I am really new to blogging and that is why it took me so long to publish my first beading project here. This posting will be my Christmas present to you. Thank you so much for your patience and support.

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Turquoise Blue Stretchy Bracelet

Turqoise Blue Frost Round Faceted Beads 6 x 8mm
Turqoise Blue Glass Round Beads 12 x 5mm
Metal Star Bead Caps 12 x 5mm
Metal Rondelle Beads 6 x 5mm
Stretchy Thread size 06 Transparent, 40 cm or roughly half an arm’s length.

You can DIY this bracelet in less than 15mins. A single strand, stretchy bracelet can be done in a jiffy.  Just choose your favorite beads, string them up with transparent elastic thread, and tie them together.

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Beading Tip #1
A Bead Board is an excellent tool for design layout.  Working with a piece of felt cloth and measuring tape is also fine, as it will prevent your beads from running all over the place. The standard length of the finished bracelet is roughly 15cm.  However, it is best to customize it to the size of your wrist and that may require more or lesser beads to the length.

Beading Tip #2
Tying knots can be very tricky.  There are many different ways of making knots.  The easiest way is to tie 3 simple knots.  After stringing the beads together, hold one end of the thread in each hand.  Tie the first knot with a right over left pass, then left over right pass and tighten.  Return right over left pass again and make it tighter.

Its tight, tighter, tightest.  Too much strength applied will break the thread; too little and the knots will slip.  To play safe, you can use two threads (knotted separately) instead of one.  That is, if the size of the bead holes are big enough.

Beading Tip #3
During the stringing process, the beads tend to slip off the other end.  To prevent the beads from running off your thread, you can tie a knot at one end before you start threading the beads.