Use this easy-to-follow tutorial from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1569069883/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=craftfocom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399377&creativeASIN=1569069883">"Beads & Buttons: 40 Projects for Handcrafted Jewelry & Accessories"</a> by Juliette Pettit to create your own trendy belt or necklace. Materials: • nylon thread (for the necklace and bracelet) • cable wire (for the belt) • a tape measure • scissors • wire cutters • little crimp beads • flat-nose pliers • little seed beads • fancy buttons in different colors and sizes
Use the wire cutters to cut 6-inch lengths of nylon thread or cable wire. Take one of these lengths and fix a crimp bead to one of its ends. String onto it seed beads of the same color to a length of about 2 inches.
Pass the thread or wire through a crimp bead, through the hole of a button, then through the crimp bead again. Crimp the bead shut using the flat-nose pliers. Take another length of thread or yarn and string a crimp bead onto it. Pass the thread through the button and then back through the crimp bead.
Crimp the bead shut and string seed beads of the same color onto it to a length of about 4 inches. String one crimp bead onto the thread. Pass it through the hole of another button, then again through the crimp bead and crimp it shut.
Continue in this way until the necklace is about 40 inches long and the belt 47 inches long. Make several such lengths for the necklace and tie a single length around your wrist for a bracelet.