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BY JACQUELINE
Beadphoria: Spring Cleaning Bulletin Board Reduxby Beadphoria |
Happy (almost) Spring, Beadphoria friends! With this being the first Monday of the month, it is time for the Designer Crafts Blog Hop! The theme this month is March, and what it means to you. For me, March means the arrival of spring. A time for renewal. What was once barren is now brought back to life.
With the feeling of being renewed, we often want to bring beauty into our surroundings. One way we can do this is by doing some spring cleaning. This simple project will bring new life to a boring bulletin board and it will help organize your jewelry!
The bulletin board pictured above had been on the wall of the Beadphoria, Inc. for quite awhile. It became one of those things that you see, but didn't look at every day. As you can see, it was in desperate need of a makeover.
Here are the materials we used:
-Bulletin Board
-Fabric Remnant
-Brown Velvet Ribbon
-Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
-Picture Hangers
The fabric was spread out onto the floor and the bulletin board placed in the middle.
Next, hot glue was put onto the frame on the back of the bulletin board to hold the fabric in place. From there, we flipped the bulletin board over. Using the glue gun, we tacked the brown ribbon in place around the edge of the frame.
Of course the work had to be inspected by our quality control manager and customer service rep, Lola.
We placed the bulletin board back on the wall, and started putting the picture hooks in.
Close up of the picture hooks.
Only thing left was to add the jewelry!
We now have a beautiful showcase for our jewelry with a little bit of spring cleaning effort!
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Recycled Paper Beads
In Victorian times, women in England gathered in dining rooms to make beads by rolling scraps of wallpaper on knitting needles. They would then string the beads on long pieces of yarn to create curtains that separated rooms. You can make these beads from recycled scrap paper, and string them together to make jewelry!
What you'll need:
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.
Adapted from Papercrafts Around the World, by Phyllis and Noel Fiarotta
(Sterlilng Publishing Co., Inc., New York)
Step 1 Step 3
Step 5 Step 6
This spectacular peyote stitch Bloomin' Bead was designed by Carol Dean Sharpe of Sand Fibers. |
Before I get completely off topic, let's talk about covering a bead with beadweaving to make a beaded bead. It's a fabulous way to turn ordinary wood beads into something spectacular, and these little peyote-stitch beading projects usually don't take a lot of time to finish.
To make your own peyote-stitch-covered beaded bead, you'll need the following tools and materials:
Let's get started! Here's how to cover your wood bead with peyote stitch in ten easy steps:
A tip for maintaining even tension when working peyote stitch around this kind of beaded bead: when you pass through the first bead in Step 3, leave a thread tail that is approximately one-half the length of your beading thread. This way, you can flip the bead over and work peyote stitch on the other side of the bead without having to add a new thread!
Great tutorial
ReplyDeleteNicole/Beadwright