Ultra Chic DIY Leather Bracelets
Bella Breakdown Leather bracelets look great with almost any personal style. We love the thin single strand for a sleek and modern look or a loose grouping for a more bohemian style. You can find leather cord and tape at any craft and bead store, if you can’t find just the right color you’re looking for you can brush on a multi-surface paint onto your leather tape. Here’s How to Make It First cut your cord to size so it fits your wrist just right, if you feel like it, you could string on a few little rings or...
DIY Crepe Paper Party Balls
Bella Breakdown These are adorable party favors and so much fun to make and give. It’s always a surprise to see what’s inside, and with different colors of crepe paper streamers unraveling in the air, it’s a festive favor that adds to the party vibes. All you’ll need to make a few crepe paper party balls on your own are: Crepe Paper Streamers Small Toys, Stickers & Candy Labels on Adhesive Paper Scissors Start by taking the largest charm that you’d like to include in your party ball, and wrapping it with one of the colored crepe paper streamers...
Handmade Custom Luggage Tags
Bella Breakdown Vacation is all about departing from your everyday life and going somewhere new. Now you can add your own style getting there with these custom luggage tags. All you’ll need is: •18”x7” Canvas •Decoupage & Brush •Templates •Scissors, Chalk •Sewing Machine •Eyelet Setter Kit •Hammer •Page Protector Start by cutting your canvas to size and covering it with decoupage medium. Allow to dry and trace your template onto the canvas with your tailor’s chalk. Cut to size and make a tiny hole where the eyelet is going to go. Put in the grommet and take the hammer...
How to Make a Neon Plexi-Glass Peg Board
Bella Breakdown Neon colors are so hot right now. So, what better then adding a pop of color style to you organizational world then with pieces of see through neon? Using neon Plexiglas pieces you can turn an inexpensive piece of pegboard into an organizing board you could use in your home or office… not that they’re not perfectly organized already like ours are. (not!) All you’ll need is a 2’x4’ piece of pegboard – that’s a standard size you’ll be able to find at almost any hardware store – a beautiful color of spray paint to coat it...
How to Make a Magnetic Chalkboard
Bella Breakdown It’s time. That old plastic bulletin board you’ve had since college has got to go, and that means it’s time to get crafty! You can make your own magnetic chalkboard with a few inexpensive items from the craft board all in an afternoon! The secret ingredient for this adorable organizer is clear chalkboard paint. You could also use chalkboard paint in any of the cute colors they out now too. For the magnetic part of the equation just pick up an inexpensive piece of sheet metal which comes in 24”x36” pieces, conveniently that same size as a...
