I found it at Michaels as just a chain. This was beyond easy to make into a bracelet. I just added a clasp to one end and then measured it. I took out a length of chain at the end and attached a jump ring at the end. That was it!
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Retro is New
Some things can be so easy that you don't even have to try to make it better. Like take this retro bracelet I made for my Mom.
I found it at Michaels as just a chain. This was beyond easy to make into a bracelet. I just added a clasp to one end and then measured it. I took out a length of chain at the end and attached a jump ring at the end. That was it!
I found it at Michaels as just a chain. This was beyond easy to make into a bracelet. I just added a clasp to one end and then measured it. I took out a length of chain at the end and attached a jump ring at the end. That was it!
Pendants can make it all.
My mom bought a green stone pendant at a yard sale and asked if I would make a necklace for it. I don't mind doing anything that's both for my mom and fun. Those are the best things to do.
Ironically I just so happen to have some stones that matched pretty well. I didn't want it to be just one color and one type of stone, so I found some metal spacer beads.
Ironically I just so happen to have some stones that matched pretty well. I didn't want it to be just one color and one type of stone, so I found some metal spacer beads.
I had a few beads left so I felt that I should use them up. (I hate leaving two or three of something.) Mom likes hoops so that seemed easy to do. They look pretty good too.
Copper Bracelet set
I have had this chain in my supplies and I wasn't sure what to do with it. I only had one and I wasn't even sure the store from which I purchased it. However when I took a closer look I thought it might make a better bracelet than anything else. Plus it was a good length...Actually it was the length needed to make it around my wrist, as well as make a pair of earrings.
Think it turned out really well. Some times the simplest things can surprise you in the greatest ways.
Think it turned out really well. Some times the simplest things can surprise you in the greatest ways.
Tutorials on 'Bracket' Bracelets
Once I figured out how to make the bracket bracelets work... I started going a little nuts with them. I made several more for myself. I also wanted to make one from the same purple bracket that I made for Mom. I figured I would make mine with pearls instead of glass beads.
I also found a few more butterfly brackets in blue and purple.
I also found a few longer bracket designs that I like.
They are incredibly easy to make too. Let me tell you how:
Supplies:
-Bracket designs (make sure to pick up as many as you will need)
-wire
-wire cutters
-clamps
-clamp pliers
-glass beads
-seed beads
-closure
-needle nose pliers
*Measure your wrist and cut wire about 5 inches longer than needed; then do it again.
*Then find a clasp you like (in my case the two ring clasp).
*Thread a clamp onto the wire; then the wire through the loop on the clasp and back through the clamp. (use the needle nose pliers to pull the loop tight)
*Press the clamp tight.
*Repeat the clamp steps if you have a second loop (like I did).
*Then thread the beads in the design order that you picked. I did two or three before sliding a bracket on. This allows for a little movement and doesn't push the bracket up onto the clasp. (especially if you used a regular one loop clasp)
*Thread about 5 glass beads and 4 seed beads in between each glass bead. That allows for a decent amount of space between the brackets and shows a visual pattern.
*Once you have gotten the length you need you need to slide on a clamp onto the wire and then wrap it around the loop of the clasp and finally back through the clamp.
*Squeeze the clamp closed.
*Repeat those steps if you have a second loop on your closure.
I also found a few more butterfly brackets in blue and purple.
I also found a few longer bracket designs that I like.
They are incredibly easy to make too. Let me tell you how:
Supplies:
-Bracket designs (make sure to pick up as many as you will need)
-wire
-wire cutters
-clamps
-clamp pliers
-glass beads
-seed beads
-closure
-needle nose pliers
*Measure your wrist and cut wire about 5 inches longer than needed; then do it again.
*Then find a clasp you like (in my case the two ring clasp).
*Thread a clamp onto the wire; then the wire through the loop on the clasp and back through the clamp. (use the needle nose pliers to pull the loop tight)
*Press the clamp tight.
*Repeat the clamp steps if you have a second loop (like I did).
*Then thread the beads in the design order that you picked. I did two or three before sliding a bracket on. This allows for a little movement and doesn't push the bracket up onto the clasp. (especially if you used a regular one loop clasp)
*Thread about 5 glass beads and 4 seed beads in between each glass bead. That allows for a decent amount of space between the brackets and shows a visual pattern.
*Once you have gotten the length you need you need to slide on a clamp onto the wire and then wrap it around the loop of the clasp and finally back through the clamp.
*Squeeze the clamp closed.
*Repeat those steps if you have a second loop on your closure.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Gifts for the Mom of my world!
Been several days since Mother's Day, but I wanted to show you all what I made for the best mother in the world (to me).
Mom had commented several times at Michaels that she liked these "bracket" designs. I took that as a pretty good sign that she would like what I had in mind to make.
I made the purple one first. I used two different size and color beads to act as spacers in between.
I did 5 big beads and 4 small seed beads in between each bracket. Makes for a more detailed look.
The brackets require a two wires to keep them flat, so I used a two prong slide in clasp.
I also got another set of "bracket" designs that has butterflies on either side. They are gold and copper, which is mom's favorite color next to blue. I found two very good different types of copper toned beads for the in between spaces.
The beads work great with the brackets. The only bad part of the copper bracelet is the slide clasp doesn't come in any other color, so it stands out.
I think they both worked out great. Mom loved them, so that made my day... as well as hers.
Mom had commented several times at Michaels that she liked these "bracket" designs. I took that as a pretty good sign that she would like what I had in mind to make.
I made the purple one first. I used two different size and color beads to act as spacers in between.
I did 5 big beads and 4 small seed beads in between each bracket. Makes for a more detailed look.
The brackets require a two wires to keep them flat, so I used a two prong slide in clasp.
I also got another set of "bracket" designs that has butterflies on either side. They are gold and copper, which is mom's favorite color next to blue. I found two very good different types of copper toned beads for the in between spaces.
The beads work great with the brackets. The only bad part of the copper bracelet is the slide clasp doesn't come in any other color, so it stands out.
I think they both worked out great. Mom loved them, so that made my day... as well as hers.
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