Beaded Bookmark

Beaded Bookmark

We did these at girl's camp, and my Mother-in-law thought these would be cute and fun for the blog.

I absolutely LOVE to read. I have my own little library. My husband thinks I'm a reading machine, haha. I started a book one Saturday morning while he was playing Xbox, and I had finished the book by that afternoon. He was amazed that anyone could finish a book that fast, but he also can't believe anyone would want to read anything other than Harry Potter!

I'm always losing bookmarks, or cant find one that will work for my books. So here's a fun way to make your own, and make it cheap.

*I didn't go out and buy beads. The ones I used below came from 2 necklaces I had that broke. I really liked the color and style of the beads, so I cut them off the necklaces*

Supplies:

Beads (plain & fancy)

Bead & Jewelry Cord (I used .7mm and .028 in.)

Here are the beads I used. Like I said above, these came from two necklaces I had that broke, and I couldn't wear them anymore. I cut them apart, and also kept the clasps from them so I can use them for something else.

Take your bead string now, and cut off a fairly large size string. That way you'll have plenty to work with. Make a knot at one of the ends of the string (I put some glue on my knot to make sure it would stay. It seemed to want to come unraveled).

Bead on your design on the string, and when you are finished, knot it again to keep the beads in place.

I measured my book next to make sure it would fit. I placed the end of the string I had already done on one side of the book and on the other end, I made a knot to know where I needed to start my other end.

I made my design match the one I already had at the other end, but you can do whatever. Make it your own!

After you're done, check your knots and make sure they will stay. If they are coming undone in some places, add some glue to it to make sure it will stay.

Happy Craftin' Y'all!