Paper Bead Trade
Over the past few months I have been blessed to meet so many nice ladies who like me, enjoy more like obsessed making paper beads:) It is habit forming of the good kind. Wouldn’t it be nice to see and feel other people’s work? I thought of this while trying to organize my mess at home. I could be a good candidate for that show “Hoarders” if I don’t do something about it 🙂 And so the idea of trading paper beads with you guys was born, and it would be a nice way to get rid of some of my beads, findings which can be put to good use made into something with paper beads. Here’s a peek into my clutter;
Above, is an area in my bedroom where I have suitcases full of beads, ribbons, paper, you name it I probably have it. I have stuff all over the floor as well, I am one of those that have to visually see the everything, I guess organization is not for me. Just to prove that I am not one of those who cannot part with their things, I am sharing it with you 🙂
Katherine who is also a “collector” like me offered to share some of her beads as well. Eveline also has neat ideas. So, next day I will be posting on how we are going to do this and I appreciate any input from you. You can leave me a comment or if you’re shy, just email me, I am like that sometimes when I visit other blogs.
Anyway, here’s more of the mess I have all over my house. This is downstairs in the family room.
You should have seen our formal dining room table, this is one reason why I don’t entertain, aside from being an introvert, I don’t have space for people to sit and eat! The good side of it is, I am a happy camper and I don’t need to spend money on therapy. Kidding aside, I need to clean up, this is why I am posting this for everyone to see 🙂
Let me know, by leaving me a comment here or email me, for those of you who already have emailed me I just need your addresses. We need at least 16 participants. Tomorrow we will get into the details on how we are going to do this. I don’t want you to be intimidated by this, we are going to be doing something really simple, I promise 🙂
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Kayla C. whipped up something green today with a little clover leaf charm for St. Patrick’s Day. Are you feeling lucky today? We are giving away this cute charm bracelet made up of green petite paper beads! All you need to do is leave me a comment on whether you believe in luck or not. I will announce the lucky person on Friday.
Just because it’s St. Patrick’s Day, I am also giving out a strand of green paper beads to the firs 10 people who leaves me a comment.
A DIY Post Card Swap
I participated a postcard swap put together by Hanna of ihanna’s blog. I am not much of an artist but wanted to take on the challenge, it happens to be one of my New Year’s Resolution for 2010 – learn something new and fearless crafting. It is good sometimes to leave your comfort zone and try something different. After all we are a community of crafters who embraces each others uniqueness. I must admit, I had some difficulty which brought on another resolve – take an art class or something. It is a Valentine’s Day theme and in that spirit, I am sharing it here with you. I love fairy tales, prince charmings, castles…….who doesn’t right? The collages on these post card are from an old children’s book which I also collect. On each card I wrote a quotation from Marcel Proust ” Happiness is beneficial to the body, but it is grief that develops the power of the mind.” How true is that? I also believed that the holes in our hearts can be healed by believing in magic and always maintain an attitude which is that of a child.
What Happened at the CHA Show….
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 just for kids anymore. Images speak louder than words right?
Don’t you think this is nice to have for your shop or your home? I would like to make this in recycled card board and upcycled embellishments what do you think?
Paula, was kind enough to pause for a picture wearing her eclectic necklace made out of recycled stuff!
A paper mache giraffe decoupaged with tissue paper.
At the zentangle booth.
Kayla painted a t-shirt obviously for somebody else, look how big it is!
Can you believe this jacket is made out of plastic bags?
I love this scarf made out of pom poms.
What a cool way to make use of egg cartons, I have a stack of them just waiting to be made into something. These are made out of colorful wire from a company called Twisteez wire, for more ideas visit their website twisteezwire.com.
I met these two lovely girls Lauren and McCall of Make It My Own, they were very excited about the paper bead idea, Lauren is wearing our paper bead necklace and Mc Call has the paper bead ring.
Here’s Kayla wearing her paper bead bib, she got lots of compliments!
I hope I have shared with you something fun and inspirational.
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