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GrandmaThunderpants — Super Basic Jewelry Guide
Published: 2012-03-31 17:51:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 20526; Favourites: 554; Downloads: 146
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This is a fast tutorial I did to explain some terms and basic things about how to turn your clay works into charms. This is not very detailed, just a simple guide with the item names so you can do further research on your own. It's kind of shocking to me how many people don't know how to actually use headpins so I just wanted to help you guys out. xDThere are hundreds and hundreds of detailed tutorials out there on the internet about these things, so use the right terms in Google and go wild.
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Thank you for this wonderful tutorial! This will definitely help me in the future!
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For the clay, do you use different colours or paint over just one? I couldn't find anywhere to say if you painted over FIMO or Sculpey it'll come out right...
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I use different colors of clay. :3
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i don't really understand how the flat headpins work for charms
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Just poke them into your charm from the bottom. Trim the excess, and use jewelry pliers to make a loop. :3
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oh so you use the opposite end from the flat side? that makes sense XD
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Thank you so much for this tutorial.
I knew a few things already but I also learn some new things, like
they headpin and eye pin (which works best) I thank you for taking
the time to put this together; it was wonderful for putting the pros and
cons as well as your experience.
I've been wanting to make
my own stuff and I love working with clay...tho it's been
a few years.
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Thanks to this wonderful tutorial I might have a new hobby (if I'm any good lol) <3
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Man...wish I had found this tutorial a long time ago. I found out the hard way that simply sticking a headpin into clay doesn't mean it'll hold.
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Aw, yeah. I had to find that out the hard way too back when I first started with clay. ;A;
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Thank you for this. Polymer clay anything tends to....evade me. ._.
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Glad I could help!
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Thankyou, sooo much! This was such a big help.
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Happy to help!
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There aren't many tutorials like this that just get the point across~
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Aw, yay! I don't mind at all, thank you so much for featuring me!
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I'm just wondering if you have ever had any problems with headpins discolouring the clay while baking???
I've had a little trouble with some wires discolouring in the past and have not yet tried using headpins, which is a fantastic idea by the way!!!
Thanks and sorry if you have had this question before =x
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Hey there! I haven't had this question yet-- but I have encountered something similar. I used black headpins a few times and when baked the black paint on them would chip off. But it never caused any real discoloring, and the black paint chips were easy to flick off. If you use just simple metal headpins, I don't think you'll have any discolorations. Avoid ones that have been painted or sealed with some sort of color that may rub off. I've been using plain silver ones for over a year so I can safely say they don't cause discolorations.
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Thank you very much!!! This is really helpful!!!
I'll stick to the trusty silver ones, thank you for your experience!!!
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I knew about all this BUT the screw eyes. Uber helpful! <3
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Glad I could help! I know a lot of people didn't know the names of them, or just called them "tiny screws" so knowing their proper name should help people find them online. xD
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No prob! Thanks for reading
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a really good tutorial, i know most of the stuff in this tutorial but i actually learned something new when i went through this, good work, keep it up
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No prob! I get a lot of questions about this so it was easiest just to make one picture guide for everybody xD
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yeah your tuts are the best, and DD worthy as you know
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Aww, thanks!
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