Rock! Vinyl Wrist Cuffs
Wrist cuffs are fun accessories that lend an air of rock and roll to any outfit. Thrifting vinyl records is a great way to add rock and roll to your music collection. Put the two together and what do you get? Wrist cuffs made from thrifted vinyl records!
Etsy has lots of vinyl cuffs for sale, but the gold cuff pictured above by Tresijas really caught my eye. The color is amazing and the shape is wonderfully curved just so. Colored vinyl is often hard to come by, making this find even that much more special.
To make your own vinyl wrist cuff you only need a record, an oven and an xacto knife. Simply follow these instructions from the DIY Network to make your own rockin’ wrist cuff:
1. Heat the entire record in an oven on a cookie sheet at 200 degrees until you see the record start to bubble.
2. Remove the record from the oven.
3. Cut your record into strips while hot with a paper cutter or scissors. When you cut the vinyl, if it is wavy, it will straighten out when you place it back in the oven again.
4. Heat strips in the oven until flaccid–approximately two minutes on a cookie sheet.
5. When hot, take out of the oven and quickly wrap around a bottle or mold. The record cools immediately and stays the shape of the bracelet.
Make sure you to use oven mits and work in a well ventilated area as the fumes from this process are not good for you. If you need other ideas for what to do with vinyl records, don’t forget the chip bowls that Juliet told us about.
[Image courtesy of Tresijas]
