Easy summer jewelry: Stretch bracelets

Making bracelets with stretch cording is a fun and easy way to make some jewelry.  These four little cuties are headed to my great-niece today.  She loved the one that she wore in a wedding recently, so I decided to add to her collection.

Stretch bracelets are so easy and inexpensive to make: you are looking at less than $5.00 worth of beads (and I have leftovers that could easily make six more), and the stretch cord is just a few dollars.

This one is mine.  These beads were less than $5.  Will they last ad infinitum? Nope....but neither does my taste in jewelry! 

 These beads had holes in each side, and you just string them twice.  I use a gossamer stretch floss (.5mm) and a collapsible needle.

 Put a drop of glue on the knots to secure them...although I did wear this one a few times before I did that. 

I have a small wrist, so bracelets bought off the rack just fall off.  Making your own stretch bracelets gets rid of this issue! I love being able to make one that is just the right size and snug, which is the way I prefer them. 

 

I plan to make more...it's quick and fun!  And....it also detracts from the age spots on my hands!  #fiftyandfabulous

 

 

 

 

 If you don't have a beading store locally, here is a source list for your reference: (AMWN is an Amazon affiliate)
gossamer floss       collapsible needles     hypo cement