"A blog dedicated to the art of making paper beads & paper bead jewelry...by Janice Mae"
Paper Beads To Trade
Today, Kayla and I had so much fun opening envelopes eager to see the different paper beads from places near and far, all works of art, a labor of love 🙂 They are a beautiful mixture of browns, oranges, beige, reds, pumpkin………they will make a nice bead soup with a little sprinkle of spice and everything nice. It just brings out the poet in me 😉
This is from Anne, beautiful browns with swirls of gold, browns and pink.
…from Donna, I love the sparkly coral and copper beads.
Debbie has these really cool candy corn beads.
Linda’s have some pumpkin and cinnamon in them
Sanja’s beads would be great as filler beads, they are so uniform in size and almost look like wood beads
Also from Sanja, flower pendant necklace, it’s pretty the way she mixed the spice and green together like that.
Claire, sent nice spotted egg like beads, barrel shaped and cones with gold foil, nice assortment.
Denise’s are perfectly shaped olive shapes and tube shapes, great also as filler beads
Cathy from the Villages! I would like to call her beads Fiesta Beads, they are a nice mixture of happy colors.
Deb’s is what I also call perfect olive shapes, I think she has perfected the small beads!
Bronwen sent us nice tube shapes in different sizes in beautiful brown tones
Julie and mom June is what I call petite olive shapes, love the orange and the greens all uniform in shape.
Gisela’s beads look like glass beads, she has perfected the art I should say. She included one large bead that I’m tempted to keep for myself, instead I will incorporate it into a piece for the end of swap raffle drawing. The terra cotta colored beads are beautiful as well.
Kathy sent us us beautiful pumpkin colors, the yellow ones are the color of squash, the browns reminds me of chocolate rice krispies and the colorful beads look like African trade beads.
Emily, I love your barrel shaped beads, and the predominant colors are what I call purple yam.
Last but not least are Kayla’s, she made them out of scrap booking paper because she want them in fall colors. They are 1/2 inch at the base and 12 inches long. The two beads below have the same dimensions: 1/2 by 12 inches, but you can see that the brown bead is slightly bigger, that is because it is thicker paper.
Kayla made them in different shapes and size, will look good for our bead soup.
Next Postl: Long convertible necklace that Kayla and I put together. We think it will be appropriate for the swap because it can display all the different beads from every body. ‘Til then……
Read MorePaper Rope
Paper rope has been around for centuries and in some culture plays an important role in daily activities. Koreans has perfected paper making from mulberry tree and a bride is presented with paper jar made by twisting paper into a rope and is made strong and water proofed by combining a mixture of unripened persimmon juice, rice glue and perilla oil. Ann, of All Things Paper talks about this on her blog. My sister will be participating in upcoming CHA Winter Show and one of the products that will be showcased is the paper rope. She sent me a few samples which will be going in my Etsy Shop.
Paper making is just a fascinating craft, one that I would surely like to explore some more
The choices for color combination is almost endless….
I couldn’t wait to try and make something with it; crocheted coasters, earrings, baskets ……
Small round paper beads were incorporated into the paper rope.
The thought of just recycling paper and cut less trees is appealing, I just love the idea of recycling paper into handmade paper. Hmmm…….so many craft ideas, so little time 🙂
Upcoming Posts: Paper To Paper Bead Idea #4- Poster Board Paper, Single Loop Memory Wire Bracelet, Paper Bead Trade Beads
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Paper to Paper Bead Idea #3
I have a collection of paper of all kinds because I hate throwing anything out thinking I will be able to recycle them and give it new life. With this in mind, my Paper to Paper Bead Idea # 3 is freezer paper. You come home from the deli one day and you find that cheeses and meat is wrapped in freezer paper. It has such a nice texture to it, not too thick and not too thin. I thought they’re great for painted paper beads, you can use whatever left over nail polish you have which is what I did for this project.
freezer paper cut into triangle strips
I cut the triangle strips 1/2 inch wide at the base and 22 inches long, of course you can cut it longer or wider at the base for a different look. I then, applied nail polish in green.
Dip it in glitter
Voila! Pair of blingy earrings 🙂
I think they will look like pearls if you were to make it a little rounder and painted with frosted white nail polish.
Any ideas you want to share?
Boho Chic
Fabric covered wood and plastic rings are the inspiration for this Boho Chic Necklace. You put this on and no matter what you wear, it instantly gives the impression that you don’t care, you have your own style. I put this necklace together with stuff that I already have on hand; small round paper beads fashioned into rings and decorative ribbons.
I don’t know what it is with chains and rings must be the child in us 🙂
You can certainly dress it up or dress it down, mix and match with your other jewelry…..
I attached silk ribbon at the ends so it can be adjusted, you can wear it as a choker if you like.
This necklace can be anything but boring, don’t you think?
Upcoming Posts: Paper to Paper Bead Idea # 3, Paper Beads from Traders
Read MorePaper to Paper Bead Idea #2
Young and old alike we love getting gifts in a little pink bag that has become quite familiar to most of us, Victoria Secret pink paper bag. So, here’s another paper to paper bead idea that coincides Breast Cancer Awareness month, in the form of a bracelet that I simply call Pink.
These pink bags come in small and big ones, you just need to open it and you can cut your triangle as long as you want them to be depending on how big you want your beads to be. The pink ice crystals and pink ribbon charm completes the whole bracelet.
Gift bags are great for paper bead making because they are glossy and beautiful colors. It is funny sometimes when I get more excited about the gift bag and the tissue picking out from it than the actual gift, and think paper beads!
The winner for the beading board using The Random Number Generator is #5 and that is Michelle (please email me your address). And, to answer the question how many paper to paper bead ideas? I don’t know, we’ll see…………:)
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