| From: "Becky Escamilla" <administrationoffice@t...> Date: Fri Mar 5, 2004 10:38 pm Subject: Weekend Project - Charm Bracelet As summertime is fast approaching, many people begin to attend concerts, while others attend concerts throughout the year. So, we thought it fitting to put together a series of craft ideas that will take you from now, into the summer, where you can feature your Hall & Oates photos/names/initials, in a variety of ways, that would be suitable, as a fan, for you to use while possibly attending one of their concerts. The Weekend Project for today is, a "Charm Bracelet" for you or to give as a gift, whichever you prefer. This can be a fun project for concert goers/fans, I thought that we would incorporate it into a project where you could customize it with a Hall & Oates/music theme, but you're welcome to improvise as I know we sure will! Materials: Beads: 7 foil-lined clear E (A) 8 black E (B) Approx. 14 assorted 5-8 mm black, gray, and clear glass (C) 10 assorted 6-8 mm silver spacers (D) Charms - Various of your choice. Frame charm of your choice. Blank charm bracelet Silver findings Lobster clasp 19 head pins 7 jump rings 2 spiral paperclips Misc. Items I.e., basic tools, pix of your choice Instructions: 1. Place CD CDDC CDB CD 4A B CDC CDCD CDC BBB CDC A BC on head pins. 2. Glue A to both ends of spiral paper clip. Repeate with B for second paper clip. 3. Attach jump rings to charms. Attach spiral paper clip and B from step 1 to jump ring; repeat with A from step 1 to second paper clip. 4. Arrange beaded head pins and charms; attach charms with jump rings and head pins with wrapped loops. NOTE: Put frame charm in center. 5. Slide selected pix into frame charm. 6. Attach one end of lobster clasp to each end of bracelet. --------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Reference: Paper Crafts "Creative Jewelry Magazine, Volume 2," page 46, "Travel Charm Bracelet" --- end of reference. |
| This is absolutely a fun project to do and I had a great time! It didn't take long to do, but I worked on this bracelet in bits and pieces, over time, while awaiting for the arrival of my order of the "celestial pix frames." Overall concentrated effort, will take anywhere from 20 to 30 minutes at least, upwards to 60 minutes, depending upon how fast you are at assembling the bracelet. I added "extra" beads, patriotic charms, and celestial photo charms in order to give my bracelet that "Gypsy Styled Look," that I absolutely love! If you haven't tried this project, it's never too late! |
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