Polymer Clay Necklaces

To go with my niece's beanie's 

that I made them for Christmas

I wanted to make them necklaces with polymer clay.

There are numerous websites and you tube videos

of how to use polymer clay

and these necklaces were the very first things

I made with the clay, to see how they would turn out.

This blue necklace is for Isabella to match her Elsa/Frozen inspired beanie.

Using only blue and white I could get 3 colours 

(I could get many more variations of blue by mixing more or less white, but I only wanted 5 beads)

The pink necklace is for Scarlett

and I have used only Pink and White again to get 

the 3 colours

In this close up you can see the imperfect bead shapes

and even my fingerprints on the beads.

I will be buying some additional materials

to assist me with making perfectly shaped beads

without fingerprints as I have fallen in love with polymer clay

and have so many ideas in my head.

On you tube, I found a video for a sliding knot and used this

to close the necklaces as I didn't want traditional clasps

and the waxed cotton wouldn't hold a simple knot.

The sliding knot allows the necklace to be as loose or as tight

as the girls like it to be.

I used Fabric Wash and Wear Glue to strengthen the knots too.