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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

A Little Halloween Decorating~

Hello, this is Sara from www.sarawandrews.com.
I thought I would do a little special Halloween decorating of Me And Ashlyn!

I have wanted to make my own paper beads for a while now, and when I flipped through the DCWV The Bewitched Stack I knew it was time.

I chose two patterned papers, a glitter polka dot paper and the gorgeous orange glitter cardstock.  Love it!
I used CCR to stretch a simple triangle from the George cartridge for my beads.
I made two different sizes one being 1.5" wide and the other .75" wide.
The length of your triangle will determine the thickness of your bead.

Wrapping the beads~

I used a kitchen skewer to wrap the paper around and glued the ends with Glossy Accents.

Finished bead~

I set them aside to dry for a few hours.

Now comes the fun part.
I dug into the wonderful collection of Blue Moon Beads that DCWV sent me to make my jewelry. Thanks DCWV!!

My orange bead necklace and bracelet~

My black bead necklaces~

A full view~


I must share that these were super easy and fun to make.
I even made all those paper beads without gluing my fingers together. Yippee!

And even better was the fact that my teenage daughter was actually a little excited to try the jewelry on.
She even smiled while wearing them. Double Yippee!!

Cricut Info & Supplies Used:
Designed by: Sara W. Andrews

Cartridges Used: George and Basic Shapes for triangles cut at 1.5 x 11.04" and .75 x 8.5"
Cricut Machine Used: Cricut Expression

Project Type: Jewelry

Project Theme: Halloween
Other Supplies Used: DCWV The Bewitched Stack and The Bewitched Cardstock Stack
Blue Moon Beads: Glass Pearls, Shell Beads and Clear Transite Cord
Glossy Accents and Jewelry Essentials Findings

26 comments:

  1. Very pretty! Loved making these beads long ago with my daughter! Thanks for bringing back the memories!

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  2. Wow...these are wonderful! Lee-Ann :)

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  3. Sara your jewelry turned out beautiful. I've never tried making my own beads, but you have inspired me. I love that I can choose any papers I want and that I already have everything I would need to try it out. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Sara, your jewelry is so cool! I never thought of doing that with my Cricut and it is always something I always wanted to try. With your directions, I think I can do it.

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  5. Omgoodness. Those are awesome! You have inspired me to try making my own beads. :)

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  6. Wow!! Sara, you did an amazing job on your jewelry!!

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  7. Your jewelry is very pretty. I might have to try this

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  8. Oh, this is too much fun! I'll need to put this on my list of things to try :-)

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  9. WOW ! I just love your paper jewelry you made. So fun to celebrate Halloween.

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  10. Sara those are beautiful!

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  11. Sara - how did I miss this the other day??? I soooooo need to make this. Looks so elegent yet very easy to make. GREAT Idea and thanks for the tutorial.

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  12. I've made some of these paper bracelets and have gotten rave reviews from the people who got them. I need to branch out into necklaces and do some for the holidays. Yours are wonderful and I love how the paper patterns and beads make them so seasonal!

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  13. Wow! I am so impressed by these! I have seen these before, but you make them look so easy to create! Thanks for the tutorial and for sharing this fabulous project with us!

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  14. They are so cute! I'm gonna need to try to make them with DGD! maybe a halloween one! Thanks for the inpsiration and sharing details!

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  15. Terrific beads! Great tutorial.

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  16. Thanks for the tutorial. I would never think to make beads out of paper! Your jewelry came out great!

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  17. These are cool. I've never tried this but have always wanted to!

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  18. PAPER beads : O ????????????!!! What will they think up next????!! These all look so awesome!! And a smile from DD...double YIPPEE!!!!!!

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  19. Love the paper beads -- your jewelry is beautiful!!

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