How to Craft Beautiful Stone Drop Earrings
Bella Breakdown Creating these stylish yet simple earrings is easy with just a few tools and inexpensive beads and hardware. Customize your accessories to perfectly compliment your look or make them for a lucky friend. We love a good drop earring and you can make these as simple and elegant or bold and bright as you want! All you need to start your own pair is: Bead Pins Stone Beads Tiny Beads Ear Wire Round-nosed pliers Wire Cutter Just start with your bead pin, thread your small bead onto the end so it sits on the flat part of...
DIY Colorful Leather-Wrapped Keychains
Bella Breakdown This is a really simple way to dress up those useful carabineers and keychains that are a crucial part of our everyday life that we may not even think about. All you need are some leather cords in bright colors, crazy blue and a pair of sharp scissor. Start by cutting an amount of cords that’s double the length that you need. Take both ends and with a small dab of crazy glue, adhere to the beginning of the loop. Let that set for a moment and once secure take your double length of cord and start...
How to Make a Decoupage Diamond Clutch
Bella Breakdown This fabulous Faux Diamond Clutch is so simple to make, and everyone will be asking you where you got it. Full of fun graphic diamond images, this is a perfect transition piece from summer to fall and is right on trend. All you need for this crafty fashion win is: Fabric Pouch Decoupage Medium Craft Brush Mixing Tray Scissors Jewel Printouts Start by arranging your printouts on the clutch where you like them. Then pour some of the decoupage medium into the tray. Start one by one applying the medium in a nice thick layer to the...
DIY Paper Party Garlands
Bella Breakdown In case you haven’t heard, without some cute DIY colorful paper garlands, you might as well not even have a party. Where would people take cute Instagram pictures in front of? What would guests talk about over craft cocktails? Don’t worry, if you missed the boat we’re here to take you ashore. These two party garlands are super cute and simple; with a little extra time and TLC you’ll have some gorgeous garlands in a snap! For the first garland start by cutting pieces of light colored velum into medium sized circles – a circle cutter really...
Etched Glass Water Bottle Tutorial
Bella Breakdown No need to toss those gorgeous glass water bottles from the store. Instead, here’s how to up-cycle and personalize them into a reusable glass water bottle perfect for a trip to the gym or long day at work. For this simple project you’ll need: Glass Water Bottle Adhesive Stencils Glass Etching Cream Paint Brush Painters Tape Cotton Balls Start by washing your bottle with soap and water or rubbing alcohol and dry completely. Then, apply one of your adhesive stencils. They’re super durable so if you feel like you messed up or just changed your mind peel...
