DIY Kelly Wearstler Inspired Metallic Sea Shell Earrings Tutorial from Honestly…WTF here. Where on earth do you get cheap sliced sea shells? As usual Honestly…WTF has links to everything. This DIY project is so much easier than it looks with really good instructions for these statement earrings.
DIY Knockoff Anthropologie Piccadilly Drops Earrings Tutorial from Small Good Things here. Really clear and easy tutorial. Left Photo: $48 Anthropologie Piccadilly Drops Earrings here, Right Photo: DIY by Small Good Things.
Big Jeweled Buttons in Fashion According to Vogue
Vogue reported in its August issue that high-fashion labels including Louis Vuitton and Chanel are bringing back oversized jeweled buttons, which were popular over 20 years ago. You can create your own using Creative Clay and a large button. What will you bedazzle with an oversized button?
DIY Assad Mounser Inspired Amethyst Collar Necklace Tutorial from Unfortunately Oh! here. For a Chanel Inpsired Crystal Bracelet tutorial go here, for a Chanel Inspired Crystal Necklace go here, and for a truly spectacularDIY Spiky Crystal Ring Tutorial Inspired by Pamela Love FW11 go here.
DIY ASOS Knockoff Ribbon Bracelets from The Quiet Lion here. I must be tired because I had to read this tutorial two times to understand you use elastic thread to bunch up the ribbon to make this really easy knockoff. Top Photo: ASOS Ribbon Bracelets now on sale for 2/$6.63 here (good price now that they are sale, but colors are limited to black and neon yellow/green), Bottom Photo: DIY by Quiet Lion. *For lots more knockoffs go here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/knockoff
DIY Finger Knitting Chain Necklace Tutorial from stripes + sequins here. I’ve gotten another question about what projects you can do with finger knitting and this is a really easy one. Really clear series of photos showing you how to finger knit. *For a roundup I made of finger knitting posts go here.
DIY Leather and Washer Necklace Tutorial from diyearte here. If you have any problems figuring our knots I posted a link to the 12 basic macrame knots here. If you read my blog you know exactly why I love this necklace so much. *Find more hardware store jewelry posts here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/hardware
DIY Heavy Chain and Belt Necklace Tutorial from Trinkets in Bloom here. I have loved the heavy chain look ever since I saw white chain draped all over a Valentino white dress. I even did a roundup of heavy chain projects here.
DIY Spike Bracelet from stripes + sequins here. For cheap chunky chains you can use a Dollar Store dog chain collar - I even posted a tutorial for a necklace using them here. *For more spike jewelry including earrings, necklaces, and headbands go here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/spikes
DIY Cluster of Starts Hair Clip Tutorial from
for the love of… here.This is such a cute and cheap project using acrylic stars from Michaels. First seen at Oh The Lovely Things here. EDIT: This tutorial has been taken down but you can find it here. Use Chrome to translate, but the photos should be enough.Tutorial Steps:
- Buy the acrylic stars from places like Michaels
- Spray paint them gold
- Attach gold wire to the smaller stars and glue them on
- Glue the stars onto the barrettes with the stars attached to wire under the big stars
DIY Washer Necklace Tutorial from By Wilma here. The cool thing about this necklace is you use nail polish on one side and then can flip it over for an aged silver look. Tip: you could also use different colors of electrical wire to join the washers - I have whole sets of colorful electrical wire that I use in a ton of ways for different crafts. I love hardware jewelry - especially washers because they are so cheap and I have seen lovely jewelry created with them. *To see more projects using hardware washers go here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/washers *For DIY hardware store jewelry in general go here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/hardware
