Paper Beads

Recycled Paper Beads You can make these beads from recycled scrap paper, and string them together to make jewelry! What you'll need: •scraps of wallpaper, magazine pictures, used wrapping paper, colored paper, etc. •pencil, ruler, and scissors •School Glue or Mod Podge •Tooth pick - drinking straws •thread or yarn Before you begin, gather all of your supplies together and put them on your work surface. Read all of the directions from start to finish. Now you are ready to begin. 1. With your scissors, cut long triangles from your paper scraps that are about 1/2-inch wide and 2 1/2-inches long. Make a template to trace, if you wish. 2. Cover one side of a triangle with Glue. Put the Glue on the inside of the paper so that the colorful pattern will be on the outside of your bead. 3. Place the triangle's glued short side on a Tooth Pick or drinking straw. 4. Wrap the paper completely around itself on the Tooth Pick or straw. 5. Pull off Tooth Pick or straw let dry 6. To make beads with different shapes, vary the size and shape of the paper triangles that you cut. 7 .Let your beads dry, and then string them together on your thread or yarn. Knot the ends of the thread together.

Straw Weaving

Straw Weaving - Supplies - 3 to 4 - 7 1/2 inch straws - 3 to 4 - 12 inch pieces of yarn - Long piece of yarn till reaches end of straws- Masking tape- Thread straws with 12 inch piece of yarn Tie knot at the bottom place small piece of tape on straws Tie long piece to one of the end straws Start to weave over, under, over, under, Till you reach the end where you will tie a knot on the straw Take off tape pull out straws at the top tie knot with the 3 to 4 ends together like the bottom. Instructions Provided By: JnzAlteredArt.Esty.Com

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Gift - I made with their invitation. It was a destination wedding so I included a map of Arizona. Then I pinned it into a shadow box.

The end result of paper flowers as wedding decorations. Was amazing! Hard work always pays off! Table with the guest book and card holder

Entry way

Backs of chairs and down the aisle

Table cards

Paper Flowers for Party Decorations!

Fold full sheet of tissue paper back and forth. Cut ends with scissors or use corner paper punch.

Place in stack largest to small. Punch hole in the middle, Place brad through hole and tape with packaging tape. Then fan out. Start pulling gently the center apart first work you way out. Fished flowers were 20” in diameter.

Went out this weekend to pick prickly pear fruit for jelly. I found a lot of broken glass, Old and New. I decided to make glass pendants. It reminds me of Sea Glass. I am going to call it Superior Desert Glass

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