Black and Red Bracelet

After finishing the chain for my Time turner necklace, I still had a lot of those black jump rings left. I wanted to make a bracelet with it, a bit in the same style as my hogwarts houses bracelets, but at the same time totally different.

When I got the idea of this specific bracelet, I started searching for the perfect beads. This turned out to be harder than I thought: They had to be big enough to fit on the jump rings, yet small enough to let two of them fit on. Also, I needed quite a lot of them.

I first found these lovely blue beads, but they were just a bit too small. My next try, green beads, looked great, until I noticed I only had about five of them. And then I saw these red beads. I never realised how much of those actually were in that mixed box! I placed them next to the black rings, and loved what I was seeing.

I really like the way this turned out, I hope you'll like it too!

To make a bracelet like this, you will need:

- jump rings
- beads
- a closure
- pliers

Place the first jump ring between the pliers and bend it open with a second pair of pliers (using round nose pliers as second pair also works). This way the jump ring will keep its shape. Add a second ring and close it again. Keep repeating this until you have reached the desired length. Keep in mind that you still have to add the closure.

You can add the closure the same way as the jump rings. After adding the closure, I tried the bracelet on to check the length, but it fitted a bit too exact for me, so I added an extra piece of chain to it.

Search the middle jump ring of your bracelet and hold it with your pliers. Bend it open and add a bead. Close it again and move the open side of the jump ring to the opposite side. Hold and open it again and add a second bead.

You can repeat last step for the remaining rings of the bracelet. I added two beads every other jump ring.

And that's it! I really hope you liked this 'ible, if you did, I would love to know!!