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A Purple Heart- day 45

JaniceMae — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:23:59 +0000

A heart does not have to be red all the time, right? I love the predominantly purple(ish) color of this glass heart pendant. To make it even more special, I added painted bicone shaped paper beads to match to complement the colors.

What do you do when you have a focal bead and you don’t have the necessary components to go with it? Paint the beads!

It is something that you can wear everyday not just on Valentine’s Day. Happy Valentine’s!

Wings Of Paper For Charlotte

JaniceMae — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 23:02:28 +0000

Frozen Charlotte’s are German vintage dolls that were dug up from a burned down German doll factory in late 1800’s. You see them being sold at etsy, just type frozen charlottes and there’s quite a few of them that sells these. If you noticed, the dolls have missing arms and legs and truly depicts the legend being told about the Frozen Charlottes: A girl named Charlotte set out one New Year’s Eve night to go to a ball. Her mother advised her to wear a wrap but she refused worried that her new dress might not be seen. And so, she set off in a cold winter night on a sleigh with boyfriend Charles, who to his grief and astonishment found Charlotte frozen from the cold. There you have the story. I look at the doll and it’s angelic face and I thought that she definitely needed wings. So here she is with wings fashioned out of small colorful round paper beads.

I took paper beads put it into a wire and fashioned it into wings. Now, I am not that sad looking at the broken doll, I just made her into an angel

I think it goes so well with this lacy top with beads on it, I just have to show you.

And yes, the long earrings are paper beads too.

Another day of turning ordinary to extraordinary!

Wearable Art

JaniceMae — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 19:12:17 +0000

Wikipedia, the web based encyclopedia defines wearable art as; individually designed pieces usually hand made clothing or jewelry created as fine or expressive art. The term wearable art implies that the work is intended to be accepted as a serious unique artistic creation or statement. Wearing paper bead jewelry is certainly making a statement: Beautiful and unique conversation pieces jewelry made out of recycled magazines! Four ladies responded to the challenge, to send me a photo of themselves wearing the paper bead jewelry they have made.

Kathy wearing her big and bold paper bead jewelry

In Kathy’s own words: “The beads in the necklace and earrings are made from black and white security envelopes (the inner lining) – probably something that came with a bill inside! The bracelet, and this is my favorite piece, is made from pages from Vogue magazine. I used a page that was a fold out in the magazine (so it was double in width) and cut the base of the beads two inches wide. The bracelet is strung in a ladder pattern using black elastic cord. I wear a lot of black and white and designed this bracelet so that I could wear it with many different outfits.”

Claire, wore this piece with the big saucer bead to his brother’s wedding with black and white theme. Claire is very crafty and I love checking out her blog as well. You can see more of her creations on her blog papelhilo.

Claire with paper beads on a neck wire

Here is Eveline of Timeless , she has a lot of cool paper bead jewelry ideas on her blog and here’s a video of her wearing her jewelry! Did I tell you I love your accent Eveline?

Ashley, looks really cute with her paper bead necklace. Good job Ashley, l love how that turned out, perfectly matched your shirt.

Ashley with her paper bead necklace

Last but not least is Sanja, wearing her long paper bead necklace. I love long necklaces, they are so versatile you can double it up and wear it any way you want.

Sanja wearing her long paper bead necklace

Congratulations ladies you get one of the giveaways I mentioned earlier in my post and I want to thank you for sending in those photos.

Got Paper?

JaniceMae — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:26:52 +0000

I buy and collect things simply because they appeal to me and I am pretty much sure that someday I will make something pretty with it. I am definitely showing the signs of a pack rat, but if it means holding onto pretty things which I don’t have the heart to part with, then I am guilty as charged! This pendant which I got from either Michael’s or Joan’s reminds me of my Indian friend and the sacred room where they kept religious objects. Isn’t that one of the reason why you are attracted to something? It reminds you of another place, another time?

One reason why it just sits in your drawer is that it is hard to find something to go with it. One day, I was at the scrap booking store next door and I found a perfect match for my goddess pendant!

Here’s what I did: cut it up in triangle strips that measured 1 inch at the base. Rolled it up with the paper bead roller, glued it together with white glue and finished it off with Vibrance.

I mixed it with round red paper beads, it’s a very simple design wire wrapped together using brass colored craft wire.

It looks nice worn by itself, simple and chic. Who would think those are paper beads? The eyes will just be drawn to the mysterious allure of the pendant. If I remember correctly I paid $5.95 or something, I know it was not expensive.

Now, if you want to layer it with your other jewelry, it becomes even more fascinating. Don’t you think? This Layered Necklace certainly fits the description Casual Chic

Effortless elegance!

Baby Sea Anemone Ring

JaniceMae — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:49:47 +0000

The ring blank that I used for this ring is different than the single loop or the three loop findings I used for the Sea Anemone Ring. This ring finding has 7 loops and what I did is put two paper bead dangles on each loop. I used the small round paper beads and the result was a baby sea anemone ring.

Each of the paper bead and silver heart charm were wire wrapped to the loops of the ring finding

This is such a fun ring to make, do not limit your imagination, use different size of paper beads, dangle some charms…..

I wire wrapped a 24 gauge wire at the base to hold up the paper bead dangles or you can leave it free to move around, it depends on the kind of look you want

Experiment with the many cool things that you can do with paper beads, I think possibilities are endless

Paper Bead Cocktail Ring

JaniceMae — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:58:39 +0000

What happens when you take the paper bead clusters and connect it to a ring finding? A fun, beautiful, conversation piece cocktail ring! Kayla made about 7 of the paper bead balls using the really small paper beads and some seed beads and wire wrapped them into the ring finding.

These are about 7 individual paper bead balls that are wire wrapped to the loop of the ring finding

You don’t have to use the really small paper beads, you can try and use olive shaped paper beads and I’m sure it will look pretty too.

Now, we have a set with the Paper Bead Clusters Necklace and Earrings.

Sending out hand selected paper beads to Ashley, Emily, Christine, Liz, Elim, Deina, Deb and Hilde

Upcoming posts: work of Deb and Hilde

Paper Bead Balls

JaniceMae — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:28:34 +0000

These little charm balls are so simple, to dangle as charms or as a connector. The materials that you need: head pins or eye pins, 6/0 seed beads, 4mm crystals and 5mm round paper beads. Tools: flush cutter and round nose pliers.

Here’s Kayla, showing us how:

This will look pretty to dangle on a chain or interconnecting each other as a necklace or bracelet.

I would certainly like to try using the olive shaped paper beads mix with round beads, I think that would look pretty also.

Upcoming Posts: Necklace and Earrings using the Paper Bead Balls.

Our Green Version of It

JaniceMae — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:10:19 +0000

I love leafing through catalogs that I get from the mail, getting ideas (why go to Milan?), and turning them into paper beads after. I love the Jjill clothing line, they are comfy and perfect for just lounging at home. This necklace and earrings set, caught my eye, and here’s our version of it in small round paper beads!

Long Cocoa Bead Necklace by Jjill

Several stands for small round paper beads went into making this necklace

This is the matching Jjill earrings

Chandelier Bead Earrings by Jjill

Wearable? Definitely!

The earrings are very simple and easy to do (it really is!), the paper beads are strung into a 24 gauge wire, make loops at the end and connect them into a chain, the chain into an earring finding, voila!

Another day of turning the ordinary to extraordinary!

Saucer Shaped Paper Beads

JaniceMae — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:18:47 +0000

These funky looking, saucer shaped, button like paper beads came from my sister Joann and will be including some in your kits. Yay! will be mailing the Paper Bead Trade kits on the 15th. She tightly rolled strips of magazine paper in different size and thickness.

There’s some really big ones.

Kayla, incorporated it in a necklace that can be worn off on one side or the middle.

On one side, three strands of olive shaped paper beads are holding the saucer bead and on one side is just one strand.

I have received Hilde and Tina’s paper beads for the trade yesterday and will be posting that, hopefully I will get the rest tomorrow and Tuesday.

Peek on upcoming post: Free form wire wrap with shells:

Beaded Paper Chains

JaniceMae — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:25:30 +0000

Don’t you just love paper chains? You remember making them as a kid and the satisfaction you get when you see them getting longer and longer? We have been making a lot of elastic bracelets and we just have a pile of them. I was playing with them one day, and discovered that they make really nice and colorful chain links! We made several of the elastic bracelets using small round beads and small olive shaped beads.

It is very simple to turn them into chains and here’s how I did it

This style of linking the bracelets into a chain is so versatile and a lot of possibilities. Because there is no clasp involve, you just tie them with a ribbon for closure you can wear them several ways.

This would also be pretty as a belt. The same necklace, we converted it into a bracelet.

You can use it as a hair scrunchie

I think it would work great as a head band also!

Soon, you might find this versatile way of turning elastic bracelet into beaded chain links in catalogs and stores! Just say you saw it here first

Upcoming posts: More updates on the Paper Bead Trade, Crochet with paper beads and Simple Wire Wrap for Shell Pendants.