Paper bead jewelry

The possibilities with paper beads in crafts and making jewelry are endless. It is a great way to recycle used left over junk mail, newspa...

Glazing and Drying Paper Beads: Hi, Recently I have fallen in love with paper bead making. There is always a lot of flyers, brightly coloured newspaper pages and glossy magazines lying around. While browsing for DIY jewellery ideas on Pinterest I chanced upon paper beads. I got …

Dare I say paper jewelry is becoming even more popular than it was just a few years ago? Using Etsy as a barometer, there are more than 250 ...

There are a lot of options for using paper beads, including the obvious things like necklaces, earrings and bracelets. In addition, paper beads can be used to make other types of accessories for personal use and home decorating. They can also be used in assemblage art and paper craft projects to embellish junk journals, collages, and other artwork.

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If you've been a follower of this blog for any length of time, you already know that paper jewelry is one of my favorite topics. It'...

There are many ways to make jewelry, for example, you buy beads at a craft store and string them together with string. Well that's making jewelry but instead

How to make your own jewelry - specifically, something kids can make and wear. This DIY jewelry idea is inspired by the translucent semi-precious agate.

"Extra-Long paper bead necklace is made of 100 individually hand rolled beads and measures 35\"-38\" inches long. This necklace can be worn wrapped around your neck twice or three times! Necklaces are made from recycled paper which is cut into long strips and individually hand rolled. The colors you see are the colors that are in the paper. The process of creating a piece of beaded jewelry from hand-rolling the bead to assembly, takes about a week. Project Lydia is a fair-trade economic…

If you love rolling paper beads -- or you just want to give it a try, here is a quick and easy way to make your own bead rolling tool using items you have around the house. I was rolling my beads using the old school method, and it was seriously cramping my hands. I thought there had to be a better way, but didn't have the willpower to wait two days for a bead roller to come in the mail. I usually use a bamboo skewer to roll my beads around, and I thought to myself "what if I put a little…