DIY bracelets

Handmade, or handmade products, entered human life for a very long time. It could be soap, panel, photo frames, home decorations, bijouterie, toys, candles... And every year such products are gaining more and more popularity, because each product has its own soul, its own history, its own charm.

DIY bead bracelets

Probably one of the simplest jewelry options is a bead bracelet. After all, it is very easy, and most importantly, the scope of imagination is not limited. Beads can be purchased at any craft store, as well as the rest of the accessories - clips, fasteners of various types, blanks for bracelets and much more.

For the base, you can use thread, metal fishing line, fishing line that stretches, a chain, ribbons and much more. And beads can be made of glass, acrylic, metal, stones, pearls, plastic. For example, a simple option is to string any identical or different beads onto a stretching line. For such a decoration, you don't even need a fastener, it is enough to tie a knot, cut off the excess length and hide the ends of the fishing line in a bead.

You can also find beads with hooks in stores, you can say pendants. These can be easily attached to a beautiful chain in a different order. Moreover, you can hang only 5-7 beads on a chain, or you can hang a bead on each link. Thus, you will get a very voluminous and unusual bracelet.

Shambhala bracelets are now very popular. It is believed that they carry a lot of meaning, help the one who owns it. Such jewelry is made of thick threads, large beads, beads with small rhinestones are often used, sometimes elements in the form of crosses, faces of gods, animals are added. Such bracelets can be made in one row, or in several.

By the way, about bracelets in several rows. They look very beautiful, and, despite their massiveness, they are elegant. For such a decoration, you will need a fishing line, a lot of beads, a thread separator to make rows.

You can complement bracelets with beads with various pendants, beads, satin ribbons, or organza bows and much more.

DIY leather bracelet

It is not so difficult to make an ornament for your hand from a piece of leather. First, decide what your future bracelet will be like. It might just be a strip of leather with a clasp on your arm. It is easy to make a braided leather strap - a piece of leather needs to be cut into three or more strips, but not completely. Now start to weave a pigtail from the shreds, its tip must be sewn or pressed with a special clip.

For rock lovers, a bracelet with all sorts of rivets, bones, skeletons, spikes and other metal fittings, which can be found in any craft store, would be an ideal option. Such elements are easily attached.

You can make a multi-colored leather bracelet - first, a strap is made, for example, from black leather. You can cut a butterfly, a heart, a star, a flower and anything else from a piece of white leather. This decoration can be large or small, in which case you can cut out several small figures. The decor element is attached to a black strap using glue, a needle and thread, or riveting. Remember to burn the edges of the cut out jewelry with a lighter.

If you have leather laces, then you can weave a pigtail out of them, adding beautiful beads when weaving. There are special devices for processing leather. With the help of such tools, you can make a carved pattern on a piece of leather, printing stamps with various images.

DIY beaded bracelets

Beading- is not a new feature. Ideal for jewelry, not gold with stones, of course, but such jewelry looks quite expensive, unusual, very beautiful and dignified. There are many books that allow even the most beginner to reach unrealistic heights in this art, so if you have never worked with beads, then even the simplest bracelet you can make by first picking up a fishing line with beads.

By the way, the simplest version of the bracelet, but the resulting jewelry is suitable for a party, a simple walk, and even for a beach holiday. You will need a thin metal fishing line, a lot of beads of any shade, you can, for example, take amber, brown and gold. It is desirable that the beads are transparent. The fishing line is twisted around the arm and measured depending on the chosen size of the future bracelet. After that, a knot is made at one end, and beads are strung at the other end. The result is a snake bracelet.

For more experienced people, there are many different options for weaving bracelets - jewelry with flowers, stars, waves, in several rows, and in general, whole works of art. It all depends on experience, desire and skill.

You can purchase a metal base for a bracelet in stores. This can be decorated with a variety of beads, rhinestones and beads. Most often, decorative elements are simply glued onto a special glue or resin.

Another simple but interesting option is a pin bracelet. Many pins are taken, beads are strung on them. After each pin is strung not a fishing line, at the end it is secured with a clasp.

You can also embroider a piece of lace with beads, the ideal option would be black lace and black shiny beads. You can add medium shiny beads and rhinestones.

Interesting DIY bracelets

In fact, do-it-yourself bracelets can be made from absolutely anything. You have old zippers - so, make a creative decoration for your hand out of them. You can cut a pair of zippers into three parts and make a pigtail out of them, and the zippers can be monochromatic or multi-colored.

Or sew beautiful beads on a zipper, a large chain, if there are metal rivets, then they are perfect. The advantage of this decoration is that the zipper can be zipped, or half unzipped, which will give a little zest to the bracelet.

You can make a beautiful bracelet using different-sized buttons, strong thread and clasp. Smaller buttons are sewn to large buttons, and all this is attached to a thread.

Speaking of threads, you can use a simple floss thread for the bracelet. It can be of absolutely any color, and for decoration you can add a thread with a flat decoration.

For summer "delicious" decoration, you can purchase beautiful pendant beads in the form of summer fruits or berries. Most often they come with a fastener, all that remains is to attach them to a chain, make a clasp and the bracelet is ready.

In addition to hand-made accessories, you can find blanks for bracelets in stores. They can be made of metal, plastic, wood and, in principle, they can already be worn as a ready-made decoration. But many needlewomen complement these blanks with stones, beads, medallions and other things. A knitted bracelet can be made from such a blank, provided that what can you knit... If you don't know how, then the blank can be decorated with pieces of old unnecessary jeans, lace, suede and everything that comes to hand.