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Eclectic Braided Bracelet

This eclectic braided bracelet will have you swooning!

eclectic braided bracelet
Oh me, oh my!

This may be one of my favorite pieces of jewelry I’ve made yet!

I’m dubbing this one the Eclectic Braided Bracelet.

eclectic braided bracelets, side by side
I found this fabulous silver and pink version on Pinterest and knew I would have to make one for myself.

Unfortunately the link to the bracelet no longer exists, but it originated from Karma Loop.

I went for a gray and silver version since my wardrobe tends to be a bit of a monochromatic symphony of white, black, and gray.

This is not a step by step tutorial, but you do not need a ton of jewelry making know how to make it.

It’s more of a “giving you the gist of it” type follow along.

Also, its my first jewelry knock off!

eclectic braided bracelet supplies
Supplies
3 different sizes of silver chain

large round & oval silver chain

gray pearls

silver beads

gray cording

silver ribbon (did not end up using…)

silver tulle

white &s silver sparkly fabric

3-strand bracelet clasp

creating the bracelet
To prep the fabric, I cut it into strips and threaded the tulle through the large silver chain.

I separated out the pieces I wanted to used in each of my 3 strands of the braid.

Then I attached each strand to a single jump ring which I then attached to the bracelet clasp.

braiding the bracelet
I started braiding, being sure to keep the thinner pieces on top of the wider pieces in each strand.

I continued the braid until the bracelet was long enough to fit around my wrist.

Then I trimmed the strands and fitted the ends to jump rings.

By now my braid had worked loose from all of the manipulating of the jump rings so I simply redid it keeping it a combination of tight to keep its shape, but loose so that the there wasn’t a lot of tension on the strands.

I don’t want anything breaking later!

braided bracelet
Now that I had a nice “tight” braid, I attached the loose jump ring ends to the other side of the bracelet clasp.

I trimmed down my fabric. The ends are the prettiest thing ever, but hopefully there is so much going on with the bracelet that no one will notice.

eclectic braided bracelet
I.Love.This!!!

eclectic braided bracelet
It’s really something I can wear with almost anything!

It can be dressy or casual.

eclectic braided bracelet
Doesn’t it look like a hot mess?

(But in a good way!)

Now do you see why I called it eclectic?

eclectic braided bracelet
I’m thinking I may need more versions of these for those moments when my wardrobe grabs a little color.

These eclectic braided bracelets could easily be created for any color scheme with the addition of a strip of fabric or some ribbon!

What color would you make?

 

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cher bartlett

Saturday 12th of December 2015

What the length of the things you used before you attached it to the 3 ring bracelet clasp. I sometimes have them end up to tight or too loose. Once it's made you can't adjust it. Thanks... they are beautiful!

A Lilia

Tuesday 20th of January 2015

heheh, gan bagus tuh, izin terjemahin yak.. :)

Terri Brandt

Tuesday 30th of December 2014

•:*¨¨*:• Brilliant! •:*¨¨*:• Thank you so much for posting this! Have a Blessed day :*¨¨*:•

Holly B.

Monday 29th of December 2014

I am totally doing this for my church women's group! Thanks for posting!!!!

jordanbev5

Tuesday 27th of November 2012

Terrific idea!

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