Cuff earings

A little while ago I posted about this great new website I have been using to sell and (mostly) swap clothes. In part of a recent swap I received these drop earrings:

I made these cuff earrings but dismantling an old pair of earrings and sticking on the backs to match up with my seconds.

Lace Collar Necklace

Quite a while ago my mum gifted me a lace collar:

And I had a spare necklace:

So I sewed them together:

And now it looks like this:

It cost me all of nothing, as the lace was a present, I already had the necklace and the thread. Planning on adding a big vintage button (or two) to the join because of: a) to give it some weight so it stays done and b) to make it look super cool!

The Glitter Phone Case

For a while now I have wanted to make a glitter phone case. I have seen a lot of different tutorials for the best way to make one, the only reason I hadn't made one yet, was because I couldn't decide on which method.

At the weekend I was shopping in town with a close friend, whilst in River Island I saw a selection of phone  cases. I thought that with the right materials it would be easy to reproduce (teaser), after playing around with a plain case at home, I decided to go with GLITTER.

 What I used: 1 white phone case bought from eBay for £1.95, choice of colors in glitter, Aleene's Tacky Glue, piece of foil, a spoon which can be ruined, sponge or paint brush.

How I did it: I mixed glitters; blue, purple, pink and silver. Then  mixed equal quantities of glue and glitter, using the sponge I applied a coat of the glue glitter to the case. When it is first applied it doesn't look right, but just roll with it. Once the first coat has dried apply another coat of glue glitter mix.

(wet case)

As the glue and glitter are mixed in equal parts, rather than the alternative method of covering the case in glue then sprinkling glitter over the top. The glitter does not fall off the case, and you can mix the glitters or fade them.

I took inspiration from the blog Macarons and Stilettos.

The (almost) final product:

I can't decide if I want to add a bow or some flowers to the case....

 

T-shirt Reconstruction

On Monday I am moving out of my current house, in with friends for 10 days, then into my new flat! So I am currently in the process of packing which gives me the joy of going through all my clothes, trinkets and books.

Whilst going through my clothes I came across quite a bundle of t-shirts and dresses I haven't worn in a while. I have a pile of clothes which are going to the charity, a pile for E-bay and a pile for reconstruction.

I had recently been browsing on Pinterest and came across an easy way to update an old t-shirt. I took me about 20 minutes to complete this:

• I cut the back neckline level with the front, kept the left over material
• cut 4 slits in the back of the t-shirt
• folded the top and bottom of the slits together, sewed them together.
• used the left over material (from step 1) to cover the fold to make a bow effect.

I am planning on wearing a bright Aztec print top underneath, or matching it with bright vests.

DIY Clay Bunting

As promised I would post on Monday about something I have been making over the last week.
Last weekend me and a friend went to the local Artisan Market and there were quite a few items I wanted to buy and realised, I could make them myself.

One of which was clay bunting, which had letters painted on them. They were selling for £2 a letter, which I thought was quite expensive. I bought a 1kg of white clay for £3.99, acrylic paint for £1.99 and paint brushes for 99p. From this I made 13 pieces of bunting and have loads of clay left over.

To make these I:

• Rolled out a large piece of clay
• using a pre cut template, cut the clay to shape
• whilst wet I used scissors to cut in the required letter and make a hole at the top
• Left  the clay dry for 24 hours
• Painted the dried clay with white acrlyic paint (applied many coats)
• Used red paint to outline the letters
• Once dry I used PVA glue to make shine
• Used lace to link up the bunting

I only had black lace available, ideally I would have used cream but I ran out of time.  I made two, one for my mum and step dad and another one for my sister, which I forgot to take a photo of.

Upcoming Post

On Monday I will be blogging about my biggest crafting project yet.

I can't post the blog yet, as I have made presents for people who may read my blog, and I do not want to ruin the surprise. It took a few days to finish the complete project, but it was so much fun. And I am now convinced buying presents will be on the minimum and will be making them instead!

Back to Basics - Phone Cases

A few days ago I posted about how I was going back to original roots of this blog and started making a new phone case. However for my birthday I was bought an iphone and only recently got round to buying one. So know I have a very almost finished phone case which won't be used, but I will try and recycle the material for the right case.

As ever I started with a clear case, the smelly glue and some bling bits. I decided to take some inspiration from a recent fashion trend; monochrome, using black and white lace.

The top left corner still needs to be filled in.
I then chose a bow and a selection of other bling bits to be glued on:

This was the designed aim of the phone case (and yes thats a malteaster bunny wrapper in the background), now I have finally got back to making a case once i get the new phone I will be back making some more cases!

DIY Storage Box

Yesterday me and my sister went to finish our Christmas shopping, whilst in TKMaxx I saw a storage box which was decorated with wrapped up pages from a magazine. However the inside of this box did look like a shoe box, cost £10 and I thought I could make it, so today I have started to make my storage box.
This is the kinda thing I am talking about:

So far I have spent nothing on this box, I had an old shoe box lying around, a lot of old magazines and a pritt stick at home.

Instead having thing strips of magazine paper I decided to roll the paper to give it texture. To do this I used paper from the middle of the magazine to get the right length so the paper didn't over lap itself. I then cut it into a triangle shape and started to roll it once I had covered one side in glue.

I then made enough to cover a side of the box and stuck them on with a lot more glue. So far I have covered two sides of the box: 

Once I have finished the whole box I will add more up close photos, so you can see the detail.