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Bubble Beads

  • Completed Project: Bubble Beads Picture #1

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

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September 26, 2005 15:50
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