How to Recover From a Jewelry Clay Mistake

These bezels are fun and easy to make.  

What is important about them is that they are mistake pieces that I have saved.

 A few weeks ago I set up my table to work on eight Jewelry Clay filled bezels.  I was rubber stamping into them (the clay filled bezels) and a few of my stamped impression did not turn out as planned.

Stamping mistakes in clay are relatively easy to fix.  I can remove the clay and start over.  The ink is hard to remix into the clay, so I usually start fresh.  Or I do what I will show you in these next pictures.

 I have containers of loose beads just waiting for this to happen.  I just press the clay filled bezels right into them.

 Tiny glass beads fill any missed spots.

 Then I brush Pearl-Ex over the surface.

 You would think this was the plan all along.

My mistakes become some of my best samples!