Vol-016-1 Calla Lily Beads PcT Tutorial (Intro)
Video #121: “I want to make some Calla Lily pendants for a friend. Love your ideas and easy to follow video instruction.” ~Lynn-V
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** This post is an introduction to one of our paid tutorials.
Oooooh you guys are going to love these Lily Beads! They are so simple to make yet so incredibly pretty, that you’ll feel like a genius after making a few for yourself. At least that’s how I feel when I make them! :-)
If you don’t have access to the Volume 015 tutorials yet, you will still be able to make this Lily Beads using a solid color of clay instead of the style shown above with striations.
These Calla Lily beads make beautiful pendants, charms and earrings. They can be made in any color combination you desire, including the classic white/green Calla Lily flower with the golden yellow center that you commonly see in florists shops.
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I watched the Calla Lily video and can't wait to get started making these beads! Thanks so much, Cindy. You help make the weekends even better than they were before. I love your tutorials!
Carol C
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I'm looking forward to spending some time making these Calla lilies Cindy. Thank you for all the work you do helping us. I know I would not have been able to accomplish what I have done in such a short time if it weren't for you, your tutorials and the help you so generously provide. Thank you.
Aimee A
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Cindy, every lesson from you is so wonderful. I love the faux techniques you showed us, and hope you keep making them. I enjoy learning how to make the sculpted flowers... I loved your roses and your Calla lily beads, they turned out great! I'm working on some orchids now, and I'm looking forward to even more flowers :)
Andreea G
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This is a wonderful tutorial. And a splendid wedding picture!!! Wow. Thanks for sharing that bit of your private life with us.
Hi Cindy,
Just wanted to let you know that the center of the Calla Lily is called “spadix”. I was curious to know what it was called so I looked it up. Gotta love the internet it’s so informational.
I’m new to polymer clay creations, and your videos are helping a tremendous amount. You’ve been a great inspiration. Thanks!
Patricia
Glad to hear you are enjoying the videos Patricia. Thanks for letting me know :-)
And also thanks for posting the info about the the Spadix center. I love it when you guys update these threads with useful information and tips :-) :-)
I’m in love! Just got this Volume-016 back issue pakcage with the Calla Lily beads tutorial! Gorgeous! Trawling around I found a website with such breath-takingly beautiful pics of calla lilies I thought everyone might enjoy it just for the eye candy and for inspiration too. I had no idea Callas came in so many colours – four different shades of black, just for starters! Hot pinks and oranges, the Green Goddess of course and so many others. An absolute feast for the eyes and a spur to polymer clayers. And I learned a new word, too: that piece that sticks up in the middle is called a ‘spathe’. The site is here: flowers.pacificcallas.com/
@Mary: Hi Mary, have you made any of your own Calla Lillies yet? I was just wondering; I saw some that another member, Carolyn, showed some that she made at her blog today. Thanks for the link to nature’s beauties!
@Julie – Glad you like the Calla Lily Beads. Thanks so much for your kind words.
**PHOTOS ADDED: Some project pictures of calla lily beads have just been added to a Spotlight Feature showcasing Melinda Herron. She is a member who is very much appreciated here at this supportive polymer clay community. Click on the “Bead Making Projects” link by my name to have a look.
@Cindy Lietz from Bead Making Projects: I wanted to know if you ever watch the tv show “Criminal Minds” ? The Gal, Penelope (Kristen Vangness) that works the computers on the show was wearing your Calla Lily earrings !!!!! They had the messy wrap too… it was one of last years shows.. She is a funky girl :) fun looking. check her out.
@brenda: Really? I watch that show all the time. Do you remember the name of the episode? I’d like to see that…
@brenda: Oh, I watch that show all the time, too. I love the Garcia (Penelope) character. I love how she combines her clothes, jewelry, and hairstyles, but I think she looked better as a blond. I’ll have to watch out for those earrings when my husband is watching the reruns. Maybe they’re Cindy’s!
@brenda: Sorry Brenda for not responding sooner.
That is so cool! I love that character. She is so unique and definitely outside the box! I would love to have seen that. I wonder if someone made my lilies from a tutorial and either bought or gave them to wardrobe cause I didn’t sell them a pair. Would be really neat to know if they really were my design, I would love that! :-)
Cindy, I love the Calla Lilly Beads…You are fantastic.
@Donna: I would love to see pictures of your Calla Lily Beads! Do send me an email with the photos attached when you have them ready.
@Jenniffer: I try to have them as perfect as possible before baking especially on the inside where sanding is difficult. Then I sand where I can, with a 400grit, then 600 and 800 and 1200 grits until nice and smooth. I prefer to buff by hand with a piece of felt rather than use the Dremel, since they get caught too easily in the wheel and may get broken.
This might be a silly question, but do you sand the lily beads? I assume that you do not buff them as they are more fragile?
Thanks!
Jennifer
There you go making me want to do some more beads.. LOL and you make it look so dang easy. I will show you mine when I can get to them.
Hi Rosita. Welcome to the library! It’s great to have you as a member!
Baking on cornstarch helps to support the sculptural shape of the Calla Lily beads so they don’t end up with flat spots. There are many free articles here at the blog on this topic that you can read for more info. To find them, use the search box at the top of the page with keywords like:
Cornstarch
Baking
Baking and Cornstarch
Etc
The Volume-015 videos that were referenced in the Volume-016-1 Calla Lily tutrial, are available at this link: Flower Cane Tutorials
In your comment above, you said that you are just starting to work with polymer clay. The weekly tutorials assume that you know the basics of working with polymer clay. So if you are a brand new, you may want to go through the polymer clay beginners course (see link by my name above).
Carol
Tkanks. I will appreciate that you can give me the answers
Rosita
Why I must put the calas in corn starch. Must I have to cook them, with the corn starch.
How I can get the recipe of number 015-. In video number o16-1, you make reference of the colors that where used.
Because that I¨m just starting to work in Polymer clay. Could it be possible to send me a picture of the cane. So I can get the position of the colors that you used and how did you rolled it,these is how I can.
optain the figures that you got.
Thanks
Thanks so much everyone! I really appreciate that we can all share info here.
I’m going to give your suggestions a try this weekend.
Thank you Cindy! I did ask about making these a little while ago. I too just love Calla Lilies and I’m really going to enjoy making these!
Thanks you everyone!
@Jocelyn: That sounds like a lovely idea, to honor your mom with making her some of her favorite flowers. Calla Lilly’s can be tricky to grow. Your mom must have had a very green thumb!
@Melinda: It is as easy as it looks if you know how to do it! Now you shouldn’t have any problems with them.
@Carol: Maria could be right. Maybe you’re leaving them in the cornstarch too long before baking. If you wash the beads well in water after baking and sand light where you can reach, there shouldn’t be any residual cornstarch left over. If you’re still having trouble with it, use a stiff brush like a toothbrush, to get it off.
@Maria: It is important to only put your pieces in the cornstarch, right before baking. You should have less problems now that you know that. Follow the info I gave Carol if you have any powder on your beads after baking. I bet your mom will be thrilled when you make her some custom decor pieces for her bathroom!
Cindy – I was married in 1987 also! A good year! In regard to Carol’s above comment, something you said this time made me understand why my things were coming out so powdery. Now I know that you don’t want to let your pieces stay in the cornstarch too long before baking. I was just leaving them in before for extended periods of time. My mom has Calla Lily wallpaper in her bathroom and I’ve been trying to make her something as an accent. Now I’ll be able to. Thanks again, Cindy!
I watched the Calla Lily video and can’t wait to get started making these beads. Thank you for this.
I would love to learn how to make the copper headpins that you used, and hope that you would be willing to show us how to do it.
I do have a question about baking in the cornstarch. When I tried it with some other flower beads that you demonstrated, I had difficulty in removing all of the cornstarch. They came out kind of powdery and stayed that way. How do you make sure that it is all removed before putting a finish on them?
Thanks so much, Cindy. You help make the weekends even better than they were before. I love Friday!
How fabulous. I tried my hand at some of these before the video BUT they weren’t quite a pretty as yours…. you make it look so very easy!
Cindy, these are great! Wish my Mom was still here, she loved lilies and was one of the few who could get them to grow in her home as potted plants. Home was a jungle, especially in the years we all were in and out of college living situations. She saved more plants…and they loved her for it.
As a matter of fact, think I will attempt a bouquet of these flowers to put in one of her miniature vases she collected on her memorial shelf I’ve set up here. It will give me comfort and joy to see them next to her pictures and other memorabilia, daily.
Oh man….today is only Tuesday…Uuggg!
Hooray! I can hardly wait!
I can’t wait for Friday!!! :)
~Lisa