How Do I Love Thee Charm Bracelet

This bracelet has 'enameled' red heart charms mixed with sparkly red beads and a few numbers, 1-10 to be exact. The numbers float in between the more substantial, painted hearts and red beds. The bracelet could be personalized with the wearer's significant numbers, perhaps the ages when the lovers met, the numbers of their first date, or a lucky number.

Note that some of the heart charms are placed back-to-back to make two sided charms. The charms open and add movement to the bracelet. If you didn't want the charms to flip apart you can glue them together with a glue such as E-6000 or Beacon 527.

Ingredients:
- Naked Brass number charms, 1-10
- Assorted Naked Brass heart charms, painted red
- 2 Antique Brass round jump rings, 11 mm
- 2 6-inch sections of Antique Brass Open Extender Chain
- 1 1-inch section of Antique Brass Open Extender Chain
- 1 6-inch section of Antique Brass Pyknic Cable chain
- 1 Antique Brass Spring Clasp, 12 mm
- 20 Antique Brass jump rings, 5 mm
- 4 Antique Brass head pins, 2 inch
- Assorted red and pink glass beads, plastic flowers or rhinestone beads
- Spray-on oil-based enamel paint
- Diamond Glaze

Step 1 Clean Charms

Add color to your designs by painting naked brass with this quick technique. You can create a smooth layer of color on any naked metal in just a few minutes. Try this on filigree and charms for a custom look.

Clean your metal.
Often stamped charms and filigree will have a very thin layer of machine oil on it that you can't see. Remove this oil to make sure your paint sticks. A clean paper towel and alcohol will quickly clean the metal, or you can use dish soap and warm water to remove the oils. Make sure that all metal pieces have dried thoroughly before painting.