I love to make faux beads from polymer clay and have been obsessed with it lately. Here are four of my favorite books. They contain plenty of recipes for making every kind of faux substance you can imagine.
I use a vibratory rock tumbler instead of sanding and I’ve gotten great results. I promise I’ll do a post on it soon.
Ornamento 
I’m pretty sure it’s a real bracelet.
Funny that you mention this today–I pulled out the Tory Hughes book this morning for perusal later tonight. Great minds think alike (or something like that).
Miss Smarty Pants! 🙂 You’re soaking up some of the Baskin humor.
cool stuffs. the beads are all from Budapest yes? looks amazing when worn I guess.