10 Ways to Make Your Own Beads

August 16, 2013

10 Ways to Make Your Own Beads

August 16, 2013

 

 

 

10 Ways to Make Your Own Beads

 

Who says you have to BUY your beads?

Sometimes I find it almost impossible to find a bead in the material or color I want to use. But what’s a gal to do?

Make your own!

I’ve had a couple of ideas in mind for making some of my own beads lately and it got me to wondering if I could find some other bead making tutorials out there on the web.

I’ve rounded up some of them to share with you.

Enjoy!

 

 

Making Wet-Felted Beads

Making Wet-Felted Beads from Mill Girl

 

funky-fiber-beads

Funky Fiber Beads from Feathered Nest Studio

 

Make-paper-beads

Roll Your Own from You Can Call Me Gwen

 

Memento Beads with Dried Flowers and Polymer Clay

 

Memento Beads with Dried Flowers and Polymer Clay From The Creative Goddess

 

metal-tube-beads

Metal Tube Beads (Video) from Vintaj

 

salt-dough-beads

Salt Dough Beads from Carolyns Home Work

 

 

Drilled Natural Stone Jewelry

Drilled Natural Stone Jewelry from Paper & Stitch

hollow-metal-beads

Hollow Metal Beads from PipnMolly

Pencil-Crafts-Beads

Pencil Beads from Home Made Simple

embroidery-floss-beads

Embroidery Floss Beads from Lines Across

 

I hope that next time you are stuck with leftover materials or in need of beads with a certain texture or color that you will consider making your own.

 

 

Vicki O'Dell

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  • sherie mcclelland July 12, 2015 at 8:28 am

    i make paper beads of all sizes and i tried making cold porcelain clay..i put some paint in the clay while mxing the end results looked like bubble gum!!! I will have to try some of these other ideas.. i have sandstone paint for pottery..i bet the texture would be great on the floss beads..thanks for sharing these ideas

  • Suzette August 16, 2013 at 11:55 am

    Very cool post…I need to try drilling stones!

    • Vicki O'Dell August 16, 2013 at 12:00 pm

      Yeah, I loved that one too! 🙂

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