December 2012
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September 2011
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DIY Plastic Spoon Rose
What you’ll need:
Scissors
Jewelry Chain if you’re making the pendant
Safety Pin
Needle Nose Pliers
Glue Gun
1.)You can use any colour spoon you want or you can also spray paint them afterwards.
see picture - cut off the handles using scissors - when you have 17 (10 for outer petals, 5 for petals around the 2 in the middle)
2.)- Light the candle - Take your...
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DIY Shredded Tights
What you’ll need:
Tights
Scissors
Clear Nail Varnish
PICK THE RIGHT PAIR The last thing you want is a granny’ish thigh shaper peeking out from beneath your mini skirt, so choose semi-sheer or sheer black stockings. And because the higher-denier weaves of opaque tights and more expensive versions don’t shred vertically as well, cheaper is best for this project. Try:...
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DIY Gemstone Mesh Earrings
What you’ll need:
Small amount of fabric Fabric for backing (I used peach-colored satin voile)
Small amount of mesh Tulle as overlay
Fabric Glue
Embellish-It! Jewellery Glue for fabric
4 silver-colored Jump Ring(s)
2 silver-colored french hook Earring Wires
Sheet of stick-on mounted Rhinestone(s) (from the scrap booking section of the craft store)
Scissors
Lighter
...
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DIY Nyan Cat phone charm
What you’ll need:
Phone Strap
Fabric Glue
Black Thread
Needles And Pins
Stuffing
Scissors
Print your nyan cat head. Size it to how big you’d like your charm to be.
Cut the pixelized head, and then cut elements such as its mouth, eyes and cheek blush.
Trace/pin images on felt, and then cut them up. I cut up two of each element cause I wanted the head to be double...
August 2011
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DIY Retro Nintendo Controller Wallet
Things you will need:
Black Duct Tape
Silver Vinyl Duct Tape
Scissors
Ruler
Index Card
Red Duct Tape
Xacto Knife
Cutting Mat
1.) One by one, layer three 10” strips of silver vinyl duct tape onto your cutting board (pay no mind to how sloppy it looks in my picture). They should overlap 1” each, so that you end up with a big piece that is at least 10” x...
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DIY Lace earrings
Things you will need:
2 Earring Hooks
a piece of Lace
Spray Polish
Scissors
First cut out a piece of lace. I chose a big flower patterned lace and cut it out carefully round the edges of the flowerprint.
Then spray your piece with spaypolish normal clear(nail)polish will do as well but it gets harder then. Allow it to dry
Then spray your piece with spaypolish normal...
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DIY Always A Bridesmaid Shiroi Loli Headband
Things you will need:
Hot Glue
Needle And Thread
Plastic Headband
1” Or 2” Netting
Satin Ribbon
Lace Trim
1.) Make your bows. I’ve cut 3 ribbons - one with 4 1/2” length, another with 5 1/2” length and the third one with 6 1/2” length. I added tails for the biggest one, but that’s just my preference. :3 Set them aside
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DIY Gothic Rose Lolita Headband
Things you will need:
Needle And Thread
Satin Ribbon
Plastic Headband
1 1/2” Wide Lace Trim
Hot Glue
1.) Gather all your materials. For this project, I used: 3 Pink Foam Roses (one size only); 1/2” wide Brown Satin Ribbon; 1” wide Black Satin Ribbon; and 1 1/2” wide Black Lace Trim.
2.) Verify where you want your roses to be situated. Wrap the...
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D.I.Y Flower Headband
Things you will need:
Glue Gun
Gem(s) , pearls or embellishments.
Fabric
Chain
Studs
Fake Flowers
Pliers
First what you will need is fake flowers, pliers, studs, chain, fabric, glue gun and some type of gems, pearls or embellishments.
You can use any color or style of fake flowers. I chose pink over sized daisy’s and little yellow buds. Pluck the flowers off the green...
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DIY Bedazzled Moccasins
Things you will need:
White Moccasins
Fabric Marker
Beaded Trim
Hot Glue Gun
Assortment Of Charm(s)
What you will need: Fabric markers, white maccasins, beaded trim, hot glue gun and an assortment of charms
I colored all the fringe in with the fabric markers, hot glued the beaded trim around the top then attached the cross charms with plyers. Its almost too simple!
Credit:...
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Diy Miu Miu Style Cat Collar
Things you will need:
Iron
Iron On Transfers
Printer
Scissors
Sequins
Button(s)
White Collar Shirt
Its pretty simple. Cur the collar off the shirt. Print out two different cats on the iron transfers. Iron them onto the collar and then decorate!
Credit: Audrey Kitching
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DIY Bracelet
Things you will need:
2 meter yarn of your choice
1 button
Strong glue
Needle Thread
Scissors
Some kind of rope
1.) Start by measuring your wrist to decide how big you want to make your bracelet. Then cut off the piece of rope you need.
2.) Tie the yarn to one end of the rope.
3.) Then start wrapping the yarn around the rope.
4.) Continue twisting the yarn ‘til there...
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DIY Rocker Pearls Necklace
Things you will need:
2 yard large stringed pearls - black, white, light grey
2 yard medium stringed pearls- black, white
2 yard small stringed pearls- black, white, aqua, light grey
2 yard tiny stringed pearls- black, white, aqua
Gather your materials.
Fold all 2-yard pieces in half. Keep one trim separate (for us, it’s 10628-BK).
Twist the pearl trims by holding the cluster in...
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DIY Summer Necklace
Things you will need:
20 medium pearl beads
20 small pearl beads
7 pieces of hemp string of 150 cm long
1.) Fold 6 of the 7 strings in two and form a loop that you will tie with a knot. Make sure the loop is not too big, about one inch long.
2.) Tie the 7th string at the base of the loop to consolidate your loop by making this simple knot around the loop.
3.) To make the knot...
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DIY Tuxedo Necklace
Things you will need:
Ribbed Elastic - Black
1 yard Pleated Satin Ribbon - Ivory
1 Poly Bow - Black
1 yard Gold Chain
T Shirt Scraps (we used white)
Scissors
Glue Gun
1.) Gather Materials and plug in your glue gun.
2.) Cut a 3” piece of elastic and glue it to your tee shirt scrap.
3.) Measure your pleated ribbon. You want to cut 4 strips, all at the same length.
4.)...
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DIY Bow Necklace
Things you will need:
Cotton
Ribbon
Glue
Needle
Chain
Jump Ring
Take a piece of ribbon in you desired length.
Cut a second piece of ribbon 1 inch longer than the first
Sew or glue together the end
The bow should now resemble a loop
Finding the centre, fold each edge of the ribbon behind itself towards the centre- this will give you the pretty bow shape.
Using your spare...
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DIY Macrame Necklace
Things you will need:
String
Scissors
Wooden Beads
Chain
1. Grab a spool of rope and loop around your thumb.Weave over and under your fingers, back and forth until you create 2 rows of rope of each finger.
2. Remove the bottom string over the top on each finger, until you leave just one row left.
3. Continue to weave over and under, always creating 2 rows of rope and pulling the...
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Update***
Sorry everyone for not updating this blog in a long time. My computer was no longer working due to spilling water near the computer and even though I thought no water touched the computer, there was some spillage under there and now my computer no longer works :’( so I couldn’t use my computer anymore but now I’m back and I can get back to updating this blog :D.
Also I want to...
February 2011
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January 2011
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DIY Mirror side skirt
What You’ll Need:
Black skirt
Mirror mosaic tiles
Fabric glue
Line up your first tile in the bottom left corner of the skirt, just above the seam. Glue to the skirt by rubbing some fabric glu directly on the material and pressing the tile on top [Note: If you can find mosaic tile with sewing holes on either side, I recommend sewing them instead] .
Next, work your way out...
December 2010
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DIY Doo.Ri Tights
What you’ll need:
Patterend lace tights (or leggings)
very thin needle
thread
scissors
set of beads varying from sizes to colours to shapes.
Wearing the tights will be the easiest way to apply the beads.
Find a patch on the lace where the texture is heavier (on the pattern – the weave is stronger there and should hold the beads better), and slide needle through where you...
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DIY Mock Chanel Shades
What you’ll need:
Spray Adhesive
Clear lenses sunglasses
lace
scissors
First: Go get clear lenses sunglasses, or you could use lightly tinted ones…
Second: Have some lace. I would prefer black, but if you can’t find clear lenses ones, use black lenses with white lace or pink or whatever. The lace should be wider than your glasses. Trace out the shape of the lenses...
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DIY Ribbon Chain bracelets
What you’ll need:
1.0 Satin Ribbon
1.0 Gold chain
Jewelry plyers
Scissors
Gather Materials. Cut Chain with a jewelry plyers. If you don’t have one, you can twist the chain links until they seperate. Ribbon pieces should be 10-12 inches.
Weave ribbon through the first link and tie a knot. Make sure to leave extra ribbon at the end so that you can tie on the...
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DIY Chained Pearl Bracelet
What you’ll need:
Satin Ribbon
Pearl Beads
Jumprings
Different sizes of chains
Nylon Thread
Scissors
String your pearl beads using nylon or thread.
Slip the medium-sized chain’s end to one end of the string.
Verify how long you want your chain to be, and slip the chain link to the other end of your bracelet. You can do this several times. :)
Cut the excess...
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DIY Ear cuff
What you’ll need:
15 cm wire
1 plieres
1 scissors
1 pen
This is the materials you will need: a pen or pencil, or anything that is round with diamante smaller than 1cm a piece of wire about 15cm long scissors
Wrap the wire around the pen like this
The other side. Continue wrapping until…
Like this! You can wrap till your desire your length.
Take it out from the pen...
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DIY Bow Dainty Necklace
What you’ll need:
6 yard DIY Quick gift ribbon- Black
8-10 Poly bow- choose your own colors
Glue gun
scissors
Cut satin ribbon into 8-10 pieces. All pieces should differ in length SLIGHTLY. We cut ours in pieces ranging from 23-31 inches. Cut one piece of “scrap” ribbon 3” and save this for the very end of this tutorial.
Lay bows out with your ribbon....
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DIY Mega Stud Cuff
What you’ll need:
Satin Ribbed Elastic- Ivory
Large Gold Pyramid Studs
Needle & Thread
Scissors
pins
Gather materials. Plyers are only neccessary if you have sensitive fingers :)
Cut a 7-8inch piece (measure your wrist) of elastic and pin it into a cuff.
Sew the elastic with a similar color thread. Once you have your cuff, prepare to stud!
Try it on for size before we...
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DIY Chainklet
Wear as anklet, necklace OR bracelet!!
What you’ll need:
2 stretch velvet ribbon- black
1 gold chain
1 biker chain
1 classy silver chain
1 mini black chain
Scissors
Needle & Thread
Gather materials and thread your needle.
On each ribbon, fold over an inch, and sew. This way you’ll have a nice end piece to work with.
Sew chains onto the end of the ribbon....
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DIY stud double ring
What you’ll need:
2 flat faced ring
Mini silver pyramid studs
duct tape
Gather materials and plug in your glue gun.
Cut a piece of duct tape, around 5 inches.
Fold over one side as shown.
Fold over the other side.
Stud (10 studs) in a very straight line on your piece of folded tape.
Cut out the row of studs so that you can’t see any tape.
Here’s what...
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DIY Tick Wedges
What you’ll need:
1 pair of CORK wedges shoes
500 Thumb Tacks
Start in the corner, and push the first tack into the cork.
It should look like this.
Push the second tack into the cork, just barely overlapping the first tack.
Continue all around the bottom of the shoe. Once done with the first row, continue on…
One done, one to go!
Continue tacking!
Last tack!
...
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DIY Knotted Ribbon State Necklace or belt
What you’ll need:
7/8” wide Black Grosgrain Ribbon for the base and 5/8” wide Grosgrain Ribbon in Forest green, Navy, Black, as well as 7/8” Gray for the design.
Scissors
Blue Moon Metal Corrugated beads, Round-silver
Needle and thread.
* Cut your base {using 7/8” Black Grosgrain Ribbon} about 60” long {I’d rather start long and cut down than...
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DIY Pearl and Ribbon necklace
What you’ll need:
1” Ivory Bark Ribbon (about 2-1/2 yards) glam it up for fall with velvet ribbon.
Large Pearls
Needle/Gutermann Thread (Eggshell)
Scissors
Thread and needle
* Snip pearl string for loose pearls
* Begin about 1/4 way down the ribbon - pinch and thread needle through it
* Thread loose pearl onto needle, then fold ribbon, thread needle through then...
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DIY Refashion jersey skirt to belt, infinity...
What you’ll need:
unflattering skirt
scissors
* Lying flat, measure up about 5-6 inches from the bottom and make a cut at the side seam. You may choose to cut both layers together {carefully} or cut a single layer all the way around
Creating an….
an infinity scarf
* I wrapped mine three times for a layered look …twisting it will give it a knew look
Or …cut it...
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DIY: From T-shirt to Tote Bag
What you’ll need:
T-shirt
2 yards of webbing
Scissors
Fabric chalk or pencil
Ruler
Sewing Machine
For this project, you will need a t-shirt and 2 yards of webbing for the straps. (Webbing comes in a variety of colors and sizes and is about $1 to $2 dollars per yard.)
The shirt I used is from my brother’s trip to China. I liked the interesting design on the front and back.
...
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DIY Tshirt Shrug
What you’ll need:
Ribbon
Fabric Scissors
Thread
Sewing Machine
Pin(s)
T-shirt
Safety pin
Grab a Tshirt
cut along the red line and cut off neck band.
Turn shirt inside out and fold 1 inch along the red line to form the casing.
Pin and sew
Pull the ribbon through the casing using a safety pin. Pull tight and tie.
Final results!
Credit: Cut out + Keep
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DIY Tetra Pack wallet
What you’ll need:
Empty and clean juice or milk packaging.
Scissors
Colorful adhesive tape
Stapler
Self-adhesive hoop
loop fastener fastenings.
Open the edges on the sides and bottom of package, flatten the package by pressing sides together.
Cut off the bottom and top of the package
(Translation: kokku liimimise koha joon = the place of the line glued and klapp = lap)
...
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DIY Belt to Bondage Anklets
What you’ll need:
gladiator wedges
Forever 21 belt (main belt with two skinny, studded belts)
scissors
1. Within the belt, were twoo skinny, studded belts. They weren’t stitched in, so all I had to do was pull them out.
2. Once I had the skinny belts separated, I cut the ends off the main belt to use as the base for the cuffs.
3. To finish, all I had to do was bend the two...
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DIY Slippers
What you’ll need:
Sewing Machine
Scissors
Sewing Pin(s)
Towel
Fake leather fabric
pencil
paper
ribbon
gem or trinkets
stuffing
Draw around your foot on to a peice of paper. Make a template that is slightly larger than your foot, this will be the shape of your slippers.
Draw out your slipper on to the towel, remember to flip the template over for the left and right foot.
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DIY MMM sandal-boot
What you’ll need:
boots
sandals
scissors
1) Cut large cuffs off the top of old pair of black leather/vinyl boots. Mine are Guess and I got them at TJ Maxx a long time ago for about $50. When cutting, angle so back is longer than front. 2) Fit cuffs over a pair of black heeled sandals (looks great with wedges or flats too). The shorter part should go over the top of your foot,...
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DIY Fringe infinity scarf
All you’ll need is:
a slightly oversize tee but any old tee shirt will do.
fabric scissors
pencil
pins (optional)
1. Use the pencil to lightly sketch a semi-circle around the neck of the tee. Don’t stress- it does not have to be a perfect circle! Cut along your dotted line, discard scraps.
2. Use pins (or pencil marks) to create a border about 2” thick. When you cute...
