Most of our jewelry pieces we make have basically been on a larger scale. Since working with our new interchangeable "snap" jewelry, however, our focus has slightly changed where many of our "snap" beads or cabochons are smaller than the average pendant. Creating smaller pieces has its challenges but also its good points. Working on a smaller scale you have less area for a pattern to show off well so you need to rethink your designs and come up with ones that fit. On the brighter side, however, when creating clay veneer sheets it seems we always end up with some of those left-over pieces that are not large enough for earrings or you would like to use them in another way. We have discovered that some of those really neat left-over designs make beautiful "snaps" for our interchangeable jewelry.
These "snaps" have a simple bezel frame and we have found an easy way to fill them with our clay patterns without using any glue. They are fun to mix and match and wear in different ways like a ring, bracelet, hair barrette or necklace. This is one of the cabochon methods I share in my latest tutorial, "Creating Interchangeable Polymer Clay Jewelry in a Snap". You can read more about it in my
last blog post and the chance to win one of three give-a-ways of my Part 2 lesson that will be published soon.
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