{"id":684,"date":"2010-02-04T12:14:03","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T20:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/?p=684"},"modified":"2010-02-04T12:14:03","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T20:14:03","slug":"paper-jewelry-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/creativity\/paper-jewelry-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple paper cutting makes colorful jewelry"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Kimberly Foster<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>A single piece of paper can create several pieces of beautiful, hand-made jewelry. The paper you use should be relatively thin and pliable; other than that, the possibilities are endless.\u00a0 Use anything from decorative hand-made paper to old magazines and scraps you\u2019d normally throw away!<\/p>\n

Other supplies:<\/p>\n

Artist medium or white glue
\nStrong jewelry cord or dental floss
\nLarge needle or toothpick
\nPaper cutter or scissors<\/p>\n

The process<\/strong><\/p>\n

Choose your paper.\u00a0 The color and design of each bead will be determined by what kind of paper you use.\u00a0 The necklace above was made with a marbled decorative paper.\u00a0\u00a0 The darker beads on the top bracelet were made from a colorful magazine ad.\u00a0 The pastel beads on the other bracelets were made by drawing with pastels on regular printer paper.\u00a0 Use solid colored paper for solid colored beads.<\/p>\n

Decide how long (from one hole to the other) you would like your beads to be.\u00a0 The beads shown above range from about 1\/2\u201d to 1\u201d in length.\u00a0 I used standard 8 1\/2\u201d x 11\u201d paper and cut the paper in half, giving me two sheets of 5 1\/2\u201d x 8 1\/2\u201d paper.\u00a0 If you want your beads 3\/4\u201d long, then divide your paper into strips that are 3\/4\u201d wide and 5 1\/2\u201d long. Then diagonally divide those strips into triangles and using your paper trimmer or scissors, cut them out.<\/p>\n

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Using your toothpick or fat needle and starting at the wide end of your triangle, roll the paper around the toothpick.\u00a0 When you\u2019ve come close to the end, dab glue or medium onto the end to stick it down. Continue to roll the bead, covering the outside with the glue\/medium to coat and protect it.\u00a0 Slide the bead off the toothpick onto a smooth surface to dry.\u00a0 I suggest allowing your beads to dry on waxed paper or glass so they will not stick.<\/p>\n

Experiment with different textures and thicknesses of paper. If you want your beads to be fatter, either use thicker or textured paper, or make your strips longer than 5 1\/2\u201d.\u00a0 You may need to use a dab of glue \u201cmid-roll\u201d for some thicker papers to keep the bead from uncoiling.<\/p>\n

Once your beads are dry, string them onto strong jewelry cord.\u00a0 Dental floss also works perfectly.\u00a0 Further enhance your jewelry design by adding purchased beads in complimentary colors to separate the paper beads and show them off individually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Kimberly Foster A single piece of paper can create several pieces of beautiful, hand-made jewelry. The paper you use should be relatively thin and pliable; other than that, the possibilities are endless.\u00a0 Use anything from decorative hand-made paper to old magazines and scraps you\u2019d normally throw away! Other supplies: Artist medium or white glue […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,35,8,262],"tags":[149,125,267,618],"class_list":["post-684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-crafts","category-creativity","category-papercrafts","tag-craft","tag-jewelry","tag-necklace","tag-paper"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oakcreekprintworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}