12 May 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Paper Bead Pinwheels

Paper Bead Pinwheels

I have came across a pattern for making flowers called the Hana-Ami motif and you can find a simple step by step here. This design is so versatile that you can make it to look like a flower or something else, depending on the beads you are going to use.  I made quite a few [...]

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04 May 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Fuschia Flowers Flipflops

Fuschia Flowers Flipflops

We had a post on how to make Hana-Ami inspired paper bead flowers.  We are busy as bees making paper beaded flip flops now that summer is just around the corner.  You can find flip flops of different kinds and colors and some of them have really yummy colors like this one.  It matched perfectly [...]

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20 February 2010 ~ 7 Comments

A Woven Paper Bead Flowers

A Woven Paper Bead Flowers

We are always looking for ways on how to interpret different beading techniques using paper beads.  Kayla C, came up with this beautiful bracelet, inspired by a pendant using crystals, and you can find the pattern here. 
She added a crystal rivoli in the center part of the pendant and finished it with glass pearls [...]

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15 October 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Paper Bead Flowers

Paper Bead Flowers

These flowers are so pretty yet so simple to make.  You can glue it onto a ring finding or hair clip or as an embellishment for a scrapbook or card.  It uses the regular paper bead tube, the size of the flower will be determined by how long the paper bead tube is.
As you can [...]

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