Buckle Up!

You can really dress up a simple pair of jeans with a beautiful belt buckle. And, the best way to have a unique belt buckle is to make it yourself! Here is an easy way to create your own...

Here's what you'll need...

Blank Belt Buckle- If your craft store doesn't carry these, you can find them online.

Dictionary- I found this old one at the Goodwill.

Rubber stamp & ink.

Seed beads.

Charms or other embellishments.

Scissors.

Diamond Glaze- Mod Podge would probably work.

E6000 glue.

Start by picking out a word in the dictionary that goes along with the theme of your buckle. Since my embellishment had a compass on it, I chose the word, "direction." Lay your buckle down, positioning the word where you would like it placed and trace around the buckle.

Cut out the section that you traced around. Keep trimming the paper until it fits inside the buckle.

Using a rubber stamp, add a little design around the edges of the paper.

Cover the blank buckle with Diamond Glaze, add the paper, and then coat the top of the paper with Diamond Glaze.

Once dry, add more Diamond Glaze to the areas where you'd like the seed beads. Add the beads and then add a little of the Diamond Glaze on top of the beads for security.

Use E6000 to glue on the embellishment and your finished!

For this belt buckle, I skipped the step of adding a stamped design to the edges of the paper. I simply added the paper, beads, and a cross charm...

I even added some of the beads to the cross!

For this last buckle, I cut out the paper, stamped it with a bird design, and added color to the design with markers. It doesn't get any easier than that!!!

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