This is an impromptu post, I couldn’t wait, just have to share it with you. As I was organizing my beads preparing for the Paper Bead Trade,( by the way you can still email me or sign up, as long as it is on or before June 30th) I rediscovered my button collection. They are [...]
I have created a new category: My Paper Beads to feature paper beads that are made by paper bead enthusiasts from other parts of the world. Hilde Debruyn who is from Belgium, combines her paper beads with unusual beads and finds to achieve that organic look. She carefully describes each one of her creation, the [...]
The inspiration for this necklace can be found here. From time to time I get Garnet Hill’s catalog, I love their stuff. They call this necklace, Chan Luu Beaded Rope Necklace. If I look like the model wearing it I would love to wear this, instead I thought I’d make it with paper beads, light and [...]
This is a follow-up on yesterday’s post on zentangles. It is another way to make paper beads, this time not the usual magazine pages but from a doodled page. First, I doodled on a long bond paper, this would come out different if you will use a heavier paper like construction paper. Then, I cut [...]
While I was at the Craft and Hobby Association Supershow few months ago at the Anaheim Convention Center, I came across Suzanne McNeill, she is a certified zentangle teacher and she is the author of Zentangle Basics. For those of us who has not tried drawing or is scared to try, this is the perfect [...]
Today, my step-son Alec is graduating from 8th grade, I wanted to give him something thoughtful and fun for a teenager. In my free time (when I’m not making paper beads and videos about paper beads , I am on youtube looking at craft ideas and demos. Last night I stumbled upon Craftside’s How [...]
Here’s the tutorial on how to make cone shaped paper beads as promised One might think that you cut the paper differently………it is cut exactly the same way as you would your regular triangle strip of paper. The trick is pushing the bottom part of the paper bead towards the center, as shown [...]
I don’t feel “put together” when I am not wearing a pair of earrings. Do you feel the same way? Like, you’re missing something. I love wearing paper beads earrings because they are so lightweight and colorful. Now that the weather is getting warmer I thought how nice it is to just put one of [...]
Lei is a Hawaiian word for anything strung together to be worn as an adornment. The chunky paper beads in cream and reds inspired me to make this Paper Bead Lei and bracelet set to look like a yummy dessert much like one of these images I found on the internet.
Coco wood chips are strung [...]
I’ve made so many prayer boxes jewelry at one time but never made one with paper beads. I normally just hang the little prayer box as a pendant or as a charm with nothing in it. This time, I thought of putting a little strip of paper with a prayer, or a saying or a [...]
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