This is one of the DIY's I created for Urban Crafts. The inspiration?! The Stella McCartney espadrilles! I took some screenshots, but the real tutorial you can see in motion down below! There are two tutorials included in the clip. One I allready published here : the Studded Espadrilles. The second tutorial (The Stella McCartney Inspired Espadrilles) starts around 1:17. Enjoy! P.S.: It's in Dutch...
Inspiration
What you'll need - espadrilles - neon spray paint - tape
Tutorial - (for the clip scroll down)
Step by step 1) tape your shoes carefully. Let only the seams tape/-paper free TIP: make a template of you shoe on paper to put in the shoe for protecting while spraying! 2) Spray! 3) Add some hairspray to fixate the whole
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The perfect way to pimp your shorts? Add some lace! For one, it's cute. Second, it makes your legs look slimmer! (I kid you not.)
What you'll need - a pair of shorts (found mine at H&M) - a strip of lace (found mine at Veritas)
Extra: pair of scissors, a lighter, needle and thread
Tutorial
Step by step 1) Measure the fabric, so you know how much lace you'll need 2) Pin the lace onto the fabric 3) Start sewing (off course you can use a sewing machine) 4) Cut the lace when you are finished with sewing TIP: Do this when you're finished in order to prevent you'll end up with too little lace 5) Burn the edges of the lace before sewing them together in order to prevent them from unraveling
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Over the years I collected my share of lace fabrics. I even sometimes buy a shirt just because of a beautiful lace application with the intention to cut it out and make something totally different out of it. Also for this DIY I dug in my collection of lace and gave it a neon-spray-tan. Given that I am currently craving the neon trend, I need to restrain myself not to spray everything around me neon. I found these two fabrics at two totally different places. The first piece of fabric I found a while ago at a local fabric shop. The second one are old (and hideous) curtains my mom used to own. My brothers will be so pleased to see I put a pair of scissors in them.
Tutorial
What you'll need - Lace TIP: Use white lace - I tried it with darker lace and it didn't work - Neon spray - Jewelry clasp - Chain
extra : scissors, needle and thread, pliers
Step by step
OPTION I 1) Cut out little patterns you find in the fabric 2) Place them together and sew them into a new pattern 3) Give it a spray 4) Add the chain and jewelry clasp
OPTION II 1) If you can find a pattern in the lace that suits your wishes, just cut it out as a whole 2) Spray it! 3) Add the chain and jewelry clasp
The coolest part of it all is definitely the spraying part. I just love to give things a -neon- spray tan.
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A quick and easypeasy DIY given the fact I am still a student and it's that time of the year again: Finals are around the corner, what means a lot of studying. I think I found inspiration for this project in one of the collections of Essentiel Antwerpbut I am not 100% sure.
What you'll need - some -cheap- gemstones (found these ones at Action) - transparent plastic (found it at a local copy center) - pin
extra: scissors, superglue
Tutorial
Step by step 1) Play around with the gemstones untill you find a combination that you like 2) Glue them on the plastic 3) Cut out the form 4) Glue the pin onto the plastic
Tadaa!
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