Pimped H&M Bag.

Hello sunshine!
Spring is (hopefully) around the corner, and no better the way to complete your sunkissed outfit by adding a touch of colour to your accessories?
This bag original is from H&M.

A quick and fun DIY! 

What you'll need?

- a handbag

- some fake leather

extra: scissors, superglue

Tutorial

Step by step
1) Measure the piece you want to cover in leather
2) Add 2 extra centimeters to each side and cut it
3) Glue to left and right side to the piece you want to cover
4) Add little dots of glue to the remaining pieces and flip them around.

Enjoy!

Summer Chain Necklace.

Two years ago I made small collection of statement necklaces for my clothing line Midnight Gold, this DIY is inspired by one of those necklaces, but I made them longer and more colourful for a instant summer feeling.

What you'll need
- 1,5 pack of Fimo (or another kind of polymer clay)
- some ribbon

extra: a cutter, an oven, needle and threath

Tutorial

Step by step
1) make little "sausages" of the clay
2) Cut them in pieces (around 8 cm)
3) Add the two ends together and carefully create oval circles
4) Bake them
   TIP: make sure you bake the circles "loose" 
5) When baked, carefully shake the necklace loose, so no cirkels are pasting together
6) Add te ribbon by sewing it like shown on the picture

There you go! No the only thing thing you'll need is some sunshine...

Cookie Stamp.

I always wanted a cookie stamp. But I found them a little expensive for the times I would use it. It's not that I am baking making cookies every week...
So I tried to make my own DIY version. Hope you like it!

What you'll need
- A craft foam sheet
- foam letters - For Belgium & The Netherlands: I found mine at Hema. 
   - But you can also make them yourself using the foam sheet! -
- some glue

extra: a good cookie recipe

Tutorial

Step by step
1) Decide what sentence you want to appear on your cookie and look for the letters.
   TIP: You can make the letters smaller by cutting them with scissors!
2) Cut out a square out of the foam sheet
3) To give the stamp enough relief I used two layers of letters
4) Paste them together
5) Glue them onto the square but TAKE NOTICE the letters are mirrored (!)
6) Prepare a great cookie recipe. I used one from Dagelijkse Kost  
7) Stamp them!
8) Bake and enjoy them! 

Pimped shoes.

In anticipation of Spring... Lately, every shoe store you visit you see flat shoes with a colourful or golden tip popping up! So I tried it my way.

What you'll need

- some (cheap) flat shoes (the one with the golden tip are from Action - the one with the neon tip are from H&M)

- masking tape

- spray

Tutorial

Step by step

1) Remove bows or any other extra's from your shoes

2) Deside wich part you want to give a "spray" and line with tape

3) Protect the rest of the shoe

4) SPRAYYYYY !

     TIP: Do this outside!

As you can see the velvet ones (H&M) were a little bit harder to spray. I even needed to use a white basecoat. So another tip: use shoes with a smooth surface.

Give it a try and show me your result! 

Marni x H&M inspired necklace II.

A year ago Marni x H&M worked together and made a beautiful collection. Inspired by one of those pieces - worn here by the lovely Liene of the Belgian blog Suriel - I tried to create my own and fun DIY version!


What you'll need
- Fimo (or another kind of polymer clay)
- little balls of styrofoam (I used 8 of 3,5 cm and 2 of 4 cm)
- leather cord
- the template

extra: a pin, an oven, a cutter, tinfoil

The template

Tutorial

Step by step
1) Cover the balls in tin foil and make "a tail"
2) Roll out the clay and cut out the template
3) Make two little holes in the clay
4) Place the clay around the ball
5) Bake!
6) When the clay is baked you will see the balls shrunk and you can easily remove them 
7) Weave the cord through the little holes you made earlier

There you go!
I am in love with the result! How about you?

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