diy ring holder from wine corks

So my mom came back from Texas this last weekend and, since everything is cheaper there (and I have amazing friends that sent me some stuff), I have alot more jewelry making stuff. Like chains and earring and ring bases and things like that. Which I am so excited about! One thing I've been wanting to do is make more rings, so I'm hopefully going to be doing some tutorials on that soon. But first, here is a diy for a ring holder so that you actually have a place for them! I have seen some tutorials using those foam hair rollers which sounds like a great idea. But I didn't have any and I hate buying things, but I thought of using wine corks and it worked just fine! Before I was gonna use used up glue stick cases. Because I had alot left from my book page wallpaper project that I saved, but I figured corks are more something that people save and do projects with. But be creative! I'm sure there are alot more things you could use to do this project.

   As I was doing this post, I thought of maybe not even covering the wine corks? If you are going for that look, I think it could be pretty. And of course, if your shoe box top isn't the right color, you can always paint it or cover it in fabric. Anyways, hope you guys try it out! And if you do, tell me how it goes!

   Hope everyone is having a great week :)

Vintage floral nails

I recommend doing a better job than I did with removing your last nail color. Ha, sorry about that.

Use a light and a dark pink nail polish. For step 3, start in the middle of your 4 dots and then swirl around. Make sure to not over-do it and mix the colors completely.

   I haven't had much luck finding a good tutorial on how to do these kind of floral nails so I hope this is at least a little helpful! If you give it a try, send my a picture of how it turned out!

diy ombre chevron necklace

   After my last project/post, I realized how many project possibilities there are using tooling foil (not sure if that's the right name for it or not). Soo today I decided to make an ombre chevron necklace with it! Its a pretty simple tutorial so I'll let the pictures speak for themselves!

   Pretty easy, right? If you have any questions though, feel free to ask! Hope everyone is having a great week! :)

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diy chain hair accessory

   Today while I was on pinterest, trying to get inspired, I saw a really cute gold chain hair accessory / headband looking thing and I thought it was really cute. It has a sweet and pretty look to it and it's a bit more creative than the normal headbands I always wear. It looked diy-able so I thought I would give it a try! Here's the tutorial!

Unfortunately I couldn't find where the original is sold. I would have liked to know how much money I saved with making it instead of buying it but oh well.

You'll need...
- metal sheets
- wire
- a chain
- 2 bobby pins
- old scissors
- 2 jewelry loops (what are those really called??)
- something sharp to make the holes
- a pair of pliers
- paint (if your metal, wire and chain don't all match.)

I made 24 circles.

I marked where the holes need to go so it's easier to see.

I started from the left side and finished on the right.

And then you're finished! :) Unless of course you want to paint it. I just used gold acrylic paint and then an acrylic sealer.

   Hope that was clear enough! Feel free to ask any questions! Oh and ps. sorry once again for the awful pictures. One of these days I am going to buy myself a camera instead of using my terrible phone.

The new look!

   So all day today I have been working on my blog's new look. I wanted to get it set in stone and make sure I liked everything before I tried harder to make this place more popular and have more traffic. In my dreams I would have hired one of those super nice blog designers but of course being a broke DIY kinda person I settled with the help of a lot of PicMonkey and a bit of Pixlr ;)
   At first I was really excited and pleased with how it all turned out but now, after two people have told me they really liked it before.. I'm not so sure. So basically I'm just wanting your opinions! If you liked it better before or if you have any constructive criticism please be honest about it!
 
   Hope everyone has a wonderful week! :)

I love thrift shopping.

   Hello! :)
   Today I took a trip to a thrift store with my sister and dad and I am sooo happy with what I found! Thrift stores are always fun cause one week you go and you find tons of stuff and the next you leave with nothing. But today was one of those days where I had to let go of a few of my great finds and just pick my favorites. Here is what I found!

   So the vest was about to be left on the rack but I figured for 1.50 I might as well. And the shorts are super cute. Just in need of a few alterations. I've been wanting to get my wardrobe ready for this fall and winter now, while I have a whole lot of extra time (I'm even in the middle of crocheting myself a scarf ;) ). I'm imagining wearing tights with at least the tan shorts (they are actually darker in person and more fall-ish). And I love any and all sweaters for fall and winter so these things were great :)
   I saved the best for last... :)

   So at first glance they are already worth 3 euros in my opinion...  But what I found out makes them soo much better! They are really nice looking shoes and I was curious how much they were originally sold for. I looked the brand up online and found that they no longer sell these exact pair of shoes anymore but that all of their women's shoes are between 119-201 British pounds. Just to give you an idea.. 150 pounds is equal to $234! I am soo happy I found them and took them before anyone else did! This find made my day :)

Tutorial: peter pan collar and open-back bow shirt

   Whenever I have somewhere to go and I can't find anything in my closet that I feel like wearing, my solution is usually to diy something (assuming I have the time to do so). Although I practically never finish it in time. But the other day I wanted a new outfit and this is what I came up with! If you saw my last post, you kind of already saw it. But here are some better pictures and the tutorial I promised! Here is a picture of the shirt that the tutorial is on.

    So let's get started!
You'll need...
- A tank top that fits normally as a guide. (NOT those super tight ones.)
- Some fabric for the main part of the shirt
- A bit of different colored fabric for the collar
- Lightweight fabric for bow
- Pins
- Tracing or parchment paper & pencil

1. Lay tank top onto folded fabric. (The front of the tank top needs to be folded into the front. Folded down the middle basically.) The middle of the tank top needs to be aligned with folded edge of your fabric like in the picture above. Add a 1/2 in. seam allowance all around and then cut!
2. Do the same for the back.
3. Sew the shoulders together like in the picture.

4.The pictures pretty much speak for themselves.
Tip: you can do one side, then fold the paper in half, and trace it onto the other side since the paper is see-through. That way it is symmetrical.

5. Follow what the pictures say then turn the shirt right-side-out and iron the collar down. Now sew, very closely, along the edge of the neckline. Now the collar is done but depending on the size and fabric, it may stick up a bit like mine did. I just sewed along the bottom edge of it, connecting the edge to the shirt.

   For the rest...
If you saw my last post, then you know I originally had a different idea for this shirt. So, for the middle picture, this step is pretty useless. But I did it in mine, and I thought I would explain how in case you decided to do it differently or something.

The rest is pretty simple! Just hem the edges correctly and such and then you're finished!

Since I was originally planning on doing something else, the tutorial might be a bit confusing.. If so, just as me your questions and I will be more than happy to try and help. Let me know if you give it a try :) Thanks for visiting!

Oh and I'm not really sure but wouldn't this make a good maternity shirt?  Just my guess.

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