I have a perky little jewelry project for you today. It is actually three bracelets. You can wear one or all three at the same time. The best part is that they are very easy to make and beautiful to wear. You’ll be using elastic cord with is pretty easy to work with as long as you follow the directions.
Kathy Zengolewicz
Here is what you will need to get started:
- Elastic bead cord (any brand) .5mm to 1mm in diameter
- 18- 6mm bronze glass beads (one bracelet)
- 18- 6mm champagne glass beads (one bracelet)
- 18- 6mm orange glass beads (one bracelet)
- 27 gold spacers
- Hypo cement glue
- Scissors
- Adhesive or Scotch tape
Cut a 9 inch length of the elastic bead cord. Place a piece of adhesive tape over one end of the cord to prevent the beads from sliding off. String 6 of the bronze glass beads then three gold spacer beads and repeat until the 18 of the glass beads and 9 of the gold spacers are used. Take the two ends of the elastic bead cord and tie them in a square knot. Put a drop of glue on the knot and let it dry. Cut off any excess cord and then tuck the knot into the nearest large hold bead.
Repeat this pattern with the 18 champagne beads and 9 gold spacers. Then repeat again with the 18 orange beads and the remaining gold spacers.
When choosing your beads, you can buy any brand. The beads are all basically the same. You can chose different colors than the ones that I used and different shapes, too. You can also use plastic beads if you desire. Whatever color shape or material you choose, your bracelets will look great on your wrist.
Have fun. Use your imagination. I chose the bronze, champagne and orange colors because they caught my eye at the time.
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