Dainty Flower Necklace
The pendant on this necklace is from store-bought jewelry that we took apart. We used the small olive shaped paper bead and used the rosary loop technique (please refer to an earlier post) to connect them. This is part of our summer collection that we are working on, perfect for those lazy days….. We have found olive shaped paper beads that’s a perfect match for this blue crystal flower pendant.
This flower pendant is part of this bracelet, we thought it would be fun to use the links on this bracelet to make paper bead jewelry. We have actually made 4 pieces of jewelry from this bracelet.
We have matched it with paper beads with complementing color. The fuschia colored crystal, we put it in the back where the clasp is, so that it’s pretty front and back of the necklace.
If you have some jewelry you no longer wear, you can do a “make-over” with it like this one.
designed by Kayla C.
Read MoreNew Creation for Etsy Shop
I would like to share with you here, jewelry that we did before posting them on our etsy shop. I hope this inspires you to try your hand at making jewelry with paper beads. This big and beautiful flower was made using our small round paper beads and fashioned into a flower using craft wire.
Here it is on the neck
The flower is attached to a black or rhodium plated chain.
This necklace made with fire agate and white toned paper beads was posted on etsy but I have not shown it worn on the neck, so here it is. This is a substantial neck piece even if it is made with paper beads because of the fire agate.
I hope we have inspired you today.
Paper Bead Quote Hangers
Do you have a favorite quote that you read from time to time, one that inspires and help pull you out from the bottom of whatever is holding you down? Just like I collect old books I love collecting quotes, because they are not only from people who has experienced them and been there, it gives you encouragement that somehow this too shall come to pass. There are thousands of quotes out there from famous people, ordinary folks and movie lines. Do you have a favorite movie line? I thought it would be nice to display a favorite quote or movie line. I would like to share with you what I did, it would be a new line on my etsy shop, Paper Bead Quote Hangers. I wrote some memorable movie lines or popular inspirational quotes, embellish them paper bead dangles and fashion a hanger or handle from different shape paper beads. I thought it is a nice thoughtful gift to someone. Here’s a couple, that I made today.
This is from the movie Message In A Bottle:
I put the little bottle dangle which opens and you can put little keepsakes or even a tiny photograph.
I love how this one turned out, with the purple water color and glitter.
I attached an origami star that I made from an earlier post.
A Paper Bead Torsade Tutorial
I found that the best way to make a torsade necklace is with 28 gauge craft wire. The hard part would be deciding on the color and pattern but this could be fun as well. This is the second torsade necklace I made with the olive shaped paper beads so far, I would love to try them out in other shapes and mix them with other kind of beads. I strung 6 18 inch strands of paper beads and, seed beads and fire polished crystals on a 28-30 inch craft wire.
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