Paper Bead Flower Dangle Necklace

Posted on Mar 12, 2010 in Paper Bead Creations | 1 comment

Now that spring time is just around the corner, we have flowers on our mind.  This is just a very simple design but will make you feel instantly pretty when you put it on.  Kayla C. patiently wire wrapped each paper bead bud in the brass chain and was very happy with the result.  For wire wrapping technique please refer to our tutorials.  She used glass flower for each tip of the olive shaped paper bead and just connected each one to the brass chain.

A pair of earrings to match would also be nice.

Next project: Sea Anemone Ring

Mandala-Inspired Paper Bead Jewelry

Posted on Mar 11, 2010 in Paper Bead Creations | 1 comment

The paper bead tubes, are simple and easy to make but can be made into pretty jewelry.  I’ve been playing with it trying to come up with something using the paper bead tubes and I love how these turned out.  I have some leftover of the tubes shaped 1 inch long by 1/4 inch wide.  The inspiration is a mandala design I took from a book “Coloring Mandalas” by Susanne Fincher, it is kind of a coloring book for grown-ups.  I wove the paper beads into  flower shape and made pendant and bracelet.  I love the bracelet, you get that bold look but at the same time very feminine.  The pendant is unfinished because I am not sure what to do for the neck part.  I just wire wrapped the tubes with a 26 gauge wire, I love using the wire because they are forgiving and easily manipulated.

Another Version of the Ladder Bracelet

Posted on Mar 10, 2010 in How-To's / Tutorials | 4 comments

If you are new at making paper beads, the tubular shape paper bead, is a good way to start.  It should be about an inch long and 1/4 inch wide. You can display more text and color because it is a bigger side bead.  Here is another version of the ladder bracelet that Kayla C. came up with using the paper bead tube.  It came out really nice and easy enough that even a beginner can do.  She used the one inch paper bead tube in green tone and pink tone.

The materials are:  paper bead tubes, softflex (medium), magnetic clasp and jump rings.  Tools: flush cutter and chain nose pliers.

Here’s the video tutorial:

Tah dah

It also looks nice when you wear two

A Day At The Beach

Posted on Mar 9, 2010 in Paper Bead Creations | 2 comments

Did you know March is considered craft month?  I decided to take a break from jewelry making, paper beading and went to the beach!  You think that stopped me from getting my mind off crafting right?  I could not resist the beautiful rocks I found at the beach and made something with it.  Like they say, a picture speaks a thousand words so here it is….

The weather was just right that day, I prefer to be out when there is no sun so this is just perfect for me.  You can tell I was a happy camper.

It was too windy and dark clouds looming ahead…

This would be a nice one for rock painting, don’t you think?

You can tell I’m happy to see all these rocks….

I know the water looked cold but it was actually nice that day.  Good for walking barefoot.

Rocks look so much different when wet like that,  but somehow would take on a different color when they’re dry.

Look what I found, white quartz.  This would be nice for the bath math I’m planning on doing.  I did not plan on going in the water that day so I have my paper bead necklace on and earrings (although not visible).

And this, would be nice as weight to hold those journal pages down while drying.

As you can see, the beach was deserted and quiet which I like, it’s so hard to be picking rocks when it is crowded like summer time.

I think I have enough here

Now, I have to get my rocks ready for my bath mat.  First wash them thoroughly and pick out the ones that you like.  This is just to add to my collection from last year.

I used a leftover piece of carpet or you can buy one by the yard at your local hardware store.  For glue, I used gorilla glue, which can also be found at your local hardware store.  I am not sure but I think it will also work if you just hot glue gun this to the mat but it’s worth a try.

Here it is, my very own bath mat made with rocks I picked out from the beach.

I just had to try it.  It felt really good on your feet.

I would like to try little rocks for a trivet, what do you think?  Thank you for stopping by.

Dainty Flower Necklace

Posted on Mar 8, 2010 in Paper Bead Creations | 1 comment

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.