Medic Alert Bracelet (with MY lampwork)

The friend of a frequent customer asked me to make her a medic alert bracelet with my lampwork. She wanted red and black, so I showed her some of my work, and she chose the beads she wanted.

The link is to the bracelet that she sent me to use for sizing (on the bottom), and the other one is the one that I made her (top). I think it came out really nice!

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Beadbimbo
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I really like it! I'm curious, why do you use to claws instead of one claw and a ring?

-m.

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chaddock

Jerri, those are really super!! I have worn a Medic Alert for about 35 years (drug allergies) and I never thought to jazz up the bracelet.

Now.....do you have any cell phone charms?? I want to make one and can't seem to settle on any particular idea. My daughter says that most of the Asian students at the college she works at have them.....usually with Pokemon, etc. Not my style!! (G)

The ones above sound smallish, but thought I would go with inexpensive glass beads, etc, until I see if I like having one.

Cheers.....Heather PS.....Daughter is totally *besotted* with Rufus, her new dog. He is so funny and incredibly intelligent.....as I am a cat person, I don't know much about dogs. Hers is one half Shih Tsu, one half Havanese (Cuban). Really laid back.

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Heather

Probably just to attach the Medic Alert plaque. The links are usually soldered on that part......or should be. Mine aren't since they got a new manufacturer.

FWIW, my old one is about 35 years in age, and I wear that one rather than the new one. They don't make them like they used to!!

Heather

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Heather

Thanks, Mary!

She wanted it so it would hook on to each side of her medic alert band. (I'm not sure what you call that part.) That way, she can wear the same band and change the bracelets.

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Beadbimbo

Thanks, Heather!

I've never made a cell phone charm. I usually carry mine in a pocket in my jeans, so I don't know if I'd want anything sticking out. I may have to make one and try it though.

You'll have to send me a picture of Rufus. He sounds adorable!

At the rescue, we have a Shih Tzu/Dachshund who is just adorable. He was an owner surrender, and they had his mother and sister (and I think they have the father, too), so we're sure of the parentage. He's hair is kind of wirey, so looks sort of terrier-ish. So cute!

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Beadbimbo

looks perfect. Wow. (can' I borrow the idea, asking just in case?)

Aloha, Maren

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Maren at google

Thanks!

It's not my original idea, so go ahead.

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Beadbimbo

Is this the one that was in a recent B&B? Just to mention, a medical professional nixed the idea, he/she said that in an ER situation they are looking for the standard metal link bracelet or necklace and may overlook the fancier ones. I'm not sure if this is what they were referring to or not, but it is a consideration.

Reminds me - I need to get one myself.

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Vibrant Jewels

Yes, you are right on that. When I got mine, a friend who was a paramedic told me they look for the distinctive links and that I should wear it on the opposite wrist that my watch is on. For some reason that is the first place they look.

And FWIW, he said that a bracelet is way better than a necklace. Easier to spot, I think. Particularly in winter with heavy clothes. All of this being in case of say a seizure or fainting spell, etc. on the street......not in the ER.

However, Medic Alert sells very expensive 10k gold and sterling silver ones that do NOT have the distinctive plain stainless steel links. So that counteracts one theory, grin.

Heather

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Heather

I don't remember seeing it in B&B. Do you know which one?

I didn't even think about a paramedic not seeing one in an emergency situation. I looked on the net and saw all kinds of them that were pretty fancy instead of the link chains.

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Beadbimbo

No, I didn't see it myself, I was just reading the mail in the current issue (sept-oct)

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Vibrant Jewels

I wouldn't be without mine, it's the only way I can find my cell phone in my pockets because they're usually stuffed and my cell phone charm is (usually) the only lampwork beads in any of my pockets. The lampwork beads are the first bead I ever made and one of Kalera's spacer beads. Stacked on a headpin with some seed beads, and the top of the headpin wrapped because otherwise it would come apart several times a week. If you don' know you want one, inexpensive glass beads are a good way to start. I knew I had to get rid of the strap on mine because it always tangled with the lanyard of my keys - one of the reasons I don't usually wear necklaces: I wear my keys, my glasses and my watch hanging from my neck most of the time. They get tangled enough already.

A cell phone charm doesn't have to be big, only distinctive., either visual or tactual, depends on how you usually 'look' for your cell phone. and of course sturdy enough to survive your cell phone's normal surroundings. (But that's me speaking from my practical point of view. I don't make a lot of cell phone charms (maybe I should), but I sold one because the customer found it too cute to resist (mostly pink seed beads and some inexpensive pink glass beads)). From the point of view of a depressed market, cell phone charms are probably easier to sell than even earrings because from the amount of materials and time they're only one earring.

Aloha, Maren HiloBeads: Beads - Beading Supplies - Hand-made Jewelry

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If you don' know you want one, inexpensive glass beads are a good way to start. surroundings.

Thanks Maren....you have given me a lot of good advice and ideas. I carry my cell phone in a separate outside pocket on my purse usually and thought having some lampwork or whatever hanging loose would look nice. I am not a big cellphone user, but these days, they are a necessity. And if it was inside my purse, it would be a lot easier to find with something shiny on it.

I laid out some malachite chips, antiqued silver and a pearl (none of these things being very expensive) about 2 inches long. Haven't made it up yet, but may shorten it. I plan on putting a lobster claw on the cellphone jump ring (or maybe each dangle) so that I could change it if I changed purses, or moods....grin.

And I think from what my daughter said, that teenagers and college kids would snap these up at a fair, etc. They would be inexpensive to make and sell. I did check again on eBay and wasn't impressed with what I saw.

Very good point about the wrapped loop. And do a lot of folks use split rings instead of jump rings?? I am sure Linda2 does.....so am thinking of switching to that. Do you need that special tool for them?

Thanks again.....Heather

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Heather

I think I haven't turned mine on in days again ... But, the way I go places in the wilderness I wouldn't be without mine, know where the coverage ends (it does in places), and leave messages at home when I know I'm going to be out of coverage

- in case I don't come back out of there. I'm talking about wild dogs, broken bones, etc., not being attacked by people here. -

I'm another one of those split ring people. You don't _need_ a special tool but sometimes I think it would be good to have one (they do exist). Split rings like jump rings have their places, and for cell phone charms, unless you're into the really "cutesy" things, split rings are really better unless you use/make jump rings that I consider indestructible like the one I made form 16 ga copper wire that I needed for one of my necklaces. I'm sure the first thing to break in mine will be either the string or the headpin, but more likely the cell phone.

I like the idea of lobster claws to attach them. BTW, I think cell phone charms are a really good use for beginners' crooked lampwork beads. As I made a few of those recently, I may just use them for that (unless I sell them first, got another few art/craft fairs coming up, and I did sell some of my beginners lampwork at the last one, flame annealed as it is, but Eva Terada sent those people who wanted matching sets of beads my way - and she knew they weren't kiln annealed (I took my so far only lampwork class from her, she had a look at my beads and said "you don't need to anneal small beads like that")

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