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Faux China Paper Beads

Faux china paper beads look so pretty and delicate you’d think you could smash them like china.

Paper bead techniques are many and varied – this is a new one I devised to add pizzazz to my paper beads.

Faux china look for paper beads – it’s so pretty and they are easy to make with my free printable.

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Wherever I go, I am always thinking of new paper bead ideas.

A few weeks back, I was in The Range in a town far far away from where I live.

I was looking at all the enticing art and craft supplies as usual but not seeing quite what I wanted.

Some of my many paper bead ideas have turned me off expensive supplies.

Pretty as pre-printed paper is, I love the challenge of making paper beads from the unusual and the unwanted.

Imagine my excitement when I found this scrap in a garbage bin with a load of junk that had been swept up off the floor!