September - Anything but a square or rectangle over at Craft for the Craic

This months challenge over at Craft for the Craic is  - Anything but a square or rectangle.

 

I embraced this task by completely ignoring my tendency to create cards and I went with something completely different.

Please scroll to the bottom of the blog to see the finished articles

Quite often I hear people say how expensive crafting is - in this case it cost precious little and I'm happy with the outcome. I started with some sheets from an old calendar- I'd kept it much longer than I should have, only because I liked the pretty colours and knew I'd eventually find a use for it

I turned the pages over and marked the bottom of it at half inch intervals

At the top  - I moved the rule in a 1/4 of an inch and measured half inch spaces

Then its a case of joining the dots so it results in an isosceles or an equilateral triangle shape,

a bit like this  /\

 

Using a blade and metal rule - cut along the lines and it results in this

 

Using a cocktail stick- wrap the strip around it, starting at the wide end and holding it tight

 

As you near the narrow end - add a little glue and continue to roll tight

It should look a little like this when completed

 Continue to wrap and glue until a collection is created. I put them on the sticks in some polystyrene packaging to allow the glue to dry.

To toughen them up and ensure they lasted longer I gave them a coat of gloss sealer   

 

 

Voila - the finished beads

 

There's 100's of different ways of using these but I made a necklace and bracelet combination.

For an added bit of interest I put tiny flower shaped beads between my paper ones.

 

 

   

 

Thank you for dropping by - I hope you found the blog interesting and useful. Paper weight and length of the triangles will have an effect on the beads - so have a bit of fun trying different combinations.