Posts Tagged "crystals"

Fire Sparkle Earrings

Posted on Jan 19, 2010 in Paper Bead Creations | 1 comment

I really love the idea of making my own jewelry with paper beads because I can match it with an outfit, I can make them dressy or casual, and anything is just possible, don’t forget a conversation piece.

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I accompanied these unique paper beads with Swarovski crystals attaching them with illusion cord and crimps onto an eye pin and added top them off with spacers.

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I am still playing with my heat embossing tool and experimented new shapes like this elongated cone using the metal paper bead roller. I then, took a piece of string an glued it onto the paper bead using tacky glue.

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I added 4 mm swarovski crystals at the bottom of each string of illusion cord to give it a dressy look.  Also, the array of beautiful colors made it look somewhat like a fire cracker, with the browns, burgundy, and champagne all accented with gold.

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You can certain paint the town purple with these earrings, don’t you think?

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Tiny Paper Beads, Big Hoop Earrings

Posted on May 22, 2009 in Paper Bead Creations | Comments Off on Tiny Paper Beads, Big Hoop Earrings

2 1/2 inches hoop earrings with tiny paper beads (aubreysbeads.com)

2 1/2 inches hoop earrings with tiny paper beads (aubreysbeads.com)

This will also look nice with swarovski crystals or 5 mm round crystals instead of copper and a smaller hoop.  The memory wire is stainless steel and should be cut with a memory wire cutter (buy wire cutter) other wise your regular cutter will be ruined.

Big and Bold and yet lightweight, paper bead hoop earrings

Big and Bold and yet lightweight, paper bead hoop earrings

 

Big and Beautiful Paper Bead Earrings

Big and Beautiful Paper Bead Earrings

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Paper Beads and Crystals

Posted on May 21, 2009 in Paper Bead Creations | Comments Off on Paper Beads and Crystals

I find that crystals goes well with paper beads.  We are totally committed to making elegant paper beads jewelry and mixing it with swarovskis and firepolished crystals make it sparkle and can be worn with dressy attire.  The crystals come in birth stone colors and so does the firepolished and they are less expensive.  The paper beads used in these projects are 4-7 mm in size (aubreysbeads.com), they are well made and perfectly shaped.
Peace sign necklace with paper beads and fire polished crystals

Peace sign necklace with paper beads and fire polished crystals

These are smaller paper beads about 4 – 5 mm in size (aubreysbeads.com) and so I paired it with 3 mm size swarovski crystals, it came out really elegant and the Om pendant (aubreysbeads.com) makes it more meaningful.

4-5mm paper beads (aubreysbeads.com) and 3mm swarovskis

4-5mm paper beads (aubreysbeads.com) and 3mm swarovskis

This is the bracelet, that could match with necklaces.

Paper bead bracelet with fire polished cyrstals and Om charm

Paper bead bracelet with fire polished cyrstals and Om charm

The necklace can also be worn as bracelet

The necklace can also be worn as bracelet

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The Red Rocks Paper Bead Necklace

Posted on May 9, 2009 in Paper Bead Creations | Comments Off on The Red Rocks Paper Bead Necklace

Last weekend I took a trip to Las Vegas to visit my son and his fiancee who is expecting.  My husband and I stayed at the Red Rock Hotel and Spa.  Andrea, my son’s fiancee loves hiking and is quite familiar with the Red Rocks Canyon about a mile from the hotel, so she took me there.  Although this is not my first time at the Red Rock Hotel, this is my first time to see the Red Rocks Canyon, I’m sure glad I did, it was beautiful!  To remind me of this trip I made this two strand paper bead necklace.

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The materials for this necklace: white 7-8mm paper beads (Aubreys Beads), tube paper beads, brown colored stabilized chips, firepolish crystals and two focal bead stones. 

Paper Bead Necklace inspired by the Red Rocks Canyon

The Red Rocks Canyon is more beautiful in person.  We wonder why are the canyons red?  600 million years ago, the Red Rocks Canyon was the bottom of the deep ocean basin.  Isn’t that amazing?  Nature did its work oxidizing the minerals and resulted in these beautiful colors of red, orange and tan colored rocks.

The Red Rocks Canyon

The Red Rocks Canyon

One of the animals that live in the Canyon are burros who look much like donkeys about half the size of a horse.  These animals are well adapted to the high temperature of the Mojave Desert.  I was hoping we would see one but apparently they are active in the early morning and late afternoons.

Gray limestones found at the Red Rock today.

Gray limestones found at the Red Rock today.

Janice and Andrea

Janice and Andrea

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