Winter White Polymer Clay Earrings

Winter White Polymer Clay Earrings | this heart of mine

This is a repost of a project I did for Delia Creates last year. Had to wait until it was wintertime again!

Hello! And happy winter!

While winter isn’t my favorite season, there is beauty to be celebrated. I decided to make a pair of spangly dangly earrings in a winter white color scheme – white, pearl, shimmery silver and sparkly glitter. All good things. Since I am the only one my my house with pierced ears, I had to be the model. I was trying to channel Delia when I did these self portraits, she does them so well! Think I still need some work. The pics needed some color thus the lipstick. :)

Winter White Polymer Clay Earrings | this heart of mine

A pro jewelry maker I am not but I do enjoy it. Polymer clay is one of my favorite mediums to work with and if you haven’t tried it yet, these simple earrings would make a great first project.

Winter White Polymer Clay Earrings | this heart of mine

Here’s what you need to get going:

-polymer clay in white and pearl – I like the Premo line by Sculpey
-pasta machine (dedicated to polymer clay only) or a brayer, rolling pin, side of a glass
-cutting blade
-circle punch, or other desired shape
-2 earring hooks
-2 jump rings
-jewelry pins – I used 13 for each earring
-silver leaf
-glitter
-needle-nose pliers
-wire cutters

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First, prep your clay. I made a special tutorial just on clay conditioning that you can find here.

Roll out a sheet of white and a sheet of pearl. Cut two strips of white, two strips of pearl. Add silver leaf to one of the strips, white or pearl does not matter, gently pressing the leaf on the surface of the clay. One will be designated for glitter but that happens later.

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Use the circle punch to make as many circles as you’d like. I cut four silver leaf and three of each of the white, pearl and white-to-be-glittered, plus A LOT of extras. :)

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Skewer each circle with a pin. It takes a little patience and careful movement. Clay is very forgiving so if you don’t get it just right, pull it out and adjust. It it’s totally botched, just grab another circle. Those extras come in handy!

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Once the plain white and pearl ones are skewered, lay them on a foil and wax paper covered cookie sheet ready for the oven. Take the silver leaf circles and add another small piece of leaf to the backside and gently press and fold to adhere to the back and sides.

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The white circles designated for glitter can now take their glitter bath. Gently press the raw clay into the glitter.

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Add the glittered and silver leaf circles to the cookie sheet and bake them according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

When the clay is cured, it’s time to connect everything. First, lay out the polymer clay ‘pins’ in the way you wanted them to hang.

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Using the needle nose pliers, curl the end of the pins, at various lengths, to make a loop. I know this isn’t the proper way to make a loop but this off-to-one-side loop worked better for this earring.

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Use the wire cutters to cut away excess wire.

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To avoid piling all the danglies onto the one jump ring, I connected a long and short pin together as seen below. Having them interconnected took up less space on the jump ring. I like odd numbers so one little guy didn’t have a friend. :) If you would like to just loop them on the jump ring that works too, just make sure the jump ring it big enough.

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Then add each pair (and the one lonely guy) to the jump ring.

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Right before closing the jump ring, add in the earring hook and it’s done!

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Two shimmery, sparkly, spangly, dangly earrings.

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So be sparkly, shimmery and celebrate winter whites.

Winter White Polymer Clay Earrings | this heart of mine

Thanks for having me Delia! And may Spring be here before we know it. :)

Winter White Polymer Clay Earrings | this heart of mine

Take care.

About Amy Christie

Amy is a wife, mother of two and a maker. Making is her thing whether it is food, DIYs or photos of her children. Follow Amy on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Bloglovin, Twitter, and through her once-a-month newsletter to keep up with the latest from this heart of mine.

9 thoughts on “Winter White Polymer Clay Earrings

  1. Wow! That’s the only thing I can come up with here …. that and what I wouldn’t give to spend a day in your head. The ideas you have in there lady are crazy good.

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