Posts Tagged "paper bead swap"

Friendship Coiled Bracelet – day 82

Posted on Mar 23, 2011 in 365 Paper Bead Creations | 4 comments

Beads big and small from places near and far have all been sorted out packed and shipped today!  It was a little bit of a challenge, we had to equally divide up the beads and made sure that everyone gets a little bit of everything.  Kayla, I think did a good job 🙂

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In your kit, you will get paper beads from all the participants, some painted beads from Kayla and me, some random filler beads, elastic and some memory wire.  Here’s an example of what Kayla made with just two-loop memory wire.

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So now, you have the task of putting it together and making it your own.  I hope you will like it and have fun with it as much as we did!

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Color of Fall-Paper Bead Trade

Posted on Sep 20, 2010 in How-To's / Tutorials, Paper Bead Creations | 6 comments

A few bead traders have already signed up for our Color Of Fall Paper Bead Trade, and I will leave this post open until Friday to  give a chance to those new visitors to our blog.  I will continue to update this post each day with new fall jewelry ideas and paper beads with fall colors. How does it work?  To make instructions easier to digest, here’s a little poem for you 🙂

Make Paper Beads of different size and shapes

with the color of fall

Twenty to Thirty should be plenty

You will then send it to me

To be stirred into a most colorful brew

A dash of orange, brown and yellow

It will look like a rainbow

It will then be sent back to you

In a pretty little bow

When you get your beads you can make it into a necklace or a bracelet, let your imagination take a flight!  Here is an example of bracelets, wire wrapped with gold swarovski crystals. These Golden Paper Bead Bracelets is just right in time for the holidays.

The finished paper bead jewelry would be multi colored and different shapes as it will show case the different beads from all the participants.  I always say this; paper beads jewelry can be elegant and I just treat paper beads as if it were real gems.  Here is an example of paper beads mixed with montana blue swarovski crystals.

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Silver bead caps were put in between to hold the paper beads on its side.

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Paper beads can be fun, elegant, chic and definitely wearable!

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You still have until September 26th to join in the Paper Bead Trade – Fall Theme.  Just left me a comment here or email me.

Upcoming Post:  Video how to on Saucer Shapes

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Paper Bead Swap Theme – Color Of Fall

Posted on Sep 15, 2010 in Paper Bead Creations | 15 comments

What do you think of Another Paper Bead Trade?  I have been getting emails requesting for another paper bead swap.  Meagan suggested a “Winter” theme read more of her comment here, I like that idea.  Our First Paper Bead Swap was quite successful thanks to all of you who participated, I couldn’t have asked for a better group 🙂  While we’re at it, why not plan for two paper bead trade?  One with a fall theme and one with a winter theme?  Well, I will let you decide.  So now, table is open for suggestions!  And to get us all inspired here’s a few Fall images:

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Fall colors is of course open to interpretation, for us here living in California, these are some of fall images that I see around me:

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When I hear the word Fall, oranges and browns come to mind.

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Yellow, greens and reds as well…

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Kayla and I just like with the changing of the season, looks forward to creating jewelry that are rich in colors and what girl wouldn’t love to bring a little bling to chase the gloomy days away?  Thus, came the Ideal Autumn Ring.

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More Paper Bead Creations

Posted on Jul 28, 2010 in Paper Bead Creations | 2 comments

Our feature for today are the handiwork of Ashley and Emily!  It is exciting to me seeing the different things that “Paper Beaders”, (I think from now on this is what I would call anybody who is into making paper beads, agreed?)  🙂 , made out of their kit.  So, here’s what I got for you today.

Emily's Paper Beads Necklace

Emily's Paper Beads Necklace

Emily combined her new found hobby of making chain mail with the paper beads and it came our really nice, sort of Gothic, I think.

Emily's Paper Bead Earrings

Emily's Paper Bead Earrings

I love how different color of paper beads are woven into this flower pendant

Emily's Paper Bead Flower

Emily's Paper Bead Flower

Last but not least, is from Ashley.  She made a bracelet and earrings set, I think she is a budding photographer, it is so clever how she displayed her work in a glass of water, the blue straw is just the perfect contrast.

Ashely's Paper Bead Bracelet and Earrings

Ashely's Paper Bead Bracelet and Earrings

I am working on a video for the raffle drawing, I am trying to get a “special guest” draw the names from the Paper Bead Trade Participants.  There will be three prices that is going to be drawn, and it can be you!

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