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Hand Crafted Word or Text Bead Tutorials | The Power of Words

Not to long ago, a reader was looking on how to make word or text beads. She stumbled upon a very old post of mine and found that the links were no longer valid. A perennial problem with long running blogs like mine!

So I did a little digging to find more up to date ones. Here are a couple. The first is this tutorial which is made from scrap fabric, paper, beads glue and wire.

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Gorgeous Leather Cuff Bracelets from Recycled Belts by SpeckledSparrowLLC

I've tried recycling an old leather belt into jewelry before using eyelets - see tutorial here. Then I stumbled upon Illinoisian Karen's work and needless to say, I was struck by how gorgeous her leather cuffs are.

All the leather used in her wonderful cuff bracelets in SpeckledSparrowLLC is recycled. She adds her own riveted embellishments and those worn out accessories take on a new and glamorous lease on life!

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Upcycled Leaves from PET Bottles for Jewelry Making

It's one thing to create recycled or upcycled jewelry. It's another to make something beautiful out of this waste material. Check out this great upcycled leaves tutorial from Monika on her arts and crafts blog. The tutorial is in Polish so you will need to translate it.

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Eco DIY Mandalas from Old CDs, Beads and Broken Jewelry

These colorful suncatchers certainly caught my eye when I first saw them on Facebook. The eco diy mandalas are made from old CDs, beads and even broken jewelry! A lovely little project to brighten up the home especially in the winter months!

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Amazing Liquid Polymer Clay Jewelry Tutorials by Sandrartes

Liquid polymer clay is a great medium for creating faux glass effects. In the hands of polymer clay artists the translucent results can be very beautiful. Sandrartes is a Portuguese polymer clay artist who has shared some great liquid polymer clay video jewelry tutorials. First up is her clever hollow bead pendants tutorial.

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How to Make Wine Cork Charms

It really seems a waste to just toss wine bottle corks into recycling. Cork is a wonderfully lightweight natural material which can be used in jewelry making. Cork is impermeable so there is no worries of it getting soggy at all. And should you drop cork jewelry in any body of water, it will float!

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Bejeweled Upcycled Bottle Photo Display Tutorial

I've covered different home decor ideas before which involve beads or upcycling jewelry in clever ways. This tutorial by Joanne Palmisano is gorgeous. It features recycled bottles which double as unusual photo displays. She called them memory bottles because you can add sea shells, little pebbles or sand from a holiday.

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Gorgeous PET Upcycled Jewelry by Gülnur Özdağlar

Gülnur Özdağlar is an award winning Turkish architect who has a passion for recycling unwanted material such as PET (plastic) bottles for water and beverages into something beautiful to wear. Her gorgeous PET upcycled jewelry achieves that aim in spades.

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Upcycled Jewelry from Juice and Milk Cartons by Izabela Nowak

Some of the most innovative designers are those who create upcycled jewelry. One designer who rises to the challenge Izabela Nowak. Her collection, Cut Up, features upcycled jewelry made from juice and milk cartons. The shapes she cuts up are stacked and sometimes mixed with polymer clay to create her bold statement jewelry designs.