How-To’s / Tutorials

Show your green side with the earth awareness paper bead bracelet

Posted on Jun 22, 2009 in How-To's / Tutorials, Paper Bead Creations | 4 comments

The Earth Awareness Paper Bead Bracelet

The following are materials needed:

• 22 gauge silver or gold non tarnished wire
• 10mm diamond shaped paper beads (aubreysbeads.com)
• tree charm or any kind of charm of choice
• magnetic clasp

How to:  Double-wire wrapped each paper bead with the 22 gauge silver or gold wire, be sure to connect each bead before wire wrapping the ends.  Wire wrapped the magnectic clasp to each end or use jump ring, although it is more strong if the clasp is wire wrapped.  Connect the tree charm or any charm of your choice to the middle of the bracelet.  Last but not least, be sure to measure the length of the bracelet before attaching the clasp and do not forget to take into consideration that the clasp will add at least 1/4-1/2 of an inch to the length of your bracelet.

The kit that includes DVD instructions on how to wire wrapped can also be purchased at www.aubreysbeads.com or click the icon to your left.

The magnetic closure makes it easy to take the bracelet off and put it on – to make the bracelet last for years you need to take it off when washing hands or doing dishes.  

Earth Awareness Paper Bead Bracelet in Gold Tone

Reuse Egg Cartons for Paper Beads

Posted on Apr 5, 2009 in How-To's / Tutorials | 2 comments

An egg carton is one of those perfect containers for small things like beads (specially seed beads), paper clips etc.  Just to make it more fun and to give color to a desk or work space you can paint it with leftover craft paint.  I made one, and put a handle to it to hold my paper beads which are really small.  It is the perfect container when you want to separate colors and size.  The handle is fashioned from a leftover craft wire, you just punch a hole or just stick it into the carton and wrap it around one or two times, and so with the other side, it make it easy to carry around.

Egg Carton with a wire handle for carting your small beads around.

Egg Carton Container for Smaller Paper Beads

Using Diamond Glaze for Paper Beads

Posted on Mar 31, 2009 in How-To's / Tutorials | 12 comments

I have been experimenting on different types of top coats for the paper beads to make it glossy and take on a hard shape and glass like appearance. I found that Diamond Glaze which is mainly use for setting pictures into photo charms is a good medium to coat your paper beads. It is a water based dimensional glue and dries quickly. We have a video on how to apply it to your beads.

How to use a paper bead roller

Posted on Mar 24, 2009 in How-To's / Tutorials | 1 comment

Updated: 11/05/09

We now have an updated tutorial: How to use a “METAL” Bamboo Paper Bead Roller.  And it is available for purchase at Aubrey’s Beads:  Metal/Bamboo Paper Bead Roller Kit.

Watch our video on how to make paper beads, using the bamboo paper bead roller.