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Handmade Bracelets

Category: <span>Handmade Bracelets</span>

It’s all in the wrist when you wear or give a handmade bracelet. Homemade bracelets include a range of styles, including handmade bangles and beaded, silver and leather bracelets. Custom bracelet = custom style!

Browse through these bracelet ideas and inspiration for your own wrist candy.

Step-by-step How To's for Beaded Bracelets

Smooth gemstones feel so good on your wrist! And when you line up enough for an entire bracelet, they make a statement, too. I like to play with different shapes,...

Tubular Herringbone (sometimes called Ndebele) stitch creates sinuous beaded ropes that await your creativity to design bracelets, necklaces and more. It can be a fussy stitch to get started, but...

Starting with two size 11 seed beads per side, it’s easy to stitch a base of right angle weave in comfortable proportions for Gemstone Embellished Right Angle Weave Jewelry. The...

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Looking Glass Bracelet Finished 1

How to Two Needle Right Angle Weave

Always ready for a pretty beading project, but short on time to design and gather materials? The chance to make the Looking Glass Bracelet landed at just the right time!…
Make a Kumihimo Bracelet with Pearlized Beads Detail

How to Make a Kumihimo Bracelet

Accent your modern wardrobe with a new twist on an ancient craft when you make a beaded Kumihimo bracelet. With this tutorial, we will take you through the finishing steps…
Another freefrom pendant

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A third-generation bead artist, Beth Stone thrives on challenges - on visualizing a new piece, then engineering how to make beads of various shapes and sizes work together to build…
Stone rings

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Adia Bobo's distinctive hand-forged jewelry echoes the shapes and textures of nature with clean, modern lines. Her work is a triple threat: bringing beautiful wearable art to her customers, a…
Sewn Gemstone Bracelets 4 finished bracelets

How to Make Sewn Gemstone Bracelets

Smooth gemstones feel so good on your wrist! And when you line up enough for an entire bracelet, they make a statement, too. I like to play with different shapes,…
Mariana Murabito weavings

Spotlight: Mariana Murabito, Textile Artist

In her journey from web and graphic design to weaving, Mariana Murabito discovered the joy of creating images by hand with warp and weft on the island of Mallorca. She…
Samples of 3 tubular herringbone ropes

How to Make Tubular Herringbone Beaded Jewelry

Tubular Herringbone (sometimes called Ndebele) stitch creates sinuous beaded ropes that await your creativity to design bracelets, necklaces and more. It can be a fussy stitch to get started, but…
Gemstone Embellished Right Angle Weave Bracelets

Embellished Right Angle Weave Jewelry

Starting with two size 11 seed beads per side, it’s easy to stitch a base of right angle weave in comfortable proportions for Gemstone Embellished Right Angle Weave Jewelry.
Cellini Spiral Detail

Peyote Stitch Cellini Spiral Basics

Peyote-Stitched Cellini Spiral looks really complicated, but it’s just a glorified peyote rope. The stitch is even count tubular peyote with a step up. It’s the change in bead sizes…