Making Italian Charm Bracelets

If you want to create trendy, stylish bracelets that are fun and fashionable, you will enjoy making Italian charm bracelets.

Italian charm bracelets are the hottest trend in charm bracelet styles. Unlike the traditional charm bracelets of the 1960s with their dangling charms, these beautiful bracelets are modular and sleek.

The base bracelet is an expandable wrist band style bracelet and is available in many styles. This bracelet, before charms are added, is known as a starter bracelet. The Italian charms are rectangular in shape and connect easily to the starter bracelet by interlocking to one another. Charms and charm bracelets are standard sizes and pieces from different companies all fit together perfectly.

Making Italian charm bracelets is simple and fun. First you must decide on the style and size of your starter bracelet and select the charms you want to add.

Starter bracelets are modular base bracelets often made of stainless steel, sterling silver or gold. These bracelets have blank links that are available in many styles and finishes including:

• Matte, brushed or polished finish
• Gold plated edge with stainless steel bracelet
• Gold plated bracelet with stainless steel edge
• Puffy hearts
• Gemstone links
• Stars and moon

Once you choose the base bracelet style, you must decide on the number and type of charms to add to your bracelet. The base bracelet is designed to look wonderful with only one or two special charms or a bracelet full of meaningful charms.

There are thousands of Italian charm styles available on the Internet and at retail locations throughout the world. Sometimes it is difficult deciding on the kinds of charms to put on a bracelet. Carina Jewelry offers many excellent ideas and tips for selecting the charms for your bracelet.

It is very easy to attach the charm to the charm bracelet but it may take a little practice at first. The links connect together using a loop on the back of the starter bracelet and a slot on the end of the charm. One of the really great features of this style bracelet is the ease of changing the charms giving you the option of creating a different look for every occasion.

The following links include images and detailed instructions on how to attach the Italian charms to the bracelet.

• Detailed pictures are provided at Pugster
• Instructions and pictures are provided by Italian Charms

Although it is very easy to attach the charms to the bracelet, there are some people that prefer using a tool to help them. Many websites that offer Italian charm bracelets and charms also offer tools such as the Charm Tool from Deffego Silver

The number of links in an Italian charm bracelet determines its size. Use the following chart to help determine the appropriate bracelet size for your needs. Measure around the wrist making the fit loose or snug depending upon how you want the charm bracelet to fit.

The following are a sampling of the many excellent websites offering beautiful Italian charms and charm bracelets.

• Carina
• Pugster
• Italian Charms and Bracelets
• Add a Link of Charm
• If you do not want to assemble your own Italian charm bracelet, there are many websites that will put it together for you based on your personal custom selections. Several of these websites provide a virtual build a bracelet where you add charms to a virtual bracelet to see your finished selection such as Italian Charms

With the large variety of Italian charm styles and designs, there are sure to be many that you would love to wear on a bracelet or use to create bracelets for special people in your life. Making Italian charm bracelets is almost as much fun as wearing them!

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