Paper Bead Medallion-day 116
Several magazine strips are tightly coiled into a big button bead or saucer shape bead. I love how you can see the swirls of colors that look like tree rings. This Big Medallion Pendant is one nice conversation piece!
This has just a very organic feel to it. It hangs from brown silk cord hand knotted with small round paper beads. I just love how this turned out.
Crocheted Cuff
My other passion aside from paper beads is crochet, and I am always looking for ways to incorporate crochet into my paper bead creations or vice versa. I love the lacy look of wire crochet and when I saw the black wire in 28 gauge I thought they would look like black lace when crocheted. I made the Black Lace With Paper Beads cuff with bright colored paper beads and the Scrunched Up Cuff with magazine color extra small round paper beads.
This almost remind me of a hair scrunchie because it can expand to fit over your hand and you can scrunch it up to hug your wrist. No clasp necessary which I like.
The Black Lace Cuff is more of an open design and looks so pretty on your wrist. This does not have a clasp because it can easily be adjusted to your wrist.
Paper Beads definitely takes this bracelets from ordinary to extraordinary!
Come Into My Garden Bracelets
I am taking advantage of my renewed interest with buttons. Here’s bracelet sets to match the paper bead button ring from yesterday. These are little garden creature buttons strung with round paper beads. This is what I call “happy bracelet”. You know how you just want to be a kid again and paint you toe nails different colors? Well, I do feel like that sometimes and if you noticed I paint my nails happy colors. Here’s the ingredients for a well kept garden:
Garden Creatures Buttons
Check out you local craft stores for buttons, they range from whimsical to vintage, just make sure the button has a shank that elastic can go through.
Paper beads are perfect elastic bracelets because they have holes that are big enough to accommodate elastic knot. You just want to make sure to secure the knot with a little dab of clear nail polish.
Idea 1 for the Paper Bead Trade 🙂 You can make whatever you want with the kit I will be sending you, add your own beads if you like, as long as you use the paper beads that comes with the kit which comes from your new found friends.
BTW, I am not putting a limit on the Paper Bead Trade participants, the more the merrier right? As long as you sign up on or before June 30th. I just need you to email me your address so I can send you your kit:)
I just have to share with this guy who lives in my garden, a remembrance in my antiquing days. He is funny and I can’t help but smile when I see him.
I would love it if you would share with me and with everyone your ideas, just email it to me and I will link it to your blog or web site. Let’s get those creative juices flowing 🙂
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