A Spray Of Gray – day 46
When I get a shipment of beads from Philippines, I would sort through them and admire the colors and get to pick out the beads that goes to my collection of paper beads. The muted color of greyish, taupy color of these beads caught my attention amidst the brightly color ones.
The gray is accented with splash of orange and black.
All from the pages of old magazines!
Swirly Medallion – day 43
Several strips of paper went into the making of the saucer shaped bead. You can see the true color of the magazine pages, creating beautiful swirls of colors.
Wire wrapped into a pendant.
The simplicity of the piece, makes it open for layering with other chains
Lyrical Bells -day 42
If you look at these cones closely you can see words, and you can make these so that it tells a story (a short one). To have them hanging on a chain, reminds me a monks tassels on their belt, this is what inspired me to make this necklace.
I love to see the swirls of words twirled to make it into a cone shape. You know how to make these right? I know I have a tutorial somewhere, it is actually very simple. You start it by rolling a triangle strip and when you have a finished bead, push the center using a pen or pencil and you have a cone shape!
The wood beads and the brown fresh water pearls added to its mystic.
Colourful Spools -day 23
I didn’t know what to do with the different leftover barrel shaped paper beads, they are so rich in color with shiny metallic paper they remind me of spools of metallic yarn. If you are like me who loves funky and unusual jewelry, you would love this necklace.
Several strips of paper went into the making of these barrel type beads, they are not as light as the other type of paper beads that we have.
I love jewelry that you don’t have to take seriously, I put this on and your mood somehow lightens up!
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