Sarah Frances Kuhn. DIY Double Rhinestone Collar Necklace | Meredith & Gwyneth, The New Yorkie. Have you ever found yourself without a real plan, without thoughtfully gathered supplies and with the urgent need to make something? Usually, a few hours after the “All-Other-Activity-Must-Cease-Until-I-DIY-Something” hits, Gwyneth and I look at each other, agree to step away from the glitter and glue gun, write off our craptastic project as entertainment and get back to whatever we were originally delaying doing. But sometimes, miracles do happen. This past Sunday, Gwyneth and I began playing aimlessly with every DIY supply we had on hand with low expectations. But instead of looking at each other with resignation, we gave each other the “OMG, it actually turned out” look a few hours later.
If you’re looking for an easy Sunday afternoon jewelry project without the element of surprise, we’ve got the supplies you’ll need to gather and the steps you’ll need to take to make a DIY Double Rhinestone Collar Necklace of your own! You’ll need: Last but certainly not least, wear your necklace. Tutorial: Gold-Dipped Leather Bookmarks. I'll be traveling a lot next month, and I've been looking for inexpensive, easy to pack, not-too-hard-to-make host or hostess gifts. These DIY leather bookmarks were made entirely from materials I already had on hand and require only the ability to cut a straight line. It's not hard to make a dozen at a time. And they pack nice and flat in a suitcase. Although the materials aren't expensive, you will need a rotary cutter to make these bookmarks.
Otherwise they will look homemade in a bad way. Project estimate: Old leather coat, free and upGold fabric paint (or acrylic paint mixed with textile medium), on hand or $3 and up.Mod Podge, on handPainter's tape, on hand Total: Free and up In addition to a rotary cutter, you will need sturdy scissors, a piece of scrap cardboard, tailor's chalk and a leather hole punch. First dismantle your leather coat using sturdy scissors, removing the lining and removing and flattening out the sleeves. Roughly cut out the rectangles of leather. You can stop here. DIY: Onyx Octopus Necklace. Happy new year lovely people! For the first post of 2013 I have recreated this horribly cute Onyx Octopus from SVPPLY (here). It is a pretty simple tutorial and the result is great! Here is how: Supplies: A toy octopus (I got this toy in a sea creature mix bag), black acrylic paint & brush, thread, a black chainUse the thread to tie two of the tentacles down.Paint the entire octopus black – but keep the eyes undone.
(Unless you would like to paint new eyes in)Wrap either ends of the chain around the tentacleVoila, a pretty scary, but cute, necklace. xoxo Anje Like this: Like Loading... Sillas y retazos de madera | El Safari. Primero que todo hay que saber que durante la fabricación normal con madera se produce entre un 50% a 80% de desechos, con esto en mente los diseñadores MarJan Van Aubel y Jamie Shaw investigaron formas de utilizar estas virutas de madera desechadas, por esto descubrieron que al mezclarla con bio-resina se produce una reacción química que genera una espuma, la que se expande, el tamaño de esta espuma cambia por los distintos tipos de madera, si se le suma agua y el calor al que se expone, lo que puede resultar en una explanación del 600%-700%.
Este material se le suma colorante y luego es amoldado para dar forma finalmente una silla. DIY: Embellish. I've got to say, Birmingham is lacking in places to buy jewellery making/haberdashery items compared to other big cities (other than The Birmingham Bead Shop of course), and I know it's a problem that many of our readers also have. This is one of the reasons I love this tutorial. We've sourced these materials from all sorts of different places. The massive chunky chain is actually a dog collar (this becomes a little problematic later... I'll explain further on in the tutorial), the spit rings/keyrings are from the key cutters and the embroidery floss is from the Birmingham indoor market. Ok yes, the clasp is from The Birmingham Bead Shop, but besides that we done good right? (Just a little note before we start; your going to need around 3/4 packs of embroidery floss.
And there you have it. Hope you've enjoyed today's post! The first tutorial of 2011! The mild temperatures of the last couple of days got me all energized and in an early Spring mood. This was especially true at the beginning of the week when we had a lovely sun on top. I have been cleaning out closets, laundering sheets and blankets, doing lots of ironing, ... and a couple of early Spring crafts, one of which even resulted in this tutorial - the first one of 2011! So, yesterday when my hands were itching to make something I came up with this very simple, whimsical fabric sausage necklace. I got the idea for this necklace while shopping at COS, one of my new favorite stores - and as it turns out this store might become a favorite of K. too. He found himself a couple of really nice things there last week, but this is totally besides today's topic. The necklaces I saw were at the kids' section and simply lovely - but for kids, in size, I mean.
In the woman's section they had similar ones made out of leather - very stylish, very simple, simply l o v e l y! You'll need: 1. Tutorial: Tiny Polymer Clay Plant Pots. I’m really a sucker for anything miniature. You know what’s cute? A horse. You know what’s even cuter? A miniature horse. Just try to deny it. You can’t. It’s scientifically proven. Materials: Polymer clay (I used Premo Sculpey in white, from here ) Melon baller (or other tiny scooping tool) Knife Oven Methods: 1. 2. 3. 4. See that excess clay you scooped out of your pot? 5. 6. 7. I made this plain little pot a holder using these instructions and substituting embroidery thread for rope. DIY Peter Pan Collar. We almost lost our marbles when we first spotted these scalloped white Louis Vuitton collars on the runway. And so when Lucky Magazine asked us to create a tutorial for their November issue, DIYing Peter Pan collars was an absolute no-brainer.
Crisp, feminine, and perfect for fall, who would have thought Neverland could look so chic? You’ll need:2 scalloped edged collar pieces cut from white felt or rubber flannel (pattern downloadable here)a single hole punch or leather rotary hole punch1 yard of white ribbona needle and threadhot glue gunbutton Using the pattern template, cut out the two collar pieces. Create small holes between each scallop, using the hole punch. Overlap the two wider end pieces and push a button through the last two aligning holes.
Cut the ribbon into two half-yard lengths. Wrap the collar around your neck and tie it into a bow. Your Louis Vuitton inspired peter pan collar is finished! (top image via FGR, rest of images by HonestlyWTF)