Button Bracelets

  I picked up these two baggies of buttons at my favorite store in town; Looney Twoons dollar store, and have whipped up some fabulous button bracelets. I love these cute button bracelets! I used some chain from my stash, and made larger than usual jump rings from silver wire - also from the same dollar store.

I used toggle clasps for these bracelets - I love those things! I don't know why they still sell jewelery with claw clasps - does anyone else DESTROY their fingernails with claw clasps or is it just me?

These are very easy to make, and can be made with any colour of button imaginable.

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making jump rings

Making jump rings is easy to do. You can make them in any size you wish - with any type of wire you choose. The size of the jump ring depends on the size of what you are winding it around. Jump rings are in-expensive and somewhat easy to find. In my town there is not alot of options so I started making my own.

Here I have used BBQ skewers for my jump rings. I am trying to find something smaller than these items to make super-tiny jump rings.

I wind the wire around the BBQ skewer.

Then remove the coiled wire and snip ( wear goggles or close your eyes real tight LOL )

genlty bend the wire to form a proper ring.

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