We started with telephone wire, like what you see below. I remember you took one strand of wire as the base, and then picked another multi-colored wire strand. You then would neatly wrap the multi-color wire around the base. We closed the bracelets with a simple wire "hook" loop. I would actually love to find some colorful telephone wire to try this again. I love beading, especially with vintage trinkets, and this seems like a natural extension of that. Anyone have an idea where to find inexpensive telephone wire like this? Please let me know in the comments, below. I would also love to hear from you if you remember making telephone wire jewelry!
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Hmm, that's interesting Trish! I have never heard of telephone wire jewelry. The bracelets in the picture looked very colorful and pretty. You know my son-in-law works for AT&T. I'll ask him about this for you.
Mary, a big thanks! I would be thrilled to find telephone wire again. Please keep me posted!
Yes! I remember making rings. My cousin worked for the phone company back then and I would get the telephone wire from him.
That is neat! I loved doing this so much as a preteen-early teen.
Not sur where he got them but my husband gave me a air of earrings made of telephone wire with a tag that said fair trade from a different country i just about dropped them as the price tag said $85.00 dollars! he works for a phone company where i asked him if could have the old wire that they throw away and now i want to start making my own jewelry for fun
That is so neat! I bet you will enjoy making your own jewelry with the wire.
Where can you find the wire to make the bracelets?
Kerri, if you know someone who works as a lineman or phone repair person they might be able to find wire that has been trimmed off and would otherwise be discarded. Short of that, I would search on eBay or Etsy for phone wire or wire for jewelry. Good luck!
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