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Showing posts with label waxed linen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label waxed linen. Show all posts
Sunday, April 29, 2012
The Hawaii Wrap
I got together with my friend, Kari, today and for some reason the conversation just kept coming back around to the beach and going to Hawaii and drinking margaritas! We made these double-wrap-beachy-delights and I think they are totally in keeping with the theme. Her daughter, 5-year-old Whitney, even got in on the action and made a sweet little triple wrap bracelet for herself and made me a beautiful beach drawing too. The clasps are made out of a pink flower Lucite bead and an aqua recycled glass bead. We used brown waxed linen and size 6/0 clear beads. What a fun afternoon, thanks ladies!
Friday, April 13, 2012
Aqua Beaded Wrap Bracelet
I have very limited time these days and I have to think very carefully about what can be done in a 90 minute to 2 hour time frame while my two year old takes her afternoon snooze. I am happy to report that from start to finish, this fun bracelet only took about an hour and fifteen minutes. I have to give thanks to Erica and her blog (http://honestlywtf.com/diy/diy-beaded-bracelet/) for the idea and instruction. I think it will prove to be one of my summer staples!
I used brown waxed linen, size 6/0 beads which are a bit bigger that the one she lists in her blog and an aqua sea glass bead for the clasp. The finished piece measures 13.5 inches and wraps twice around my wrist.
Oh and one more thing... after making this bracelet today I managed to post this blog entry before my daughter woke up from her nap. YES!
I used brown waxed linen, size 6/0 beads which are a bit bigger that the one she lists in her blog and an aqua sea glass bead for the clasp. The finished piece measures 13.5 inches and wraps twice around my wrist.
Oh and one more thing... after making this bracelet today I managed to post this blog entry before my daughter woke up from her nap. YES!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Learning How to Make Wrap Bracelets
I have long admired the layered look of the very popular wrap bracelets that seem to be everywhere these days. I have seen some for $200+, for designer versions. I happened to have some waxed linen laying around from a previous project so I found this great tutorial on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-QS85GBRcY). I am quite pleased with the results on this first try and already have several other versions in the works. I added the pink tassel out of embroidery floss as kind of an afterthought and a nod to my previous tassel necklace project but now it is my favorite part of the design!
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