I know wire wrapping has been mentioned already, but I thought I'd show you a couple pics of what I have done:

Marble with blue glass bugles:


Marble with multi-colored glass seed beeds:

Hmm, if people take their pics off of photobucket, then it will say that the pic is no longer there...if the album goes over it's bandwidth, just try again later or right click on the pic, select properties - copy & past the URL and you might be able to see the pic (it usually works for me).

Anyways, here are a few more pics:

Tell us more about wire wrapping. Do these beads have holes? Can u do ity on those without holes??

These beads do have holes, so to start, I curl the end of the wire (the decorative curl seen in the pics). I thread the bead onto the wire, bend it to create a loop, then wrap the rest of the wire around the bead. I curl the end of the wire to prevent scratches.

Also, you can wrap around anything! I've been wrapping beach glass, polished stones, beads and marbles. Here is an example of marble wrapping:

New Pics will be added as they are available, to this post
I made some pedants over the past couple of days, from some great gemstone-type beads I got in a huge bag of mixed beads. These are the results - sorry some are a bit blurry Thanks for looking! These will be available on my site shortly (jewelry page).













New ones (added 06/03)!











And a clear pic of all 11 pendants:



Added 06/04:

























Added June 10/06

I made these last night, with textured marbles I found the marbles at the dollar store - about 50 marbles for $1. Thanks for looking & hope you like!

Red textured:


Green textured:


Blue textured:

Thank you very much Here are even more pairs:





(Harry Potter inspired - Gryffindor colors & Golden Snitches!)

Here are 3 others I made today:

(I absolutely adore the beaded binding ont this one!)








All 4:

Here is a book I tried to make this afternoon. I thought I would capture it all on the digital camera, in case it worked and others may like it. So, here it is!

I started with 1 mini playing card (1 1/2" x 2 1/4"):


Fold the card in half, so that it is 1 1/8":


Find something for the cover, something that you like...I picked a notepaper from Michael's:


Glue to card to the center, leaving room around the edges. Also trim the paper so that it will overlap the card:





Glue the edges onto the card, fold over the pointy edges and glue them too:






Fold the card again:


Choose another paper, and cover the inside of the card, leaving an edge around the card:


Next, cut a few pages for the interior - I cut 3 pieces (2" x 1 1/4"):


Now stitch the pages inside - I used invisable thread, really strong and clear:






Next cover with wire-edged ribbon, gluing on the inside only (so you don't have glue on the outside of the cover):


Then, add satin ribbon to cover the edges of the wired ribbon (glue on the inside, and one dot on the outside), like this:






Finally, you are done with the basic construction, and have an adorable little mini book like this:


Mess around with the papers and ribbon (or whatever you want!). I'd love to see if anyone else makes these These can also be done with any sized card, I just wanted a reason to use the mini cards

Here is a second case that I altered. I like the look better, although it could still use some work. It's going to hold a gift CD of crafty things for a school, as well as a craft-a-long CD of music

I've been on a crafty binge this week, and have made loads of things, from earrings to tags to ATCs Anyways, here are some of the tags/bookmarks I've made (only 4 so far - still making other things as well). So, thanks for looking and comments are more than welcome