Golden Sunset Bracelet, made from a kit

I bought the Golden Sunset Bracelet at a bead shop when I was on vacation in Oregon. The Kit and Instructions were $32. All I needed were scissors. The level is noted as ” Intermediate; peyote experience is needed”. Fair enough. I really like how the kit was packaged. It came in a nice plastic box. The beads were in individual containers, neatly organized in the box. The thread was pre cut. I believe the needle may have already been threaded. It was nice.

What I liked about the kit. The spacer bars are really cool.  THe instructions were great. Neatly organized and easy to follow.

A close up of the bead spacer bars.

What I didn’t like: The instructions call for you to stitch 6 to 8 embellished spacer bars. There are exactly enough triangle and Square beads to make 8 spacer bars. So don’t accidently drop one of your beads. It would totally suck to lose one in the carpet if you need all 8 spacer bars. Also, when it says to cut a specific length of thread, you really need to measure it out in inches. I didn’t. As a result I had to make a trip to my local bead shop for more thread so that I could finish the project. The gold and purple look great together. I even have a skirt that matches them perfectly. However, I feel that the button is a poor match color wise for the beads. If you angle it just right in the light it matches, but otherwise it looks more blue than purple.

A shot of the top side of the bracelet

It was a fun project to do. I think I might take it apart and redo it in Blue and yellow. I’m torn. It was a lot of work to just redo, and it looks nice with my skirt.

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