Budget crafting, Wk 16, DIY Paper Beads, different ways, episode 1 :)

[@patriciagraham4786]

Thank you for sharing. My favorite paper to use for beads is wallpaper. I buy the wallpaper at yard sales or thrift stores, very inexpensively.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) Thank you for sharing your tip with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@susanthatcher126]

Oh my gosh boho beads would look so good hanging around a lampshade as decor. It's not for everyone but I think it would be cool .

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) That is a good idea, thank you for sharing it with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@barbielk1]

I love your teaching I like the long video. You give all the ins and outs of making the paper beads. I don't like the videos that rush thru and do not give tips FYI thank you so much this is an awesome video! Plus people can fast forward if they need to, everyone seems to push for 20 or 30 min videos but they do not necessarily make good videos like you made here Again thank you soooo much I always wondered how they were made the cardboard beads are so cool I never have seen them before. I have purchased these beads at the store but I like yours better. I've been making jewelry for years I'm so grateful for all of the types of paper beads you made. ❤ Love it!

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) I am glad you enjoy my videos, and I hope you have fun making your own beads :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@ladyknu-knu9906]

Any time that you put nail polish or Mod Podge on your beads use petroleum jelly on the wooden item. It will keep them from sticking. Loved your beads. I really love the ones that you can't get off the sewer. I would just keep them too to look at them.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) Yes, I should have thought of that, lol. I do have them displayed in my art room because I think they are pretty that way :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@diyallthings]

Nice tip. I’ll do that as well

[@2learn4ever]

When you mentioned the shredder I said 'Yes! great! I've got one!' Then I remembered it is a cross cutter so instead of strips of paper, I just get confetti!! :-D Love your beads.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) My shredder was getting bad so I had to get a new one, and I had to find it on line because all of the ones I found local were the confetti shredders too, lol :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@craftnm7225]

Love this tutorial and I love your beads! Great ideas!

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) I really love making paper beads :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@beaulabix4914]

Good morning, Amy - So cool. Love bead making. I do not believe I have seen the flat cardboard beads. Yet, now I have. Suggestion: 1) Making beads with CD's/DVD's. 2) Up cycling the beads glued onto the bamboo skewers into a magic wand. Thank you, Amy. Blessings.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) I have seen people melting the cds in an oven, but that kind of scares me, I will have to think if there is another way to use them as beads :) A wand is a good idea, I do like the way those skewers turned out, even if they were not supposed to be glued on that way, lol, happy accident :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@bshelley0]

The boho style beads would be pretty on a Christmas tree as ornament hangers.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) Great idea, thank you for sharing that with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@donnaswisher8408]

The cardboard beads are brilliant! I've never seen anything like them before. TFS. 🙂

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) I am glad you like them :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@jakea1035]

Your mesuring tip is ace!

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@margaritagerman]

I love beads. I find that every step can be quite soothing. I love the sound that a container full makes when shaken. I could make beads and never stop. Oh well, there are lots of other fun things to do. I should use some self control and limit myself to just a few hours. After all, each week is a new, fun item with which to play. I am eagerly doing my homework for next week.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) I love beads too :) I had a full book box of hand made beads, and I cannot find it :( In the move of the art room I must have misplace it, or gave it away with other things I was giving away. Oh well, I guess that just means I need to make more, lol :) It is always good to hear from you, I am glad you are enjoying your bead making too :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@gradyel6563]

Love your different shapes of beads

[@reginahudson9909]

I have watched quite a few videos on paperbeads so I know the basics of how to make them , except for the flat ones or your Butterfly one that was very interesting and I thank you for that , definitely will try them out although I need the with a bigger hole and what I was thinking of doing is treating a thinner dowel with some Vaseline and let it soak in and hope the glue then won't stick to it , don't know whether it will work . Something else that you might want to show your viewers which is not my idea is , before you roll your bead wrap a piece of foil like about an inch and a half to the top it will give you a nice finish on each side of the bead . I have used foil wrappers from candy especially if they are in colors of gold , red or purple. Thank you for another great tutorial.

[@sarassmith6900]

Thank you very much for sharing your beautiful experience With begin like me. I really love your videos 👍👍👌👌💕❤️

[@kristinnajar8089]

Love paper beads, yours are so pretty! Paper beads were one of the first craft projects I did as a kid; I still love them. So many possibilities! Thanks for sharing, take care!

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) I remember making them as a kid too :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@mariejoiner6495]

Just found you a video ago and have you on alarm so that I don't miss any future videos. This video was so educational, thank you for sharing. I love making paper beads and have actually just finished up making 200. Again, thank you for your soothing voice and easy directions.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) I just started a new job so I may be a bit off on my videos but I will still try to be here once a week :) I have cut strips to do at work on my lunch hour, good travel craft :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@ramonafriesinger5652]

Paper beads ! I love them ! They Look so cute on journal dangles! I seal them with high gloss acrylic varnish. So they are al Glosse and shiney .

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) Great tip, thank you for sharing that with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@tlyria]

So good that I had no idea an hour had passed. Great homework. I love paper beads. Looking forward to part 2.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@sandyvanderlinde237]

What an amazing idea to make a gap in between the butterfly. Cannot wait to try that. I suppose you could make the cereal box butterfly and then the last two in scrapbook patterned paper, to look pretty on the outside. 🤔🦋

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) That is a good idea, thank you for sharing it with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@Mizowi75]

Thank you for this tutorial! You do such a good job explaining all the details. I’m looking forward to watching how to decorate them!

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@kriskraftsmorewilson9651]

With your butterfly bids before you showed us that you cut them and so on for some reason I thought there was a really thin straw in there I am so glad you showed us that God bless and please have a amazing day I guess I should’ve watched a whole video before I started talking about the B roll door

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) I am glad you like the flat beads :) They really are easy to make that way :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@lindasparks7131]

This was so fun and interesting! I’ve never made paper beads but I will definitely start some now! You were so informative and easy to follow! Thanks.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@missyb.623]

Looking forward to this series. Thanks

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@giovannacasadio9600]

What timing, I am making paper beads for the last month and I have made in the past a lot of the butterfly beads and hearts to, I also made some tiny frog beads for a friend.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) I would love to see your frog beads, are they like the flat cardboard beads ? tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@giovannacasadio9600]

@@aljohn I will try to find the photos and put it on FB or Instagram.

[@yansiricoauman-bisayangalaagan]

Galing mo idol keep on vlogging

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@tlyria]

I was re-watching paper bead videos today and saw yours. I know you will be re-starting some of your shows so I thought I would share a couple things I have started doing. 1) Split the toothpick or skewer with a craft knife. Poke holes up the bamboo/wood about every 1/2 an inch. Then pull, the pieces should come apart. If they do not pull apart easily, score them enough to run your craft knife along your uncut pieces. Doesn't matter if it is perfect or even. I cut the skewers into three tools. I find longer pieces hard to deal with once the next step is done. 2) Now put a bead on each end of you cut tool. I glue one end that I use as a handle. Move it up a bit unless it is quite large. Now you can move the 2nd bead up and down and even off if you want. This will allows you to put the paper for making a bead between the split bamboo/wood. It doesn't even need to be tight together. 3) Do not glue right by the stick. Only the end should need glue. Do not roll to tight or it will be hard to get off and now that it is less fiddly it will be easy to get to tight. If a stick ever breaks off or the stick gets stuck in the bead, a Japanese Drill or bead reamer may work. Encourage people to explore KZbin on the subject. There are great videos and lots of uses with journals. People do make these on Etsy if you want to just purchase. Also you can make a tool with a roll pin glued in wood or baked in polymer clay/or buy one again on Etsy or Ebay for just a bit more. These tips for me meant no tools other than what I already had. Thank you so much for all your brilliant ideas. Hope all this info helps make for an updated video that will knock their socks off. I have seen all this in so many places that I do not know who did it originally but some of the videos were over 10 years old. Credit to KZbin family?

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@wandamedina273]

Hi Amy. I love ur creativity. Please sell on etsy or ebay. We can easy give u 3 dol each. Im sure there is lots of custumers willing to value ur work😘

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) At this time, I do not have the time to do an etsy shop, but if there is ever anything you would like, you can email me and we can see what we can work out :) [e-mail] :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@carolriggs9895]

I am just getting into making paper beads. This video was extremely helpful to me. Thank you. Also, the boho beads are beautiful. An idea for the skewered beads. Put them in a flower arrangement.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) I love making paper beads, but they are addictive, lol :) I do have the skewered beads in a small vase, they look pretty :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@gwenwilliams7881]

I love your tutorials, I'm learning so much about this craft, thank you for sharing ❤❤

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) Paper beads are addicting, lol, I love making paper beads :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@victoriatomlinsonmack2086]

Hi Ms. Amy. Victoria here from Riverside, IL~ New to your channel. Thank you for your Tutorial. I’m new to paper beads. These ideas are so helpful. 🌼😃

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@gradyel6563]

And a great teacher

[@debbeharris9635]

Truly awesome video!!!

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@gstunna26]

That's the same kind of glue I use. It works really well.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@cseedbead8180]

Hi Amy, I just found you. I saw the vid from 1 yr. ago making a bead roller. There is a series but I can not find away to hook up with them. I love how you offer tips to use what you have or nail polish from $1 store. I am looking for making paper beads with markers. Thank you for sharing your talent....👏👏. I love...making the beads,... not so much the glazing, to many choices that don't work. Blessings

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) If you click on my picture (icon) it will take you to my channel, then choose playlists and it will show you a list of the series I have :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding day :) amy

[@shereneliscom6736]

The long beads you can make key chains out of them. I would love to learn how to do that.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@tinasteffen]

Great tutorial! Thank you for all the great ideas!

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@katebird7026]

What about the Boho beads (and maybe small bells) as an inside (or porch) wind chime (or what ever you call them in the states or anywhere) Or with bells by the door to tell when it is opened.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) More good ideas, thank you for sharing :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@kriskraftsmorewilson9651]

I remember when you did a ruler on five dollar budget crafting that would be it and I did with this if you come want to update that video so just thought I’d let us in please have a amazing day and sorry if I upset you but thank you for all that you have teachers taught me

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) I just purchased the plastic rulers at DT to make some more of the tear rulers :) I will do a revisit of that in the next few weeks :) Thank you for the suggestion :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@BlueZion9]

Thanks for the tutorial

[@katebird7026]

Star punch beads for a Christmas garland.

[@aljohn]

Great idea, thank you for sharing it with us all :)

[@Lauriebird1]

I love your Beads Amy

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@lorettatompkins6208]

Love it, can't wait for more. One question, where did you get your bead roller?

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) I made that bead roller, I didn't have time to show how to make your own bead roller in this video, but I am going to try and get it in next weeks video :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@diyallthings]

I learnt a lot here

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@canadianjaneoriginal]

I tried getting back into making paper beads but ran into the rolling issue. Skewers did not work. I came back to this video looking for what the pins u use are called. I can’t afford those Etsy ones with duty and shipping. So I need this genius method to make one for myself. I don’t have sassafras, and will have to find a dowel I can drill. I would prefer your handle but I will settle for whatever I can find. I am concerned making hole bigger for bulbed bottom of pin, and then it needs to be glued in or wedged in to hold? I really need to get it together soon. I will be going thru your videos :) TY❤

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) If you use your sawdust mixed with wood glue to make a paste and fill the larger hole with that when you put it together it works well. Make sure you let it sit and dry until it is solid before you use it and it will hold up for a long time, if you use it too soon you will weaken the strength of the bond and it may not last as long. tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@canadianjaneoriginal]

@@aljohn still have not found a cotter pin. The sawdust is not available right now unless I start slicing some wood with my saw. But I can ask the hardware store to give me a handful next time I go. I used it in woodshop all the time. The stuff they sell as filler is not as good as that. Its spackle. I was wondering where ppl get their skewers sliced in perfect halves as well. Iv had no luck getting these pins but I will try harder.

[@beaulabix4914]

Hey Amy - Ok, some thing else with paper. (Shock, much?) Kite paper. And how to DIY. Tissue paper? Traditional origami paper? Some kind of paper with a specific finish? - Blessings.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) I will see what I can do :) I am still working on the jacknife fold, it has just been really busy here but soon I hope :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@leighanneboles6609]

Those are awesome

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@k.susieroloff4801]

Cool!.........😻

[@aljohn]

Hello :) Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@donnacowell7415]

I made some tube beads with ribbon.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) Thank you for sharing your idea with us all, that is a good idea :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@hannahalexander7005]

They wood b good idea for backpacks purses

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@maryogan215]

Key chain or Christmas ornaments for long ones make them longer for a ice cycle liok

[@aljohn]

Thank you for your sweet comment :) Cute ideas, thank you for sharing them with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@karenbynum4445]

Put the )ong ones on the bottom of Christmas tree ornaments.

[@aljohn]

Thank you for sharing your idea with us all :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@shelleysbrookview2671]

🙂

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@glynismccartneyintricatesc5281]

🌺🌸❤️🌺🌼🇨🇦

[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy

[@yansiricoauman-bisayangalaagan]

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[@aljohn]

Thank you for the sweet comment :) tfw, and I hope you have an Outstanding Day :) amy