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 [...]
I like anything free-form, don’t you? There is free form embroidery, free form crochet……..it implies freedom to do where your imagination takes you. I like the word free flowing even better, it suggests spontaneity. These last few days, I wire wrapped a lot of shells, taking some time off by the beach I [...]
These funky looking, saucer shaped, button like paper beads came from my sister Joann and will be including some in your kits. Yay! will be mailing the Paper Bead Trade kits on the 15th. She tightly rolled strips of magazine paper in different size and thickness.
There’s some really big ones.
Kayla, incorporated it [...]
Don’t you just love paper chains? You remember making them as a kid and the satisfaction you get when you see them getting longer and longer? We have been making a lot of elastic bracelets and we just have a pile of them. I was playing with them one day, and discovered that they make [...]
One of my passions is crochet. The only craft where I enjoy reading and following intricate instructions. I remember first crocheting with my hand when I was six years old. I crocheted over these wood beads, with cotton yarn and I thought they would go very nicely with paper beads. Kayla, chose the beads to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
I am taking advantage of my renewed interest with buttons. Here’s bracelet sets to match the paper bead button ring from yesterday. These are little garden creature buttons strung with round paper beads. This is what I call “happy bracelet”. You know how you just want to be a kid again and paint you toe [...]
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