~wire heart bracelet inspired by "I Spy DIY"~

 Another blog I love is 

"I Spy DIY".

She also has a book. I will soon share with you

 the projects I did from her book.

Today I want to show you the bracelet I made

a couple weeks ago, inspired by her.

 The link to her blog above is for a ring she made

out of wire, I swear I've seen a bracelet too

but I can't find that link. I don't know how she gets

her wire so smooth and intricate....practice I guess.

I made a hook to go thru the heart to 

latch it onto my wrist.

 I finished it off by wrapping the wire around itself.

I've been wearing it everyday, stacked with my other 

wrist baubles :) I think I'll try the ring next....or

maybe adding a charm to it.

~Faux Lace Tank-DIY inspiration from PS i made this~

 In the past I've always re-vamped shirts and clothes

by cutting them up, changing the shape, or making them 

something else entirely. I've recently discovered how

much fun it is to re-vamp clothes with fabric paint.

I saw this idea at "P.S. I Made This"

and knew I had to do it.....pronto!

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Cute isn't it?

It was so easy. 

I got the tank at Michael's for $4.

The fabric spray paint was on clearance for $3.

I used a lace shirt I had in my closet that I haven't worn

for awhile. It was too tight and I felt roly poly in it.

 I cut the front section off like this

so I could lay it over the front of the tank:

Then I placed this piece over the tank top.

Be sure to have cardboard or something in between

the front and back of the shirt or the paint will soak thru.

Now spray.

Remove the piece of lace and let dry.

Up close:

That's it!

Check out the one she made at

"P.S. I Made This"

(click above to be directed).

Hers is way cuter and more detailed than mine.

And if you haven't browsed thru her blog

at her fun DIY's, you should.....

there are so many fun ideas.

 

 

~old bottle turned girly vase~

 I am going thru this phase where I want to

make everything in my house WHITE.

I want to buy a shload of white spray paint 

and just go to town. My brain is so consumed

with what I have to do each and every day

that it feels like I have a lot of clutter in my head.

Because of this, I am trying to diminish the 

real, tactile clutter in my house. I just want clean,

white, easy, breezy, beautiful (cover-girl),simple,

monochromatic EVERYTHING right now.

 

I actually love rooms where everything is white or

very muted and earthy. Just because a room

is all white doesn't mean it's boring. By using

many different TEXTURES of white stuff,

it looks interesting and multidimensional. 

Add in VERY FEW pops of color just in a 

couple little details and that's the look I 

am loving right now.

And now finally, the whole point of this post;

found this old bottle while up camping and decided

(of course) to spray paint it white. I thought I would

do something a little different and make stripes 

on it. It turned out like this:

Didn't like it. Even with a flower that isn't pathetic

and limp looking, it still looked weird and harsh.

So-I stumbled upon a great idea at the blog

"A Beautiful Mess" and knew immediately 

what I was going to do to salvage this cool bottle.

click (here) for their version

This is my version:

 Cover the stripes with white lace and buttons.

I had everything here on hand and did it in 10 minutes.

White on white with lots of texture.

 Doesn't it look lovely?

It's gone from being a weird old bottle I mucked up

with stripes to a feminine, delicate and 

fabulous VOZ (exaggerate that "O").

A nice little addition to my collection.

Next project on the docket this week:

lampshade re-vamp to fit this great little

vintage glass lamp base I found at Goodwill.

~turqoise bib necklace-DIY~

 As promised, here are some better pics of 

the other project I worked on while camping

a couple weeks ago:

It was so easy.

I got the inspiration and idea for it from 

"P.S. I Made This".

click (here) to be directed to the tutorial

I did mine a little different and 

used different materials. She used plastic

key identifiers for hers, which are adorable

I might add, but I decided to use these round

beads I found at the gem show for $2/strand. 

Here's a better picture.

 I love it! 

It's definitely my go-to statement piece

when I want to add a little color to an outfit. 

It took about an hour to make and cost me 

a whopping $2.60.....not bad eh? 

Susie....I know-you are saying out loud right now,

"You really need to belt that dress or something."

Although I totally agree with you-it's just not 

happening. It's hard enough to pull the dress 

clear up over my boobs when I have to feed

the babe-let alone unbelt it too. 

Now you see my dilemma...

~DIY wire word necklace~

This past week I stumbled upon 

some REALLY fun blogs with A TON

of DIY projects. How have I not known about these?

HELLO?!

I've pinned so many things and already attempted

a couple of the projects.

Like this kitschy little number:

I made it in 12 minutes.

No joke.

I swear, my head is smoking from all the 

ideas I have brewing in it right now!

I got this idea from the blog

"Studs and Pearls"

click (here) to check it out

Definitely one of my new must reads!

Hope you have as much fun as I did 

browsing thru all the DIY projects.