The one with the dino and polkadot jewelry dish

Some time ago (actually months ago.....) I started this DIY. Somewhere in winter, I found a photo of an Anthropologie trinket dish. Silly me forgot to pin it, but in my mind it was white, had polkadots, and involved an animal figurine. I DO remember a very scary price tag. I don't like scary price tags, but I do like recreating things I like, low budget style! I got a dinosaur figurine at the toy store back in january, started painting away and for some reason the pink dino ended up in a closet and stayed there. I guess the dinosaur wasn't a big fan of winter (just like me) and decided to go into hibernation mode..... It resurfaced again a week ago.

What you'll need:

• an animal figurine
• paint (or spray paint)
• glue
• a plate
• a paint brush
• a nail

Cover your workspace with an old newspaper and start painting away. This dino apparantly wasn't a big fan of the colour pink, and needed multiple layers to go from green to pink. Maybe spray painting would have been the better option, but I got this paint a long time ago and it needed to be used! 

After the painting, and when the dino is all nice and dried up, glue it's feet to your plate. Give it some time to dry.

Try out some different sized nails on a scrap piece of paper, to see which size of polka dots you like most. And surround the little dude (or dudette) with dots.

Let it dry, et voila!

 

Have you been doing DIY's lately? I'd love to see your tutorial or result in the comments below! If you're in need of more DIY ideas, you can find some projects over here.

The one with the accessory giftguide

This one is the second in a giftguide series, for holiday shopping on a budget. Last week was the first one, with vintage goodies. The finds of this week might be perfect for your friend who likes to accessorize. All of them - including a pair of diamond earrings! - are under € 10 euro's (or in dollars, they're all under $ 14,-). 

Tiny stud earrings

Friendship bracelet

Tiny leaf ring

Solar system brooch

Tenenbaum necklace

Diamond earrings

The one with five for fall + wanderlust

I tried to ignore it, but fall has started. Soup has been made and my hot water bottle has been used. I don't mind the soup part, but if there was a way to skip fall and winter, I would. I love wearing shorts, flipflops and leaving the house without having to wear a scarf, gloves and something to keep my ears from freezing off. I admit, there are some cute outfits and accessories to be found for the colder months. These five items are from Etsy, and as a bonus, I've added a newly discovered song, that has been on repeat for the last couple of days. Have you discovered any new music lately?

Brown oversized top

Sheer leggings

Wishbone necklace

Dark grey top

Infinity scarf

The Weeknd - Wanderlust (video)

The one with the fringed necklace DIY

What you'll need:

• ballchain, I used 45 centimeters
• fringe, I used 23 centimeters
• 1 connector for the ballchain
• needle
• thread
• blank nailpolish

What you'll need to do:

Start sewing from the middle outwards

Use blank nailpolish to keep the fringe from fraying

Add the connector

Et voilà, you're done!

The fringe was a leftover from another DIY-project, the ballchain and connector are from Atelier Luna

The one with the new bracelet

A gift received from (and made by) Eefje from Atelier Luna