I attended a social gathering last Friday, and brought a selection of pre-made bracelets at the request of the hostess and a few other attendees.  They all loved the bracelets, but most wanted certain beads from two or three different bracelets to create  their own unique piece of jewelry.  This worked out to a certain extent, in that everyone who wanted a bracelet got to choose for themselves what the end product would look like.  The downside - it took a long time to take apart and re-assemble these bracelets and I didn't have my tools or a proper place to work. Also, I a much larger selection of bracelet sizes and bead & spacer styles and colors at home.  We talked about this, and decided that the best way to proceed would be to schedule home parties where each participant would pay a set fee and get to choose what they want.  I would provide snack food and drinks to make it a pleasant social gathering where the girls can socialize and maybe make new friends.  So I'm going to try this out, starting with an invitation to a group of 6-8 girls to my house so I don't have to cart around my inventory and supplies. In addition, there may be individuals who want to bring their own group, either from work or their own circle of friends, for an evening out.  I will probably create a new e-mail account that will be dedicated to this, and get some business cards made up.  I will continue to attend the occasional community craft sale, and with pre-made pieces, and distribute business cards to potential customers of the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) home parties.  Looking forward to your feedback.

An Updated Look

Thanks to my dear friend Alberta, who knows a lot more about Blog set-ups than I do, I have been able to add some much needed pizazz to this site. It's still a work in progress, but it's coming along. I've found that making jewellry and designing the blog is fun and restful, great therapy. Looking forward to reading your comments.

Welcome to The Bracelet Lady

This is my new hobby.

Those of you familiar with

PANDORA BRACELETS know

how expensive they can be.

I figured out a way to make similar

items for a fraction of the cost.

The beads I use are Murano glass,

Crystal, porcelin, kanowirj gkass,

different colour turquoise, etc. No

plastic or acrylic. The spacers are

925 Sterling Sliver, silver-plated

or Tibetan silver.There are several

styles of bracelets and they are

silver-plated with stainless steel clasp

(you can't see much of the bracelet under the beads).

The prices are $20 to $30 for the bracelets (depending

on the beads) and the watches are $30 or

$50 for bracelet/watch set.

Key chains are $10 and necklaces individually priced.

Anklets are $20 (fewer beads) and are 9-11 inches.

I'd be more than happy to make a piece in any colour with your preferred silver spacer theme (animals. children's, family, flowers, good luck charms,crosses/religious, fruit, geometric shapes, and many many more) or just beads without spacers.

I gave many away as gifts at Christmas everybody loved them.

I sold quite a few at work and to friend and coleagues.

Let me know what you think.