Fimo Food Earrings

Now You Can Wear Your MiniFood!

Description 

Fimo Food Earrings - They Are So Simple To Make! You Will Need Studs And Backs ( I Got Mine At John Lewis But You'll Find Them In Jewelrey Shops And Craft Stores) Fimo, I Use Fimo Soft, But Any Type Of Polymer Clay Is Perfect! Fimo Tools, Like Chalk For Added Colour, Old Dentist Tools, Cutting Blades And So On...The Strong Glue Is For Securing The Backs To The Earring Design. You Can Go Really Creative And Make Little Food Sets For Your Ears Or Play It Cool With A Simple Pair Of Beads :D

Instructions 

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   Decide What Your Earring Design Is Going To Be. Mine Are Hamburgers But You Can Really Do Anything If You Feel Condfident. Sometimes I Sketch Out What I'm Doing First, Or Sculpt A Rough Copy In Plasticine Which Is A Soft Non-Bake Clay. Once You Are Ready You Can Start!
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   Make Sure You Have A Clean Work Surface. I Usually Tape A Plastic Holder To The Table. Make Sure Your Hands Are Really Clean Because Fimo Is Very Good At Picking Up The Dirt! If You Want To Try A Hamburger Here Are The Basic Instructions:
   For The Bun - Get A Light Tan Colour Fimo And Shape Into A Flat Kinda Ball. Next Get Some Green And Splodge It Out. Texture The Edges, Pick At The Sides With A Pin To Get The Lettucey Look. Stack This Underneath The Bun, And Fray The Edges Of The Lettuce With A Pin So They Stick Out A Little. Cheese - Roll Out Some Orangey-Yellow Fimo Quite Thin, And Then Cut Into A Small Square, Stack This Underneath The Lettuce And Bun. Meat - Squidge A Dark Brown Into A Nearly Flat Ball And Stack Underneath The Cheese You Just Made. Poke The Sides Of The Meat With Little Holes. Make One Last Bun Out Of The Tan Mixture You Began With And Stack Finally Under The Whole Hamburger.
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   If You Want To Make The Hamburger More Realistic You Can Cut Some Very Fine Shavings Of The Right Coloured Chalk (E.g. Yellow Chalk For The Cheese And A Green For The Lettuce) Poke A Brush Into The Shavings And Dust Over The Top Of The Ingredient According To Its Colour (Its Hard Describing It! Just Do Yellow Chalk For Cheese And Dark Orange For The Bun..Lol)
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   Now Cut The Finished Hamburger In Half. (Yes, Straight Down The Middle) With A Sharp Cutting Blade. Try And Cut It So Both Halves Of The Hamburger Are The Same Size - ish. Put The Two Halves In The Oven, And Heat And Bake For Whatever It Says On The Fimo Packet (Some Clay Types Are Different)
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   Take Them Out When Ready, And Leave To Harden Up And Cool.
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   Get Your Strong Glue, And Glue 1 Stud Firmly To The Back Of 1 Half Of The Hamburger. Leave To Dry For A While. Then, Get The Other Half And Do The Same With The Other Stud.
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   When They Are Dry, You Can Wear Them! Go Easy On Them, I Don't Sleep On Mine Incase They Break, But Otherwise Their Yours!