Easy Breezy

by Nancy Vaughan
(San Diego, CA)

Several years ago I saw a demonstration of this technique. I really liked what I saw. I had the memory wire in several sizes but didn't have any rubber tubing on hand so I didn't immediately try it out.

Skip forward 4 or 5 years... One day when I went to the local bead store to get some copper wire the owner showed me some brown rubber tubing she had just unearth in the store room. "What can you do with it?" she asked.

I remembered the demonstration I had seen many years ago and told her I'd take three feet of it and get back to her after I tried it out.

A few days earlier I had received an order of Czech fire polished glass beads. There was one color combination in particular that had really caught my eye. It was cantaloupe and fuchsia. Perfect for brown rubber tubing.

As soon as I got home I went to work. Major Success! It was gorgeous. The next day I went back to the bead store and bought the rest of the tubing and asked the owner if she could get some in black. She got it so I bought it, took it home, got out a whole rainbow of beads and had a great time.

The first time I took some of these bracelets to a street fair they were a big hit. They are quick and easy to make and can be sold at a very reasonable price. Endless possibilities.

Nancy Vaughan