Customize Your Belt Buckles With Beads, Graphics And Other Crafty Things

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Belt buckles come in a variety of designs and sizes. There are many ways to create a custom designed buckle for your belt. You can design buckles that have graphics on them, even a photo embedded into them too.

Fused glass buckles are quite popular these days. These types of buckles are created by choosing two or more types of glass and fusing them together to create a pattern or design composed of multiple colors of glass.

You can also make interesting buckle designs using natural products such as stones, leaves, bark and small flowers which are pressed, dried and embedded into a buckle.

Try embellishing your buckles with different items such as small chains, buttons and beads. Buckles and beads look exceptionally beautiful together.

You can even create fun buckle designs for kids too. For children regular size belts will fit through the belt loops of sizes 7 and up however the belts are usually too large. You can cut down and re-snap most belts or even change a belt your child already owns into a snap belt so they can wear it with their buckle.

Decide how big you want your belt buckle to ...
... be by taking a ruler and measuring the area near your waist that you want the buckle to cover. The buckle can be almost any shape you wish but try not to have pointy sides on the buckle otherwise the buckle will dig into your flesh and be uncomfortable to wear.

Using the measurements you chose, sketch your buckle design on a piece of paper so you know what parameters you want to fit during the design.

Also remember the base of the buckle needs to be large enough to cover and hold the top of the belt. It cannot be so small that a belt cannot be attached to it.

Check your belt to make sure it's a belt that can have the buckle changed. Belt ends that have studs or snaps on the end of the belt allow for the buckle to be changed.

Position the buckle beside the end of the belt so that you can make sure the buckle is facing the correct way. Push the studs through the holes or unsnap the snaps at the end of the belt, freeing up the end of the belt. These studs or snaps will be on the inside end of the belt that is folded back. Pull up on one side of the fold to see the studs or snaps.

Feed the end of the belt through the loop in the buckle. The end of the belt should fold back to align the studs with the holes or the snaps.

Determine what kind of connectors your belt has. Reconnect the end of the belt with the buckle attached. If your belt has studs and holes, push the studs through the holes. If your belt has snaps, push the snaps together.

Put your belt on; check the fit in a mirror. Sometimes a belt buckle can be put on upside down. If you've done this, simply repeat the process with the buckle rotated.

If you'd like to take the next step and have your custom belt buckle design made into an actual buckle, find a company that offers such a service. Some will be able to exactly match your design as long as you provide the artwork. You may find such companies locally in shops that customize license plates and other metal objects. You can also find such companies online. Visit Buckles And Beads website to browse and shop for embellished belt buckles made from all kinds of crafty materials.