"A blog dedicated to the art of making paper beads & paper bead jewelry...by Janice Mae"

Earthy Set – day 103

Posted on Apr 13, 2011 in 365 Paper Bead Creations | 2 comments

Black, browns, whites, greens……….all earth colors makes up this necklace and bracelet set.  There are times when we fall in love with the things that we make and we have a hard time parting with it, this is Kayla’s absolute favorite and you can see why.

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The necklace is accented with garnet color fire polished crystals.

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The bracelet are mixed with silver beads…..

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Pretty In Red – day 102

Posted on Apr 12, 2011 in 365 Paper Bead Creations | 1 comment

The diamond shape paper beads are perfect for the Gaelic Weave design which is quite popular nowadays.  I used red leather and coordinating red silk cord to tie it around the leather.

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….or wear it as a bracelet

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Vintage button is just the perfect little accent, don’t you think?

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Strands Of Magazine Colors – day 101

Posted on Apr 11, 2011 in 365 Paper Bead Creations | 3 comments

This is necklace is made with just the tiny paper beads in random colors, no spacers or crystals to distract from the beauty of the beads that came straight from magazine pages!

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So light and elegant and certainly can catch attention:)

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Note:  I have received from Manou and Claire photos of finished jewelry from the bead swap, hopefully can share that with you today or tomorrow.

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Rings Of Saturn Bracelets – day 100

Posted on Apr 10, 2011 in 365 Paper Bead Creations | 5 comments

I love the rings around these beads and to think that these are not painted on, but the true color of the magazine.  We were lucky to get a few strands of these ringed beads and they make nice bracelets.

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These are very simple to make and for accent we just added daisy spacers.

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I love the magenta and chocolate together.

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Wear one or two or three!

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I can’t believe today is our 100th paper bead creation! 265 more to go:)

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Golden Lantern Earrings – day 99

Posted on Apr 9, 2011 in 365 Paper Bead Creations | 3 comments

I was watching Tangled the other day with Lana and these pair of earrings pretty much remind me of Rapunzel’s floating lanterns.  I crocheted 28 gauge wire threaded with tiny round paper beads.

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These will light up your face as it floats on your ears 🙂

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I love tangled effect of the crocheted wire.

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