Bead stud earrings
How to make your own stud earrings using beads Bead stud earrings Much as I love, love, love dangly earrings, they are hugely impractical when driving a scooter. Each time I take my helmet off, I fear ripping my earrings from my ear lobes. Riding a scooter is a choice...
Signet Ring
Make this easy coin ring from a metal button Signet ring The main focus of this blog is not about me and what I wear. This blog is but about how to reduce, reuse and recycle. I'm as susceptible to wanting to have the newest, best-est and latest as the next person. But...
DIY Lace Earrings
How to make earrings from a strip of lace Black lace earrings It seems to be that every time I start a new blog post, the opening words are along the lines of . . . . . . . this is easy to make. That's because DIY fashion really is so dead easy. I'm always...
Black Rope Necklace
Make this necklace from black silk rope Rope necklace I have made a necklace out of rope before. My husband keeps a loooong green plastic rope for tying things to things and was happy to let me have a few metres. See that DIY - here. Every single time I wear that...
DIY Bead Rings
Make these easy bright coloured rings from beads Bead rings mixed with electric cable rings It's been hell hot in Cape Town the last week. Temperatures of 30'C plus. I've been living in the shift dresses I made year before last - see here Shift dresses lend...
How to Make a Watch Strap
Instructions to make a fabric watch strap DIY fabric watch strap My last watch strap hardly lasted 6 months. It's not like I am hard on them for heavens sake. And it was supposed to be a quality strap. First the band that holds the strap down went. Next the strap...
Colour Dip Earrings
Use nail polish to upstyle jewelry Colour dip earrings These two-tone earrings were inspired by ones I've seen in the retail fashion shops. River Island had a pair with metallic chain dipped in neon colours. Topshop had a pair with mixed...
Rubber O Ring Bracelets with Charms
How to turn rubber O rings into bracelets Rubber O-Ring bracelets South Africans love wearing black rubber O-Rings as bracelets. I was given a few by a girl in my yoga class that I wear from time to time. Recently I saw some on sale at River Island with cute...
Curtain Ring Choker Necklace
How to make this necklace from curtain rings Curtain ring choker necklace We needed a single curtain ring a while back but could only buy them by the bag. And since I am always saving things for my DIY stash I've been wondering what to do with them. I was inspired by...
Recycled Glass Necklace
How to make a necklace from Ngwenya glass Recycled glass necklace A friend brought back some recycled glass beads as a gift for me from - Ngwenya glass - in Swaziland. Some of those beads were strung onto a piece of net to make - this - necklace....
Plastic Packaging Earrings
How to make earrings from food containers Earrings from food containers I showed how to make a tribal inspired necklace from old plastic packaging a few weeks back. see here This week I show how I made two pairs of earrings from the leftover packaging from that...
Fabric Bracelets
How to make bracelets from strips of fabric Fabric bracelets I have made fabric bracelets before - see here - with a pretty piece of floral chiffon. The tribal influence is still strong and fabric bracelets are in keeping with the trend so I wanted to make more....
Tribal Inspired Necklace from Recycled Food Containers
How to make a necklace from food packaging Food carton necklace I've been wanting to do this DIY for a while now. We keep throwing out food packaging and I've been wanting to come up with a way to re-use it. The nice thing about most plastic packaging is that it's...
DIY Rope Necklace
Easy rope necklace Rope Necklace The gist of this blog, first and foremost, is to try and make clothes and accessories out of old stuff. Next best is to make or DIY. Buying vintage, retro or second-hand is also great.The very last course of action is to buy. You don't...
Button Rings
How to make rings This is another DIY project involving buttons following on from last week. You could make both and have matchy matchy rings and earrings. I would have used regular ring bases from a craft or bead shop but I saw this video and I really liked they way...
Button Stud Earrings
How to make stud earrings I made little stud earrings from glass head pins a while back. You can find that post on the Greenie Galleries at the top of this page. Been wanting to make stud earrings from buttons for a long time. I quite enjoyed perusing the button...
DIY Pearl Bracelets
How to make pearl jewelry Thread your beads onto the clear stretchy thread Once I decide I like something, and I figure out how to make it, I tend to make them and make them, and make more of them. Tie dye scarves spring to mind. See how to make them here - how to...
Crochet Necklace
Make a crochet necklace Crochet necklace I have tried and tried to make these crochet/weave chain bracelets and I cannot get it right. Mine come out all lumpy and uneven. I have seen pics of other DIY fashionista's attempts so it is possible. Click on - this link...
DIY Cuff Bracelet
Pleather cuff bracelet What you need to make a cuff Here is yet another dead easy DIY project. I have said that I am loving the whole tribal thing going on at the moment. Really, really loving it a lot. Might be because I'm from Africa. This DIY cuff will work well...
Hand Made Glass Beaded Necklace
How to make a glass bead necklace A friend of mine is a Swedish tour guide and he often takes visitors to the Ngwenya Glass blowing factory in Swaziland. He brought back some beautiful glass beads for me a few months back. Hand made glass beads and black netting I...