Neon Lace Necklace.

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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Knotted Necklace.

Another knotted necklace, a slightly different and heavier then this one. But I am extremely pleased with the result!

What you'll need
- 2 m of thick rope (around 8 mm)
- silk ribbon

extra: scissors, glue, lighter

Tutorial

Step by step
1) Follow the photos for the knotting part
2) When finished cut the end of the rope
    TIP: secure the edges by burning them carefully before gluing them together
3) Secure the ribbon

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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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Neon statement necklace.

Hello sunshine!
Given that Neon is one of the trends for this Spring/Summer here is a lovely DIY to make your own neon statement necklace!

What you'll need
- Polymer clay ("Fimo")
- Ribbon
- The template

Extra: an oven, a cutter, superglue

The template

Tutorial

Step by step
1) Make "pancakes" out of your clay (+- 2 mm thickness)
2) Put in the fridge
3) Cut the template
4) Try to fit the paper template on to the rolled out clay and cut the squares out of the clay
5) Bake!
    TIP: Let the squares cool down under a heavy book 
6) Sew or glue your ribbon into the right shape (see picture)
7) Glue the squares on to the ribbon

There you go, your own neon statement necklace!  

Navy Necklace.

 

A necklace inspired by a beautiful COS necklace, here worn by the lovely Tiany Kiriloff from Belmodo.tv and Andy Torres from Style Scrapbook.

What you'll need

- 3 meter of "navy rope"

- 1 meter of ribbon

- needle and thread

- glue

Tutorial

First of all, here is the sketch I made before starting.

Try it and love it!

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