Showing posts with label Jewelry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jewelry. Show all posts

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Horizontal Kandi Bracelet

Hi, my name is Christina and I'm 12 years old, I'm so happy to be showing my craft on my mom's blog! I got inspired to do this craft because my mom is always doing so many cool crafts, so I decided that I wanted to do a cool craft too and that is why I am doing a tutorial on how to make a horizontal kandi bracelet.




You should have 28 beads for each color

Cut the string arm's length

 Tape the end of your string to your workspace

Bead on the first color of beads as though you were making a regular bracelet 

Once you finish stringing on your first color of beads double knot the ends of your string (make sure you leave a lot of string on one end and a little bit of string on the other)  

When you start on your second color skip a purple bead and slide the string in the next purple bead and continue around the whole bracelet


It should look like this when you skip a purple bead 

When you finish stringing the beads all the way around it should look like this, you should add a second layer of the same color (string on one bead then slide the string tthrough the next bead and add another bead and so on)

So in the end it should look like this

Once you have finished adding all of your beads find were there is a space in your bracelet and tie a double knot to it


When it is finished it should look like these two pictures

If you need more information on how to make the horizontal kandi bracelet click on the video below to watch how to make it



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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Bottle Cap Bracelet

We had a party a couple of weeks back and had a lot of bottle caps left over. I new I could come up with something creative! This is the first project that I did using the caps. 
I think it looks very trendy! Perfect accessory for a beer festival{if I ever go to one! :)}! 
I would love to make it with Pepsi caps but I finally stopped drinking soda!! YEAH!


Material:
bottle caps, beads, stretchy cording, hammer and nail

 Step 1: Make holes on the middle of both sides of the bottle cap
 Step 2: Insert the cord through the bottle cap holes and add a bead, repeat until you finish all 6 bottle caps{depending of the size of your wrist}


Step 3: Tie the cord with a double not.

 The finished project!


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Friday, May 13, 2011

Upcycle - Necklace made out of Soda Cans

After making all my Metal Flowers out of soda cans from last week's project, I end up with a lot of soda can bottoms. 
Found a way to use some of them(still figuring out other ways to use them) by making this upcycle project!! 
Would you have guessed that this set was made out of soda cans?



You will also need pliers and sandpaper for this project.

This was the necklace that I had in mind but didn't like it all that much.

Cut the bottom of the can to a size that fits your taste. Using a sandpaper, sand it all around the circle to avoid any sharp spots.
Using the hammer, drill 2 small holes to each side of the circles.
Using the round rings, conect the circles to the chain.





Picture tutorial for the Metal Flowers HERE

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Sneak Peak of next week's post - Upcyle jewelry project

I just made a wonderful upcycle project!!! Picture tutorial soon!! Can you guess which recycled material I used to make this jewelry?