Uses for Flattened Bottle Caps

Creating your own beautiful bracelets or necklaces of bottle caps can be rather the fun time. If you see a beautiful piece of jewelry in the store, but it is too pricy for you then just take note of the design. You can then go to the store, get your materials and make your own beautiful bracelet or necklace. Sometimes it can be a little hard to fit the jump ring when making your jewelry. All you need to do is catch one end of the jump ring with a pair of hand tool and catch the other end of the ring with the other pair of hand tool and twist it open so it keeps its round shape. You then place your charm on the ring and place the ring on the first loop of the chain. Also you can create different type of jewelery using bottle caps. These type of jewelry is easy to make and not so costly. You can use this jewelry for various occasions and events. There are many uses for flattened bottle caps. You can use these for making necklaces. But your probably wondering how do I make flattened bottle caps, or where do I get this type of bottle cap craft supplies? There are many tutorials online with bottle cap images that show you how to make flattened bottle caps, it’s really easy. One of my favorite bottle cap craft supplies is the old rubber mallet. You simply lay your bottle cap down on a cement surface and give it a whack. This makes a flattened bottle cap. Although it does take some practice to get the correct pressure, it works and it’s cheap. I’ve found that my bottle cap images fit the bottle cap just fine using this technique. After you’ve made a few flattened bottle caps using this method you know if works for you or you’d rather invest in bottle cap craft supplies that would make things a bit easier for you. The easier alternative to making flattened bottle caps is using a device called a Sizzix machine. It comes with a tool called a converter plate. You’ll find that your bottle cap images always fit your flattened bottle caps when using this type machine, it’s one of the most consistent bottle cap craft supplies that you can use for making flattened bottle caps. You can make two to six bottle caps at a time using the Sizzix. You simply place your bottle caps on the converter with the top of the bottle cap facing upwards. Then press the handle down on the machine and you’ve created your flattened bottle caps. I hope that you’ve found this information.