Cheer Yourself up with a Unique Handmade Bracelet

The jewellery bracelet has always been one of the most loved and popular pieces of handmade jewellery worn by man and woman. There are many primitive forms of bracelets found but it was not until the Egyptians that it became a fashion accessory. 

The ancient Egyptians were one of the first cultures to work with precious metals and they became very skilled with metal work and pieces of these handmade jewellery designs have been found in both gold and silver, some of them plain and others engraved with elaborate designs and you would also see bracelets that had their favourite semi-precious stones of Turquoise and Lapis Lazuli set into unique and unusual designs. The bracelets were not only worn by the wealthy designs that have been crafted from leather have been found from this era.

Bothe the Romans and the Greeks used bracelets extensively as handmade fashion accessories, they were very popular with Roman soldiers as large cuff bracelets crafted from leather were worn when going into battle for protection. These bracelets worn by the men would show there standing in society by how elaborate and ornate there bracelets were. 

Today these pieces of handmade jewellery still remains one of the most popular and are only worn today for decorative and fashion reasons. These lovely accessories will be teamed up with earrings, necklaces, rings and pendants to create a full fashion statement. Today it is usually women that will wear this particular item and these are sometimes worn on a daily basis and like most pieces of jewellery they are to be found in different styles and crafted from different materials. 

One of these styles is the beaded bracelet and this is where a piece has been crafted from a collection of beads that have been strung onto wire or elastic. If the beads in this design have been strung onto beading elastic it means that these will fit any wrist size as this piece will stretch to go over your hand. If the beads have been beaded onto wire then a clasp would be required to fasten the design. You will find these lovely designs made from beads as diverse from plastic to precious gemstones and everything in-between. Handmade sets of jewellery can be found that have matching beaded bracelets and earrings and jewellery sets that have matching bracelets and necklaces. The options for colour and designs are endless with beaded bracelets.