Blue Tiara
As you well know, one of my favorite things to make are paper bead tiaras. You are a princess or a queen in your own right after all! They can be worn for fun, a birthday party, as a present to someone celebrating a milestone of some sort, so many occasions for you to wear a tiara. I made a blue tiara out of ocean blue paper beads that can be both worn by a lady and a baby 🙂
Lana, will be one year old next week, I’m planning to make her one just for her.
Kayla is totally loving it, with earrings to match!
Another extraordinary day!
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I buy and collect things simply because they appeal to me and I am pretty much sure that someday I will make something pretty with it. I am definitely showing the signs of a pack rat, but if it means holding onto pretty things which I don’t have the heart to part with, then I am guilty as charged! This pendant which I got from either Michael’s or Joan’s reminds me of my Indian friend and the sacred room where they kept religious objects. Isn’t that one of the reason why you are attracted to something? It reminds you of another place, another time?
One reason why it just sits in your drawer is that it is hard to find something to go with it. One day, I was at the scrap booking store next door and I found a perfect match for my goddess pendant!
Here’s what I did: cut it up in triangle strips that measured 1 inch at the base. Rolled it up with the paper bead roller, glued it together with white glue and finished it off with Vibrance.
I mixed it with round red paper beads, it’s a very simple design wire wrapped together using brass colored craft wire.
It looks nice worn by itself, simple and chic. Who would think those are paper beads? The eyes will just be drawn to the mysterious allure of the pendant. If I remember correctly I paid $5.95 or something, I know it was not expensive.
Now, if you want to layer it with your other jewelry, it becomes even more fascinating. Don’t you think? This Layered Necklace certainly fits the description Casual Chic 🙂
Effortless elegance!
A Paper Bead Wreath
When I saw the white paper rope, I thought it would be a nice canvass for the colorful paper beads of different shapes and size. I love working with wire, twisting and wrapping, just letting your imagination go wild. I did not have a pattern for this necklace or wreath, I made this with left over paper beads. I treated the paper rope with Vibrance and it made it more durable and stiff.
I used round small paper beads, olive shape and tiny paper beads – I strung them on a 28 gauge craft wire and just twisted them to form leaves, buds and flowers.
They look pretty as a necklace or even as a crown I would imagine.
You can use a heavier gauge wire like 20 gauge instead of the paper rope.
What a nice way to display those vibrant colorful beads!
Crocheted Cuff
My other passion aside from paper beads is crochet, and I am always looking for ways to incorporate crochet into my paper bead creations or vice versa. I love the lacy look of wire crochet and when I saw the black wire in 28 gauge I thought they would look like black lace when crocheted. I made the Black Lace With Paper Beads cuff with bright colored paper beads and the Scrunched Up Cuff with magazine color extra small round paper beads.
This almost remind me of a hair scrunchie because it can expand to fit over your hand and you can scrunch it up to hug your wrist. No clasp necessary which I like.
The Black Lace Cuff is more of an open design and looks so pretty on your wrist. This does not have a clasp because it can easily be adjusted to your wrist.
Paper Beads definitely takes this bracelets from ordinary to extraordinary!
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