Made It Monday. - Princess Bangles

So to kick off my first ever Made It Monday – I’m going to share one of my favourite products. Indeed this is the first product I made as part of Katy Page Designs. I’m a total princess fan, and when I had the idea of making charm bangles I knew they were going to be princess themed.

Beauty and The Beast Bracelet

Now, these are made in a couple of different ways, as I make two sizes – an adult size bangle, and a child size bracelet which is slightly adjustable. The different between the two is the base materiel. For the adult bangle, I start with two plain bangles, which I then wrap in embroidery silk in a colour of my choice.

Snow White Bracelet

The child bangle is made from a coil and a half of memory wire. I put a loop in each end of the wire, and then it’s the same process as the adult bangle – wrapping in it adorable colours of embroidery silk.

Rapunzel Bracelet 

The next step is adding on the jump rings – I add 3 spare jump rings for every charm – this just adds to the unique look of the piece. The child size bangles also have a jump ring through each end of the bangle to stop the other charms sliding off.

Sleeping Beauty Bracelet

Last but not least I add the charms – three for each bangle. The first one I designed was actually for Littlest Princess’ Godmothers. I made a Cinderella themed one with a pumpkin coach, a shoe, and a magic fairy wand – perfect for the fairy godmother in your life! My snow white themed charm has a hunters crossbow, an apple and a mirror. The Beauty and The Beast inspired charm has a book, a rose, and a teapot and teacup. Rapunzel has a hair brush (of course!), a frying pan, and a tiara. Sleeping beauty’s bracelet has a spinning wheel, a crown, and a castle.

Cinderella Charm Bangle

Since I made the originals I’ve come up with a couple of other ideas, and I’ve made a unicorn themed bracelet (which has 5 charms on!) and a hairdresser themed bracelet. I also made a pet-groomers version for Goth-Princess’ sister.