looking to make amber beads

Hello,

I use to do a lot of polymer clay projects and swaps about 4 -5 years
ago but haven't done anything recently. It's a long story that
involves most of my swaps being destroyed or badly damaged. I just lost
heart after that.

I now have need to make an amber necklace with big chucky amber beads
to dress as a Viking Lady in 2 weeks. I can't just afford a real amber
bead necklace. So I thought I would at least try my hand at making some
beads this week.

I was hoping some kind soul might have instructions and hopefully
photos of some amber beads they have made already online and they
wouldn't mind me copying. I need a large center bead with increasingly
smaller beads going up and around the back, I'll settle for 5-7 fair
size beads to add to some amber chips I have already.

In the swaps I did, I certainly was not the best talent in the group; I
think I fell in the middle to mid-end of the talent range. I've pretty
rusty on my skills right now, so don't make it too hard for me to
follow. I also seem to remember that you could use something
else in the middle of the bead instead of clay to make it lighter so
your neck doesn't drag on the ground.

Thanks for being here,
Dianne Russell

Jacksonville, Florida

I hope you'll post your finished beads for all to see. Here are a ton of
how-to's: http://snipurl.com/ey8b



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cat_herder wrote:
Hello,

I use to do a lot of polymer clay projects and swaps about 4 -5 years
ago but haven't done anything recently. It's a long story that
involves most of my swaps being destroyed or badly damaged. I just lost
heart after that.

I now have need to make an amber necklace with big chucky amber beads
to dress as a Viking Lady in 2 weeks. I can't just afford a real amber
bead necklace. So I thought I would at least try my hand at making some
beads this week.

I was hoping some kind soul might have instructions and hopefully
photos of some amber beads they have made already online and they
wouldn't mind me copying. I need a large center bead with increasingly
smaller beads going up and around the back, I'll settle for 5-7 fair
size beads to add to some amber chips I have already.

In the swaps I did, I certainly was not the best talent in the group; I
think I fell in the middle to mid-end of the talent range. I've pretty
rusty on my skills right now, so don't make it too hard for me to
follow. I also seem to remember that you could use something
else in the middle of the bead instead of clay to make it lighter so
your neck doesn't drag on the ground.

Thanks for being here,
Dianne Russell

Jacksonville, Florida