Faux Seaglass Bracelet Class

We had the MOST fun on Saturday… working on our Faux Seaglass bracelets…  of course.. yes.. this is another SHARON IDEA!  🙂  She helped me lead the class with instructions of how to make the faux seaglass pieces from Shrink Plastic!! 


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Oh ya, did I mention there was chocolate?


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To aid in making the class a little quicker, I preshrunk and colored about 300 pieces for them to use, and they created the ones with the swirl impressions in class:


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Rip the shrink plastic into pieces approx. 1-1/2″x3″ and punch a hole with the large hole of the Crop A Dile, then shrink it with the heat tool.  While it’s still hot, impress a swirly stamp into it (we used the swirls from Priceless).



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Then mix reinker and crystal effects and paint it on the pieces… voila… faux seaglass!  It is amazing!


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Then put jump rings through the holes and add them to bracelet chain.  We also added rhinestone brads and charms to ours!  LOVE THEM!!


Here are a few of them:


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Now.. go buy shrink plastic and make one! 🙂


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37 thoughts on “Faux Seaglass Bracelet Class”

  1. This is just wonderful — I am going on vacation next week and was looking for a project to bring for my nieces — this is the one! Excellent project and pictures, as usual. Thanks!

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  2. I have “clear” shrink plastic that turns white and fuzzy when I shrink it…what brand do you use?
    And how do you clean the CE off the brushes or keep it so it doesn’t freeze up the brush while you’re working?
    These are beautiful!

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  3. This is an incredible project!!!!!! Thanks for sharing. I’m looking for my shrink stuff as I type!!! HAHAHAHA

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  4. Cool project – they are beautiful! I was trying to figure out how the Dove chocolates played into making them…using the foil from them? NO? I got it! You ate them to make the project even MORE fun! LOL!

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  5. I just love this project. I would love to know what colors you used. How much CE and ink do you use? Thanks, you are an inspiration. Candice

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  6. OHHH I love this idea!! I might have to try this ! TFS.. and Oh tell your friend Sharon to come in front of the camera and take a bow!! Does she have a blog?? I would love to tell her she is one rocking lady! 🙂

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  7. Hi Patty,
    Earlier I glanced at the bracelets and wrote a note to return to read and study the directions.
    At first, I thought the foil from the dove chocolate was some how used for the bracelet. Not that an excuseis needed to buy Dove chocolate.
    While scrolling down, the picture of the group of women at the table reminded me of art time in kindergarten. I wonder if we all share happy memories of those long ago days?
    Did you notice the red car in the second picture? The car looks like it has a big smile and where the sun is reflecting off the grill, it even looks like it has white teeth. Just add eyes on the windshield.
    Can the shrinky dink sheets be colored before tearing it into strips?
    Everyone’s bracelets turned out great.
    Thank you.

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  8. Omigosh…………these bracelets are just AMAZING!!! I just love them and they look really fun to make. I am wondering too, where do you get the bracelets to attach the *seaglass* to…….and also the cute charms?

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  9. I don’t know if you’ll see this – but when I made one of these years ago, we colored ours with chalk BEFORE we shrunk them. I think we might have sanded our SP first so that the chalk would adhere better. But this way, you color a big area then cut it down to size.
    And congrats on your big award!

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