Love this post, thank you for including me in it. As for brooches getting caught, try flat inset rhinestone brooches (smoother faces) or enamel inlay brooches in place of the big elaborate ones.
Clever way to glam up a simple cuff bracelet. I adore Alison's version, very posh and sophisticated. The other cuffs are great too, just bolder,brighter and with a bit of zing to them.
May 8, 2013 at 9:39 AM
Brooches are coming back in vogue but sometimes not as they were intended. You know, as pins for jackets and blouses. Designers are incorporating them instead into necklaces and bracelets. Here are some examples of brooch embellished and beaded focal bracelet tutorials based on wrapped (somehow) metal bracelet blanks.
Lisa Kettell of the Faerie Enchantment blog had so much fun decorating her skin leather covered bracelet that she couldn't decide on which one was best among the brooches, shoe clips and clip on earrings she had. Her bracelet design tutorial shows how interchangeable it is!
"Brooch Embellished Bracelet Tutorials"
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I've started to do this, too! My only concern is that all those elaborate brooches are going to get caught on EVERYTHING and rip off! Aaarrgh.
May 3, 2013 at 8:39 AM
It depends on the wearer I guess. I would save these bracelets for special occasions as they are quite dressy.
May 3, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Love this post, thank you for including me in it. As for brooches getting caught, try flat inset rhinestone brooches (smoother faces) or enamel inlay brooches in place of the big elaborate ones.
xo
Lisa
May 3, 2013 at 11:16 AM
Good tip, Lisa! And thanks for sharing your tutorial.
May 3, 2013 at 3:42 PM
Clever way to glam up a simple cuff bracelet. I adore Alison's version, very posh and sophisticated. The other cuffs are great too, just bolder,brighter and with a bit of zing to them.
May 8, 2013 at 9:39 AM