How To Make A Leather And Lace Cuff Bracelet

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Leather And Lace Cuff Bracelet: Easy Jewelry Tutorial
by Jennifer and Kitty O'Neil, The O'Neil Sisters
Running With Sisters

This cuff bracelet is so fast to make! And so easy! We love that you can use any lace and whatever brooches, rhinestone earrings, or buttons you find. The mix of brown leather, cream lace, and blingy Swarovski gems makes this cuff bracelet instant Boho Chic!

Transcript (Edited For Length)
Hi I'm Kitty and I'm Jennifer and we're the O'Neil Sisters and we're going to show you how to make a leather and lace cuff. This cuff bracelet is super easy to make and it's so wearable. Let's get started.

To get started you'll need a leather band. You also need some lace. Our lace came on a spool so we have scissors to cut it to the right length. We're gonna stain it a darker color and to do that we have some water-based stain from the craft store. The color we're using is oak. To apply it we're using a sponge. To embellish our leather cuff we've got a vintage brooch. We're going to cut the pin back off of it using wire cutters. We're also going to embellish our cuff with some rhinestones. These are Swarovski crystal rhinestones that are flatback, 4mm. We're going to use E6000 glue and to apply the glue we're going to use a toothpick.

To get started the first thing we want to do is to make our cuff darker. To do that we've got some oak wood stain. To apply it we're going to put a little bit on to our sponge and we're gonna apply it in circles on the cuff. You layer it as you go and that will help get rid of any streaky lines. Once you have your stain on, you let it dry.

Our leather band is dried and we also took the sponge and ran it around the edges of the leather band so the sides match the top of it. Next I'm going to put on the lace. So close the bracelet. See where this overlap is. I'm gonna make a little mark. It's gonna show me where where this leather piece is gonna cover up this end. So I'm gonna cut off the last flowers that are on top of that snap. That's how long our lace is gonna be. We can center this between that line and the snap and that's where we want our lace to go. We're ready to glue our lace down and to do that we're gonna use our E6000. I'm gonna hold the lace in place. I'm gonna fold it back and hold it with my fingers and apply some glue to the underside. So I'm gonna put that down. I can move and pull the next section back and glue that down. I'm gonna keep applying the glue to my flowers here.

So now we can put the brooch on. You want to take your brooch and you want to cut the back off so it's flat. What we want to do is cut the pinback loose. With these heavy-duty wire cutters you can squeeze a few times in different directions. Then that's how you'll pop off the back. We're ready to glue that on. We're gonna use our E6000. What I'm gonna do is apply the glue to the spots that are a little more raised. We want to center it on the lace. I'm gonna count how many flowers we have. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 flowers. So we'll have 6 on one side. We'll do 6 on the other. So we're gonna glue it on this central one right here.

We're gonna add some bling with some rhinestones. These are flat back rhinestones. We're gonna use our E6000 again. What we like to do is use a toothpick and squeeze a little bit of the E6000 out and get a little bit on the tip of the toothpick. Then I'm going to pick up my rhinestone, apply a little bit to the back. We decided we want to add the rhinestones in between the flowers directly onto the leather. We're going to keep embellishing the leather cuff with our rhinestones, one at a time, until we have a rhinestone in between each one of our flowers and then our cuff will be done.

Happy crafting.
Jennifer & Kitty

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[charley]

Firstly, THANK YOU for sharing this beautiful tutorial! I love it! I just absolutely LOVE making leather, metal, and mixed media (leather w/metal, metal w/leather) jewelry. I have always preferred a mix of things, contrast, very rarely plain ANYTHING. Like I have to mix my food up, ya kniw mix my corn into my potaoes then stick my fork into a piece of turkey/beef/chicken, and eat it all together, lol. Right down to my hair colors, since I was 19, I never liked my hair one color, so I would get hilights AND very dark low-lights....very light, and very dark, and my natural color in the mix, lol! Im the same with the jewelry I make. I have been thinking of making a leather cuff with lace for soooo long, I have thought out/drawn out different designs, and have a few...then I came across your BOHO design here while looking for a tutorial on working with plain tanned leather (really thick and stiff) . I am making some Christmas presents for my family members, and one sister loves horses, and old...really old craftsmanship/style maybe from the Victorian days & medieval as well. She is sweet, sensitive, yet very strong and this cuff seems perfect for her! I will look for something with a horse to use as the center piece, perhaps make something out of resin/set in resin...I like that idea now that it just came to mind writing this, lol. Love your choice in lace! Love the rhinestones, we all love a lil sparkle, me alot. I may have been a cat in my past life, lmao! I will give this a go, and I woule love to see more mixed media crafts/jewelry, I'll have to subscribe and check out your other videos....again Thank you!

[pixiebeads]

I must try this! Must! I have rhinestones, and lace, and the glue and vintage pins, all I need is the leather cuff. Which craft store did you get yours? I have a Michaels, Hobby Lobby and Joanne's in my town.

[kimberlyrobinson]

Can’t you also stain the leather with things you already have in the house, like coffee? You put a big portion of coffee into a small amount of hot water to get a strong concentrate and stain with that. I think that would probably work.

[StitchesbySharonH]

Hi! I’m new to your channel and so glad I found you! I have a question. Could you use the heat set rhinestones on the leather? Thank you in advance! 💜💕💜