paper beads

[nicci]

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[anonymous]

WOW! These are awsome!!!!!!!! They look like glass beads! Would you mind if I try this? I have some embossing powders left. So cool! I'd definately wear these!

[nicci]

haha if i knew who you were i would send you a tutorial lol =)

i found a bunch of directions online that said YOU MUST DO THIS but i ended up finding my own way with the stuff i happened to have lying about my studio.

it is i

[bloknote]

Hi Nicci, it was just me, not a secret admirer or anything, I guess I was logged out without knowing :) Marieke

Re: it is i

[nicci]

haha =) hi marieke!=>

i have strung a lot of these on wanderingmole... but i haven't photographed it yet! hehe =>

xox

[tofarawayplaces]

very cool!

[nicci]

thanks! i took my first 9 and used them to embellish a journal. i figure i will add 9 every time i get the journal back from a friend i am trading it with!

awsome!

[nukke]

did you use UTEE on them? There is a tutorial out there that uses diluted white glue for coating, btw.

Re: awsome!

[nicci]

i don't think i did, since i don't know what that is lol. i used three coats of regular clear embossing powder. it's tricky getting it to melt without bubbling.

materials: pva glue, papers, toothpicks for rolling beads on, embossing powder, heat gun. also threads and yarns for some.

[lusty_vixen]

Wow, those are great. Where did you find how to do them? I'd love to give them a try.
Do you know of any online tutorials?

[nicci]

yes there are several if you google 'paper beads'. i looked at a few, then basically made up my own way. the first one i was sent to was lisa vollrath's which you can find here:

http://www.lisavollrath.com/articles/070.html

[an_su]

Those are beautiful !

Before reading of what you made them, and looking to the small image, I tought they could be glass, but that you must have made them out of raku or something else that you usually use. :)They should be lightweight too...