Polymer Clay Faux Turquoise Pendant - Collaboration with Stephanie Bergeron of Deliberately Creative

It's a collaboration with Stephanie Power Bergeron of Deliberately Creative!  Stephanie created a turquoise doodle gem and I've recreated it in polymer clay.  Join me in my studio for this fun jewelry making project where we'll make polymer clay faux turquoise and a wonderfully intricate frame.

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Tools
Pasta machine
Oven
Clay blade
Ceramic or glass tile
Rubber clay shaper
Craft knife
Kemper cutter 3/16" round
Oval cutter
Scalloped round cutter 1-3/4"
Ball stylus
Jewelry pliers
Paint brush
Texture sheet

Materials
Clay - Sculpey Premo! white, deep blue, copper, burnt umber
Paint - DecoArt Americana (Lamp Ebony Black) Golden Fine Iridescent Gold
Plastic Wrap
Paper towel
Necklace finding
Jump ring - 9mm or as large as needed for size of pendant
Bail - size to fit necklace fnding


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How to Make an Advent Charm Bracelet - Special Gift for a Christmas Baby

There's a Christmas baby due - our first grandchild.  To commemorate the event and to celebrate the Christmas season, I created an Advent Charm Bracelet for my Daughter, Emily.  Learn to make this simple bracelet with various charms and green/red holiday clusters.  Use simple jewelry making tools and materials to create the bracelet and I'll also show you how to turn a dollar store holiday tin into a personalized jewelry box to keep all the charms in.  Your loved one can open a mini package for each day leading up to Christmas and add the charm to the bracelet.  Usually there are 24 surprises in a traditional Advent calendar but in this one I added the 25th as a special charm for the baby.

You can use these techniques to make a charm bracelet to count down for any special event.  This would make a really nice gift.  Hope you enjoy and thank you for joining me in my studio.

Tools

Nail - choose a size comparable to the size of the knob
Hammer
Screw Driver
Stamps - number or use number sticker s
Jewelry pliers - round and chain nose
Wire cutter
Paper punch - round or ribbon type

Materials
Tin - the size I used was approx 5" long, 4"deep and 4" wide
Mini envelopes
Charm bracelet blank
Various charms
Glass beads - green leaves, 4mm red faceted
Ribbon (to tie the envelopes closed) or could use Washi tape
Head pins - 4 per cluster
Spring rings - 1 ea for each charm and cluster
Stamping ink
Jump rings - may or may not need if the charms come with them, otherwise 1 ea per charm
Clear Command mini hooks (Optional, I used them to hold the bracelet to the top of the box
Sharpie - gold metallic