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 Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:52 am
Salt dough is one of the easiest and raddest ways to make jewelry. It's like playing with Playdough, except it dries faster and is easier to paint. You can make your own designs. You can recreate things you've seen in stores. Either way, you and up with wearable art. ;D
Note: this recipe makes a manageable amount of dough. You might want to double it if you're intending to get all hard-core on us.
Start by mixing 1/2 cup salt, 1/4 cup water, and 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil in a bowl. Then add 1 cup all-purpose flour (white flour). Adding the flour will be kind of tricky. Mix it as well as you can with a spoon, but prepare to dump it out on the counter and get your hands dirty.
Once that's mixed, prepare for the fun part--shaping! Shape it into whatever you want. Make pendants or charms by forming a shape and sticking a looped wire into the top, make beads by poking a toothpick through and forming a hole, make a mini-bust of your teacher, whateva. Spread your creations out onto a lined baking sheet when you're done. If you're not afraid of ovens, bake them at 250 degrees for a few hours. If you are afraid of ovens, leave them out to dry overnight.
Once those babies are dry, you can get ready to decorate. I recommend giving them a good coat of acrylic craft paint because it adheres so easily, but you could also use spray paint. Then you can go insane and break out the glitter, rhinestones, stickers, Sharpies, whatever strikes your fancy.
When you're done decorating, string your creations on twine, hook them onto a chain, or make them into a charm. Some examples of what I've made are in my second post (bear with my blurry pics).
Have fun wearing your new jewelry. surprised
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:55 am
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:37 am
thanks for the tutorial(:
i will definitely use this.
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:27 am
Oooh, I can't wait to try this!
I think I need paint first though. xP
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2008 2:55 pm
I also tried, only with a different recipe..
Still need to paint it though..
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:11 am
This is really cool, Thanks!! Much cheaper than sculpey.
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:05 pm
...Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
I'm exposed
And it's no big surprise... Ohh this sounds so cool!
I wanna try this soon ...Oh I'm just a girl,
Guess I'm some kind of freak
'Cause they all sit and stare
With their eyes...
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:42 pm
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:03 am
:0 That's so cuuute! I love the little mushroom! heart
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Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 7:41 pm
I have a question about the process of shaping and baking xD First when you shape it first then put it in the oven to dry will it poof up say like how a cupcake would when cooking or would it stay the same and also which method of hardening is better, baking or leaving out over ngiht? So sorry to pester you!
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Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:04 pm
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 10:23 am
Xx-Emo-Rubber-Duckie-xX I have a question about the process of shaping and baking xD First when you shape it first then put it in the oven to dry will it poof up say like how a cupcake would when cooking or would it stay the same and also which method of hardening is better, baking or leaving out over ngiht? So sorry to pester you! its like clay, it doesnt poof. and its also better to bake them because they cure harder, but im leaving mine out over night.
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:15 am
im going to try this tommorrow first i need to get me some white flour we only have brown
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:19 am
hahaha i totaly burned my creations crying xd not that there where that great anyway
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Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:55 am
Can't wait to try this when i get home.
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