How To Make A Button Bracelet
Themed Button Bracelet employing a Stretch Cord
In making stretchy themed button bracelet all you need are your chosen themed buttons and Stretch Magic Bead/Jewelry cord. There are wide assortments of themed buttons available at your local bead stores. You can be creative and include some home made glass beads if you need to.
Just use buttons and make a spiral design ; however this can require you a lot of buttons and it does not show off smaller buttons well. You may use an alternative like placing a spacer or beads to separate and show off your buttons.
Pick your desired buttons and beads and start to lay out your pattern. You can explore and play with other designs and styles.
You can now cut a chunk of stretchy rope six inches longer that your wrist measurement, this is for adjustment or extension when necessary. On one end, you have got to put a paper clip.
After that, you can now start with your stringing. If in case you are not pleased with the way in which the pieces mesh, just simply restring it. When you’re now pleased with your design and you have now a correct length of bracelet your are creating, finish it by simply line up the two loose ends side by side and then tie an overhand knot.
Button Bracelet Using Memory Wire
For this project you’ll need some vintage buttons to put at the center of your bracelet, and coordinated stones and beads for the rest. Prepare also a bracelet memory wire, some jewellery making tools like round tipped needle nose pliers for looping each end and holding the beads and tiny materials in effect and a wire cutter. If you want to finish the end of your bracelet, you can also use glue on an end cap.
Start laying out your chosen design. Get your memory wire, cut a chunk of it two inches longer than your wrist’s measurement. You also have to put a clip at one end. String one half of your design starting at the center button.
Before continuing the remainder of your stringing, check the fit first. This way you can easily adjust the length if it is’s not half your wrist’s measurement. After that, switch the clip to the other end and start stringing with the other half. In making the end loops. Just grip the loose end of memory wire using needle nose pliers.
Wrap the wire around the pliers to shape the loop ; you’ve got to position the pliers for you have the size of loop you need. Firmly grasp the pliers ; push the wire away from you and around the tip of the pliers until you have finished the entire loop. Ensure you have lots of wire when doing this project. Finally, clip off the other end and cut away any extra wire and repeat the looping process.
That’s just the start you can learn other jewelry making systems in adding more colours to metal or working with polymer clay jewellery. It is all up to you as to how far and how detailed you need to get. The single thing that restrictions a jeweler is their imagination, so imagine, dream and create.
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