DIY Sea Glass Pinterest review

So I've been wanting to make my own diy sea glass since I saw this pin:

 

Unfortunately all the links I found for this were duds and since I am supposed to be blogging about pinterest pins and reviewing them that didn't work in my favor.

 

So I went with this pin instead:

 

 

She used a mixture of mod podge, dawn dish soap and food coloring.

 

 

I picked red to go with another red vase I had laying around.

 

 

And I picked this vase because I thought that the texture would be interesting

 

First coat drying... now this is the only picture I took of the process but I'll give you a quick run down. I did three coats all together, the last coat I added a couple drops of blue to get it a darker hue and then put in a couple more drops of red.

 

Although none of the tutorials I found did this, I realized that I needed to do something else to achieve the look I wanted. So setting my oven at 170 degrees (the lowest setting my apartment standard oven would allow me to go) I set my vase in for about 10 minutes which was really about all the time I had.

 

My plans are to cut some branches turning into autumn and placing them in my new vase for some fall colors.

 

 

DIY Nautical Romper from Dress

A few months ago I picked up this stripped dress from the thrift store-

 

I loved the pattern, but not the style.

 

So I started transforming my dress by first removing the top portion with my seam ripper.

 

 

Then, taking a pair if shorts I already had for a pattern I cut out 4 pieces for my shorts.

 

 

To make less work for me I used the original side seams and hem lines.

 

Open up your short pieces and lay them right sides together with the original seaming in the center,

 

 

Sew the open sides together.

 

 

Next take your original side seams and re-fold your shorts so that those seams are on the sides.

 

 

Sew up the open V shape you will now see in the center.

 

Set shorts to the side and take up what is left of your skirt. Mine happened to be in the perfect trapezoid shape once I flipped it around and cut off a little excess.

 

 

Snip the corners of the top for arm holes.

 

 

Hem the arm holes and top.

 

 

Lastly pin the bottom of your top to the top of your bottoms with right sides together and sew.

 

 

Lastly, I repurposed the original straps from my dress to make ties for my romper.

 

 

And that's it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fashion Icon: Clara Bow

Clara Bow was THE silent movie star of the 1920s.

Tomboyish, awkward and with a comical face, Clara won her first role on the screen at the age of 16 based on these qualities.

It's one of the things I love about Clara, she defies gender and still is sensational.

 

 

Clara Bow's make-up became iconic in the twenties, without Clara we wouldn't have the bow lip. A lipstick application that emphasises the curves of a woman's lips.

 

 

Military seemed to take some part in Clara's style;

 

 

But with age she became a prominent sex symbol.

 

 

Clara was a character

 

 

And some of her style would raise some eyebrows in our more modern society;

 

 

But I just love her style

 

 

Especially these shoe!

 

 

 

And there she is; Clara Bow- 1920s film star, fashion icon and sex symbol.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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So as promised, I will be spotlighting a fashion icon, providing a 30 under 30 minute project and reviewing a pinterest project every week. Starting this week!

But you won't see any of it if you continue to follow me via blogger- at least that's what google is telling me.

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XXX- Pinkweds

Rocking The Billy Bathing Suit

I apologise for having not been posting this whole last month. I am still waiting on my roomate to get internet- Right now I'm "borrowing" someone else's so I can just give you this little update and show you what I was working on.

First off, happy mother's day to all the mothers out there. I hope you had a good one- my first one saw me getting spoiled with the complete collection of Harry Potter blue rays and this.

 

It has crazy amount of stitch options.

 

 

And now for what I've been working on. (Well, I actually started it two years ago, but I finished it this year.)