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 Green Goddess Earrings – day 86 http://paperbeads.org/green-goddess-earrings-day-86/ http://paperbeads.org/green-goddess-earrings-day-86/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:28:06 +0000 JaniceMae http://paperbeads.org/?p=5149 This pair of Green Goddess Earrings definitely frames the face, takes an ordinary outfit from casual to casual chic:) Using bead caps is a good way to enhanced your bead, in this project I used diamond shaped paper beads and chose a nice magazine color and encased it with silver bead caps.

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Using bead caps is always a nice touch to your bead.

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Day to evening?  Definitely:)

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]]> http://paperbeads.org/green-goddess-earrings-day-86/feed/ 1 As Seen In Beading Magazine http://paperbeads.org/as-seen-in-beading-magazine/ http://paperbeads.org/as-seen-in-beading-magazine/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 17:18:32 +0000 JaniceMae http://paperbeads.org/?p=2658 One great source for inspiration and ideas is looking through beading magazines and there are several that offer how-to’s and tutorials.  I love collecting them and going through them once in a while.  I found an old article from Bead Style Magazine, their September 2003 issue on Eastern Influence Earrings.  While these are great pair of earrings I wanted to see them in paper beads.

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Instead of the swarovski crystals I use the small round paper beads instead.

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I got the gold discs on sale from Joann’s which is similar to what was used by Bead Style.

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I was able to make four pair of earrings and a bracelet.

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With Apple Green Paper Beads.

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With Sky Blue Paper Beads

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Yellow Paper Beads

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And purple paper beads

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I think we have just transformed the ordinary to extraordinary!

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