July 28, 2010
The Bridesmaid Necklace
My niece is getting married this Saturday and she asked me if I would be willing to make necklaces for her bridesmaids. I was excited to try this. I have never really used necklace making stuff, so I found an example and asked my niece what she thought and kind of went along with how I thought they would be made. They aren't perfect but here is what I came up with.
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July 20, 2010
DIY Ruffle Shower Curtain
I have admired the ruffle shower curtain from Anthropologie for the last year but the price is a bit much to spend on a shower curtain. I figured it was worth me trying it on my own. I really like how this turned out and it was fairly simple, time consuming, but simple.
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July 17, 2010
DIY: Embellish your Headband
Headband's are so easy to embellish. All you need is lace, beads, or scrap material. I usually buy my headband's in packs of 3 or 4 from Target for under a $1 a piece.
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July 14, 2010
DIY: Give those Old Beads some Oomph!
I found this strand of red beads at the Goodwill and after finding the coat buttons with chains at the estate sale last weekend I decided to see what they would look like together.
July 7, 2010
Another Set of Easy DIY Cloth Napkins
Remember when I made these easy DIY cloth napkins?
I made some more. This time I made them for my nieces wedding shower. I'm still trying to figure out what to add to this gift. I am thinking of making it a picnic basket gift, with fun stuff for picnic-ing. What do you think? Any ideas?
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July 5, 2010
Fabric Rose Necklace
I have never added fabric roses or fabric flowers of any kind to a necklace. This was my first try at this. I found this necklace in that lot of jewelry and made these flowers from a shirt and stuffed them in the circle to see what they would look like and I liked it, so I glued a black round piece of velvet on the backs and I was done.
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July 4, 2010
Happy 4th of July & a Necklace
This morning as I was getting dressed I decided to wear one of my newest creations. I had a t-shirt and skirt on and when I walked into the bathroom my husband said "oh your going to dress up?". I had a t-shirt on, apparently the necklace made it all look a lot nicer than it was.
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June 28, 2010
DIY Urban Outfitters Bowtie Necklace
I saw this bowtie necklace on the Urban Outfitters site and thought it was cute. I liked how you could make it shorter or longer.
I had a dress that I had already taken off the sash for a necklace last week and figured the straps would be perfect for this necklace since they had the length adjustments on them.
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June 24, 2010
Satin Bow Tie Recycled Necklace
I finished another recycled necklace. If you have ever worked with jewelry you know that you have to have the right tools to take apart or add to jewelry, believe me I tried with regular pliers and it did not work. So I bought a five piece set of small jewelry pliers that have been so nice to work with and made this process of jewelry making so much easier.
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June 23, 2010
Make Your Own 100% Recycled Necklace
I have been enjoying taking apart jewelry and putting together different necklaces and beads that you wouldn't think necessarily go together but when put together they look amazing.
Here is one of my 100% recycled necklaces that I recently finished. I took apart a belt for the metal rings, used two necklaces after I took the clasps off, and then I cut off the two ties from a dress that no longer fits. Combining those made this necklace.
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