The Hope Bracelet

I finally made this bracelet about a week ago, having been in the planning stage for forever, it seemed like. I had been wanting a blue bracelet for a long time. The blue beads and charms I got from Hobby Lobby, and I still had clear beads left over from previous projects.

Those "gray" beads are actually supposed to be bluish, but they pick up colors from what's around them. I got those from Walmart; really happy with that choice. I've nicknamed them "blue jean beads."

This is a personal piece for me. What inspired this, in part, was a quote: "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly." (A proverb) I discovered this quote a few years ago when, well, let me just say, this was what I needed.