How to Care for Your Aluminum Cuff Bracelet

Aluminum Cuff Bracelet

Care Guide

So you love your new cuff bracelet and are now wondering how to care for it. First let’s talk about the material your bracelet is made with. My sister and I use the highest quality, commercial grade food safe aluminum for our bracelet blanks. Over the years we have used several manufacturers, but, the bracelet blanks we use now are by far the best out of them all.

This is why we love them:

1. Our cuff bracelets are tumbled and completely deburred.

2. They are made out of 12 gauge aluminum meaning they are very durable and strong.

3. They are 100% made in the USA.

4. Our bracelets have rounded edges which makes the bracelet more comfortable to wear.

5. They are lightweight and have a nice shine.

6. We source our blanks from a small business and we love supporting them!

We often get asked the question if this is a safe metal to use if you have metal sensitivity or allergies?

The answer is YES!!! Aluminum does not contain nickel or lead and is actually a better choice than sterling silver when it comes to metal allergies. PLUS, it will not tarnish!!! Or turn your wrist green. Yuck. The only negative is that Aluminum can slowly corrode over time when consistently exposed to water. So, we highly suggest that you do not wear your bracelet while swimming or showering.

How do you store your bracelet when you’re not wearing it?

As with any jewelry, it’s very important to keep your bracelet clean and dry. As far as where to store your bracelet, if you wear it every day, keep it out on your nightstand, dresser, jewelry stand, or tuck it away in a drawer until you are ready to wear it again. The key is to store it in a place that is free from humidity. If you get your bracelet wet, just dry it thoroughly and it should be just fine. If you are looking for more tips on where and how to store your jewelry, check out this informative article by Life Storage Blog.

And finally, believe it or not, there is a right way to put on your cuff bracelet and a wrong way.

1. When you put your bracelet on, turn your wrist to the side and slide the opening of the cuff bracelet over the side of your wrist.

2. Should you need to tighten your cuff bracelet, never squeeze from the top!!! This will give it a domed look and misshape your bracelet. Instead, flip your wrist over so that you are looking at the ends of the bracelet.

3. To tighten, gently press in on the ends of the bracelet until you get the desired fit.

4. When it’s time to remove the bracelet, simply reverse the process.

For more tips on how to care for your bracelet…check out our blog on How to Clean Your Aluminum Cuff Bracelet and make it look like brand new again!!!

How to Clean An Aluminum Cuff Bracelet

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My sister and I absolutely love designing and creating hand stamped bracelets and necklaces. Nothing makes us happier than encouraging women and providing them with a visual reminder of truth and how much they are loved throughout their day.

Together, we have been creating jewelry for the past fifteen years and metal stamping is by far our favorite thing to do. Metal Stamping allows us to use our creativity with endless possibilities. We often get custom orders from our customers asking us to stamp a special saying or quote and it’s not unusual for us to receive messages from our customers years later saying how much they still love their bracelet.

Which inevitably leads to this question,

“How do we get our bracelet looking like new again?”

That’s why we decided that this article was way overdue.

So you love your hand stamped bracelet but you’ve noticed that it has lost it’s shine and the lettering is beginning to fade.

What should you do?

After all, you wear your bracelet every. single. day.

As much as we take special care to ensure each bracelet is polished and perfect for our customers, we cannot prevent daily wear and tear over time.

But there is a solution!!! (for most bracelets)

Our bracelets are made with high quality, 12 gauge 1100-0 pure food safe aluminum. This means our hand stamped cuff bracelets are strong, durable, and easy to clean. Plus, aluminum is great for people with metal sensitivity and is less reactive to skin than sterling silver.

Let’s go over the items you will need to restore and clean up your bracelet.

First, we use Sharpie Ultra Fine Point Markers to fill in the lettering on our bracelets. There are other products out there that can be used such as enamel paint pens, but we have found Sharpie Markers to be the easiest to use and clean up.

Next, you will need Rubbing Alcohol to clean up the ink from the Sharpie Marker. Now this is a special announcement for all the Type A personalities out there…it’s ok to make a mess!!!! Because Rubbing Alcohol will clean it up. However, I know most Type A’s will try their best to stay in the lines and that’s ok too. We do recommend using over 90% proof rubbing alcohol only because if you use lesser proof than this, you will have to rub the ink longer.

Finally, we use Sunshine Polishing Cloths to shine up our cuff bracelets. We prefer these polishing cloths over others because they just do an awesome job removing any left over ink and it gives the bracelet a nice shine. You can use them over and over again until the entire cloth turns black.

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What does this mean?

Yes, you can make your bracelet shiny & beautiful once again.

Here is a step by step guide to clean your bracelet.

Supplies you will need:

1. Rubbing Alcohol (preferably over 90% proof)

2. Paper towels

3. Ultra fine tip black Sharpie Marker

4. Sunshine Polishing Cloth or jewelers polishing cloth

Step by step guide to clean your bracelet:

• Fill in the lettering with your fine tip sharpie maker. (this is where we give you permission to go out of the lines!!!)

• Pour a small amount of rubbing alcohol onto the paper towel and clean the entire bracelet.

• Polish the bracelet with the Sunshine Polishing Cloth.

• These steps can be used for brass and copper bracelets too.

Voila! Your bracelet is now clean and shiny.

Find more jewelry care tips for your cuff bracelets and favorite hand stamped necklaces here.

It’s that simple.

We are always available if you should have any questions!!!! Please comment below!!!!

Welcome to Love Designs

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Post Update: We now only have one online store in order to make our products easier to navigate. You can find all of our handmade jewelry here, Love Designs Boutique on Etsy.

Welcome to Love Designs website! We are so excited to have this space so that our customers can see all that we do here at our studio. Love Designs is a faith based jewelry and accessory business started by my sister and I, Hannah and Joy, about nine years ago. All of our jewelry and accessories are designed and created by us. We are passionate about jewelry design and are constantly pushing ourselves to learn new jewelry making techniques so that we can offer our customers personalized and unique designs.

Pictured above is a picture taken Carrie Homewood Photography from our last photo shoot located in our new studio. We absolutely love having a place to call our own!!! Our  studio is light and airy featuring nearly indestructible, white quartz countertops with flecks of blues, greys, and a touch of sparkle. Our island is Amish made here in Middlefield, Ohio using plank style wood to create this fabulous workspace for my sister and I. Of course we had to bring in some bling with a crystal chandelier centered directly above our workspace! We also created a sitting area with super comfy chairs that you just sink  into where we can create all our crochet accessories. This space is such a blessing. Here we can design, create, and offer a beautiful, comfortable space to meet with our customers.

A little more about Love Designs. We currently own three online stores...Love Designs Boutique, Emma Rae Designs, and Glass Sparrows.

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At Love Designs Boutique, we offer handcrafted jewelry and accessories for women. In the Fall and Winter months, we carry handmade crochet infinity scarves, ear warmers, mittens, and gloves and in the Spring and Summer months we feature our hand stamped metal cuffs, layering bracelets and necklaces, and statement necklaces. Pictured above is one of our stamped metal cuffs which we offer in our store online. We love to receive custom orders from our customers!!! We are so inspired by their creative ideas and love to hear from our customers!!! So please contact us via email, LoveDesignsBoutique@yahoo.com or visit our online store and contact us via Etsy conversations.

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Emma Rae Designs features Adorable Girl Accessories from Crochet Hooded Cowls, featured by our niece Avery above, to lace and flower headbands, and hair clips to cute handmade necklaces and bracelets. And how adorable is our niece!!!! Visit our online store to view more of our adorable accessories for girls.
 

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Finally another passion of ours...Beach Glass!!!! We are blessed to live near Lake Erie in Northeast Ohio. My sister and I  love the beach!!! And with the beach comes beach glass. It's a family affair! We pack up our children and head to the beach to hunt for tiny treasures along the shoreline and we take our little treasures and create beautiful Beach Glass Jewelry. Our beach glass store is seasonal and will opening in June. So stay tuned for new designs coming this Summer 2015!!!

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit. We look forward to sharing our creative designs and adventures right here this coming year!!!