3-Strand Beaded Bracelet

Here's a different morse code bracelet - you didn't think I stopped making these, did ya? Cuz I still love them - love making them, love wearing them, love giving them, and love the secret messages!

I've never made a bracelet using these multi strand connector bar spacer things - the only hard part was getting the three strands the exact same length so they lay evenly between the two ends.

To make this 3-strand bracelet I cut a length of beading string long enough for the bracelet plus a few inches for tying off. Tie the thread to one of the loops on a connector, add a bit of glue and then put a crimp bead over the knot and carefully smash the bead. I cut the thread a couple of times smashing the crimp bead too hard, it pinched the thread right off - so even tho it's an oxymoron you need to gently smash the crimp bead. Add the beads in the order you want and connect to the other connector at the other end of the bracelet. Run the loose tails back thru a few beads to hide it. Repeat with the other 2 strands; attach a clasp to one connector and a jump ring to the other to close.

3.25.18: glazed baked ham and pineapple stuffing

3.25.17: frozen smoothies

Happy moment ~ sun rays (aka: Jesus rays) 

Mixing Morse Code Bracelets with Coordinating Beaded Strands

Well that was a really long title and sort of sums up this post...I made 3 morse code bracelets for a birthday present and then made 6 other beaded ones so she'll have a wrist full of them that can be worn all together or separately. You know me, once I start I don't know when to stop! HA!

These turned out so pretty that other than the morse code messages that are specifically for her, I wanted to keep them! I did them in shades that make me think of my friend -  blues, creams, gold and silver, a little green...was going for a beachy vibe. All of them are on stretchy cord except one that has bigger pearly stone beads that made it a little heavier so I strung it on beading string and attached a clasp in case it was too heavy for stretch cord.

Morse Code Bracelets

Morse Code Jewelry is my new favorite thing to make. I'm obsessed. How fun is this? Do you know that morse code is short and long sounds (represented in print as dots and dashes) assigned to each letter of the alphabet and sent over a telegraph system so someone listening can understand (if you know the code) the message being sent? Yes it's much more detailed than that, but that's all we need to know to make these bracelets!

Using a code chart I found online, I made these bracelets for my sister spelling out secret words and messages that are special between us - most are from silly old stories we have that by just saying the catchphrase of the story brings back the memory of the event. For instance - we were all at one of Dave's pro/celebrity races where celebrities and drivers are all hanging out together in a big tent waiting, just sitting around. Minnie Driver was sitting at a table all by herself, not doing a thing - not on her phone, not reading a book, just sitting there. My sister and nieces approached her and asked for an autograph and Minnie looks at them and goes "later. definitely later". Seriously? If not then, when? Good grief. We haven't liked that actress since then! Anyway - anytime someone says "later" we answer "definitely later", so that is something I beaded onto the bracelet.

I ended up making 10 strands because I was having so much fun and kept thinking of other
funny or sentimental things to bead. Small round beads represent the dots, and long narrow beads represent the dashes - so going by the chart I laid out the beads to spell my messages, then strung them onto stretchy cord. My first thought was to put a clasp on each one of them individually, but when I realized I had 10 of them that seemed a little awkward to put on. So I attached them all together to a big jump ring, then attached a clasp to that - now all 10 are together with one clasp. It's a little big but I love that the entire thing is made up of messages to her. 

Because we aren't going to remember what each bracelet says without a cheat sheet, I typed up what each bracelet says and looks like with the morse code symbol underneath...as long as she has that she'll know which bracelet is which.

Do you love this as much as I do? I keep thinking who else I can make a morse code bracelet with a secret message on it for - maybe even for myself with positive affirmations and all that. Obsessed.

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