WearYourMusic.org Bracelets (Awesome of the Day)

Ever wonder what happens to all those used guitar strings your favorite guitarists cycle through? So did WearYourMusic.org co-founder Hannah Garrison. Her Guitar String Bracelet Charity Project weaves used strings and recycled silver to create bracelets that are sold to raise money for charities of the musicians' choosing. Buy a bracelet made out of Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard's old guitar strings (or Nick Harmer's bass strings) for $125 and 100% of the profit goes towards Music in Schools Today, a community organization supporting music in the San Francisco Bay area. A bracelet from Ben Harper's strings goes for $150, which helps Chad Pregracke’s Living Lands & Waters clean up rivers. Keith Richards' old shredded strings bring a whopping $500 to help Nordoff Robbins UK, a music therapy group. For $75, you can even get a bracelet from the Naked Cowboy.

"These are strings that these musicians have used and would normally throw away," says Garrison, "It’s great that we can recycle them and also offer people a chance to wear rock n roll on their writsts."

Some of the other musicians include:
Eric Clapton - $500, profits go to Crossroads
Ani DiFranco - $150, profits go to Southern Center for Human Rights
Jim James (My Morning Jacket) - $150
Jack Johnson - $150, profits go to 1% for the Planet
John Mayer - $200, profits go to The Back to You Fund
Dolly Parton - $200, profits go to Imagination Library
Pat Sanson (Wilco) - $150
Carlos Santana - $200, profits go to the Milagro Foundation

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