When we first married, 30 plus yrs ago, Mike made me my first Texas Style Belt. He tooled leather and stamped my name in the back. I kept the belt for all these years. It is special to me because Mike made it, but it made me sad when I realized I probably would never wear it again. Never as a belt anyway.
I have been seeing leather cuffs at Craft Fairs, in shops around town, and on Pinterest. I thought it might be cool to take the section that had my name on it and make myself a cuff. To get some ideas I did and Pinterest search for "leather cuffs" and there were many options.
This one REALLY caught my eye. I love turquoise and brown. AND it looked just like my belt.
I cut a section of belt the length I needed to go around my wrist.
I rounded the corners and punched a hole in each end for the laces.
I used light blue acrylic paint and painted the leather.
I wiped the excess paint away from the leather.
After the paint was dry I used Johnson's Paste Wax and waxed the whole peace to give it some shine.
I threaded leather cording through the holes and slid beads onto the end of each leather tie.
And this is the Finished Product.
I love my new cuff bracelet.
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