How Do You Make A Photo Charm Bracelet With Old Watches?
Nothing could be more personal and enduring than a charm bracelet filled with photos of loved ones. Especially when those charms are old watches made into picture frames. Join me in making a fun and easy photo charm bracelet using old watches. FIRST, pick up, find, buy, look in Grandma’s jewelry box for five or six old wind-up watches. Estates sales, auctions, E-bay, garage sales and thrift or second hand stores are all good buying sources. You can buy these in a “lot” very cheaply. You can fashion them in yellow gold, white gold or mixed. You can mix the shapes and sizes. You are the designer. SECOND, after you have removed the bands from the watches, (if there are bands) open up the backs of the watches. You can remove the guts or you can just leave them in. I leave them in and print out my photos to the size of the crystal over the face of the watch. The insides make it more weighted and solid. I take out the crystal and lay it on the printed photo. Draw around the parameter of the
