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Bangles from Spring Shopping Guide I love Lucky Magazine ! Nothing is better than opening my mailbox and finding a new issue. Well yesterday I got the new issue and in the back where they have the shopping suggestions for spring I saw these cute wrapped bangles that resembled the wrapped repurposed bangle tutorial that I posted last spring. With a little time and some embroidery floss you can get the look for less by making your own. If you shop around you can make six for under $10! For my Wrapped Bangle tutorial , click here . Handmade Wrapped Bangle Tutorial by Design by Night

Recently I got a stash of my grandmom's old plastic bangles that she originally got from the 5 and 10 store. Although I love bangles the years had put a bunch of nicks and dings on them so I decided to give them an facelift. This project is super easy and cheap. One of the best parts is that you can not only use old bangles you can use all those bits and pieces of embroidery floss that you have left over from other projects.   Supplies 2-skeins of embroidery floss* plastic bangle scissors white craft glue *You can use more than 2 colors, I encourage using as many as you want. Tie embroidery floss to the bracelet. Make sure to double not it so it doesn't slip off.  Wrap the embroidery floss around the bracelet making sure to cover the short tail by wrapping the embroidery floss over it.  To change colors tie one color of floss to the other. Make sure to double knot it tightly so the knot doesn't slip (3A). Closely trim the tails of the floss makin...