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April 29, 2011

A slew of crafts and DIY goodness

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All of these are from http://dollarstorecrafts.com (I’ve gotten a little behind on my rss feed reading but I wanted to share these in particular):

April 27, 2011

DIY Bracelet to Necklace { more turquoise jewelry }

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So I found this great Ralph Lauren bracelet on clearance at Dillard’s. I didn’t like it as a bracelet as much as I wanted it for the giant clasp. I’ve been looking for a giant clasp since Switzerland and I haven’t seen a good one for less than $20+S&H so I jumped at the chance to buy one for about $18 with turquoise beads I knew were at least worth $7 or more. Since this wasn’t my initial purpose for the large clasp I went back and bought a pink bracelet as well.

Turquoise necklace from a Ralph Lauren bracelet

4 Simple steps:

  1. Remove the end from the bracelet (pictured on the right) since it fits the clasp.
  2. Attach it to the end of the chain and connect to the clasp.
  3. Wrap around your neck to decide how long you want it and cut the chain at that point. Mirror comes in handy. 😉
  4. Attach the cut end of the chain to your bracelet.

And voila, you have a new necklace!

Turquoise necklace and earrings

Matches the earrings and ring I previously posted. Yay – a full set!

turquoise jewelry set

April 3, 2011

Beaded leather wrap bracelets

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I’ve been bookmarking some lovely photos of beaded bracelets recently …

{ image via Jak & Jil }

 

{ image via Good Life for Less }

{ image via Triple Max Tons }

… so I decided to make my own. These aren’t the long wrapped versions, just two single bracelets (was a little impatient):

I’m calling these practice bracelets since I do still want a longer version. Also love the one with the flower fastener.

DIY Instructions in the comments here: http://www.how-to-make-jewelry.com/how-to-create-a-beaded-leather-wrap-bracelet.html