My creative workspace

Today I am working on brooches for the craftmarket on Sunday !

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Just paper

I found this beautiful and very thin paperyarn at Paperphine.  I also bought on of their selfmade paperbeads in white.  I crocheted one bead with the thinest paperyarn ... pics to give you an idea.  I will be using these beads in my new collection Les doux & durs.

Holiday work

During the ride to the south of France by car, I started crocheting ...

And I finished it off :

Woven paper beads

As I am always intriged to learn new things, this time I ordered a tutorial from Papermode on Etsy.

I bought a cuttermap, a good nife and a spray to coat the beads.  And I started looking for paper.
The first paper I found was the cover of a notebook that belonged to my daughter (a long time ago).
Soft blue with some green and red flowers.  Made very nice beads and combined them in a very delicate necklace.
The second try-out was with an old comicbook.  I made  a pair of earrings that look very nice.

Thanks to Papermode for sharing their knowlegde !

Being busy beading

Into earrings this weekend

Handcrocheted mini beads with sterling silver pins and earring hooks.

Find them in my Etsy shop

Crochet bead,african beads and gemstones

These are some of the necklaces I made this weekend, combinations of crochet and/or african glass beads.  The lower one has been made by my daughter.

Brooches and necklaces

These are some of the necklaces I made this weekend.  Some with the African recycled glass beads, others with the bronz clay I made earlier. And of course with crocheted silk thread beads.

The making of a crochet bead

Starting with a circle of about 10 stiches with a crochet needle nbr 0.85 ...

Wire wire, crochet beads, rubber, felt, bracelets

Wire wire, crochet beads, rubber, felt, bracelets
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A bit of all kinds of things and materials.

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