Creative Beading

I am planning a Mardi Gras themed graduation party. Any ideas for a way to make sure everyone has a good time?

For invitations, I will be sending out personilized masks/top hats. I will also have “party favors” such as Mardi Gras beads, tamborines and glow necklaces. I am also on a tight budget so ideas for inexpensive food/refreshments would also be appreciated.

You have to have a “King Cake” – the one with purple, green and gold sugars and a small plastic baby hidden inside for a prize. You can get these at many bakeries and also on line.

You could serve “Po-boys” (basically sub sandwiches), dirty beans and rice, jambalaya, crawfish & taters and corn on the cob boil.

You need to have some good New Orleans jazz, blues, Cajun music. Have fun!

Beading Ideas – Bohemian chain Necklace

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Jewelry Making and Beading (Teach Yourself VISUALLY Consumer) $11.09 wiley publishing jewelry making beading. each skill or technique is defined and described. features detailed color photos that demonstrate each step and helpful tips that provide additional guidance. you will learn to craft designs that are chic but inexpensive. covers tools and supplies bead stringing and weaving wire wrapping and more concise two page lessons show you all the steps to a skill an…

Making Beautiful Hemp & Bead Jewelry (Jewelry Crafts) $6.85 The retro chic of the 1970s has once again made macramé hemp jewelry popular. But far from looking dated, the designs in this book offer a fresh take on a traditional craft, giving new life to an old fiber art with a few dozen easy projects. With simple knotting, braiding, and cord-weaving techniques; several yards of hemp cord; and some interesting beads, you can create necklaces, bracelets…

Bead Simple: 150 Designs for Earrings, Necklaces, Bracelets, Embellishments, and More $12.00 taunton press bead simple. this book is simply fantastic it proves that anyone can make beautiful jewelry with a few tools a couple of easy to learn techniques and the guidance of susan beals wonderful eye for color and texture. the projects within this book are absolutely inspiring this book features 150 designs for earrings necklaces bracelets embellishments and much more. you will learn everyth…