Hello everyone! My name is Emily. I really love to craft and create, and I've been wanting to start a blog for a long time, but just never got to it. Until now! And to celebrate, I've made a quick and fun tutorial. It's really easy, and will only take a little while to finish. Enjoy!

How to make a Paper Covered Bead

So I don't know about you, but I have tried every paper bead tutorial that I could find, and I just could never make it work. So, I decided it would be easier if I could just take a bead that someone else made, and cover it with paper. Here it is. I was right. It is easier.

What you'll need:

• Mod Podge
• Something to hold the mod podge (I'm using a peanut butter lid-- whatever works)
• Scissors
• Wooden beads
• Foam paintbrush
• Pin
• Paper of your choice (I'm using some cut from a book)
• Earring findings (optional)
• Jewelry pin findings (optional)

Cover your workspace.

Start by taking your paper and cutting it into thin strips.

Then, take your mod podge and pour it into your little container. Take your paintbrush and paint the mod podge onto one side of a strip of paper. Be generous! 

Pick up your bead and wrap the paper around it, making sure it sticks.

After a few pieces of paper my bead looked like this. Now try to cover all of the places where the original bead shows through.

Now you have your bead! I made two, since I wanted to make earrings out of them. If you want to make some to, read on! Oh yeah, not quite done. 

Use your pin to re-poke your beads' holes.

There you go!

Now take your pin findings and put your earring design on them. Then bend your pin at the top to form a loop, and cut off the excess pin. Now hang them on your earring findings, and voila! You have a new awesome pair of earrings!

I made the earrings for a bigger project I was working on. This is them in a book I hollowed out to make a box. They're made out of the cut pages from the book.

Here's the book completely finished! Maybe someday soon I'll get brave and a new X-acto knife and show you how to do it.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and try it out. Also, this is my first tutorial so I hope it's comprehendible. Happy crafting!