Trouble-free Tubes
These paper bead tubes are super easy, layered up is the best way to wear them. You can string several on elastic or beading wire. When you string them on elastic you can just slip them over your head or wind several times on your wrist as a bracelet.
Easy, breezy !
You can mix them with glass beads and firepolished crystals.
Somedays…wear them all as a bracelet, I’m sure they work well as head bands too.
If you do not want them on elastics, you can string them on a beading wire with magnetic closure. Wear several for a dramatic effect, kind of like Zulu Princess style 🙂
Simple is beautiful after all!
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More Precious Parcels
We have received more paper beads for the Paper Bead Trade from Hilde and Tina. I know, that some of you is still in the process of mailing your beads, you will get your kit when I have received them. I promised those that were early in sending their beads that I will mail their kits out on the 15th 🙂 I had fun taking photos of Hilde and Tina’s paper beads today.
work of Hilde Debruyn
They remind me of crayons or colored pencil tips.
work of Hilde Debruyn
These are more earthy tones.
work of Hilde Debruyn
Hilde sent us a lovely card that I used as background in taking these pictures.
Hilde Debruyn
These are tubes which she then wrapped with a contrasting color.
work of Hilde Debruyn
Last but not least is from Tina Craig. She strung different paper beads that she and her daughter made. I especially love the blue from security envelopes and the speckled pink paper beads that look like pink animal print.
work of Tina Craig and daughter
Precious Parcels – Bead Trade Update
I was supposed to do a tutorial on crocheting with beads (the easy way), but I just had to interrupt today’s post (or tomorrow), I am too excited when I received these packages today from you guys! Let me share with you the paper beads I got in the mail today, all eight of them!
These are from Aileen, I especially love the mauve color bead, the confetti looking ones and the peachy colored ones. They are all beautiful.
These ones are from Patty, she made them on her trip to Aruba, and they are made from travel brochures and she actually rolled these beads on the sand from the beach! How cool is that? You will be getting beads that has sand from the beaches in Aruba 🙂 You can check out Patty’s other hobby at punchneedlechix.
These babies came all the way from France, Claire shares tutorials and all sorts of craft in her blog Papelhilo. I just love the bigger beads in caramel color which would be really good as focal beads.
I have received these barrel shaped paper beads from Kari, the red ones is so rich in color and the black and white patterned beads almost look like the zentangles that I did. They will look pretty with spacers in between them.
Gisela’s beads, are lacquered to a glass like finish! Do you want to share with us your technique 😉 They are beautiful, love the pastel colors and the big tube ones would make a nice focal bead as well. She sent us enough, I will make sure everybody get some of her beads.
Next, is Elim’s and sister Liz’s paper beads. You can see more of Elim’s paper bead creations here. She sent it to me strung, olive shaped ones, spacers and barrel shaped, Maybe Elim can tell us the type of paper she used, they are so pretty.
Liz’s beads is a nice cotton candy pink with swirls of chocolate brown, I just love the pink and brown combination, as you can see here:
Last but not least, is from Christine, what a mixture of lively colors; hot pink, baby pink, olives, maroon, aqua blue and I especially like the black bead.
So, there it is folks, some really nice paper beads each one hand rolled by you! Hopefully I will get the rest of the beads this week, irregardless I will be sending out your kits on July 15th. I will be sharing with you my sister’s beads as well, mine and Kayla’s.
Read MoreMy Paper Beads – Hilde Debruyn
I have created a new category: My Paper Beads to feature paper beads that are made by paper bead enthusiasts from other parts of the world. Hilde Debruyn who is from Belgium, combines her paper beads with unusual beads and finds to achieve that organic look. She carefully describes each one of her creation, the kind of paper and beads she used:
This necklace I made with scrap booking paper pasted on small pieces of cardboard. In stead of scrap booking paper I made some similar necklaces with starched papers too.
Black and White
I started this necklace with a big silver bead (I kept this bead from a broken necklace). I completed it with little silver cube beads and paperbeads. I found the paper for this beads in my letterbox. They are made with promotional leaflets with a white background. On the other side I put a double string with ancient African tradebeads. They are made of glass. I bougth them in an African shop in Brussels.
Silver and African Beads
Here I made a very long necklace (4 times the usual length). It’s very colorful. I made it from magazine papers and I joined a lot of little yellow squares from an old necklace from my mother. I took the picture on a stone in the shape of a heart. The stone is carved. As you can see there are small roses on it.
A Heart Of Stone
This necklace is also made with magazine papers. I chose papers with an orange colour in it, so it could be combined with the silk textile bead. A friend of mine made it for me. I also used a big coral and some small orange-red beads.
With Orange Fabric Bead
This necklace is photographed on a small raffia tablecloth from Congo (a present from my aunt). It’s made of gift wrapping paper (craft paper with stripes) I used a red spherical and some olive wooden beads from Santorini (Greece).
Red and Green
The tubes are made of gift wrapping paper with little colorful figures on it (for a gift for children). I used small wooden beads, and also a very big wooden bead and a red bead (dry vegetable material).
TUBES
We still have room for the Paper Bead Trade, you can sign up by e mailing me your address (Email Me button is on the right hand side).
Thank you Hilde, for sharing your beautiful work. We will be posting ideas and inspiration for the Paper Bead Trade in the next week or so.
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