Repurposed Foreign Coin DIY Charm Bracelet

Our family travels quite a bit, and as a result we have collected a large jar of foreign coins left over from our trips.

I am fascinated by the coins! They are truly works of art. Some with holes in the centers, scalloped edges, mixes of metals, and beautiful scrolled embossing.

I wanted to recycle the coins into something beautiful, so I chose to make a DIY charm bracelet.

I chose to use glue-on bail mounts to attach the coins to the bracelet. The jury is still out on the legality of drilling holes into currency.

Supplies needed to make your own foreign coin DIY charm bracelet:

• I used four bail mounts of each of the following for one bracelet:
• • Large Gold Bail Mount
  • Small Gold Bail Mount
  • Large Silver Bail Mount
  • Small Silver Bail Mount
• Craft Bracelet Chain with Toggle Clasp
• Jump Rings
• E-6000 Adhesive
• Foreign Coins

The first thing I did was clean the coins I wanted to use. I just used some dish soap and an old toothbrush. Let them dry, and then select the jewelry bails you want to use for each coin, and the placement of the bail.

Adhere the jewelry bails to the coins.

Lay the coins out over the edge of a book to allow them to lay flat to dry. The bails will over-hang the coins.

Allow the glue to dry thoroughly.

Add jump rings to the loops of the bails using pliers.

Attach the bails to the charm bracelet with the jump rings.

Decide how you would like your coins to be spaced and arranged, and continue adding coins until your DIY charm bracelet is full.

Make sure your bracelet fits tightly, and will not slip off of your hand- the coins will weigh the bracelet down. I had to remove a couple of links in my bracelet.

Enjoy your unique and charming foreign DIY charm bracelet!

Shaunte

Shaunte is a 30-something, chocolate-loving, SAHM from Utah. She has been scrapbooking since 1997, the dreaded era of photos cropped with deco scissors. Since then, her work has evolved into a clean, linear, photo-focused style. Her favorite subjects to scrap are her husband and five kids (never a lack for subject material there).