Handmade Polymer Clay Beads .. destash

I love playing with colors and creating / crafting polymer clay beads, not so much – finishing them, and it seems I totally cannot come around to using them in my designs recently. So after hoarding saving them for over a year, I’ve decided to go ahead and offer these beads for sale in my Etsy shop.

So here’s the line up of my theoretically homeless handmade polymer clay beads (clicking on photo will take you to the Etsy listing):

Moss Green beads with kaleidoscope flower pattern, 16mm rounds

All these beads are natural polymer clay (as much as poly can be “natural”..), with no varnish used to add gloss. For some reason I feel that using varnish equals to cheating sometimes. And I do love the gentle soft sheen of the well finished and buffed polymer clay. It does take time, and some damaged fingers, but it’s well worth the effort me thinks. Btw, if you have tips how to avoid damaging skin while sanding polymer clay beads – please share!

Moss Green beads with geometric kaleidoscope patchwork pattern, 14mm rounds

All beads are made using German Fimo brand polymer clay – it is most readily available here. And I do use both “soft” and “classic” lines of Fimo.

Blue beads with white, red and black webbing / marbling effect, freeform "pebbles", approx 18x15mm

Large blue ball beads with red and black kaleidoscope pattern, 19mm

Green beads with red and yellow geometric kaleidoscope pattern resembling stained glass, 16mm

Cherry red beads with lime green and turquoise kaleidoscope pattern, 15mm

Cerise pink beads with white pattern, freeform "pebbles", 18x15mm

Yellow rondelle beads with abstract pattern, 10x15mm