Handmade beaded jewelry by Brap Allgood

Stretchy...Durable...Unique...

What is a 'braplet'? It's a flexible bracelet made with durable stretchy cord (one strand!) that is very comfortable to wear. Each item is created by Brap Allgood (me...) and is a unique work of art. Thousands of braplets have been born over the past 11 years, now decorating wrists around the world. They breathe nicely and don't usually pinch hair-- very organic in feel. It's hard to get from a picture, being such a tactile thing...but I think they are pretty nifty. ;)

Come join me on Facebook, if you like. If you found me through Local Color, please give me a holler! You are the many and the mighty in our world and technology finally gives us a way to connect. :) And ENJOY your braplet! I appreciate you giving it a home.

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Some background....

I (Brap) started beading in 2000 while staying with former relatives in Texas. It was a very strange thing for me to start doing, but being used to doing strange things, the results are now decidedly history still in the making. Some sweet girls I worked with in Stephenville (ugh) somehow gave me the idea to string beads. One trip to Wal-Mart later (don't shop there...I had no choice), I had some crappy little beads and some crappy stuff to string them...but everyone starts somewhere. :) That was the one and only time I bought any beads from a Wal_mart.

Quickly, what was an impulse became An Idea- and a very unique one at that. I kept getting this way of weaving beads in my head. The third time these ideas surfaced, I went and found some proper stretchy material and dug in. A couple years of this led me to Big Sur, where I've been selling my pretties ever since at Local Color, by The River Inn. Thanks to this wonderful location and several thousand braplets later, people all over this fine blue planet have been decorated and are adorned even today with my 'little buddies'. :)

It's a bit hard to get the idea of a braplet from a picture- it's a tactile thing, really. Properly fitted, there's no other bracelet quite like them. Very unique and truly comfortable, they are real 'comment-grabbers'. And friend-makers. :) I do now have some videos (links at the bottom of this page) that help to understand not only what a braplet is, but how to make them.

Learn to make your own braplets!

How to Make a Basic Braplet (added 12/07/09)

How to Make a Basic Snake Braplet (added 12/08/09)

How to Make a Basic Caterpillar Braplet (added 12/12/09)

Bead on. :D