw Artybecca's tutorial/demonstration on flicker (click here to see it)

I finally got a chance to make a couple of focals...here's the first...

I think I went a little crazy on the highlights with the inka gold...you can't really see the original colors anymore... but I still like it.

I'm selling it as part of a bead soup... You can see it in my ETSY listing here - Pharoah's Gem Mix

Here's the second one I worked on...

This one I have not yet listed but will definitely make it also into a bead soup mix...watch out for it.

That's all for now.