About a week ago, my friend CJ invited me over to have a Fimo party! The whole reason for this was because my old gas oven runs too hot to cook the Fimo. No matter how low I set it, it was still way too hot for Fimo! I was impressed with the beads she made for me and was keen to make my own. Here are the results! We made beads and beads for hours!
I experimented with the cords. I tried out coloured hemp
twine (too scratchy), fluro builder's cord (gets fuzzy after
a few wears, but looks way cool!) and cotton cord (CJ's
choice, and it's a winner) from work. The hard part was to find out which beads to put together and how many sit right.
To make the faceted ones, you just take a one sided razor
blade and carefully slice off random chunks before cooking
it to give it an nice uneven look.
It took a few tries to get them even. I had fun mixing
the colours to get different hues. I learned to wear
latex gloves so you get no fingerprints, to do the light
colours first, to use wet wipes between colours and
not to do things too perfect. You can also get very
fine sand paper if you need to smooth them more
after cooking. The only thing I still cannot do is
get a lint free bead, grr! They got better in the end,
but still, bits of lint especially in the white and tan.
So glad I don't have a cat!
Here's a cute idea! Just roll out the Fimo
thin and use a mini heart shaped cookie
cutter to make a string of flat beads.
The ideas are endless!!!
Another mini cookie cutter idea. I tried to
make a black and white slice, and it turned
out ok. Need more practice!
I did figure out how to make my oven work
in the end! I got a little oven thermometer
and put it inside where I could see it, then
turned it on as low as it goes. Once it passed
the 130 degree mark up to about 200 degrees,
I switch it off completely. When it gets close
to 130 degrees, I pop my beads in the oven
and set the timer for 20 minutes. A bit fiddly,
but it does the trick! Although I can now do it
at home, I will still enjoy craft parties at
CJ's house!
My favourite colours!
New Fimo bunting style necklace
with hemp twine holding it
together.
So many ideas...
Now on to wooden geometric
beads painted with acrylic and
decorated with Washi tape!
Muted colours highlighted with
gold leaf and protected with
Matt Mod Podge.
