What Are Flower Beads?
Flower beads are beads that are either shaped like flowers or contain a floral pattern. A flower bead may be made of plastic, glass, crystal, metal, wood, ceramic or polymer clay. Crafters may choose from a seemingly endless range of flower-themed beads or they may decide to create their own. For example, polymer clay such as Fimo® may be purchased through most craft stores. It can be shaped into flower beads and then baked to harden the finished beads. There are many different colors of polymer clay available. All it takes is some practice shaping petals, stamens, leaves and other flower parts from the clay to create unique flower-shaped beads.
