Paper Beads» Paper Beads – Recycled Paper Made Into Paper Bead Jewelry

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.

Button Ring Tutorial

JaniceMae — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:53:32 +0000

I found more yummy buttons at Joann’s Fabric. They are so summery, one of those I consider shots of happiness. You put them on your finger and you are instantly in a better mood. Fashion experts will tell you to buy less clothes and just accessorize what you have, accessories is everything! You do it with paper beads and you transform from cool to super cool

And the materials are: ring blank, flat button, small round paper beads, 26 gauge wire, glue gun and round nose pliers.

You can also put a glass bead in the center of the flower…..

These are the buttons that you can find at Joann’s.

They were very easy and simple to make and can certainly be made in different ways. The Orange Button in this ring already have a flower design on it.

This Blue Confetti Button Ring, has a glass pearl in the center.

Becky of Infarrantly Creative has a series of zipper jewelry tutorial on her crafty blog and one of them is zipper earrings with paper beads.

Infarrantly Creative's Zippered Earrings Design

Idea # 5 for the Paper Bead Trade is the Button Rings. Reminder for the Paper Bead Trade participants: Start making those beads or if you already have made some mail them to me so I can start putting the kit together

My Paper Beads – Hilde Debruyn

JaniceMae — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 02:24:39 +0000

I have created a new category: My Paper Beads to feature paper beads that are made by paper bead enthusiasts from other parts of the world. Hilde Debruyn who is from Belgium, combines her paper beads with unusual beads and finds to achieve that organic look. She carefully describes each one of her creation, the kind of paper and beads she used:

This necklace I made with scrap booking paper pasted on small pieces of cardboard. In stead of scrap booking paper I made some similar necklaces with starched papers too.

Black and White

I started this necklace with a big silver bead (I kept this bead from a broken necklace). I completed it with little silver cube beads and paperbeads. I found the paper for this beads in my letterbox. They are made with promotional leaflets with a white background. On the other side I put a double string with ancient African tradebeads. They are made of glass. I bougth them in an African shop in Brussels.

Silver and African Beads

Here I made a very long necklace (4 times the usual length). It’s very colorful. I made it from magazine papers and I joined a lot of little yellow squares from an old necklace from my mother. I took the picture on a stone in the shape of a heart. The stone is carved. As you can see there are small roses on it.

A Heart Of Stone

This necklace is also made with magazine papers. I chose papers with an orange colour in it, so it could be combined with the silk textile bead. A friend of mine made it for me. I also used a big coral and some small orange-red beads.

With Orange Fabric Bead

This necklace is photographed on a small raffia tablecloth from Congo (a present from my aunt). It’s made of gift wrapping paper (craft paper with stripes) I used a red spherical and some olive wooden beads from Santorini (Greece).

Red and Green

The tubes are made of gift wrapping paper with little colorful figures on it (for a gift for children). I used small wooden beads, and also a very big wooden bead and a red bead (dry vegetable material).

TUBES

We still have room for the Paper Bead Trade, you can sign up by e mailing me your address (Email Me button is on the right hand side).

Thank you Hilde, for sharing your beautiful work. We will be posting ideas and inspiration for the Paper Bead Trade in the next week or so.

Golden Shellback’s Cuff

JaniceMae — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:16:55 +0000

This cuff which I call the Golden Shellback’s Cuff is encrusted with shells and paper beads. I learned about Golden Shellback when my son joined the U.S. Navy. One of the most precious thing he brought home was the Golden Shellback Certificate which I framed and now have a special place in my home. Wikepedia defines Golden Shellback as:

The ceremony of Crossing the Line is an initiation rite in the Royal Navy, U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marine Corps, and other navies that commemorates a sailor’s first crossing of the Equator. Originally, the tradition was created as a test for seasoned sailors to ensure their new shipmates were capable of handling long rough times at sea. Sailors who have already crossed the Equator are nicknamed (Trusty) Shellbacks, often referred to as Sons of Neptune; those who have not are nicknamed (Slimy) Pollywogs.

The Certificate itself is like a work of art, with drawings of Mermaids, King Neptune, crabs and porpoises and other denizens of the sea as what they’re called.

My collection of shells.

And paper beads.

The foundation of this cuff is 140 lb paper that I folded into a round and covered with fleece.

I used hot glue gun to adhere the shells and paper beads into the cuff.

The olive shaped paper beads and the smaller round beads were used to fill in the gaps.

This is such a conversation piece and so easy to do. You can purchase shells and some of them are colored at your local craft store.

A Scalloped Paper Bead Necklace

JaniceMae — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:24:38 +0000

The inspiration for this necklace can be found here. From time to time I get Garnet Hill’s catalog, I love their stuff. They call this necklace, Chan Luu Beaded Rope Necklace. If I look like the model wearing it I would love to wear this, instead I thought I’d make it with paper beads, light and colorful and certainly wearable as modeled by Kayla. Kayla made our own Scalloped Paper Bead Necklace with olive shaped paper beads and small round paper beads.

We made it by stringing the paper beads with softflex or any kind of stringing material you may have, and connecting it to the chain with crimps.

The design is pretty simple, and the scallops could be adjusted to how you like it to lay on your neck.

Very nice with just a simple tee shirt to show off that nice tan

Another day of turning ordinary to extraordinary!

We are on the planning stage of a paper bead exchange/swap, if you have any ideas suggestions please just email me, email button is on the right hand side A few of you already have some really neat ideas.