A Perfect Match!
I recently discovered Paperphine and I ordered them through her etsy shop. I finally got it the other day all the way from Austria and I just had to make something with the small round paper beads. I just love the white paper yarn, it is such a perfect backdrop for my paper beads. I love how this Crocheted Paper Yarn Necklace came out.
I think it’s a marriage made in heaven 🙂
I intertwined colorful cotton yarn in between the crocheted paper yarn.
It is very light when worn yet brings out the best in an outfit
Another day of turning ordinary to extraordinary!
Repurposed Meets Recycled
One of my finds at the Pasadena Bead and Design Show were these vintage perfume bottles. I just get drawn to anything old and antique, I always imagine what kind of person owned this piece and wearing them somehow transports you to that time and place. I must have been one of those ladies in waiting in my previous life 🙂
I wire wrapped small round beads with rose quarts for the necklace chain, to have more of that vintage feel. I can imagine the Victorian ladies rolling paper beads.
I love how this came out, specially when worn.
I added the feather and fan charms, there is so much going on in this necklace.
Another day of turning ordinary to extraordinary!
Paper Beads From Shredded Paper
Thank you Elim, Ashley, Isabelle, Vicky, Melanie, Claire, Sara and Kathy for participating in our Black and White Bracelet Giveaway. They are made out of shredded bank statements, sensitive files that my husband shreds when he is done with them. It is fun looking through them, and now whoever is wearing this bracelet has some valuable information at least to me:) Anyway, thank you for playing ladies. And the winner is………….
I used to strips of the shredded paper for the beads.
For this project, I used the metal paper bead roller.
What is nice about the shredded paper is that they are cut with precision and when you roll them, they are all even and comes out uniform.
I drew out the winner the old fashioned way, still using the blank part of shredded paper.
Kathy, congratulations! Email me your address and your prize will be on it’s way. Thank you for new readers who left comments, Sara, Melanie and Vicky, welcome!
Black and White Giveaway
It’s a beautiful Monday today, hence I decided to do a Give Away! Leave me a comment telling me what it is made of, the kind of paper I used and we will pick out a winner on Wednesday.
The focal bead is black agate and the beads in between are hematite and daisy spacers.
It is strung on elastic and so it fits most if not I would be willing to adjust the size and I would even ship International to be fair to my readers far and wide:)
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