Girls Weekend Road Trip Bracelets

Not sure why our girls road trip needed bracelets to commemorate but I thought it did... they're just black beads, sparkly beads, and stretchy cord, and are so simple I whipped out 8 of these in less than an hour. They were actually a big hit - funny, we saw very similar ones in a store that sold for $9 a piece (the girls asked if I bought them - nope!)), I made all 8 for about the price of one the store sold.

Stretchy cord is tricky to knot (it unravels as fast as you tie it!) but I learned a trick on the Stretch Magic website to keep the knot tight - instead of tying a standard double knot (which doesn't work with stretchy cord), tie with a surgeon's knot. Cross the two ends of the cord, then wrap around two times (instead of once like a square knot), pull the cord pretty tight to push the beads together, then repeat and pull tight. Add a drop of glue and trim the ends.That puppy shouldn't go anywhere now.

Here's a diagram from the Stretch Magic site to give you a visual: