Big & Glitzy Link Bracelet

Saturday, October 31, 2009

This bracelet is trendy and fun on three counts:

• it is super glittery
• it uses frames as a component
• it is a really quick and easy project

Not to mention it is cute and can be made in any colors you choose. This bracelet continues my current obsession with Big & Glitzy Glitter Glue. To make this yourself:

You need:

• several jewelry frames that have two loops (this is a current jewelry trend so you will find many kinds of frames, take your pick!)
• a scrap of watercolor paper, bristol board or posterboard
• Big & Glitzy Glitter Glue: Onyx, Garnet (or colors of your choice)
• 6 8mm round Sparkle gems: hot pink
• jump rings
• toggle clasp
• chain nose pliers
• pencil
• scissors

Try this:

1. Select enough frame links to go around your wrist.

2. Trace around the frames on paper and cut out.

3. Cut out a paper backing for each frame you will put in your bracelet.

4. Cover the paper backing with Big & Glitzy. Make it thick.

5. Set the frame on top of the glitter while it is wet. Set the gems into the wet glitter. You can clean off the edges while it is wet or after it dries.

6. Alternate sizes of frames and colors of Big & Glitzy.

7. When all of the frames are dry, hook them together with jump rings. Attach the toggle pieces with jump rings.

8. Finished! You can paint the back of the pieces with silver metallic acrylic paint if desired. Since the pieces are hooked together with jump rings, you can dis-assemble and reassemble any time. You could have some green pieces to replace the black for a spring look. The possibilities are huge!

Glitter on!

Sparkle

Falling Leaves Bracelet

Thursday, October 29, 2009

You might not think of glitter glue as a component of adult jewelry. I think I might change your mind with this beautiful falling leaves bracelet made with Big & Glitzy glitter glue. Big & Glitzy is the most amazing, sparkliest glitter glue available. It is the big gun of glitter glue!

Just look at this leaf charm, the look is almost crystally....because Big & Glitzy is so chunky.

I made this bracelet in less than an hour, not including drying time. You can make this fast and easy bracelet too.

You need:

• 5 gold leaf charms ( I got these at my local Michaels, they are 1 1/4" tall, but there were a lot of different leaf charms I could have used, take your pick)
• Big & Glitzy Glitter Glue: Peridot, Nugget, Ruby, Coral
• gold chain link bracelet
• 5 gold jump rings
• 20-21 assorted size and shape crystal beads in fall colors (I used some project leftovers I had)
• gold craft wire
• round nose pliers
• chain nose pliers
• wire cutters

Try this:

1. Lay your charms on covered work surface. Cover the front of each charm with Big & Glitzy. Pile it on! Refer to Mother Nature's work for ideas on how to color them in. Let charms dry.

2. Using two pair of pliers, hook the charms evenly across the bracelet with jump rings. Open the jump ring by twisting it open. String a charm on it, place it through the bracelet link, and twist it closed.

3. Wire wrap beads randomly to fill in the bracelet. If you have never done wire wrapping, google: wire wrapping a loop. There are many good tutorials available. You can also find instructions for wrapping a loop in the back of any jewelry magazine.

4. Humbly accept accolades from friends and family when wearing.

Gold charms, I see these as a blank slate.

Oh yeah. Isn't that better?

My five charms glittered up.

The completed bracelet. You could add more charms or beads if you like. This would also make a very pretty necklace. The great thing about using glitter glue for jewelry is that the glitter does not shed. And with Big & Glitzy, it is just as sparkly as loose glitter.

As they say in Texas, Happy Fall Ya'll!

Glitter on,

Sparkle