Thursday, 31 January 2013

DIY: Helloberry


Lately I’ve been into the DIY projects ranging from the basic Lego head pencil holders to upper finger rings. BUT lately… I’ve been really into the Helloberry bracelets. They are just ADORABLE. The funny thing is, I bought all the material for it in early December and finally decided to pull the craft bag and just go for it.

I found out about these bad boys on YOUTUBE & I’m so glad I did.

So basically, Helloberry Inc. is a local company in Toronto and sells, of course, jewellery. But from the looks of it, their #1 seller are the Smoothie bracelets that consist of coloured gimp and gold chains, and their Silver Swirl that consists of the same concept except with silver chains.
You can wear them on their own or stack them with other colours, bracelets, and even your watch.

It’s not very difficult to make these bracelets; all you need are the materials and patience.

I bought all my materials from Michaels and the rest is what I had lying around at home.

What you need:
  • Gimp - $1.69 (One roll can make 3-4 bracelets depending on the size)
  • Rolled chain - $9.99 (Any kinda of chain will do, you can even reuse old jewellery) 
  • Scissors
  • Tape
  • Super glue (I use Aleene’s Jewellery & Metal Glue – careful with it, its really hard to remove…I should know -.-” )

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 After making a couple of these, I went on another Michaels run for more colours and a few other sets of coloured chains haha!


This is the tutorial I followed, you may or may not like her but there are many others out there to learn from – so have fun and I hope you love your bracelets!



&& Kudos to Helloberry for creating these unique pieces of fashion – I just LOVE it.

2 comments:

  1. I am so making this, I don't know why I never thought of adding chains to gimp before - brilliant! thank-you

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  2. Wow this is some serious stuff. (Y)

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