Most of the paper that makes it way into my home ends up in the compost pile or the recycling bin. Lately I have been noticing how much we receive that is non-compostable. So with my efforts to try to reuse before recycle, and my love of crafting, I took a recent ad I received and tried to make something more useful out of it.
Since it is such a beautiful day I took my project outside. Making paper beads is relaxing and quite a bit time consuming. I really like the way they turned out though.
I like the ones that I used the hemp with the most. For the others, I used an elastic string on one and a salvaged clasp with string for the other. I would like to try ones with more color next time.
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February 16, 2009 at 10:15 am
meg
those are great beads… you cant even tell they used to be junk ads. i used to make them religiously as a kid, but using triangled strips. i definately like the even width better. keep it up!!
February 16, 2009 at 10:25 pm
xtjade
Thank you Meg. I actually got started on these when I was trying to teach my kids how to make paper beads with the triangles. My littlest kept cutting hers straight and they worked so much better for her. I forgot how long it takes to make them, but it really was fun.
Definately a blast from the past.