Tutorial #21 – Bangles Galore!

May 23, 2012 by shealynn | 5 Comments

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So I don’t really wear jewelry. Like ever. But my girls love jewelry, so the other day while at Michael’s I picked up some plain bangles to decorate for them. Can you believe they were only $.79 each! BARGAIN! :)

In this post I’ll give you about 5-6 different ideas to decorate them… I’m looking forward to seeing how yours look and if you create something different! Be sure to share links with me! :)

Bangles (I bought mine at Michael’s)

Options for decorating:

Scraps of fabric

Paint

Necklace chain

Glitter paint or Krylon’s Glitter Blast

Martha Stewart Clear High Gloss

I took one of the bangles and wrapped it in plain red mesh type fabric. I used just dabs of hot glue throughout the project to hold the fabric in place.

Once the entire bangle was covered in the fabric and the end was glued down, I grabbed some necklace chain and wrapped that around a section of the bangle to give it an edgy fun look.

For the next bangle I took strips of 2 coordinating fabrics I ripped from bigger pieces and wrapped the bangle with them. Alternating the fabrics.

When I was done, I made a small bow tie and was going to attach it… but decided not to. But that’s an option too!

The next bangle I just sprayed with Krylon’s Glitter Blast spray paint. Ooooh! Sparkly! :)

For some reason I didn’t take a picture of the process. Nice going Shey! Here’s the finished bangle! :)

The next bangle was just painted with Martha Stewart’s High Gloss clear coat. I like the way this one turned out. Just natural.

The next one I just used washi tape and formed two triangles on the bangle… then I got a chevron look. ;) Once it was dry I painted it with Martha Stewart’s high gloss clear coat.