bracelets

Anytime I make a baby girl present…I always throw in one of these baby bracelets…cause they are super fast to do…and ohmygoodness so cute. Something about teeny weeny things makes me happy (I have this little tiny bottle of A1 in my cupboard. it’s just so cute!

so i thought i would give you a basic rundown of how i make them. they are super easy to make and you just need a few things….

here’s a view of the crimp beads close up..they look just like regular beads…and here are my closures…(there is so many out there you can pick whatever you prefer!)

the elastic i have here is big…i had to buy bigger crimp beads so just make sure that the crimp beads and elastic fit together! (you don’t have to use elastic…i like a little stretch in my bracelets though)

then take your clasp and run it through the opening…

then you are going to make a loop and turn the ends and stick them back in the crimp bead

I pinch it until I can’t pinch no more!

for the baby sized (like newborn) before i add the final piece it’s about 9 centimeters…so probably 10  all together….

but you know…..babies vary. (that just makes me giggle. yes, babies vary quite a bit) some come out all chubby wubby and some come out early and are little peaweas. (kid number 2 and kid number 3) so some bracelets might fall clear up to the elbow…and some might look like they are cutting off the babe’s circulation. so go ahead and adjust as needed… (and that’s always why i use the elastic..)

and then to close it…add another crimp bead…

string it through the closure…

and go back in down through the crimp bead

pull so the crimp bead and all the extra elastic is tight so the beads are tight in a row and crimp the bead…