I’ve been traveling for work a lot lately, and love bringing little projects to work on while I’m flying. On a recent trip, I decided to try making some personalized bracelets for the girls in my small church group (idea from here).
I used 18 ga wire for these, which I think was about perfect. Making the names turned out easier than I thought – I just used a combination of flat and round pliers to bend the wire into the names. For most of them, I sketched the names out on paper to test out how I wanted them to look. Surprisingly enough, security didn’t give me a hard time for having the pliers in my purse on either trip, but I have plenty of pliers so I was willing to lose a couple pair before I tried taking them on the plane. Having pliers in my purse even came in handy around the office the next couple days in a couple random instances – I might start carrying them around more often 🙂
After forming everyone’s names, I hammered them a bit flatter (with a jewelry hammer and block like these) to make them a little more durable, and then bent them slightly to fit better as bracelets. I finished them off by attaching them to some chain and a lobster clasp with 4mm jump rings. When I gave them out, I brought some extra chain and pliers so I could shorten/lengthen as needed, and ended up turning one into a necklace, which also looked great!
Hi, Julia. I just found your blog and I’m in love with this wire bracelets! 🙂 Just to let you know that I just nominated you for the Liebster Blog Award, which is a great way to get to know other bloggers. You can check out the award here and play along:
http://onelmon.com/blog/2013/04/liebster-award/
Thank you for your inspiring DIYs and have a great day ahead! 🙂
Very Cool!
do you use aluminum wire? or some other kind?
Hi Julia,
I am the editor of AllFreeDIYWeddings.com, and I’d love to feature your gorgeous DIY bridesmaid bracelets. Please contact me if you are interested.
Best,
Jaclyn
Where could I purchase the materials for this project?
Thank you so much!!
I think I bought this wire at http://www.artisticwire.com/, but you can get similar wire at craft stores like JoAnn’s
I used to be obsessed with these kinds of bracelets<3 If I could know then what I know now.
Cool