Wings Of Paper For Charlotte
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!
Read MoreWearable Art
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.
Read MoreGot Paper?
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
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
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