Accessories Accessories...

ribbon wrapped bangle

I have always loved to have one or two or more accessories …as long as it didn’t look tacky or way over the top.  You know accessorizing the right amount of everything.



fabric necklace multi color

When I started making jewelry it was all about the necklaces and earrings.  Then I ventured into making all sorts of bracelets from toggle to lobster clasp to bangles.  Then when I started to crochet (thanks for my mother) I started to crochet necklaces, bracelets and earrings and scarves to shawls – talk about accessorizing! 

Who would’ve thought right?  That you can make so much with so much...especially since I already had pretty much the basis.

 

faux pearl, wood and metal
toggle bracelet

crochet earwarmer/headband

fabric cover button ring

Well I also took the opportunity to utilize my sewing skills (again thanks to my mother) and would do as much as I could with fabric and the sewing machine.  Oh wait let’s not forget I also would get the essential items to do fabric covered rings.



silver plated hoop earrings
amber glass beads

I can honestly say from where I started almost 10 years ago to where I am today I just keep evolving and making more things time and time again. 

Sometimes I will take something I made a long time ago and restore it and renew it to give it a new life.  

crochet small hairband
with flower & button

So here are some of my past and present items from beads to yarn.  The wrapped bangle I used a bangle that I purchased from DIY Bangles and the yarn is from Lion Brand called Incredible, the fabric necklace I purchased the t-shirts from AC Moore to make these, the earwarmer this my mom crochet and sewed the crochet flower on to it with a button(she's so creative),  the toggle bracelet I purchased all of the materials from Michaels, the hoop earrings I purchased the hoops and beads from AC Moore, the fabric covered ring I purchased the ring base from Oriental Trading and the button covers from JoAnn's and last but not least the small hairband I crochet the flower from leftover yarn and used a hair band from the Dollar Store.

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Wrapped Bangle Bracelet

Here you will see a bangle bracelet that I wrapped with just a simple ribbon.  Some of my bangles are either in the flat, dome or pentagon style shape. Mind you I learned that wrapping it with the thinnest ribbon ¼ (7mm) didn’t work for me no matter how tight I wrapped it around.  So I would just use the regular ribbon (3/8 or ¼ (6mm) and these would work for me well.

So I start off with a plan bangle bracelet plastic or wooden these here are made with both (2 ¾ diameter).  I got my wooden bracelet from DIY Bangle.com and the plastic ones well they are from all over the place (dollar store, Michaels, clothing store) wherever I would see a bracelet that I liked the style but didn’t care too much for the color I would immediately think of wrapping it with ribbon.

So I start off with the bracelet and I use glue dots (size 3/16 in clear) that I get from AC Moore or if you are like me and sometimes don't have time to drive to the store even Amazon has them online. So anyway, you apply one glue dots on the inside of the bracelet and attach the end of the ribbon there and I wrap the ribbon at least 3-4 times before applying another glue dot.  Trust me if  you do this tight enough around you really don't need that much in glue dots.  Go all the way around and when you get to the beginning where you started there you add at least 2-3 glue dots and connect.  I cut at least a 56 inch piece of ribbon and tie in where I started and ended the wrapping to give it a little bit more personality.  Try it!!

Now one thing I would not recommend is NOT wrapping it with a very light color i.e. yellow.  But hey if you still want to no problem (I personally have some in light colors I just make sure I take care of them). These I noticed you could see how dirty they became.  But hey you can always paint your DIY Bangles to match the yellow color or whatever light color you want (whohoo!!!). 

Now hear this you can even put rhinestones on them if you feel like it.  The creations are endless. Have fun.