The sun is still shining--- look on the bright side decoupage cuff bracelet

Sharing the latest  piece that I listed in my Etsy shop today.... :=)

Black and White Decoupage cuff Bracelet vintage rhinestone button fabric flower

This decoupage cuff bracelet is a one of a kind piece made using paper, ribbon, fabric flower pieces,a vintage rhinestone button and a piece of original ephemera from an antique music book. I love to mix black and white prints.

The piece of ephemera that I cut out from an antique music book is a refrain from a song about looking on the bright side. It says...
" Our sky may be dark,and our path may be drear,
Yet hope, like an angel of mercy, is near,
And softly she whispers, as onward we glide----
'The sun is still shining--- look on the bright side. '"
So naturally I thought that a flower should be the focal on top of the bracelet :=)
The old vintage rhinestone and black plastic button still shines brightly in the center of the flower.

The cuff is 2" wide and is finished with a few coats of polycrylic but you will still not want to immerse this in water.

Thank you for visiting http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheEclecticKinetric :=)
If you like vintage items please check out my other shop
http://www.etsy.com/shop/spankyluvsvintage

A Polkadot Orange Decoupage Cuff Bracelet vintage recycle

A while back one of my favorite vintage metal bracelets broke...I was going to solder it and see if I could mend it without ruining the enamel surface but decided to make a new bracelet out of the broken piece instead. So I ended up having the other broken piece of the bracelet to make something else out of :)
I decoupaged some bright orange polka dot paper to an old vintage boho cuff bracelet. Then I added the orange green and yellow enameled piece from the broke bracelet as well as two old vintage green faceted plastic earrings and also a bit of vintage gold tone chain.
The bracelet is 1 " wide by 7" and is slightly adjustable.
I added some clear polyurethane to the surface but you will still not want to immerse this piece in water.
Thank you for visiting http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheEclecticKinetric :=)
If you like vintage items please check out my other shop
http://www.etsy.com/shop/spankyluvsvintage
Have any questions? Contact the shop owner.

Vintage Chinese Restaurant Napkin decoupage cuff bracelet

A Decoupage Cuff Bracelet red and gold from a vintage Chinese Restaurant Napkin

The surface of this decoupage cuff bracelet was a vintage napkin from a Chinese Restaurant (unused of course LOL!) I thought it would turn into something beautiful when I saved a few of them a long time ago.....but I was really surprised at how nice it looks on this cuff :)
On the inside of the cuff I used gold ink to hand stamp the paper.
The cuff is 3" wide.
Thanks for visiting my shop!

American Bank Note Trains in Maine Decoupage Cuff

American Bank Note Decoupage cuff Bracelet OOAK Vintage Maine Central Railroad

This one of a kind decoupage cuff bracelet was made with an original 1958 American Bank Note for the Maine Central Railroad Company. This is not a copy but the original ephemera piece. I placed it on top of an original vintage map...depicting Maine and Maryland. Then I added some red vintage rick rack to trim the bracelet. It is a 2" adjustable metal cuff.
On the inside of the cuff I placed a copy of an old "Sears Roebuck "magazine and a signed heart from me....:)
I love to use original vintage pieces on my decoupage cuff bracelets....
They are truly one of a kind pieces and can not be duplicated unless someone else out there has the exact same vintage pieces <3 br="br">Thanks for looking!

The Boid is The Woid........Decoupage cuff Bracelet Easy Peasy Handmade Jewelry

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Several years ago I started using original vintage and antique ephemera advertisements stamps etc. on my decoupage jewelry and collage pieces. I hadn't actually made a piece out of craft paper or tissue paper in awhile :) But the other day I was taking a pic of another piece that I had made and in using the background "bird" paper..I kept looking at it and knew that it needed to be a decoupage cuff bracelet. So here is the little bird in a tree with a brown polka dot background bracelet :) I placed it on a 3" wide adjustable metal blank and I also added a bit of antique gold tone pigment to the surface before adding several layers of polyurethane. You will still not want to submerge this bracelet in water :)
I love decoupage because it is such an easy and forgiving medium to use !
Thanks for taking a peek!

Materials

bracelet blank,mod podge,craft paper,polyurethane,pigment

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