I’ve been busy.

No really, I have. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt even remotely like I wanted to craft something. It’s creative block like I’ve never experienced. Nothing appealed to me enough to get the supplies and try to make it. Weird for a person who always has a project.

Well, not anymore. I’ve broken the block, people!

This has been a week of revelations for me. I’ve been antsy to craft and create things, so much so that I’ve been searching through thrift stores, Pinterest, and Etsy for inspiration and materials. It’s great to feel this passion for creating again.

For a while I’ve been seeing these cute wrap bracelets online, and at my favorite shop, Heart n’ Soul Beads. So when I had a chance to go home and make a visit to the shop, I got inspired to buy supplies and make one of my own. So I’ll try my best to walk you through the process.

First, you need supplies. I used a yard of medium thickness leather {really more on the thin side}, some czech glass beads, some plastic gold beads, silver bead thread, and a gold button. I know that’s not the most specific list, and so I apologize.

Take the yard of leather and the silver thread, fold them in half, and tie them in a knot, large enough for your button to fit through the hole, but tight enough to leave room for it to stretch out a bit. It’s a complicated formula. I then cut the silver thread out of the loop.

The next part will sound really complicated because I don’t know how to write down instructions. But it really isn’t. I promise.

Wrap both sides of the silver thread around the leather so that its underneath. Then put both threads through the bead in opposite directions…it will look like this:

Pull it tight and roll the bead up into place. Then just repeat with all of the beads until it’s the length that you want it to be. I made mine long enough to go twice around my wrist, but I had to leave a little extra leather unbeaded at the end.

To finish it off, wrap the silver threads around the leather several times and, if you’re putting beads all the way to the end, then you can tie the button on with the silver and the leather together. If not, you can wrap the silver around the leather several times and tie it together in the back to hide the knot.

And there you have it, the finished product!

I feel like I’m not very good at writing these tutorials, so hopefully you understood my ramblings enough to follow. This bracelet not only got me creative again, but it’s also a great addition to my wrist, of course!