07 January 2011 ~ 5 Comments

Color Of Candy-day 7

Color Of Candy-day 7

Chevron beads have been around for a long time, they are colorful beads cut from a glass cane and has a distinctive star design from where the bead is cut from the cane.  They look to me like hard candy while Kayla thinks that the finished necklace has all these bright colors that resembles the [...]

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05 September 2010 ~ 10 Comments

Diamond Shaped Paper Beads

Diamond Shaped Paper Beads

The diamond shaped paper beads are my favorite shape to make into stretchy bracelets.  I like mixing them with gem stones, wood beads and crystals.  To make them – cut a long strip of triangle 1/2 inch at the base.  I am not good at doing  a step by step instruction so here’s a video [...]

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09 December 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Ethnic Look w/ Paper Beads

Ethnic Look w/ Paper Beads

I’ve had this mother of pearl pendant in the form of a lizard for quite sometime and din’t quite know what to do with it.  I was shopping for beads the other day and came across with what look like wood beads, in fact I was told they were wood beads but upon closer examination, [...]

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27 November 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Paper Bead Threader Earrings

Paper Bead Threader Earrings

Paper beads is just perfect for earrings because they are lightweight, you can make them into chandelier earrings or dangling earrings, it gives you the desired look but also easy on your ears.  When I saw this threader earring finding, I thought they would be perfect for a single paper bead.  I chose what I [...]

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