How to Make an Engraved Leather Bracelet with xTool!

How to Make an Engraved Leather Bracelet with xTool! Learn how to make an engraved leather bracelet with the xTool M1 Laser Cutting Machine. This stunning bracelet is the perfect custom gift to make for Mother's day, and took less than 5 minutes from start to finish! Here's my mama and me. 🥰 🥰 🥰  My mom passed away a week before my 17th birthday. I started celebrating mother's day for me, instead of feeling sad that she is no longer around. I know she would love this bracelet! Supplies Needed for Engraved Leather Bracelet: Leather Bracelet Blank xTool M1 10W Deluxe RA2 Pro Simple Design ( I wrote Beauty and paired it with line drawn hibiscus) xTool Creative Space (XCS) free download Step 1: Design Begin by opening up the xTool Creative Space software.  Then import picture files.  I import png files so the background is removed and the lines are sharp. Step 2: Line up Bracelet Set the leather bracelet blank inside the xTool M1 Laser Cutting machine. I used painters...

DIY Wonder Woman Bracelets

 DIY Wonder Woman Bracelets Oriental Trading sent me the supplies for this post. ..affiliate links in post. Wonder Woman is awesome! She has these amazing bracelets that help her block blaster bolts and totally protect her even though she barely wears anything else...because that's how super powers work!  These are easy and fun to make yourself! Perfect kids craft!  Most of the pictures of Wonder Woman show her wearing mostly gold, but her bracers are silver...so I did silver ones.  You will need: Silver (or gold) spray paint or paint Red star stickers Slap Bracelets (slap bracelets are so 90's and fun, sent to my by Oriental Trading)  I took 2 of them and spray painted them silver. If you have kids that want to paint, let them use craft paint and a brush to paint them. They will likely crack over time...but they are slap bracelets and won't last forever anyway.  Let them dry completely. I used an electronic cutter to cut red ...

Leather Rhinestone Cuff Bracelets!

Leather Rhinestone Cuff Bracelets! Add some glam to your wrist!  For each cuff you will need: 9" by 1.25" a strip of Light Weight Black Leather Triple Gem Rhinestone Connectors ($1.95 ea.) 2 diamond rivets Snaps for closure...we used metal snaps, but even plastic snaps work with light weight leather. This is the plastic snap set I have... Starter Pack KAM Plastic Snap Setting Pliers with 100 Plastic Snap Sets Okay, let's get started. I used a metal ruler, cutting mat and rotary cutter to cut my leather to size. It's 1.25 inches wide and 9 inches long. Measure your wrist though...that's the best way to make something that fits!  Once my leather was cut, I used scissors to gently round off the corners. We set it with snaps...again, we used metal...but plastic work too! Now we have a basic cuff. Next we cut 2 small pieces. They are 1/2 inch wide and  about 1.5 inches long. Punched holes in each end. The leather piece slips thr...