Top 10 Fashion Blogger DIY's

(photo by SEMI)

Today's Top 10 is all about DIY's! I will give you my favorite 10 DIY bloggers and 2 DIY trends that I just had to include in this post as well.

I was thinking a long time about how to best explain the reasoning behind my favorite 10 DIY bloggers (too bad I couldn't find a DIY for that) I came to the following;

When you see life through the right pair of glasses, your average Hardware Store will become your Tiffanies&Co. 
(this kind of references to a certain blogger in my top 10 of course)(hmm sounds kind of cheesy, doesn't it?)


So check out my list of 10 and the "2 words of the season" and my "3rd thought in the morning" (both very much DIY related!)

2 words of the season:

Glitter Shoes!

Ever since seeing the Miu Miu's, sparkles have been on my mind!
Glitter on the heels, glitter on the back of the shoe, the whole shoe glittered.. It's not only a great DIY for this season it's actually a lot of fun doing!

These are my favorite glitter shoe tutorials:
Diy Glitter shoes by Burda Style (they covered the fixating of the glitters as well!!)  
Le fanciulle diy sparkly boots and glitter heel 
DIY Glitter Converse by Love Meagan

(image via Burdastyle)

(image via Burda Style)

(image via Effiesmakeupbox)

(image via Le Fanciulle)

(image via Love Meagan)


My 3rd thought in the morning: (thought 1; Coffee, Thought 2; food)
STUD EVERYTHING!

Yes, this keeps being on my mind! Stud, studs, studding..

I still want a pair of studded converse, boots, jeans and leather jacket, just about everything. 

I did bought a bunch of studs 2 years ago and failed miserably, the studs kept falling out! So best is to stick with the pro's on this one like Park&Cube here (ahhh she uses a knife and a ruler to bend the darn things!) and ps. I made this (for refinery29) here (ahhh heavy duty tools as well!)

images via: Wheredidyougetthat, The Ensamble Project(tutorial), Maison des Reveries(tutorial), Fashion Toast, Arcanus Grace, Effiesmakeupbox

image by: Carolines Mode

(BLESS) jean pocket tutorial: Miss at la Playa

Studded vest tutorial: Your only black Swan

and finally the top 10!

1) PARK&CUBE

Shinni still has some of the best DIY's ever and shows us in very well made tutorials how to do it. Her DIY's are very well executed and are my absolute reference in how-to-go-about-things (like studding and ripping jeans) and that makes her my number 1.

http://www.parkandcube.com/category/diy/

2) Love Aesthetics

Ivania's DIY's are brilliant, I don't think I have to say more..

http://love-aesthetics.blogspot.com/search/label/DIY

3) Vanilla Scented

Maria's blog is crucial for my DIY list! Most of her creative work are her own designs and art works and thus not really diy's and the (real) diy's go often without a tutorial and are sometimes made after other bloggers tutorials (the fringed shoulder pad jacket and draped skirt are via anywho.dk) BUT she's massive inspiration and I'm a very big fan of her designs, the reason her blog is crucial for my list is the fact that when she does a simple diy she thinks outside of the box and translates it in perfect choices of fabrics, colors and placements giving a very own and updated look to a well-known concept!!

http://vanillascented.freshnet.se/

4) SEMI

Well, hello there birds! Why didn't I think of this dress?

and why didn't anybody else including me think of placing a different color studs under the bag? I'm so going to spray paint studs!!


http://semijewels.blogspot.com/

http://semijewels.blogspot.com/2011/11/diy-miu-miu-sequin-bird-dress.html

http://semijewels.blogspot.com/2011/03/diy-studded-bag.html

http://semijewels.blogspot.com/2011/09/diy-mara-hoffman-inspired-woven-tee.html

5) A Pair & A Spare

I really like the cut&sew DIY's and those Prada's are bloody Brilliant!!


http://apair-andaspare.blogspot.com/

ps. very good post about How To DIY!

pps. will be using this tutorial to spray paint studs!

6) Honestly WTF

Loads of my friends and family will be getting bracelets for Christmas! 

http://honestlywtf.com/category/diy/http://honestlywtf.com/

7) Because I'm Addicted

So many good DIY's!! well executed and good tutorials!!

http://becauseimaddicted.net/search/label/diy

8) p.s. I made this

Love the collages and the studded trench is just asking to be made!

http://psimadethis.com/
p.s. they even have a book!

9) Once the Foxy Man now Discount Universe

I still check the old posts from the foxyman on a regular basis, the finger tip glove diy is amazing and the blog is the best diy inspiration! The Discount Universe (blog and store) is also possibly the best inspiration out there when it comes to diy's! Best studded everything out there!! and if I had $$$ I would buy everything!

http://thefoxyman.blogspot.com/
http://www.discountuniverse.com.au/

10) MONOXIOUS

Also very well executed diy's that will come in handy for future projects, like the chain harness, chain collar necklace, the bunny ears and bracelet.

11) COCOROSA

me :)
well I'm not really part of my own list..

diy miu miu tights

diy embellished tights

diy ripped embellished tights

Of course there are blogs that should have made my list and didn't this time (stupid number 10)like Outsapop and Chic Steals which are massive DIY resources!! So check them out too!


ps. the person who counts the amount of the word "DIY" in this post gets a cookie ;)

xoxo

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DIY | Last Minute Cut Out Skirt

heels Topshop Unique (old)

I can only perform under pressure of a deadline and the same goes for getting dressed. When a certain event is only days away I realize that the beautiful piece I saw online will never reach me on time. This is when you have to make the most of what you already own. I always end up pulling out the scissors to make the needed adjustments.

Yesterday night were the Dutch Fashion Awards, three prizes that are yearly given to Dutch design talent. What I wore was this skirt from which I cut out a rectangle paired with a simple white tee and slicked back hair. I was afraid that the cutout would make the skirt less versatile but on the contrary I found more ways to wear it in it's renewed form; cutout on the front, cutout on the side or even knotted.

DIY: Chanel Leggings

DIY Chanel Logo Leggings

This weekend I had some time for a fun little DIY again. 

If you are filthy rich I would say buy yourself (and me) Chanel everything but till then have fun logofying yourself :)

Personally I'm not much of a fan when it comes to using acryl paint on clothes but it might be an option as well. I always prefer making applications.

What you need:

Fabric

Scissors

Needle and thread

Best is to do this little DIY with the two of you, while one wears the item (leggings, jeans or about everything else) someone else can help you with where to place the logo and pin or sew it on.

Just simply draw the logo on the  fabric you want to use and cut it out.

xoxo

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DIY | Transparent Cuffs

Transparent jewelry, accessories and heels seen at la Maison MM, Simone Rocha and pretty much every where else. Perspex is such an easy material to work with, it bends with heat and hardens in regular temperatures. If you own an oven, you can make these! You can be sure that I'll be experimenting more with this material(sensing a neck cuff?), but for now I'm estatic about today's project and can not wait to wear my cuffs over a thin knit or silk longsleeve, they literally go with everything.

What you will need:
A piece of perspex (available at any hardware store)
A figure saw for metal
An oven
file

Measure how long you want to cuffs to be, the measurements I used were
11cm(length) by 14cm(round). A small leftover piece was used for the hair cuff. With the saw cut a square out of the persplex plate.

Heat your oven to 200°C and place your square of perspex inside on a flat oven tray. In less than 5 minutes the perspex should be soft and bendable. If you leave it in the oven for too long, tiny bubbles will start to form inside the plastic. This can also happen if the heat in your oven isnt distributed evenly(like in mine).

Take out your square with oven mittens and immediately start to bend it into shape while wearing oven mitts. Don´t worry, the plastic is very bendable but isn´t sticky. The persplex will harden within 30 seconds so be quick! If the edges of your cuffs are too sharp you can smooth them with a file.

*For everyone who decides to make them, e-mail me a picture! I love to hear from my readers. love-aesthetics@hotmail.com

INTERIOR | Floating Clothing Rack

Perhaps you've seen our coat rack in previous posts. It's made with the same principle as the DIY branche clothing rack. Making this one is even easyer. You'll need a tube, two hooks and a metal cable. Put the cable through the tube and hang it onto the ceiling and you're done.

We have this one hanging in our hallway, it's perfect for tiny Dutch homes where every space needs to be used as efficiently as possible; underneath we can put shoes, umbrellas and bags. I like to put different kinds of hangers on it, a couple of leather studded hangers from the 1980's, a few metal ones from IKEA and a couple of very thin ones from metal thread.