I'm officially sick of the rain. It's bad enough that it's chased me back inside to work on jewelry rather than playing in the garden or with power tools. But, rather than be blue, I thought I'd whip up a little video tutorial to show you how to make your very own stretchy paper bead bracelet.
There are no jewelry tools required for this bracelet and it's as easy to make as it is to wear! All you'll need is:
Paper beads
A few store bought beads or smaller paper beads if you prefer
Stretch Magic beading cord
A dab of Krazy Glue
A pair of scissors
Don't forget I have lots of paper bead making tutorials over on my YouTube channel. So if you need some help making your paper beads, be sure to check out some of my other video tutorials.
Well hello there! I thought I'd stop by my severely neglected blog today to share a little upcycled DIY project perfect for the holiday season. If you make a habit of stalking my Etsy shop (and I hope you do), you may have seen these cute little country Christmas tree earrings:
If you're the DIY-type I'm going to show you how to make them yourself...right here in this YouTube video tutorial. Of course, you still have some time to order them from my shop so stop by soon and pick up a pair or two.
A few months ago I started to experiment with making paper beads out of packaging material; from frozen food containers to feminine hygiene packaging, you name it I've tried it. And it's created some really cool pieces, like this necklace made from a Tampax box. However, I often found that the pieces of the cardboard would separate making the rolling process more of a challenge than I like. I decided one day to stop fighting it and happy that I had because I ended up with a finished product that looked like this bracelet.
To achieve this sleeker look I had to peel the layers of the cardboard apart which means that I have a mass quantity of cardboard shreds sans color that I was going to have to chuck into the recycle bin. I did not like this idea, so I came up with a better way to use those bland cardboard strips in my paper bead making endeavors. Check out this two part tutorial on YouTube to see what I did.
First how to get your cardboard strips and roll those beads:
And now to add a little color and glaze those puppies:
Have fun and post below to tell me how you used your paper beads!
