painting on vinyl?

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Today I drove almost 100 miles to an upholstry store that was going out of business (the things i'll do for a bargain!). I walked out with various colors of scrap vinyl, with which I intend to make braclets out of. Despite the bright colors I found (canary yellow, nuclear orange, sky blue, etc), plain braclets don't cut it for me, and I would rather spice them up a bit with some paint and whatever else I can find. So - my main questions are:

• Will acrylic paint adhere well to my flexable vinyl? Recommendations?
• Recommended fixatif? If any?
• Lets say I wanted to glue ribbon to it, would I want to use hot glue, rubber cement, epoxy, etc?
• I want my braclets to have snaps, where can I buy some? What else do I need for snaps?
• In the scenario where I need to sew together two layers of said vinyl, will it destroy my brand new sewing machine?
• If you were to buy a flexible vinyl braclet, would you be more inclined to purchase it if it featured a clever phrase / shapes / pattern, or plain?

Thanks in advance <3