Pretty Me Up-Probably one of the most chic belts you'll ever make for cheap!

Hello there!

Do you love skinny belts? I know I do! Well, here's a skinny belt that:

A.Has Glitter

B.Looks super chic

C.Has minimum materials used

D.Gives shapeless dresses a glamour punch!

Now that I've got you excited, let me tell you first that this can be a lil bit time-consuming, but at the end of the post I promise I'll add some super-alternatives you can try out!

This skinny belt was inspired by the design here.

In India or its neighboring Asian countries, you get heavy laces like these for a significant amount of cash because they are usually used to design custom bridal outfits which if you've seen Indian brides before, are detailed with loadza intricate, heavy work and motifs!

So let's do a cheaper version at home! (and also to use up the glitter from my DIY Vanity Tray)

Pretty me up- DIY Floral Sharpie belt!

Does that fabric look printed to you guys? Well, it does a whole lot to me!Surprise!! It's done with Sharpies!

How long can the magic of Sharpies go? Tremendous I say, today I bring you a cheery, bright and floral belt made with Sharpies! Time to reveal you inner doodler in this project ladies! It's great for giving as gifts too and to turn a plain dress's style a notch higher up!
I did this project at night and took pictures later, so I don't have any pictures of the process but it's so easy you won't have a hard time figuring anything out!

What you'll need:

1.Sharpies in the colors you want your design to be
2.Adhesive Lace
3.Ribbon in any color of choice.
4.A handy pair of scissors
5.Hobby/craft knife
6.Fabric Glue (sorry, I misplaced mine, so I just replaced normal clear dry glue in the above picture)That works well too!
7.Fabric, preferably in lighter, neutral shades. Mine is white, about 3 inches wide and 19 inches long.

STEPS:
1.First your fabric is gonna need a bit of ironing if it looks crinkled.My fabric is actually a stole that I had in my school uniform from when I was in school. I'm glad it came in handy!

2.Now start doodling. You might wanna lay out some newspapers down first before you start drawing on the fabric. I'm happy how it came out in the end!

3.Take the adhesive lace the same measure as the length of your fabric, peel off the backing and adhere it to the longer parallel edges of your personalized Sharpie-drawn fabric. If you wanna cover the other side of the belt too with the same plain fabric go ahead cuz some Sharpie marks are bound to be peeking there and it ain't gonna look pretty if you're gifting this to someone!

4. Now take your craft knife and a little bit from the edge, make a little sliver the width of your ribbon so that you can insert it through.

5.Take the ribbon out from the other end and glue it back down to the original ribbon that you inserted in through the sliver.

6.Now to make the ends looks more finished,switch over to the back portion, fold down two triangles from the two corners of the fabric like this:

7.Glue them down and do the same for the other end of the belt too.

8.You can keep the length of the ribbon as long as you desire. I like keeping mine long just cuz after I tie the bow, I like the rest of the ribbon to have a nice fall. :)

9.Wear it, gift it, adore it!

You can see in the above picture how I didn't fold one end of the belt to show you guys how the folded triangular end looks like :)

I would LOVE to see if you did a version yourself!
Till next time!
Nash <3

The Decorista Chronicles-DIY Bracelet Tower!

I'm here with a quick and ridiculously simple tut for you all today. If your chunky bangles and bracelets are invading a lot more territory than they ought to, organize them in this sweet and stylish way. You can make multiple of these and display them on your vanity and it won't take up a lot of space or time!Promise!:D

Gather up these few supplies and you're good to go!

1.Krylon Glitter spray in Gold. You can use the color of your choice, obviously. I just think gold looks more, erm, classy!

2.Your fabulous stash of bracelets!

3.This is your tower stand now. I decided on an empty room mist fragrance bottle. You'll want it to be slim, sleek and sturdy. Mine is frosted glass with a steel cap.

4.Heavy coasters/lids. I used the lid of a jar that never needed a lid :)

5.Glue gun sticks, so, duh, a glue gun!

Here's how to wrap up this project in no time!

1.Spray all over the lid and its rim according to the instructions of the paint can and let it dry. Consider doing multiple coats if its glitter spray, you don't want a single coat and the glitter scattering away a few days later!

2. Center your spray bottle (btw if you want, you could spray this over too, I have no idea why I didn't want to. It was going to be covered up with my bracelets anyhow)

3. Is it centered? Great! Glue it down!

4.Almost done, but if you want enhance your base more with a trim of washi or fabric tape)

5. Pile up your bangles and that's it!

Hardly any effort, correct?

PS. I would recommend coasters more for this project (y'know, like the glass coasters from Ikea?) The heavier the better. DO NOT by any means chose to do this with any lightweight lid because you'll just have your bangles and bracelets tumbling all over UNLESS you have supernaturally lightweight bangles too ;)

Gonna post another project up soon!

XOXO!!!

Pretty me up - DIY Collar Necklace!

You see these sprouting up everywhere! Finally, I decided to make my own! Its really easy but a nice vintage style and made with minimum materials! I also included three more DIY collar necklace links at the bottom of this page to get you super-inspired!

Here's what you'll need:

1 A roll of pretty lace. Mine is white adhesive lace. I just peeled off its backing and adhered it to the collar.

2.A couple of pencils.

3.Velvet/velvet textured paper. Again, mine is a deep red velvet textured paper with adhesive backing.

4.Fabric tape. (you can easily purchase these ones I use in my tutorials at cutetape.com)

5.Nice shimmery gold ribbon

6.A pair of scissors.

7 Fabric glue or strong clear drying glue. (not pictured)

8. Interface fabric (optional)

Let's get cracking!

1.If your are using adhesive velvet like mine you can use the adhesive peel side to draw the template of your collar. To get an idea of the size of mine and how I deep I wanted it to be. I just placed the paper against the neck of one of my dresses and figured it from there.

That's the back side of my velvet you see in the picture above. Estimate the middle line of your collar on the paper and fold the paper in half across that line. Mark a point at the distance you want your necklace to end and draw half a collar. When you unfold the paper back you should naturally get a whole collar.

Use this to help you. (image taken from here)

If you are not using adhesive velvet like me, then you can cut out a template on thin cardboard and use it as your guide.

2. After you have made all the adjustments and are happy with how what you've drawn looks, cut it out. If you have any rough edges like mine, you can smooth them out later by cutting marginally again.

Here's how it'll look by now:

3. Lets get to the fabric tape now. I aligned the fabric tape vertically according to the slope(curve) of my collar. Have a look.

Trim off any excess and here's where the thin interface cloth comes in. If you want it as an extra backing to your collar you can cut it out to size and glue it at the back. I didn't add any because the collar felt comfortable enough without it.

4.Now is the time to attach the lace along the bottom cure of your collar. I found my lace was too wide and it looked overwhelming so I cut it in half and it looked perfect!

Straighten out the lace if it curled up at places. This may happen if you are using adhesive lace like mine!

Once you've fixed that part, it'll stay that way and you needn't worry any more!

5. Grab the gold ribbon now and use a utility/craft/Xacto knife to score a little sliver at the end of each half of the collar.

String a little part of the the ribbon through the gap you've scored and glue the part that comes out from the other side to the longer part of the ribbon which you strung in.

And that's all there is to it ladies!

Think a whole range of other fabrics you could use, maybe jeans with lace, or sequin fabric or lace bordered with a dainty string of pearls?

The options are endless!

I'll post another collar necklace tutorial with a twist soon!

And as promised, here are other links for inspiration!

I really love this one here and this one which is similar and as adorable too!

And this beautifully minimal one here!

See you with a brillant new tut next time!

XOXO