Bag Charms from Leftover Beads

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I know many of you have this issue: you buy beads to make jewelry and end up with some leftover beads…not enough to make anything else, unless you buy more beads!

I found a Pinterest post on making bag charms and using only stash and leftover beads, I made some charms to clang around on my bags.

I used tassels, charms, macrame cord, beads, old jewelry and found items. This is scrappy jewelry, I guess! I made a little kit to throw in these kind of things and will “purge” the kit when it gets full. This was actually fun putting stuff together.

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This one is my favorite. It has an owl charm, a cat, a small pumpkin and stars. I know it is Halloweenie, but I’ll probably use it whenever I want:

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Close up of green one…no close up of the other one because the pic came out blurry.

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Great way to give those little leftovers a purpose in life, and a fun way to dress up your bags as well!

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I love how you have arranged the beads in the green one! These look great and the scrappiness just shouts AIMR!

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These are lovely, I need to make some to go with the bags I make, have you a link to that Pinterest board?

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I love the mystical magical feel!

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I pinned some ideas but this was the link I sort of followed.

Bag Charm Tutorial

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Wow, this really is an amazing way to use those leftovers. I could see these added to holiday gifts, too. Just clip them onto the bows or ribbon for a little extra pizazz. Love.

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This is awesome, thanks for that my lovely

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I don’t carry a bag but maybe I should so I can make bag charms

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You can clip them to anything, really. I made a bunch of smaller ones to attach as zipper pulls…they only have a couple of beads on them and will probably be more useful to me than bag charms…

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These are perfect for bead “scraps!” :smile:

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Ooooo! Like a crazy quilt for findings and such! COOL!

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Very cool! Reminds me of those busy, chunky tassels. They could be themed for occasions & hung as ornaments too.

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Great idea! I have some leftover red and green beads…I am sure I can find some holiday themed charms and findings as well! I am in a make everything from stash/scrappy mood!

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These are awesome.

I love janglies like this.

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These are cute! What a good stash buster! I really like the owl one as well.

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Fabulous idea! I may make a bunch of these to have on hand… I love the idea of using them on gift packaging and zipper pulls also!

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Thanks…I am seriously trying not to buy supplies but you know how that goes…I need to get some jump rings to use up whatever I have left… :grin: It is a never ending cycle…

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Lovely! I think the green is my favorite. I love that shade of green.

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These are great.

I have a set of M&Ms someone on the old site made for me and they’ve hanging on one of my purses for years. I also like to hang them on project bags.

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