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Strands Of Magazine Colors – day 101

JaniceMae — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:19:12 +0000

This is necklace is made with just the tiny paper beads in random colors, no spacers or crystals to distract from the beauty of the beads that came straight from magazine pages!

So light and elegant and certainly can catch attention:)

Note: I have received from Manou and Claire photos of finished jewelry from the bead swap, hopefully can share that with you today or tomorrow.

Friendship Beads Necklace

JaniceMae — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:31:26 +0000

Seeing all the beautiful beads in beautiful fall colors; pumpkin, spice, oranges and browns from places as far as Croatia and France each painstakingly rolled into a bead makes me think of them as Friendship Beads. I counted seventeen participants including Ashley and Jennifer whose beads are being mailed as we speak. I have shown you the Beads In Orbit and Memory Wire Bracelets as examples of what we can possibly make out of the trade beads. Kayla and I look at the beads and thought that they would be displayed better in a longer necklace because of the different shapes and size of the beads. Take a look and tell me what you think.

The necklace is about 48 inches long

You can wear it also doubled up like this

Since it is strung on jewelry elastic, you can also wind it several times on your wrist

The necklace is highlighted with seed beads, crystals, buttons and wood beads

I think your necklace would look nice with all the fall colors. Your kit would include: jewelry grade elastic, seed beads, wood beads, buttons and of course the paper beads from all the participants. Play with it, have fun with it add more beads from your own collection.

I want to be a gracious host, therefore, I am giving you a choice in your kit: Memory Wire, Beads In Orbit or the Friendship Beads Necklace. You can do so by leaving me a comment here.

Boho Chic

JaniceMae — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:11:25 +0000

Fabric covered wood and plastic rings are the inspiration for this Boho Chic Necklace. You put this on and no matter what you wear, it instantly gives the impression that you don’t care, you have your own style. I put this necklace together with stuff that I already have on hand; small round paper beads fashioned into rings and decorative ribbons.

I don’t know what it is with chains and rings must be the child in us

You can certainly dress it up or dress it down, mix and match with your other jewelry…..

I attached silk ribbon at the ends so it can be adjusted, you can wear it as a choker if you like.

This necklace can be anything but boring, don’t you think?

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Delicious Paper Bead Lei

JaniceMae — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:45:14 +0000

Lei is a Hawaiian word for anything strung together to be worn as an adornment. The chunky paper beads in cream and reds inspired me to make this Paper Bead Lei and bracelet set to look like a yummy dessert much like one of these images I found on the internet.

Coco wood chips are strung on a beading wire with the chunky paper beads.

It also much resembled my all time favorite dessert, the banana split!

You can tell I have dessert on my mind when I made this necklace

Another day of turning the ordinary into extraordinary!

Say A Little Prayer Necklace

JaniceMae — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:58:41 +0000

I’ve made so many prayer boxes jewelry at one time but never made one with paper beads. I normally just hang the little prayer box as a pendant or as a charm with nothing in it. This time, I thought of putting a little strip of paper with a prayer, or a saying or a wish for someone you are giving it to, making it a real prayer box. I then, hand knotted each paper bead for the rest of the prayer box necklace. What is fun about this project is writing little notes into a strip of triangle paper and rolling it into a bead. Now, you always have that prayer or wish close to your heart.

I cut the strip of paper 1/4 inch at the base and 11 inches from a printer paper and wrote: “Lord help me to remember that nothing is going to happen today that YOU and I cannot handle.”

Using the bamboo roller, I rolled it into a bead, small enough to fit into the prayer box.

It is a cool kind piece of jewelry, don’t you think?

It looks nice by itself or layered with another paper bead jewelry.

I have made rosaries with paper beads as well, this will be in future posts, like what Kayla is wearing above.

I love the little prayer box that can also hold mementos from some special time….

A paper bead necklace for dad

JaniceMae — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:48:01 +0000

I prefer to use the magnectic closure for convenience, specially that you need to take the necklace off when taking a shower.

Paper bead's necklace fit for dad

It can also be worn as a bracelet

Paper Bead Neck Wire Necklace

JaniceMae — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:04:43 +0000

Paper Bead Neck wire necklace w/ hammered silver pendant

You can use different size of smaller paper beads it does not have to be the olive shaped as long as they are small. You can also substitute the swarovski crystals for other crystals or beads.

Paper Bead Neckwire using Memory wire necklace

When you cut the memory wire from the coil, it is hard and stiff and would seem to be too small for the neck. You can relax the wire by just gently pulling it apart, until it becomes bigger, enough to fit around the neck.

Memory wire necklace using paper beads

Hour Glass Shaped Paper Bead

JaniceMae — Sun, 17 May 2009 03:45:05 +0000

When I first saw this bead what immediately comes to my mind was the feminine form that every woman in us aspires to be – an hour glass shape! As I was looking at the bead trying to decide how to make it into a piece of jewelry, my eye is drawn to the curvy part of the bead that just calls for something to be wrapped around it. I think you can wrap a ribbon around it (a color that would have significance to you), suede or thread I think would look good, I finally decided to try it with a 22 gauge craft wire. Craft wire comes in different gauge and color, and I used orange on this one. I think the outcome was more ethnic and different than your usual paper bead. Let your imagination go wild with the sexy bead (from Aubreys Beads) and make something fun and one of a kind jewelry.

The hour glass shaped paper bead (aubreysbeads.com)

This necklace is about 18 inches in length and is made by wrapping orange 22 gauge craft wire. You mix it with other beads and even crystals to make it your own.

Necklace made of Hour Glass Shaped Bead

You can change the look of the necklace by using a different color craft wire; purple, green, copper, gold or silver. I would like to try it in copper I think it will look really neat.

Hour Glass Shaped Bead Necklace w/ orange craft wire

The Red Rocks Paper Bead Necklace

JaniceMae — Sun, 10 May 2009 06:45:39 +0000

Last weekend I took a trip to Las Vegas to visit my son and his fiancee who is expecting. My husband and I stayed at the Red Rock Hotel and Spa. Andrea, my son’s fiancee loves hiking and is quite familiar with the Red Rocks Canyon about a mile from the hotel, so she took me there. Although this is not my first time at the Red Rock Hotel, this is my first time to see the Red Rocks Canyon, I’m sure glad I did, it was beautiful! To remind me of this trip I made this two strand paper bead necklace.

The materials for this necklace: white 7-8mm paper beads (Aubreys Beads), tube paper beads, brown colored stabilized chips, firepolish crystals and two focal bead stones.

The Red Rocks Canyon is more beautiful in person. We wonder why are the canyons red? 600 million years ago, the Red Rocks Canyon was the bottom of the deep ocean basin. Isn’t that amazing? Nature did its work oxidizing the minerals and resulted in these beautiful colors of red, orange and tan colored rocks.

The Red Rocks Canyon

One of the animals that live in the Canyon are burros who look much like donkeys about half the size of a horse. These animals are well adapted to the high temperature of the Mojave Desert. I was hoping we would see one but apparently they are active in the early morning and late afternoons.

Gray limestones found at the Red Rock today.

Janice and Andrea

Easter Egg Surprise Necklace in Paper Beads

JaniceMae — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 05:29:02 +0000

I found this egg shaped ceramic among my stash of beads and it reminds me of hand painted egg, paired with petite egg shaped paper beads in delicious colors and you have a necklace that wouldn’t just look good for Easter but through out the year. I took pictures of it at the backyard when I remember hiding eggs in there, now the kids are grown and I missed the egg hunting and the enjoyable task of egg painting and hiding little presents in them. Like they say, one door closes and another one opens, I found out that I am going to be a grandmother soon, by September to be exact. In two years I will have a little one egg hunting in our back yard again. In the meantime, here’s the Easter Egg Necklace in Paper Beads. Happy Easter everyone!

Easter Egg Paper Beads Necklace

Easter Necklace in Paper Beads

Ceramic Pendant strung on Petite paper beads