First I removed the hard ware off of it. Secondly I measured the cuff around my wrists to see where to cut it off and then cut it off with a steak knife. I used a steak knife because it had a sharp serrated edge that worked really well. I didn't have heavy duty scissors to do this. I sort of rounded out the edges of the belt by cutting off of the corners and filed down the rough edges with a sand paper block.
The last thing I needed to do was attach the snaps which was super easy and I just used the direction that came in the package. This is where the leather hole punch came in. The snaps that I bought also came with a setter which is needed as well to make sure the snaps attach properly.
I made three cuffs out of this belt and a silly little key chain. One of the cuffs I am keeping for myself, I'm putting one in the shop (the one with the silver snaps) and giving the other one away to a lucky reader of das blog.
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14 comments:
What a great idea! You are so crafty!!
Love it! Fingers crossed! :)
OOh MY !!!!! These are gorgeous & unique ... you've taken a very current trend & twisted it into something much more organic & remarkable ... LOVE it !!!
All of this awesomeness inside the quiet girl I sat next to in 7th grade History class?!? Who knew? ;)
hey thats really kool you went ahead and did it yourself , so lets plan another leather night k xoxo lv ma
Love it! You are amazing!
I WANT ONE!! I DESERVE IT! AND YOU NEED TO COME VISIT ME!
I love cuffs! And I don't have one that looks like this. Great Job!
I'm in! Love these. I did some leather tooling when I was pretty little and loved it. I had this awesome little belt with my name on it; definitely the coolest thing ever.
You know that I want pretty much everything you make, so you know I'm dying for that bracelet!
i'll do anything you want me too....almost anything :) and i follow you, i'm a follower :)
PICK ME!!!!
Nice upcycle! So freakin RAD!
Oh yes!!! Found you just in time for a giveaway!! Best luck ever. I'm in. Following you now! These are awesome! xo!
good job martha proud of ya love pa!
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