Where can I buy rose petal beads?

I have been trying to make beads from rose petals for 6 months now with different recipes and I give up. I need them in a hurry now, so does anyone know where I can buy them? thanks.

Where can I buy rose petal beads?
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Reply:Ebay thay have it all
Reply:Joann Fabrics








Or Michaels craft store
Reply:This site makes beads with rose petals in them (in various ways), and also has 4 lessons for making them.





This page has the for-sale beads (individual or necklaces) and a chart re the differences between the clays they use to make them:


http://www.rosaryshop.com/resources.php?...





This page has the lessons (though none are for polymer or earth clays, only glues and grains-starches or plain petal sludge):


http://www.rosaryshop.com/resources.php/...





You can make them yourself with polymer clay the way they sometimes do too. That would take only a few hours, including a trip to the craft or art supply store for the clay.





Most clayers will use a "translucent" color of polymer clay (from the brands Premo, Kato, Fimo, or Sculpey), then mix some very-dry crushed rose petals into the clay, shape as a bead and drill a hole (twisting the hole with a toothpick, etc.), then bake (...to give a glossy surface to the bead, use an acrylic finish like a polurethane or a clear acrylic fingernail polish, or sand then electric buff --hand-buffing will give a sheen only).





You can either mix the petals into the whole bead, or to save on petals and make them show up thicker near the surface, make a small ball first (of perhaps white clay or translucent clay), mix the petals into more transcluent clay separately then flatten it, and finally cover the small ball with the sheet of petals+translucent clay... then roll in your hands to make a smooth ball (shape further if desired).





Or, you could use a more *opaque* color of polymer clay instead of translucent --a rose color, or any color you want-- but then you wouldn't *see* the rose petals much or at all in the bead, you'd just know they were in there.





P.S. If you are interested in doing this with polymer clay, you might want to check out this particular page of my polymer clay encyclopedia which covers mixing things into (usually) translucent clay... that's called using "inclusions":


http://glassattic.com/polymer/inclusions...


(...once the petals are thoroughly dried --you could even use a low-heat oven to speed that up-- mixing the petals into the clay, shaping, then baking the clay should take only an hour or so)








HTH,





Diane B.

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