Create Custom Earrings

 Hello Readers. I love to be crafty and sometimes I get ideas from unusual places. I got the idea for these D.I.Y. earrings while I was eating a cupcake. (Mmmmm!) It was a good cupcake but it was also really pretty. There were plastic flowers on top. 

 One of a kind earrings. 

Here is a look at the lovely cupcakes. They were delicious and so pretty.    

 

These flowers stood up a bit because they were actually plastic rings. They were probably meant for children. I took the flower rings out of the cupcakes (Ate the cupcakes.) and washed the rings. 

 I had 4 flower rings and they matched so I could make 2 sets of earrings for myself.  

The plastic rig pieces would be in the way but I can cut them off easily and get them out of the way so I can wear them.

I used these pliers with a cutter in the center to remove the ring part of the flower. They are plastic so I was able to cut through the plastic very easily.  

I want to attach the flowers to earring posts like these. I can glue the flower to the earring post and have some new earrings. These are easy to use and buy online. 

 You can also go thrifting for some earrings you can use that have a flat sort of shape.

 

Like these earrings that I found recently at a thrift shop near me.  

 I carefully popped the black center out of the earrings so I could glue my flowers to the center of these earrings. I used a box cutter but be careful using a sharp blade like this. I like to live on the edge but please don't cut yourself. 

 

 Whether you use earring posts or flat earrings that you McGyver like me, the next steps of gluing the earrings together with a hot glue gun will be the same. 

 

 I put a tiny spot of glue on the flower towards the top and pressed the post onto the glue. I wanted the glue and earring post at the top so that the earring would hang down off my ear. The hot glue dries quickly so I let it sit and cool for a couple minutes and it was completely done. 

You might not have cupcake flowers but you can use other items. You can use buttons to make your new fun earrings too. You can choose simple circles or something more fun. 

  There are so many fun button designs at the sewing shops, and you might have some buttons in your sewing stash too. You can use whatever you like. Follow the process of gluing the new earrings together. 

My earrings were done and ready to wear. The original earrings on the back of the flowers won't show when I wear the new earrings so use unmatched earrings on the back if you want. 

 I used the earring fasteners that came with the earrings. They were just as easy to put on and wear as any other earrings but they are so unique and fun. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.  

 

 

 

 

Decorate Your Blazer

 Hello Readers. I think the best refashion project is the easiest one that makes the most impact. So, let's do a quick and easy "no-sew" refashion that can change our whole look. I wanted to change the look of this simple blazer. (Similar available here.) Let me show you how I did it, it only took a few minutes.

Let's have fun with pins, brooches, and more. 

Here is the blazer I started with. It's great, it's classic, and it goes with everything. It can obviously be worn just like this but it can also be a little more exciting. I wanted to jazz it up just a little with some pins and broaches. 

 

I dug around in my jewelry box and gathered all the pins I could find. (Similar available here.) You could borrow from a friend, your mom, your sister or your grandma. None of these pins really match or go together at all. That's the idea. The grouping is not meant to be matchy-matchy, it is meant to be a little chaotic and varied. I didn't really have that many pins but I had an idea. 

 

I had some earrings I could use. These are going to look like pins when I stick them in my blazer lapels. When they are mixed with all the other pins it will fill in space and add to the whole look. It doesn't really matter what they look like or where they came from. They will look great when they are mixed into the pins on the lapels.

 

I started pinning all my pins on the lapels of the blazer. I didn't have a really set plan. I tried to put different sizes together so that there was a variation of sizes all over. I didn't want all the larger pins next to each other or all the smaller pins all together. I thought it would look much better if they were sort of scattered around. 

 

I pinned on the pins and then I added a few earrings in between the pins. I didn't want two matching earrings right next to each other. Spacing them out made for a much better look. I used the earring backs to hold the earring on the jacket lapel. I pushed the earring post through the fabric of the jacket and put the earring back on the earring post just like I would on my ears. 

 

I kept adding pins and earrings to both lapels until the lapels were full and I was out of pins and earrings. I liked how they all looked together. It was slightly chaotic but lots of fun. (That sounds like life goals doesn't it? Slightly chaotic but lots of fun.)

 

I think the best part of this was how fast and easy it was. This took no time, no tools and anyone can do it. It is also temporary. You can easily undo all of these pins and wear the blazer again without the pins and earrings whenever you want. 

 

I had fun with this look. It really added a little something to my t-shirt and jeans. So, grab a blazer or even a jacket and all the pins you can find. Add some earrings and you will have a new fun look in no time. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.