DIY Inspiration

I've come across all creative this season — whether its the prospect of currently buying a new house and thinking of things I could make to put in it, or whether its having no money left after buying a house to buy new clothes with and so reworking what I've got — I seem to have ideas of creative projects brimming in my head.
I have a few projects up my sleeve which I will share in due course, but in the mean time, let me share with you some DIY inspiration to get your creative juices flowing too.

DIY Inspiration...

A few ideas to give simple items a bit of a kick...

Add some studs to your shorts 

Glue some gold buttons onto a pair of black shoes or boots

DIY Day: Leather feather headband

Welcome to the second DIY day! I hope everyone had a go at making a skirt? (if you missed the post you can view it here).
Today's DIY comes after seeing so many types of headbands at the recent festival I went to. I wanted one but didn't want to spend nearly a tenner on one so I thought 'I'll try to make one myself' and I'm pretty pleased with the results.
Here is what I was aiming for...

 

Asos £8

Primark

 and mine!

So WHAT YOU NEED is about 2 to 3 metres of leather or suede (cost me around £1) and I used a pair of feather earrings from H&M which the boyfriend told me looked like I had dead birds hanging from my ears....charming.
(I only used one earring by the way)


Start off by folding the leather into three...



leaving a loop at the top and snipping the loop at the bottom so you have three ends...



Then start plaiting!




When your plait is complete, get a needle and corresponding colour thread and sew the ends to make sure they are secure so the plait won't unravel...



Then, get your earring and take off the ear post from the joining loop like this (you will still need the post so don't throw it away)....



Get the post and, keeping the loop at the bottom, bend the rest of it into a twist. Use the loop at the bottom of the post to attach onto the top of the plait (where you didn't snip the end)....



Then get the rest of the earring and use the joining loop to attach it to the other end of the plait...



So both ends should end up looking like this.....



and Voila! You have your very own leather feather headband!
Just wrap it round your head once or twice, depending on how long you want the drop, and twist the free end into the plait.

I want to see pictures of everyone who has tried this please, email is on the right hand side of the blog!! Good luck!
Manths xx