Style Recipe: Studded loafers

The studded trend is proving to be pretty enduring, and one of my favourite ways to wear studs is on shoes. Topshop had the perfect pair but they sold out before I could get them. So I was extremely happy to find a DIY version on the divine kid. Check out how she made hers here.

A guide to dip-dying

If you have noticed that the blog hasn't been as well looked after as usual lately, you are right and I'm sorry! I have a lot of deadlines in the upcoming week, so bear with me whilst I finish these!

Although I never carry out any of my plans, I keep dreaming about all the DIY projects I want to do. Lots of them include dip-dying, so when I came across this guide to dip-dying on A Pair And A Spare, I bookmarked it straight away. The overview includes tips such as:
- For an ombre dye, dip the piece in different concentrations of the dye.
- Add salt to your dye mixture to set the dye
- The colour will look much lighter once the garment is dry
It also includes lots of ideas of way to dip-dye your clothes. Check out all the advice here.
The images used in this post can be found here.

Style Recipe: Jil Sander veiled beanie

Jil Sander's veiled beanie was everywhere during fashion week. Anna Dello Russo was the biggest fan, and the look quickly caught on. It is a tricky look to pull off but I absolutely love it! Talk about casual chic! Now Honestly WTF has come up with an easy DIY to get the same look! Check out the full instructions here.

Style Recipe: colourful rings, as seen at Kurt Geiger

This ring from Kurt Geiger is very simple, but is a great way to add a little pop of colour to an outfit! It comes in navy and pink and is available here. However, if you feel like getting creative, Make It and Fake It has a DIY for colourful rings which have a similar feel.

Style Recipe: Pearl hairslides as seen at Chanel

These beautiful pearl clips adorned the hair of models in Chanel's Spring 2012 show and the elegance of this look really caught my eye. Then I found this amazingly simple DIY at This is Glamorous which created the look quickly to get the result you see below! Check out the instructions here.

Style Recipe: DIY Rodarte hair clip

Ooooh wow, Refinery29 is officially genius!!! The amazing ladies over there have uploaded a video with instructions of how to DIY a starry hair clip, inspired by those from Rodarte we were obsessing over the other day! Hurry up and check it out here.

Style Recipe: Zip necklaces

How amazing are these zipper statement necklaces?! I think they look so professional and expensive! They are in fact a DIY by Make it or Fake it! In a few simple steps, this blog explains how to bend, glue and sew these zips and a rhinestone to create these beauties. The idea is simple, and you can experiment so much, with different coloured zips, rhinestones, or designs of the forms of the necklaces! For the full post and other amazing DIY's, check the blog out on the link above!

Style Recipe: Brooch Necklace

I have been obsessing over bib-style necklaces with clustered embellishments for some time now, but couldn't find any cheap ones. Then I came across this tutorial at P.S. - I made this. It is pure genius! The idea is simple: you find some cheap brooches and cluster them on some fabric (sew them in so that they don't weigh the fabric down) et voila! You have a beautiful necklace!

Style recipe: DIY cross collar

This is Victoria of the Style Marmalade. I came across her blog recently and absolutely loved her quirky style.  When I read this post I was absolutely amazed: that cross-embellished collar is a DIY! The result is absolutely amazing, it looks so cool and professional. Head over to her blog quickly to get the instructions!

DIY: back button-up dress

This is one amazing DIY from the talented Geneva from A Pair and a Spare. She found the dress in a thrift shop (if only I could find something this fab in a thrift shop) and completely altered it to make it more modern! Find the instructions on her blog.

Style recipe: DIY glitter shoes

Although I've been posting lots of DIY inspirations, I am not at all crafty, and have hardly ever attempted a DIY. But a few weeks ago, a friend and I decided to start with the basics: glittering a pair of shoes. We bought lots of pots of glitter, the strongest glue we could find, and I snapped up some cool multi-coloured faux gem stones at a pound shop! Armed with some old shoes, we set about glittering! We mixed the glitters to get a multi-coloured mix, then mixed half of that with the glue. We used paintbrushes to spread the glitter mixture over the shoes and then poured the loose glitters on top. One tip I can give you is to do all this with old bowls and brushes, something I hadn't thought of, which meant I will now have to replace these! After this I stuck on the gemstones, et voila! The perfect New Years Eve shoes were mine!

Jen Kao nails

I love these nails from the Jen Kao Spring 2012 collection! They flow from black to bright blue.. Ombre at it's best! Although these were nail extenstions by CND, the backstage make-up artist recommended a DIY version by applying one colour to the bottom of the nail and another colour to the top, so that they overlap slightly, and then, whilst they're still wet, applying a generous layer of clear top coat on top, to make the nail polishes run into eachother. If anyone tries it, let me know if it works!
Images via CND

DIY houndstooth heels

Blogger Love Maegan created this amazing DIY to get very professional looking houndstooth heels. It involved a lot of glue, which is always fun! If you want to spend an afternoon being creative and get a result a la Salvatore Ferragamo, view the DIY here.

DIY glitter boots

Wouldn't you love to own a pair of boots this fabulous?! This is Glamorous blog has a great DIY, showing you how to make a very similar pair! Enjoy: This is Glamorous

Love Aesthetics Blog: DIY Cuffs

Ivania Carpio of Love Aesthetics blog posted one of the best DIY's I've seen for a while last month. She made her own transparent cuffs (including one for her hair) by putting pieces of perspex in the oven and bending them.. Absolutely genius! Check out how to make your own here.