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
Paper Beads Made From Cat Litter Bag
Paper beads can be made not just from news paper, magazines and catalogs but also wrappings and bags from things we use at home like cat litter bags. There might me some hesitation for some of you to try to cut your own paper beads thinking that you would have to measure everything to be exact and proportioned. While some of us might want to measure our triangle paper to be an exact triangle, I think it is more fun to just cut your strips of triangles randomly or free form style. I love the idea of “freeforming” (if there is such a word everything); embroidery, knitting, crochet……
You will need a yard stick, or a really long measuring stick, cutting mat and a cutter. It is a challenge for me to take pictures of each step, so here’s video.
Here’s the strips of paper that we have cut from the cat litter bag. If you want your beads to be round and of uniformed shape then I suggest that you measure them.
What to do next? The fun part! Rolling them into paper beads. I used the metal paper bead roller and coated it with diamond glaze.
Here’s another video demonstration.
I did a few of them and part of the fun is finding out how they turned out. I will be able to make so many beads from just that one cat litter bag. I love the color of these beads, don’t you?
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