Slave Bracelet From A Vintage Earring

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  Step 1

  Start by removing the back clip-on part. It requires a bit of wiggling and pulling.

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  Step 2

  Use your pliers to flatten the two prongs (I don't know what to call them? The things with the holes) that the back clip-on part was attached to.

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  Step 3

  Now flatten the whole part against the earring. My earring was soft enough to bend with my fingers.

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  Step 4

  Using a jump ring, attach the lobster clasp to one of the prongs on the back of the earring. Attach a jump ring to the end of the chain, hook it to the clasp like you would a regular bracelet. This looks really weird, but don't worry you'll change it later, its just for measurement purposes.

  *(NOTE)* When making any kind of bracelet, you always want to take the clasp into account or you could end up with a bracelet that is too big.

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  Step 5

  Place the earring where you want it to rest on your hand. Wrap the chain around your wrist to meet the other prong.

  *(NOTE)* Tape can help with this step (especially when you're trying to take pictures at the same time).

  Cut the chain to the measured length.

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  Step 6

  Remove the clasp from the earring, fold the chain in half and cut into two equal parts.

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  Step 7

  Attach the clasp to the other part of the chain you just cut, so that it is in the middle of the two small chains.

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  Step 8

  Take one end of the chain and attach it to one of the earring prongs using a jump ring.

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  Step 9

  Attach the other end of the chain to the other prong. It should now look like a really big bracelet.

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  Step 10

  Attach the two jump rings (the ones that attach the chain to the earring) together with another jump ring.

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  Step 11

  Attach a second piece of chain to the third jump ring.

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  Step 12

  Put the bracelet on. Take the chain you just attached and wrap it around your middle finger measure and cut the chain.

  *(NOTE)* After finishing the bracelet I realized that measuring the finger chain with a flat hand made it kind of tight and it was hard to tighten my hand into a fist. This could be easily fixed my measuring the finger chain slightly bigger. After making my own I fixed this problem by adding an extra jump ring a the clasp.

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  Step 13

  Attach the other end of the finger chain to the third jump ring.

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  Step 14

  Ta-Da! Done!

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Amberlynn Reid · Kathmandu, Central Region, NP · 67 projects 19th July 2013

This is awesome! I would like one with a big star in the center!

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