Saturday, September 8, 2012

Drinking straw bracelets!

 Beautiful Drinking Straw Bracelet! 
I love this project because it's made with drinking straws, book pages and cord plus a couple of little things you already have!
Switch out the book pages for scrapbook paper and you're GOLDEN!
Take a look at the video and see how it's made.
Leave a comment and I'll send someone the actual bracelet, too!  How fun is that?
Version with a little less paint on the ends
Tape a book page to a straw and roll.  Secure the ends with Elmer's glue.
Cut the beads 2" long.
Paint the ends of the beads.
Tie a knot in 2 yards of cord and thread the ends of the cord through opposite ends of the beads.
Continue until you have created your cuff.
Tie a lobster claw on end of the row of beads.
Tuck the ends of the cord inside of the last bead and secure with glue. 
Not bad! Fashionable and recycled! 
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9 comments:

  1. mekeiSeptember 8, 2012 at 8:36 PM

    great idea leading me to more great ideas of how to use this. thanks.

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  2. HelloSeptember 9, 2012 at 3:43 PM

    That's super cool. So much more stylish than the ones I made when I was little.

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  3. Heather LynnSeptember 9, 2012 at 5:16 PM

    Oh my gosh..I should totally get the bracelet since I am the first to comment! I would be ever so happy to have a Mark Montano original! You know I love you!

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  4. CindySeptember 9, 2012 at 9:51 PM

    I swear I don't know where you come up with such amazing projects. You Rock! I would so love to have this bracelet!

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  5. jordanbev5@yahoo.comSeptember 11, 2012 at 9:38 PM

    Great idea and you are super clever!

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  6. missheidi's lifeSeptember 13, 2012 at 6:29 PM

    can't wait to make this! i'm wondering, i have some wallpaper samples as well, think they would work if i soak the glue off to soften them up a bit?

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  7. Mark MontanoSeptember 13, 2012 at 6:34 PM

    You could use any kind of paper. I think that would be lovely.

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  8. JohnnieSeptember 16, 2012 at 7:56 AM

    Mark, this is great. I never thought of drinking straw jewelry. Huge paper bead junkie here. Thanks for the inspiration. I featured you at my new site,

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  9. UnknownMay 29, 2013 at 10:10 AM

    What's a wonderful system for create a nice bracelet. It inspire me to make it now. Thanks for sharing.
    Bead Caps

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