DIY Colour Block Necklace

 It's August and I'm prepping for my summer holiday which means bright warm colours and big ass beads! These beads were upcycled from an old necklace I really hated, it was too long and the beads tortured my hair by pulling out chunks at the back, not cool. This new design is so much better, I love wearing leather/pleather as it sits on the skin so much nicer than metal! All you need for this little number is:

• Wooden beads
• Leather string
• 1 Clasp
• 1 Finding
• 2 End caps

First of all, clamp the end cap on one end of the leather. Make sure it's secure and that the string can't rotate.

Then lay out the beads in the pattern you want, then slide them onto the string.

Once you've done that fix on the final end cap then secure the finding to the end cap and clasp.

Voila! This is going to look ace with a bright lipstick and some wedges or even just a colour block bikini. Have a great summer and have fun! xx

Jeepers Creepers, Festival Peepers!

These sunglasses were so easy to pimp and so much fun to wear, so I made another pair this afternoon. All you need is:

• 1 pair or sunglasses (the top pair were £3 from M&S and the bottom are an old £2 pair from Primark)
• Some stick on gems (£1 per pack at Tesco)
• All purpose glue
• ...and if you want, some glitter

Step one: Pick out and organise the gems you want to stick on, play with patterns and ideas until you create a solid design.

Step two: Apply glue to the first eye and attach gems

(...make any minor adjustments if you need to while the glue is still tacky)

Step three: Repeat on the other side!

 The beauty of stick on gems are their versatility, the amber glasses I just made are a more classy style because of the colour and shape of the gems and also the frame itself. If you wanted to make a more fun pair, like the bottom set, use bigger, brighter and interesting gems on a bolder frame. If you want to experiment even more, then nail varnish the gems with a solid opaque colour before you attach them.

Have fun! xx