A Scalloped Paper Bead Necklace
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.
Read MoreEarrings for Every Day
I don’t feel “put together” when I am not wearing a pair of earrings. Do you feel the same way? Like, you’re missing something. I love wearing paper beads earrings because they are so lightweight and colorful. Now that the weather is getting warmer I thought how nice it is to just put one of these Every Day Earrings on and you instantly feel that somehow you made a difference in someone’s life……..
The earrings are very simple to make, just the very basic technique of connecting them with a wire loop. The beads I used for all the earrings are the extra small olive shape paper beads and small round paper beads.
This is just one olive shaped paper bead, simple yet beautiful!
This would look pretty with summer dresses…
Perfect with white shirt and blue jeans
A little bit dressier
Another day of taking the ordinary to extraordinary
Seven Days Elastic Bracelet
We’ve made so many paper bead elastic bracelets because they are so easy to do and elastics just go perfectly well with paper beads because they have bigger holes that can accommodate the knot of the elastic and light enough, you barely notice they are there on your wrist. With that in mind, I made seven strands of bracelets that is so fun to be worn together. I used olive shaped paper beads and small round beads with seed beads in between.
It looks nice mixed with the small round paper beads or whatever other shapes you have made.
We chose black 6/0 seed beads to go with it, we thought it’s going to bring out the pretty color of the paper beads and some African trade beads.
We tied gross grain ribbon around it or you can just leave it as it is.
I don’t mind wearing two sets of these! Ridiculous? I don’t thinks so, it’s just another way of showing the green side of you 🙂
We will have another feature of a fellow-paper bead enthusiast and a how to on the paper bead cones, so stay tune. Thank you for stopping by.
Read MoreMmmm… Watermelons and Paper Beads
The weather is getting warmer and warmer each and everyday here in California, just to remind us that summer is right around the corner!! Kayla G made this cute, fruity little bracelet with matching earrings. A perfect ensemble for the fun summer days…
The bracelet is made with green indian glass beads and extra large paper beads. She added extra small olive paper beads for a little extra spunk. The colors go perfect with the Watermelon glass bead which adds to the summer time look.
The earrings that match are delicously cute! Made with olive shape paper beads and a watermelon glass bead.. yummy
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