Lengthen a Bracelet

 Hello Readers. I love thrifting and I found this fabulous bracelet at a thrift shop for $1.50 I liked the colors and brought it home. I didn't try it on and when I got home... it didn't fit my wrist very well. That's OK, I can fix this.

Make your bracelet fit.

This bracelet was so pretty. I thought it was gorgeous and the price was right. I bought it right away.

My daughter saw the bracelet and recognized what it was. I did a little research and found out this kind of bracelet was from Italy and made with tiny mosaic pieces. 

 

The bracelet was small and tight when I put it on. I was able to get it on but it was not comfortable at all. I needed a little more space.

 

I can use a few o-rings to add length to the bracelet. These are from Amazon and very affordable. The rings are available in gold or silver tone so you can match your bracelet.

 

You can also get o-rings from the thrift store or from an old pair of earring you have on hand. A lot of dangle earrings have o-rings and you can use the o-rings from them to lengthen your bracelet too. 

 

I used tweezers to twist open the o-rings in these earrings. They open easily and you don't need fancy tools, the tweezers work just great. Where ever you find your o-rings and whatever o-rings you use, the rest of these steps will be the same. 

 

When the o-ring is open, it can fit on the end of the bracelet. You might need to add one or two or maybe more. You can judge the length that works best for you and your wrist to be comfortable. 

 

I added three o-rings to my bracelet. I twisted them open and connected them to each other. They twist closed just as easily. The whole fix only took a few minutes to complete.

 

The bracelet fits so much better now. You can see the o-rings I added to the bracelet. They added just enough room for comfort and it was easier to get the bracelet clasped on my wrist when there was some extra length to work with. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make a Bangle Bracelet

 Hello Readers. Let's make a fun bracelet. This is easy to put together and you can make it unique for yourself. It uses an empty roll of shipping tape (Or any tape.) and I love an easy re-use project. Let me show you how I made it. 

Before and after. 

This kind of shipping tape comes on a plastic roll. It is a great base for a bangle bracelet. I used all the tape on this roll for other things. I was left with the plastic tape roll. 

 

Here is my empty roll and some cotton based trim that I had on-hand. You could also use ribbon, cord or yarn, anything you have available.

 

 Any trim or ribbon would work for this project so use whatever appeals to you. I dug around my sewing stash to find some blue trim but you can use whatever you like. 

  

I used a hot glue gun. I used one small blob of glue inside the roll to hold one end of the trim. As you can see, my glue gun has been through a lot but any glue gun will work. You just need a tiny dab of glue.

 

I held the trim to the glue until it had cooled down and set in place. Once the trim was secure in place, I could get wrapping. Wrapping the trim around the roll that is.

 

I wrapped the trim around and around and around the tape roll. I made sure the trim overlapped a bit each time I wrapped it around. I didn't want any tape roll to show. I wanted only the trim to show. 

 

When the roll was covered well with trim I added a small blob of hot glue to hold the end of the trim to finish the bracelet. This would keep the roll hidden and all my trim wrapped in place really securely.

  

Here is a bracelet close-up. I liked how wide this bracelet was. A more narrow tape roll would make a more narrow bracelet. You can make whatever suits you best. 

 

I made this fun bracelet to match this outfit, the big bracelet really pops. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.