Green Beads

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Using a paper from the Travel Light pad by We R Memory keepers I've been making paper beads. So far I have finished two bracelets. I have a few leftover beads and plenty more paper strips to make another couple. As they are green I wore them for St. Patrick's Day yesterday.

Paper bracelets

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When I first tried paper bead bracelets I promised my Mum I would make her one. I finally got around to making it. It uses a paper from Basic Grey's Oxford 6x6 pad. 

When I gave the bracelet to my Mum she asked if I would make one for a colleague of hers who is leaving. Her colleague likes purple so I used two purple papers. The paper on the left is from a Kate Knight 6x6 pad which was a freebie and the paper on the right is from the Celebrations 6x6 pad by Paper Cellar.

Black, White and Red All Over

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I've been making more paper beads. I cut two 8x8 pages into strips and I'm working my way through them. These three bracelets have been finished so far.

And this is what's left to do.

Paper beads

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I recently joined a new blog group and after having a look through their blogs I found this post on Dana's about paper beads, which includes a tutorial and cutting file. I have seen these a few times lately and have been wanting to try them, but hadn't got around to searching for a tutorial yet. Her's made it sound simple so I decided to give it a go. I made beads in three different sizes and then turned them into two bracelets.

Here they are individually.

I will definitely be making more of these. They're a lot easier to make than I had expected, they look great and of course they can be made to match any outfit.