Boho Bracelet Craft

Wear natural beauty around your wrist.

Boho, otherwise known as bohemian, style has been a fashion trend in the United States since the 1960s. According to fashion watch website GlamCheck.net, boho style is based upon an unconventional, free-spirit style. Casually comfortable clothing with an artistic, ethnic flare is an overarching theme in bohemian wear. Accessories are often layered, handmade and incorporate natural hues and textures. Make a few boho bracelets to layer on your wrist, accessorizing your free-flowing, boho wardrobe.

Friendship Bracelets

Bohemian clothing accompanies a life philosophy of peace and love. Offering handmade friendship bracelets is an expression of love for another. Friendship bracelets are meant to be given to others as a tangible symbol of loyalty, love and friendship; the recipient pledges to wear the gift until the threads go bare to symbolize that love and commitment above all else. You can use naturally colored embroidery floss or yarn to create a personalized pattern boho friendship bracelet to wear yourself or give to a friend.

Hemp

Hemp is often used for making boho wear. According to Edward M. Brecher, author of "The Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs," the deviant bohemian lifestyle embraced the use of drugs. From caffeine to cocaine, the true bohemian opened his mind with the use of drugs. Boho fashion has infused this trend by incorporating hemp, or dried cannabis plants, into clothing and jewelry. To make a boho hemp bracelet, use the hemp just as you would any other yarn or cord. For example, braid three strands of hemp together. Optionally, thread a one-quarter-inch wooden bead onto each hemp strand that folds into the center of the braid from the left to create a bracelet of hemp and beads.

Tassels

Boho style embraces colors and textures. Wearing a band of tassels on your wrist incorporates both color and texture beautifully. The ribbon section of many craft stores offers a selection of ribbons with natural-colored, boho style tassels. Simply measure and cut a length of tassel ribbon to fit as a bracelet. Tassel bracelets can also be worn on the wrist, upper-arm or ankle for a boho look.

Wooden Beads

Boho fashion incorporates nature into clothing whenever possible. Large, wooden beads circling your wrist make an earthy statement with natural beauty. Select large, wooden beads stained clear or with transparent color to string onto elastic thread for a boho bracelet. Alternatively, string a pattern of one-eighth-inch, naturally stained beads to layer with many other small, wooden-beaded bracelets.

References

• Ringling College of Art and Design: Friendship Bracelets
• University of Delaware: Macrame Bracelet or Choker
• University of Alabama: Bohemian inspired Fashion Trends Combine Comfort with Casual-Cool
• Bohemian Style Design: Behemian Style
• The Consumers Union Report on Licit and Illicit Drugs: Chapter 63. The Haight-Ashbury, Its Predecessors and Its Satellites
• GlamCheck: How to Dress Boho: Bohemian Fashion