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Bubble Beads

Turn pictures into bubble beads.

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Draw around your glass marble bead on to some scrap paper.
Cut your template out.
Take your bead and your magazine, cut outs or photographs and find an image that works well.
Take your template and draw around it on to the image.
Cut out the image.
Glue the top of the glass marble with clear strong glue.
Stick the bead down on top of the image and leave to dry.
Trim off the excess image and then stick to a magnet or jewellery.

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Cat Morley

Oct 18, 2005 4:05pm

All Purpose Glue. :)

moppius

Oct 18, 2005 6:03pm ago

Cool idea! I like those... might give that a shot sometime. What sort of glue were you using?

underthethrow

Oct 19, 2005 9:23pm ago

how neat! and they're SO easy to make

Cat Morley

Nov 1, 2005 11:18pm

I got them in Tesco. x

Coco

Nov 2, 2005 12:17am ago

Loving your site! Can I ask where you buy your glass marble beads from?

Cat Morley

Nov 13, 2005 10:30pm

The ones I had are only about the size of a penny. Where do you live? x

Meg

Nov 13, 2005 11:29pm ago

I can't find marbles that are as big as yours. Help?

coco

Nov 17, 2005 12:57am ago

Yay my tiny local Tesco didnt have any but I've found them on good old eBay!

Cat Morley

Feb 12, 2006 5:19pm

Yeah I do, the angels are cute.

Taavi

Feb 12, 2006 6:05pm ago

WTF! Do you like mew? Because there is mew angel bead!

Lorla

Mar 23, 2006 7:34pm ago

Aw, this idea rocks. I'm definitely giving it a try!!

angie

Sep 17, 2006 6:49pm ago

those are awesome.

Siriradha

Nov 21, 2006 7:11am ago

You can hot glue them to the top of pushpins, too.

celia

Dec 8, 2006 6:02pm ago

i really like this.i am probably going to try it. i'll keep this siote in mind.~!

31 Girl

Jan 10, 2007 8:29pm ago

FANTASTIC!!! I cannot wait to get home and try these out!

Cat Morley

Mar 4, 2007 5:04pm

I live in Scotland and I got mine in Au Naturale - part of International. Look in home stores, I'm sure Ikea was selling them too.

Beth

Mar 4, 2007 6:02pm ago

I live in the UK and am not having any luck finding the glass bubble beads anywhere any ideas??

Kara

Mar 27, 2007 12:31am ago

This is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. I love it. :D

Stormy

Apr 29, 2007 4:16pm ago

This is too cool. :D

mandy

May 24, 2007 1:51am ago

these are easy and super addictive!! you can find the marbles at The Dollar Store in the candles section and I use Mod Podge to glue them.. FYI magazine pictures work the best!

Crystal R.

Oct 2, 2007 1:16am

Great craft!! I love it!! I use these beads as tokens in a game I play, and now I can be even more original than I already am. :P

so, i'm super hooked, and i'm making them with baby pictures and such for the parents and inlaws for x-mas... you have any tips, though, for taking pictures of them? when i take a picture, you can't see the pic inside the bead because it's blurry (i guess because the top of it is domed). :(

Cat Morley

Nov 13, 2007 4:40pm

Try taking your photos at an angle, that worked well for me.

emily W.

Dec 3, 2007 8:50am

made them..
love them.
Thanks for the geat idea!

i found glass beads that are use for the bottom of fish tanks and they work great!

QueenQuill

Dec 21, 2007 9:15am

These make great magnets! I've been using the same technique for years to make magnets. Tip: use a good heavy duty magnet, not the self-adhesive magnet tape stuff.

QueenQuill

Dec 21, 2007 9:18am

Oh I forgot to mention...when making these in bulk, it goes a lot faster if you get a circle paper punch the size of the beads to cut out the circles rather than cutting them out by hand.

Gift idea: Find a piece of scrap metal (make sure the edges aren't sharp!) and stick the magnets to it. Put the whole thing inside a cellophane bag, add a pretty ribbon, and you've got a great (and inexpensive!) gift!

Enjoy!