Tyvek beads

I've always LOVED beads. I think they were my first love other than Peanut Butter Crunch...the reason I will never have a six pack. Making my own beads is a thrill every time I come up with a new color, design or material to use. These Tyvek beads are so glittery, I want to use them with everything! I grabbed Cosmic Shimmer Gilding Polish from Joggles.com and was able to apply the most beautiful metallic colors to the Tyvek paper before I melted them and then added even more glitter with my…

Recycled Tyvec Beads: Use recycled Tyvek envelopes to make beautiful metallic beads!

I wanted to show you all an easy way to make really beautiful beads using Tyvek and Angelina fibres and film Tyvek is a man made material which can be painted on and sewn- as well as a multitude of other uses. One of it's characteristics is that it shrinks when heated with a heat gun. That's a key element in how we make these beads! I started off by painting my Tyvek by sprinkling on Brusho and spraying with water. These are wet, and quite dark. They dry a lot lighter, which is good, because…

8 mixed media textile art beads hand made ♥ by CAROLYNSAXBYTEXTILES, £6.50

tyvek painted blues and greens with tulle wrapped aorund.

Thank you to the ladies who played along with my guessing game last night, our winner is Sarah from Vintage Figments who tried so hard to get it right, and finally did. They are indeed beads :) I will be sending you a surprise gift Sarah, hope you had fun. So here are my finished beads, something I have wanted to try and never got around to, like so many other things. I kept seeing them in magazines and in books and they were either fabric or tyvek, which is a fiber you can heat. Well I…

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Distressed Tyvek Inchies (includes a great tutorial - can be done on a much larger scale)

L-tybvek painted magenta on one side, shades of leaf green on the other with a little bit of angelina film, R-tyvek painted blues and greens with tulle wrapped aorund.

these are my favorite, did these last night. tyvek and fabric.

You will need: Strips of Tyvek painted both sides with acrylic paint Sweetie wrappers Angelina fibres Metallic threads Wooden barbeque stick Heat gunStrip of Tyvek painted both sides Gather materials together Wrap the Tyvek strip round the wooden stick, then wrap a layer of cellophane sweet wrapper round on top, secure with a pin Next, wrap some angelina fibres around the Tyvek and cellophane Heat the bead with the heat gun, holding the heat gun 6-8 inches away from the bead and twisting the…

My little pot of beads needs topping up! A little later in the day than I had intended, I am posting my little tutorial on how I make beads from painted Tyvek. I haven't done a tutorial on-line before so please bear with me and I'll do my best! I am sure there are lots of variations on this technique. I'm not attempting to be an expert on the subject, I'm just showing you how I do it because I've been asked how I make them About Tyvek Tyvek looks like paper, but has a fibrous grain to it…

These are tyvek beads which have wire and beads wrapped around them.

L-tybvek painted magenta on one side, shades of leaf green on the other with a little bit of angelina film, R-tyvek painted blues and greens with tulle wrapped aorund.

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Use recycled Tyvek envelopes to make beautiful metallic beads!