Feb
Make beads from junk mail and magazines
I must admit that I am a bit of a ‘greeny’ and I try to leave as small a carbon footprint as I can.
And one of the cool things about being a crafter is that you can often use lots of stuff that you would ordinarily throw out, thereby giving it a new life instead of assigning it to landfill.
If you want to do your little bit for the planet, save some money and get a craft fix at the same time, you should consider working recycled materials into your crafting, and there’s a way to do it for just about any craft.
One way for beaders to get into recycling is to make their own paper beads. You’ll find lots of how-to videos on making your own beads from old magazines and junk mail on YouTube including the one below, and you can check out lots more here.
There are a variety of bead shapes you can make and the appearance of each bead will be determined by the type of paper and the print colours you choose, so your beads will be different to everyone else’s. You’re only really limited by your imagination.
I’ll post links to other ways you can repurpose no-longer-wanted items as I come across them.
Tags: Beading, paper beads, recycle, repurpose