Button Ring Tutorial
I found more yummy buttons at Joann’s Fabric. They are so summery, one of those I consider shots of happiness. You put them on your finger and you are instantly in a better mood. Fashion experts will tell you to buy less clothes and just accessorize what you have, accessories is everything! You do it with paper beads and you transform from cool to super cool 🙂
And the materials are: ring blank, flat button, small round paper beads, 26 gauge wire, glue gun and round nose pliers.
You can also put a glass bead in the center of the flower…..
These are the buttons that you can find at Joann’s.
They were very easy and simple to make and can certainly be made in different ways. The Orange Button in this ring already have a flower design on it.
This Blue Confetti Button Ring, has a glass pearl in the center.
Becky of Infarrantly Creative has a series of zipper jewelry tutorial on her crafty blog and one of them is zipper earrings with paper beads.
Infarrantly Creative's Zippered Earrings Design
Idea # 5 for the Paper Bead Trade is the Button Rings. Reminder for the Paper Bead Trade participants: Start making those beads or if you already have made some mail them to me so I can start putting the kit together 🙂
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A Ball of Paper Strings
The women from the Philippines is known for making fine handicrafts from coiled magazines. An organization Ten Thousand Villages help artisans from all over the world market their products. These are some of the handicrafts done by the Philippines Women Cooperative.
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I have received two balls of magazine paper strings to try from my sister. I promised her that I will do something with it, and these are what I have come up with, besides providing hours of playtime with my cats; Julius and Midas:)
Strings of cut magazine pages are woven by hand and rolled into balls of strings, how neat is that? This could be decorative as well, fill a vase with paper balls as a center piece, what do you think?
We are always in need of coasters, you must have them too all over your house, so I made one by just coiling it and I lacquered it after so it is water resistant (more or less).
I also wrapped a wooden bangle with it, glued it at the underside and wrapped red silk strings around it. I really like this one, it is so festive and Asian looking too.
I have received Aileen’s paper beads yesterday for the Paper Bead Trade, and they are so pretty and the pattern of the paper she used came out really nice. The nice thing about this trade is you get paper beads from everybody, and I will label each one of them who is it from.
I was scheduled to post the tutorial on the button ring, somehow encountered a glitch on youtube, so it will have to wait, maybe tomorrow when I fixed it.
Read MoreBlack and White Set – Paper Bead Idea # 3
This black and white earrings and ring set is made of the zentangle paper beads from this post. It is sometimes hard to find black and white jewelry to go with your black and white outfit. I have solved that problem and actually wore this set to a an afternoon gathering with family and friends. Paper beads jewelry can certainly be dressy if you want it to be, and can hold up to real jewelry…
So here I am wearing it 🙂
It was beautiful outside yesterday
The chandelier earrings can be worn casual since they’re paper beads and I used earring findings by black lace in one of my trips to Michaels, you can see more here.
With my brother-in-law George
Are you proud enough to wear your paper beads jewelry? Do you want to share it here?
This black and white version of the sea anemone ring was wire wrapped to this two loop finding. I will be putting ring findings to the kits I am sending out to the Paper Bead Trade participants 🙂
We have about 15 people signed up for the Paper Bead Trade, is OPEN until June 30th. For those of you who wants to sign up just email me (button is on the right hand side).
Upcoming posts: Magazine Paper Strings, More Paper Bead Creations by Sanja and Idea # 4
Paper Bead Trade Idea #2
In case you’re wondering, Idea # 1 was yesterday’s post, Come Into My Garden Bracelet where we used buttons to add to our paper beads. The paper bead tube is the most common paper bead shape and versatile in the sense that it can be used for home decorating; curtains, vases, purses, etc., but can also be easily transformed into pretty jewelry. I love mixing paper beads with crystals and even gem stones and why not? Here’s our Idea #2 using 3/4 inch tube paper beads and cloisonne beads.
What you need for this project is: .8mm elastic, 3/4 inch paper bead tubes, 6/0 seed beads and cloisonne bead or any type of focal bead.
I cut about 10 inches of elastic and make sure to put a bead stopper at the end or string from a spool and make sure that the paper bead with the largest hole will be closest to the knot you will tie at the end, so that it’s easy for that bead to accommodate the knot.
You will then tie a square knot, right over left and left over right.
It looks beautiful even among real jewelry……It kind of remind me of Victorian ladies rolling paper beads.
Paper Bead Trade Idea # 3 will be the ring and earring set made out from zentangle paper beads.
Upcoming posts: Paper Strings and Philippine Outreach Program for Kids
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