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How to make wrapped leather bracelets « Rings and Things

How to make wrapped leather bracelets « Rings and Things
Triple-wrap leather bracelet with blue tigereye beads Let me begin by stating the obvious – this style of wrapped leather bracelet is EVERYWHERE this season. Everywhere! Even my athletic clothing catalogs – which only have maybe three pieces of jewelry – are featuring this style. Why? Because it is casual yet chic and infinitely customizable! Five different leather wrapped gemstone bracelets designs: green opal, mookaite, African turquoise, hematite and rhodonite The supply list is pretty short: 4-6mm round beads We used gemstone beads, but glass, crystal beads or pearls would also be lovely. Wrapped bracelet made with green opal gemstone beads and natural Greek leather. The technique: Choose your bracelet length and cut your leather. If your button has a small loop, you might need to miter (angle) the leather end and pull it through with pliers. Other design options: Have fun creating your own wrapped bracelets! Need supplies? Other how-to’s: (answers selected from replies to blog comments)

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Ric Rac Rosettes My brother-in-law just returned home from a mission in Brazil last week & brought his sisters these adorable rosette necklaces... I instantly fell in love! Thanks for modeling Emily:) With a closer look, we discovered the rosettes were made of ric rac! I had to make one for myself, so I went to the store and bought the colors that were on Clearance(because I'm cheap) pulled out some thread & some beads that I found for 99 cents on Clearance at Walmart...

Modern DIY Bracelets - Perfect for Summer Crafting with Girls 28 Jun As a girl, I spent a lot of summer days lounging around making friendship bracelets of one form or another. It started simply with trios of embroidery thread and eventually evolved into more intricate creations involving beads and other such adornments. Dragonfly Earrings - Beadwork - 06/14/99 Dragonfly Earrings Dateline: 06/14/99 What You'll Need: 22 Metallic Purple Iris Seed Beads 8 Metallic Green Iris Daggers 2 5mm Metallic Green Iris Beveled Cubes 6 metallic Green Iris Nibblettes (flat rectangles) Either 4 Size 3.3mm Delicas or Size 6° Pony Beads in Metallic Green Iris Gold Colored 28 Gauge Beading Wire Jewelry Pliers (Optional) Click here to see the beads I used.

Button Statment Rings It’s September and that means it’s time to add another statement piece to your collection…. obviously! I heart almost every piece Nicole Richie designs for House Of Harlow 1960, especially her oversized rings. As amazing as these rings are they’re also an easy DIY. My friend Jenni, from I Spy DIY, did a project a few months back where she transformed buttons into earrings. #SuperFab This got me thing…let’s transform buttons into statement rings! Buttons, buttons everywhere!!

DIY Wrap Bracelet You should all know by now that we are all about stacking bracelets on our wrists. The more, the better. In fact . . . the most, the best! Spring Scrapbook Paper Tree Hello fellow crafters! Tristin and I were invited to be today's featured guest blogger over at Everyday Mom Ideas! We were thrilled with this wonderful opportunity, and wanted to share with the readers over there one of our trees from the collection we're currently doing. This second tree is very similar to the first one. DIY Friendship Bracelet For several months now, we’ve been receiving emails requesting a friendship bracelet DIY. Well, friends, ask and you shall receive! Today, we’ll give you a step by step tutorial on the classic chevron pattern. If you used to whip up friendship bracelets like a champ in grade school and have since forgotten how, consider this a refresher course. And if you can make these with your eyes closed and arms tied . . . umm, can we still be friends? You’ll need:embroidery threada safety pin or tapea pair of scissors

Free Daisy Chain 8 Bead Necklace Pattern Free Daisy Chain 8 Bead Necklace Pattern. Wait for it to load before you print! Copyright © 1998-2007 Charity Enterprises Inc. All rights reserved. You may print this pattern from this page, please DO NOT Copy them or reprint them in any other form. Other Free patterns and Color Charts available on this site www.uniquebeadedjewelry.com DIY Braided Bead Bracelet - Honestly WTF It’s been awhile since our last bracelet DIY. I don’t know about you, but our wrists have been begging for another colorful addition for months now. So after playing with some materials that were already on hand, we’ve created a tutorial for a braided bead bracelet, which is a not so distant cousin of the hex nut and wrap bracelet.

DIY Colorful Leather Friendship Bracelets Before I get into the how-to, check out this picture I shamelessly screen-grabbed from Sara Zucker’s Pose account. That’s my wrist early on Day 1 of MAGIC. A few hours later I had even more bracelets because I *had* to keep making new ones as examples. Also, 122 hearts! Thanks for the love

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