Why We Love This Tutorial:
Stacked bracelets are an easy project to make when you’re feeling a little indecisive! I just adore all of the beautiful new Autumn toned gemstone beads that have arrived in, and I couldn’t seem to work out what I wanted to make out of them. The stacked bracelets meant I could use a variety of shapes and sizes; the only rule really is that the colours tie together. I’ve also included a few of our gorgeous little enamel charms on these bracelets – they worked with the autumn theme so well!
I won’t include the precise quantities I have used in these bracelets as you’ll no doubt want to make them to fit our own wrist, plus, like I’ve said there are no real rules with this style of bracelet. I have included a photo of each bracelet in the stack if you’re looking for a little guidance on design 🙂
Beads and Materials You’ll Need (items are clickable):
- 8mm Variegated Serpentine Gemstone Round Beads
- 8mm Carnelian Gemstone Round Beads
- 6mm Nephrite Jade gemstone round beads
- Carnelian Flower Beads
- Citrine Chip Beads
- 1x 10mm Banded Carnelian Round Bead (I have just used one bead for the dangle, but a different bead from your collection would work to save buying a whole strand!).
- 1x 10mm Variegated Serpentine Round Bead (same as above; if you have a different green bead you could easily use that instead).
- 1x Green Leaf Enamel Charm
- 1x Red Leaf Enamel Charm
- 1x Orange Leaf Enamel Charm
- 3x 6mm Gold Bail Beads
- 3x Gold Headpins 50mm
- 4x Petal Bead Caps
- 6x 4mm gold jump rings
- Elastic (I’ve used this 0.6mm white elastic because I find it easier to tie off. However the 0.8mm elastic will also work just fine!).
- Glue (optional)
Tools You’ll Need:
- Scissors
Method:
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- These bracelets are simply strung on elastic cord and tied off. I prefer to use a reef/square knot to tie off elastic cord (right over left, then left over right) – the key is to pull the elastic very tight when securing the knot. If it is not pulled tight enough, it may just unravel on itself! Some people use a little spot of glue on the knot to help prevent it unraveling. The diagram below shows how to tie a reef knot (we’ve used thick cord to make the photo clear, click the image to see full size):
2. For the dangles, we have simply used headpins and wrapped the loops. For the dangles with 10mm rounds, we’ve used a petal bead caps on both sides of the bead for something a bit fancy. We’ve then attached both the bead dangle and the enamel charm to the bail bead using 4mm jump rings. Here’s a close up photo: 
- These bracelets are simply strung on elastic cord and tied off. I prefer to use a reef/square knot to tie off elastic cord (right over left, then left over right) – the key is to pull the elastic very tight when securing the knot. If it is not pulled tight enough, it may just unravel on itself! Some people use a little spot of glue on the knot to help prevent it unraveling. The diagram below shows how to tie a reef knot (we’ve used thick cord to make the photo clear, click the image to see full size):
And here’s some individual pics of the bracelets: 
