Fruit de Mer
This is one of the projects I have been working on. We shipped out first batch of the paper bead kits, Kayla patiently sorted them out and made sure everyone got paper beads from all the 18 participants. The rest of them will ship tomorrow. You know the feeling when the party has almost come to an end and you did not want to part yet with your new found friends? Well, let’s just go party at another friend’s place, house, blog? In the mean time, you will see projects that I have been working on, and this is one of them. I call it Fruit de Mer, because to me that’s what it is, even with the red paper beads nestled inside the shell.
A great way to wear your paper bead creations is to mix and match with your other jewelry. This has a bail big enough for gold omega wire to go through and it looks nice layered with gem stone necklace.
What is nice about this kind of shell, it is reversible, the back is just as pretty as the front of the shell.
This will also look pretty hanging on an organza ribbon
Another day of turning ordinary to extraordinary!
…And the Trade Goes On!
Kayla just finished her paper beads today, and we have also received Lynn’s. We are mailing today kits to those who sent the first batch of paper beads, Kayla and I had fun sorting them out. I love the thought that we are now connected in someway, when we wear in our jewelry paper beads made by each one of us. I took a picture before sorting them out, sort of a big bowl of “Paper Bead Soup.”
Paper Bead Soup
Lynn’s came today. Your beads made it to the Paper Bead Soup Lynn!
Kayla’s other hobby is scrap booking, and her paper beads were made from left over paper.
The rest of the kits will be shipped on Tuesday.
I would love to see what you are going to be making with your kit; be it bracelet, necklace, earrings, a brooch? I am hoping that everybody would participate in our “Show and Tell” portion of the trade. So here’s what I’m going to do: the first 10 that submits an image (email it to me), will get a unique strand of paper beads made by the Philippine Women.
I want to thank everybody that participated in the trade, I hope you had fun as much as we did. Anyone, who would like to host the next Paper Bead Trade? Let me know and we will announce it here, too.
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Second Batch of Paper Bead Trade
The last batch of paper beads from Paper Bead Trade participants came yesterday. I have about 18 now, not counting myself, Kayla and my sister, Joann. If I’m missing anyone it will just probably from two participants, and if I’m not mistaken I will get those in a couple of days. Anyway, I will start to send out the kits tomorrow and the rest by Monday, sorry for little delay.
Karina, who is a regular at my shop did quite a few, of all shapes and colors, she even included some buttons and charms, how sweet is that?
By Karina Gutierrez
Some fun stuff
Silver charms that would be a good addition to your paper beads
She already strung and color coordinated this strand, love the pastel colors.
by Karina Gutierrez
Still, from Karina, you can tell she has been busy 🙂
by Karina Gutierrez
Karina, love your paper beads. Would you like to share with us some finished jewelry as well?
Beautiful pastels from Gena
by Gena Garber
Deina, Made them in pink and black and brick red tubes.
by Deina Mc Intosh
Emily, made some that are really denim friendly 🙂
by Emily Simone
Ashley’s paper beads is a mixture of pastel green, black and white, some yellows and blues.
by Ashely Pun
I love the pinks and hot pinks that Deb sent us.
by Deb Habeger
Last but not least Eveline’s, is a mixture of everything. I especially love the glittery magenta beads 🙂 Eveline has more in her shop.
by Eveline Hessels
Adorned Cockle Shells
The first time I heard of cockle shells from an old nursery rhyme, Mary Mary Quite Contrary and I didn’t even know what it means. Well for those of us whose memory needs to be nudged a little bit, it goes like this:
Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells, and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.
Although I grew up in a place where shells are abundant, I have never seen a cockle shell before. Legend has it, that this heart shaped bivalve is given by sailors to their sweet hearts waiting for them at home. I can imagine mermaids wearing them as adornment. It is very fragile, just like the sand dollar – a perfect gift and a reminder to someone you are giving it to: “to take special care not to break your fragile heart”. It’s the romantic in me again 🙂
They are pretty the way they are, but for some of us who loves our “bling”
I can imagine wearing this at a beach wedding, or when you are on a cruise……I have been doing a lot of wire crochet and the lacy effect of wire crochet makes it romantic and feminine, don’t you think so?
I waited a little bit in mailing out the kits for some of the other paper beads to arrive. We have received from seven participants today! I will be posting that tomorrow and the kits will all be mailed out starting Saturday. I am so happy with the response and all the beautiful paper beads…..
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