I have came across a pattern for making flowers called the Hana-Ami motif and you can find a simple step by step here. This design is so versatile that you can make it to look like a flower or something else, depending on the beads you are going to use. I made quite a few [...]
One of the new shapes that my sister Joann came up with is big round paper beads 14-16mm in size. One bead is a total of 9 magazine pages spread open and tightly rolled by hand. Even though it’s made out of paper the beads feels substantial and weighty. I wish I could show you [...]
To me, this looks like what a modern Cleopatra will have on her wrist, a bracelet made up of recycled magazines. I have a penchant for taking inexpensive jewelry apart and replacing them with paper beads. I love the idea of turning ordinary to extraordinary. I call this Cleo’s Bracelet because the little triangle sections [...]
Kayla made this necklace to be extra long, about 52 inches so it can be worn doubled up or just as it is. These are made with the longest paper bead tube that we have, 1 1/4 inch long and 1/4 inch wide. They are just perfect for these extra long necklace. I imagine wearing [...]
We have made eye glass holders in the past using a set of eye glass findings to hold your eye glasses, like this one:
I find that the paper beads really make nice eye glass holders because they are light and colorful. Here is another way of using paper beads to make eye glass/badge holder that [...]
This is another project that can be a nice accent to your desk or work place. All you need is an empty soup can (I’m sure you have one in your recycle bin), paper beads and glue gun. I used olive shaped paper beads for a 12 oz. empty can of Campbell’ s Soup. This [...]
We had a post on how to make Hana-Ami inspired paper bead flowers. We are busy as bees making paper beaded flip flops now that summer is just around the corner. You can find flip flops of different kinds and colors and some of them have really yummy colors like this one. It matched perfectly [...]
Hello everyone! I am taking over Janice’s blog for today to share with you what I did with leftover paper strips. We are all taking a break after we have filled orders from the CHA Show last winter. BTW, I am the sister Joann who is based here in beautiful Philippines. So, here is what [...]
The group of Philippine women is a constant source of inspiration for me. They come up with new shapes, new ways of turning paper into beautiful paper beads. Any new thing they come up with you get to preview here, before they are sold in the stores or online. I received these big round paper beads [...]
Summer is around the corner and it is time again for pretty pedicures and flip flops. This is such a fun project, easy and no beading experience required. I used the olive shaped paper beads for this project, some seed beads and 28 gauge craft wire.
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Another day of turning ordinary to extraordinary!
