Necklaces!!
I’ve been on a necklace streak lately. I made a few long stranded necklaces on silver chain. One is mixed silver beads, one is glass pearls, and the third is crazy beads made of seed beads on wire tangled into a ball.
chain necklaces
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More necklaces
I’ve been on a necklace roll lately. Here’s a few I made recently.
The first one is cotton cord and magazine beads, the second is sead beads, magazine beads, and some buttons, the third is just metallic glass beads.
Magazine Beads Project #1
I’ve been working on a few necklaces using the recycled magazine beads I made a while ago. Here’s the first one:
Bead crazy, as usual
I’ve been seeing a lot of recycled magazine beads on Etsy and other places on the internet, and thought I’d give them a try.
There’s a lot of instructions on the internet, I used http://www.craftcritique.com/2007/05/paper-beads.html It’s a pretty simple project, easy enough for kids to make. I think I might try it when my little niece visits sometime.
I have a compact paper cutter, which made cutting the strips really fast. Using scissors would probably make this project a lot more time consuming. Most sites recommend using decoupage glue (which has built in varnish). I didn’t have any, so I just used regular white glue when rolling up the beads, and then some spray varnish to seal them.
I was able to turn out a big amount of beads in a short time, and I’m pretty happy with the results. Now I just have to figure out what to make with them!
