More Makin's Clay Flower Petal Earrings

 

I love working with these flower petals made from an extruded Makin’s Clay® cane.  These earrings are just another example of what can be made from the canes.

 

 

If you would like to make these earrings, just go to the Makin’s Clay® Blog  to the project called Flower Pendant - Caning with Makin’s Clay®.  The project explains how to make a cane which is used to make fun, funky flowers that can be turned into a pendant. 

1. Follow the instructions on how to make the Makin’s Clay® cane. 
2. Once the cane is dry, cut an odd amount of petals.  I used 19.  One to hang at the bottom of the chain and two for each link in the chain where petals will hang. 
3. Cut a small length of chain for each earring.  I cut 20 links.
4. I drilled the holes in the petal but a needle tool can be used to poke the holes.
5. Add a jump ring to the petal and attach to a link in the chain.  I added one to each side of the link.
6. Add an earring hooks and your beautiful earrings are done!

Flower Petal Earrings

This month I created a project using Makin’s Clay® called Flower Pendant - Caning with Makin’s Clay®.  The project explains how to make a cane which is used to make fun, funky flowers that can be turned into a pendant.

These are some earrings I made using the same cane created for the Flower Pendant project.

If you would like to make them, following these easy instructions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go to the Flower Pendant project on the Makin’s Clay®Blog and make a flower petal cane and let it dry.

Make pea size beads of clay, poke holes through them, and let them dry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Once the cane and beads are dry, cut enough petals from the cane to go around the entire top of the bead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Put the beads on a needle tool (I use turkey lacers).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply tacky glue around the top of the bead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add the petals and let dry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add findings, beads, and earring hooks to finish.

Faux Stone Jewelry with Makin's Clay

Recently, I created a project using Makin's Clay® called Grapevine Vase which is featured on the Makin’s Clay® blog.  I wanted the vase to look like it was made out of stone so I used a recipe of white clay, black acrylic paint, and pepper to achieve a faux stone look.  Using the same recipe from the vase project, I made small rocks to create this bracelet, earrings, and pendant. 

For the bracelet, I made the rocks a consistent size by rolling out the clay and using the same cutter for each rock.

For the earrings, I used the same cutter but used one cutout for the smallest rock, two cutouts for the next, and three for the biggest rock. 

For the pendant, I used the leftover clay to make a flat stone and stamped the word, ‘STRENGTH’ on the front.  I inserted an eye pin before the clay dried.

For the rocks in the bracelet and earrings, I drilled the holes with an electric drill after they dried.

I antiqued all of the rocks by painting on black acrylic paint and immediately rinsing it off.