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      One evening last week, while clicking through the TV offerings, my daughter paused on one of those entertainment "news" shows that was offering bargain pricing on "must have" accessories.  One of the items was called a hipanema bracelet and is apparently de rigueur among the super models.  I'd never heard of the bracelets. but was intrigued and took to the internet for more examples.  I was delighted to find a slew of them...all made up of wonderful thin bangles joined by a single clasp--they reminded me of macrame multiples I'd made a few years ago.

Above all, they inspired me...why not combine macrame, peyote, stringing, and my imagination to make multistrand bracelets!?  And what a great way to tackle my recent inability to focus on a project.  Fortunately, I have a handful of sliding 5 loop clasps so I was off and running.   I may just keep at it for a while...these are not just a nice creative exercise but also great fun and a way to use up partial tubes of seed beads and many of the baubles and beads in my stash.