With our popular collection of flat and round leather supplies, choosing a clasp can further personalize your stunning bracelet accessory. Here are some of our favorite leather clasps to inspire your next DIY project.

Round Leather Clasps

Curved Hook Clasp

Use your 2mm leather cord with this curved hook clasp (A019042/A019043) to create a multi-wrap or single-wrap bracelet.

1. A019043 – Secondary image
2. Winter White Splendor Leather Bracelet – Dec ’15 Blog
3. Metallic Leather – Dec ’16 Trend

Round Hook Clasp

Loop your 5mm leather/cork cord and add this round clasp (A017205, A017329, A017330, Z005112, Z007776, Z014534) for a complete bracelet. Use a licorice leather bead or tie a knot to secure your leather loop.

1. Metallic Leather – Dec ’16 Trend
2. 5mm Round Leather and Cord – Feb ’15 Trend
3. Kazuri Beads – March ’15 Trend

Half-circle Magnetic Clasps

Our popular half-circle magnetic clasp for 5mm round leather is a lovely addition for a single- or multi-wrap bracelet. Pair this clasp (Z006715, Z006726, Z006746, Z006785) with 5mm round leather that has been wrapped with ribbon and wire, braided leather or kumihimo braids.

1. Fiber Bracelets – Oct ’16 Trends
2. 5mm Round Leather & Cord – Feb ’15 Trends
3. Kumihimo Braids – April ’15 Trends

Flat Leather Clasps

Round Hook Clasps

Loop your 5mm flat leather with this round hook clasp (A021499). Use a slider beads or charm to create your folded loop while your ends are glued into the clasp.

1. Denim Inspired Trend – June ’15 Trend

Half-circle Magnetic Clasps

These half-circle magnetic clasps (Z001004, Z001190, Z007209) create a focal piece to your 10mm flat leather.

1. Summer Leather Bracelet – June ’15 Blog

Wishbone Disc Clasps

A different kind of clasp can create a whole new look. Take these wishbone disc clasps for flat leather (Z006859, Z006945, Z006861, Z007208), it widens two strands of 5mm flat leather to mimic larger band bracelets. We love the

idea!

1. Spring Ready Bracelets – May ’16 Trends
2. Metallic Leather – Dec ’16 Trend
3. Z06859 – Product Secondary Image

Wide Magnetic Clasps

These magnetic clasps for licorice leather are a popular choice. Choose from antique silver (A015313), antique brass (A015314), or antique copper (A015315) and pair it with our large selection of licorice leather or combine it with two strands of 5mm round leather.

1. Boho Bracelets – June ’15 Trends
2. Big and Bold Leather Bracelets – May ’15 Trends
3. Safari Leather – August ’16 Trends

Licorice Leather Clasps

Magnetic Clasps

These magnetic clasps for licorice leather are a popular choice. Choose from antique silver (A015313), antique brass (A015314), or antique copper (A015315) and pair it with our large selection of licorice leather or combine it with two strands of 5mm round leather.

1. Holiday Easy Leather DIY – Dec ’15 Blog
2. 5mm Round Leather – Oct ’14 Trends
3. Personalized Phrase Bracelet – Jan ’15 Trends

Also, check out our previous post on leather cutters and adhesives.

Having the right tools and adhesive for leather projects will make it easier to create stylish accessories. We will show you the basic tools for cutting leather and the types of adhesive to use when adding clasp ends to leather.

Leather Cutter Tools

When cutting leather, you want a precise and straight cut. This will help with adding clasps and keeping your measurements accurate.

Flat and small round leather (i.e. 1mm, 2mm, or 3mm) needs a pair of scissors. Before making your cut, measure your piece of leather and mark with a pencil lightly.

Licorice and round leather are thicker and need a heavy-duty cutter. Below, we have a two cutter tools you can use to cut thicker side leather.

The Little Cut (TL0053) has a sharp angle blade that cuts leather by squeezing the handles together.

The Licorice Leather Cutter (A015862) has narrow handles, but cuts a perfect edge on your leather.

Pinch the handles to open the cutter. Slide the leather under the cutter, lining it up with the middle groove. Bring your blade down to wedge the leather in place. Grasp the cutter towards the front and squeeze down.

NOTE: Make sure to always have your angle blade facing down.

Leather Adhesive

We have two adhesive options to use when adding clasp ends.

Super New Glue

We like to use super new glue (A015821) for its quick drying and superior holding quality.

Precut your leather. Put 1-2 drops of super new glue inside your clasp ends and swirl the glue inside to cover the edges and corners. Insert your leather and let it dry lying down on a flat surface. Dry time should take a few seconds to a minute or two.

E-6000

E-6000 (A011455) is used on heavy-duty beading and crafting projects. While it has a slower drying time, E6000 is a good filler especially when filling excess space or gaps around your leather when inserted into the clasp.

Precut your leather. Scoop up some E-6000 with a toothpick. Swab the inside of your clasp end. Repeat if necessary. You want to apply enough to coat the inside of the clasp. Insert leather ends and let it dry for 12-24 hours lying on a flat surface. Wipe excess glue cleanly if it flows out after leather is inserted.

Extra Note: You can use rubber bands to keep licorice leather in a round shape as the glue dries. And always use E6000 in a well ventilated area.

Important Notes:

• Make sure the inside of your clasp end is clean and dry. This helps ensure that your leather end sits flushed inside the clasp. You can swab the inside with a toothpick or cotton swabs to clean any dust or moisture.

• If you find your leather cords have extra space in the clasp end, you can coil thin wire or beading thread like SuperLon thread at the ends before insert clasps.

• Leather is stored in spools, which in time will create a natural curve. Use the natural curve of your leather to wrap around your wrist. Licorice leather will have a slight curve which you will need to bend to create a round curve.

• Having more length of leather is better than not having enough. This is because the inner size of the bracelet may decrease depending if you are adding beads, charms or other embellishments to the leather. First, plan out your design. Next, without using glue, slide on clasp and test it on your wrist. Measure and cut your leather to the desired length. Glue other side of clasp and let dry.

• And always, always don’t glue your clasps until you’re sure you’ve added your design elements and your measurements are correct.

With thisBeadalon tassel maker, you can a make tassel in no time! Check out how to set up and use this tool. Embellish your next project with customized tassels.

Learn to easily make tassels with the tassel maker (TL00230).

Grab some of your favorite thread or pick up some Beadalon cotton thread and check out the tutorial video below, provided by Beadalon.

Tassel Maker Video

We are in love with bracelets that wrap around and bling, of course! We have an EZ DIY tutorial on how to create this sparkling wrap bracelet with flat memory, Swarovski emerald-cut crystals and 24-gauge wire.

Tutorial

Items used:

• WR00119 – Large Silver Flat Bracelet Remembrance Memory Wire
• AW00048 – 24 Gauge Artistic Wire
• SW01158 – 14mm Crystal Paradise Shine Emerald Cut Bead
  • OR Shop all our 14mm Swarovski Emerald-Cut Crystal Beads

Tools use:

• FTTL0005 – Memory Wire Cutter
• FTTL0001 – Flex Wire Cutter
• TLZ0207 – Memory Wire Finishing Pliers

Pantone® Color of the Year for 2017 goes to Greenery. This yellow-green hue is “nature’s neutral.” While it resembles the awakening of spring and the new life the season brings, it also plays a part to represent “the reconnection we seek with nature, one another and a larger purpose.”

Colors that can be used to closely resemble the Greenery colors are lime green, peridot and chartreuse. Find out how we transform this color into jewelry pieces for 2017.

We used this lime green cabochon (A016880) and adhered it to a Kabela filigree circle center (Z007181). We even pulled this beaded chain (CH00288) that mimics the hues of Greenery.

We’ve offset the bright green color with earthly bronze and brown beads (A017137) to show-off the vibrancy of the green (A005377) in this stretch bracelet.

The sheen in this green miracle bead (A014932) is paired with the new cross tribe crystal pendant from Swarovski® (SW01518) for a long drop pair of earrings.

These chartreuse seed beads (SB00078) are sewn with size 11/0 galvanized silver seed beads (SB00422) around a drop groovy bead frame (Z019397) to create these simple pair of earrings.

How will you show off Pantone’s 2017 Color of the Year, Greenery?