Paper Beads» Paper Beads – Recycled Paper Made Into Paper Bead Jewelry http://paperbeads.org Jewelry Made From Recycled Paper Beads Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 A Dollar Bead http://paperbeads.org/a-dollar-bead/ http://paperbeads.org/a-dollar-bead/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:18:16 +0000 JaniceMae http://paperbeads.org/?p=2883 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 To Make Altered Paper Jewelry video, and I thought I had to share this with you.  This is a cool way of packaging your paper bead necklace or bracelet for gift giving.  In my case, I made a paper bead out of a twenty dollar bill. Jenn Mason author of Altered Paper Jewelry is going to show us how…….

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here is the video, I had fun watching it last night, enjoy.

Instead of making the plastic tubing necklace (which I think is very cool), I thought it would be a nice way to give money as gift to someone instead of just stuffing it in a boring envelope.  As you know by now, I make paper beads out of anything.

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I wish I had the double sided card stock, I just used a water color paper instead and tore out a page of an old dictionary with the word success.

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On the blank page of the flap I wrote:  “This is actually a necklace which you can wear around your neck, in case of emergency please follow these steps: 1) Take the necklace off your neck 2) Get a hold of scissors or any sharp edge object 3) Cut the string 4) Slide the silver ring off the dollar bead 5) Unfold the twenty dollar bill and enjoy :)

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Another day of turning the ordinary into extraordinary

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