Here’s my first offering. I wanted to make 30 nice party favors for the attendees coming to my baby shower this weekend, and it’s traditional in my community for the pregnant person to make some kind of wearable that the attendees can put on when they get the “X has gone into labor!” text. They wear that item (usually an inexpensive freshwater pearl solitaire necklace or bracelet) until the baby is born, as a way of feeling connected to the mom and birth process. I always have to overdo things, so I made these adjustable bracelets out of upcycled leather, some sentimental beads (from a necklace I received for my high school graduation), and some very old antique lace and mother-of-pearl buttons (both close to 100 years old). If I’d had access to a laser, the leather parts would have been much wider, with an Art Nouveau cut-engrave I’ve been saving up for this occasion. Ah well…
