A sterling silver Charm Bracelet I made for Kathy, Christmas (2015)…
I not only alternated link sizes, but hammer-forged the smaller links so that they would increase the sparkle of the bracelet as well as link the charm links together.
She loved it (and of course I created a neat little charm to go with it), but perhaps the one thing she thought was coolest about it was that tiny little “.925” tag I made for it. 😉
That tag actually serves a dual purpose. The most obvious is to mark the bracelet as sterling silver, but it can also be used to assist with clasping the bracelet closed. It allows the wearer (or someone else) to grasp the tag and guide the closing O-ring into the spring-loaded lobster clasp, giving them a bigger target to work with than if they had to grasp the closing O-ring itself.
Check out the Christmas Tree Charm I created and had hanging off the bracelet when she opened the present that morning for pictures and information on that. No doubt I’ll see a lot more charms making their way to the bench in the future!