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Bubble Beads

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Turn pictures into bubble beads.

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    Draw around your glass marble bead on to some scrap paper.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Cut your template out.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Take your bead and your magazine, cut outs or photographs and find an image that works well.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Take your template and draw around it on to the image.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    Cut out the image.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    Glue the top of the glass marble with clear strong glue.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    Stick the bead down on top of the image and leave to dry.

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    Trim off the excess image and then stick to a magnet or jewellery.

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Cat Morley

Cat Morley

18 Oct 16:05

All Purpose Glue. :)

moppius

18 Oct 18:03

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

underthethrow

19 Oct 21:23

how neat! and they're SO easy to make

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

01 Nov 23:18

I got them in Tesco. x

Coco

02 Nov 00:17

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

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

13 Nov 22:30

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

Meg

13 Nov 23:29

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

coco

17 Nov 00:57

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

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

12 Feb 17:19

Yeah I do, the angels are cute.

Taavi

12 Feb 18:05

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

Lorla

23 Mar 19:34

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

angie

17 Sep 18:49

those are awesome.

Siriradha

21 Nov 07:11

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

celia

08 Dec 18:02

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

31 Girl

10 Jan 20:29

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

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

04 Mar 17:04

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

04 Mar 18:02

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

Kara

27 Mar 00:31

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

Stormy

29 Apr 16:16

This is too cool. :D

mandy

24 May 01:51

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.

Crystal R.

02 Oct 01:16

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

The Craftie Faerie

The Craftie Faerie

13 Nov 16:01

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

Cat Morley

13 Nov 16:40

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

emily W.

emily W.

03 Dec 08:50

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

QueenQuill

21 Dec 09:15

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

QueenQuill

21 Dec 09:18

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!

Christine G.

Christine G.

31 Dec 14:52

Cool idea! I've seen similar ones elsewhere and always had it in the back of my mind to make some too.

Julie P.

Julie P.

22 Mar 21:19

I love these, I made some too! I found out that by Google Image searching for pictures I want and then copy and pasting them into Word I can totally resize the pictures to exactly right for my bubbles!

ʎǝuʇɹnoɔ

ʎǝuʇɹnoɔ

22 Apr 11:03

fantastic. i have a bajillion of these bead things hanging around. this'll be... i don't know, interesting? now i need some glue...

Surf jewels

Surf jewels

25 Jun 19:53

May give it a go

Vickie G.

Vickie G.

10 Jan 22:39

Thanks for the idea this is going on my to do list.

sparrow is fancy

sparrow is fancy

12 Feb 01:21

Ooh!! maybe I could somehow make Cameo's or whatever they're called out of these! :D

Suki F.

Suki F.

27 Aug 07:05

These are so sweet - and look fun to make!
Sx

Rebekah M.

Rebekah M.

11 Nov 07:45

I've always loved this idea. When I was younger I painted flowers and such on the backs of some of those and glued them to flat thumb tacks... I'd love to make magnets with some of my old sheet music or vintage road maps of London! XD

Cat Morley Posted By:
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September 26, 2005 15:50
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