An interview and a bracelet

I am feeling unworthy of the bloggy attention I have received lately…and the love keeps coming. I was interviewed by Leslie an amazing and inspiring blogger at {words of me project}. I always leave her blog with my mind stimulated and a smile on my face. In honor of my first interview I wanted to show you what I made this weekend.

My craft inspiration for today’s project actually started a few months ago…..when we went to a swimming pool that had a water slide. In order to go down the slide they gave you a wrist band. I guess I should explain that my son loves jewelry especially bracelets and necklaces (is that a bad sign lol). He was super excited and wore his water slide bracelet with a huge amount of pride. So you can imagine the day it finally fell off (over a month later yuck) how sad he was. I promised to make him and daddy some “boy” bracelets so they could wear them all of the time. This is what I cam up with:

Yep the old school hemp style bracelet, he was soooo excited.

I started with some hemp twine….

  I cut four strands (the length will depend on the size you want)…..

I tied them off to something because they are easier to manage that way….

Then you want to decide what two strands will be your middle pieces and what two are the sides…….The next part is a little complicated to explain but I had these pictures to help, the website I had printed these off  of years ago isn’t around anymore so this is the best I could do……  

If you want to add any beads all you  have to do is slide them on the two middle strands and keep going in the same pattern (don’t worry it twists on its own)

I tied it off with a clasp and we were good to go :)

   I have a feeling I should make a backup so if this one falls off we can avoid drama lol.