One more idea that came out of the bead meeting on Saturday. Judy had brought a compound - the name begins with F and I cannot find it on the Fire Mountain site. The idea was that one kneaded the two parts together and then rolled the bead in gemstone chips. It cost about $25 for the two postage-sized lumps. Judy made beads of the polyclay and rolled those in the chips and the stones seemed to stick very well. I tried a few on the end of this bead. I think that if the polyclay bead was waxed or fixed with a floor polish solution, one could use the polyclay instead of the expensive stuff that began with F.

Have been doing fish and have one yet to do. Need to order more!