This is such a fun, whimsical bracelet. It reminds you to be lighthearted and stay young at heart, not to take life too seriously. I love this bracelet and had fun making it. I collect old children books and the text that I transferred into the spacer bar holding the strands of paper beads is [...]
I was inspired by Lisa of Sweet and Spicy Designs, to make a Chinese Lantern Bracelet made with 3d stickers and small round paper beads. Lisa’s daughter Ana Claire is so adept now at making paper beads with her little hands. Here is Ana Claire wearing the earrings that they made!
Lisa and Ana Claire is [...]
I don’t know if you are like me, who finds inspiration in everyday things. When I take my walks in the morning, I am always greeted by beautiful bird of paradise blooms. They look so regal and just happy. When I saw the orange colored paper beads, I knew I had to [...]
Carmen comes to our shop to admire the different paper beads we have on display. She tried making the paper beads herself and before long was turning out beautiful paper beads. I shared with her how the women in the Philippines are able to supplement their income by making paper beads. Carmen is an active [...]
Elim discovered her love for jewelry making when her fiance’s mom gave her a bunch of beads. The internet and youtube became Elim’s online school for jewelry making like most of us. Isn’t it fun that you can just google anything and everything? She stumbled on how to make paper beads and according to her [...]
I have an ealier post using paper beads on book marks. Since then, we got requests to make some more using different charms and the smaller rounder paper beads. These paper bead dangles, as I call them, can be made to hang on a book mark finding as shown here, but could also hang as [...]
I had fun making these bracelets using the twisteezwire. This is such a great companion for paper beads. It is very forgiving and so easy and fun to work with, no experience required I found this great product and the Craft and Hobby Trade Show and was playing with it. I used the [...]
I have mentioned in passing my penchant for anything, altered, used, second hand or recycled. I don’t think I’m being taken seriously though when I say that I’d rather wear paper beads jewelry than diamonds (a girl’s best friend right?). My husband, ever since I discovered paper beads and how I can turn them into [...]
I had a tutorial on the ladder bracelet using wire and showed the how to steps with pictures. I want to make it easier and this time did a video, I learned a lot by watching other people’s video. This style is great for the one inch tube paper beads or 3/4 inch paper beads [...]
You know what they say about what happened in Vegas, well what happened at the Craft and Hobby Association Trade Show gets to be shared and remembered. I met so many nice people who are passionate about their crafts, got to try new products and most importantly spread the word that paper beads are not [...]
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