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This is exactly how I make these:

My other paper bead tutorials:

And FAQ:
Paper Bead FAQQ. Why do you make jewellery out of paper?
A. Paper is my precious, and we wants it, precious, we wants it. My sister showed me how to make paper beads when I was a child, and a couple of years ago, I remembered and felt like trying it again. And now I'm an addict, YAY! I love jewellery making using any and all materials, but I like the challenge of making a material as basic as paper look elegant.

Q. How strong are paper beads? Don't they fall apart?
A. This depends on if and how you seal them. I varnish all my paper beads to make them hard, glossy, and long-lasting. The Japanese are famous for making furniture out of paper. It

There are plenty of paper bead tutorials on the internet! But few of them show how elegant the beads can look. There's nothing wrong with overt recycling, but I wanted to offer a different perspective.

Also! Most of the tutorials say only to use one strip of paper, which makes the beads much narrower than mine. Since the ones I've made here are chunkier, they may be more suited for use as charms or pendants, while the narrower variety may be best to string on thread or wire.

This tutorial assumes you've never made jewelry, and have crap instincts when it comes to what colours go well together. Although, I'm a beginner myself, so my advice may not be the best. I'm just describing how I do it. If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them.
Google stuff for a second opinion, or search on dA.

The findings I used here were all bought from [link] but I also get a lot of findings from [link] on ebay.

(Will probably replace this with the .png, if I don't get bored of editing the file first. It won't make a difference... until the next version of dA comes out and the background colour's different. Eww.)

Credit for the arrow brushes goes to ewanism.

Description
This is exactly how I make these:

My other paper bead tutorials:

And FAQ:
Paper Bead FAQQ. Why do you make jewellery out of paper?
A. Paper is my precious, and we wants it, precious, we wants it. My sister showed me how to make paper beads when I was a child, and a couple of years ago, I remembered and felt like trying it again. And now I'm an addict, YAY! I love jewellery making using any and all materials, but I like the challenge of making a material as basic as paper look elegant.

Q. How strong are paper beads? Don't they fall apart?
A. This depends on if and how you seal them. I varnish all my paper beads to make them hard, glossy, and long-lasting. The Japanese are famous for making furniture out of paper. It

There are plenty of paper bead tutorials on the internet! But few of them show how elegant the beads can look. There's nothing wrong with overt recycling, but I wanted to offer a different perspective.

Also! Most of the tutorials say only to use one strip of paper, which makes the beads much narrower than mine. Since the ones I've made here are chunkier, they may be more suited for use as charms or pendants, while the narrower variety may be best to string on thread or wire.

This tutorial assumes you've never made jewelry, and have crap instincts when it comes to what colours go well together. Although, I'm a beginner myself, so my advice may not be the best. I'm just describing how I do it. If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them.
Google stuff for a second opinion, or search on dA.

The findings I used here were all bought from [link] but I also get a lot of findings from [link] on ebay.

(Will probably replace this with the .png, if I don't get bored of editing the file first. It won't make a difference... until the next version of dA comes out and the background colour's different. Eww.)

Credit for the arrow brushes goes to ewanism.