Easy Steps Followed In Making Paper Beads With Paper Bead Roller

By Jessica Barnes


When it comes to creativity, there are no bounds to it and people can explore a lot of ways to express art and making of jewellery beads. Using Paper Bead Roller is one of the methods used during this practice of doing it yourself or DIY. This is a very eco-friendly and waste management method that limits unwanted waste papers from lending on the environment and are used for good.

With DIYs one requires not any book acquired knowledge or any references from any written books. Such skills are just found within oneself and whenever guidance is required, social media has covered the topic in numerous ways and has provided a lot of assistance to the beginners. However one ought to have creativity in order to achieve a vision they have set.

The first step to follow is to cut all the papers and trim them as per the type of pellet you wish to make. With the right knowledge, one can easily know what shape of beads you would wish to make and this decision is made while one keeps in mind the type of jewellery they wish to make, the size and also the pellet pattern that will please them best.

The next step is to now start the rolling and first to be placed on the pill roller is the wide side and slowly the rolling progresses. This is a process that should be conducted with no hurry as it is here if one is not careful enough they can ruin the entire thing. These are very light materials and hence one should be really tender with them.

When the rolling has begun, maintain a tight grip as you place the wrapper around the roller and gently but firmly twist the roller while your fingers have a tight grip on the paper. While almost at the near end, loosen the grip and adjust the wrapper into the desired look and ensure that there are no forced bumps that are visible on the beads.

With the paper having acquired the shape desired, it is best to speed the process and make more of the beads but it is not to be done in a rush and carelessly. It is time to apply glue on the remaining piece so as to close the pellet and too much glue should not be applied and also too little of it should not be applied.

By the time you are done with the first four steps most of the hard work has already being done and now it is time to start with the finishing of this product. Here a smooth brush should be used to level all the layers of the glue and to give the beads an identical appearance so as to keep them consistent with one of the other.

Now that you have finished the process and your beads are of the desired shape and size, it is the right time to style them accordingly and bring your jewels to life. To add more spice, one can even color the beads or even leave them in their natural state.




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