Bracelet craft ideas

A collection of fun and creative jewelry tutorials for making pins, brooches, bracelets, necklaces, and jewelry-inspired crafts! If you like jewelry, you're bound to find a project here to fit your personal style and crafting skills.

Grouped by material, these jewelry projects use a variety of supplies from beads, buttons, and paper to plastic, polymer clay, and yarn. I've even included some projects for displaying your finished jewelry. Stop by often as new tutorials are added!

Beads, Buttons, and Fabric
How to Hand Paint Beads to Make a Colorful Statement Necklace - Hand painting beads is easier than you think and a great way to create a bold statement necklaces that fits your own personal style. Once your beads are painted, they can be strung alone or combined with other beads to design unique necklaces that you'll be proud to wear.

How to Make a Multi-Strand Beaded Necklace
How to Make a Multi-Strand Beaded Necklace - Necklaces composed of many strands of beads may seem complicated, but are actually quite easy to make with materials from your local craft store or big box retailer. This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to create your own beautiful multi-strand beaded necklace and offer some ideas on how to make your necklace uniquely your own.

Colorful Ombre Button Necklace
Colorful Ombré Necklace Made with Buttons - Ombré design is one of the hottest fashion trends now and it's easy to create your own colorful necklace using a collection of buttons and some bead string.

Handmade Fabric Rosette Necklace
Handmade Fabric Rosette Necklace - These fabric rosettes add a feminine touch to any accessory and look especially pretty hung together on a necklace. These rosettes are easy to make, and can be embellished with a variety of materials like beads, sequin, rhinestones, paint, and lace.

Quick & Easy Beaded Necklace
How to Make a Quick and Easy Beaded Ribbon Necklace - Choosing and arranging beads for a necklace can be an intimidating task. This tutorial will show you how to put together beads using a length of ribbon for a quick and easy necklace (or bracelet) that you'll be excited to say you made yourself!

Simple Wire and Bead Shawl Pin or Clasp - A shawl pin or clasp is a decorative item worn to hold the ends of a shawl or scarf together. These pieces also keep your shawl or scarf in place as you move around. This simple shawl pin design requires only a few basic materials to create this stylish piece of jewelry.


Heart-Shaped Button Pin, Brooch, or Pendant - I love buttons! One of my favorite crafting materials, buttons are always a fun and creative way to decorate any project. This heart-shaped design can be embellished with a pretty arrangement of buttons, and worn as a pin, brooch, or pendant.

Oven-Bake and Polymer Clay
Polymer Clay is a versatile material that you can use for making so many things. I especially like using it for small jewelry items. This "love letter" pendant or key chain is a sweet way to share a personal message. These charming items make wonderful gifts for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, an anniversary, or for a special friend or bridal party. This is a fun project that requires no special tools or experience with clay!

Note: For most of these tutorials, any oven bake clay or even salt dough clay can be used in place of polymer clay.

Matryoshka style polymer clay charms, Beaded Shawl Stick or Hair Ornament, Pretty Polymer Clay Shawl Pin and Stick, Knitted Jewelry Skeleton Necklace with Beads - A recycled skeleton key can become the perfect centerpiece to hang combinations of beads and trinkets to create a uniquely stunning necklace. This is a surprisingly easy project if you are familiar with using pliers and jewelry making supplies, and a great way to reuse lockets or special items to make beautifully personal piece of jewelry.