How to make a safety pin bracelet Add beads to safety pins I am ever alert for new ways to create apparel and accessories for this DIY fashion blog. Luckily my relatives and friends know that and they often feed me new ideas. We have relatives staying with us from the...
How to make a beaded rope bracelet Bead bracelet This is a dead easy way to make a bracelet. I used a fairly strong waxed thread, one small button and glass beads. You need to make a loop at the one end just big enough for the button to fit through. Not too big that...
Green fashion clothing Sling bag, applique tank top and easy beads My long suffering model is posing again for me today. She never gets paid. She wears shearling in the sweltering African heat. She stands in the corner of my room while I dress her up and have fun....
Teardrop wire bead earrings Easy bead earrings In today’s post I am showing a pair of earrings my daughter made for me on the right. See how they were made here make your own bead earrings Inspired by the pair she made, I made a pair myself. See the...
How to sew trim to a jacket I did not make this jacket. So why did I include it? The jacket was the inspiration for adding more trimmings. The colour contrast on this jacket made it most suitable for a picture. I prepped up a few of my jackets with a similar...
Meet Greenie
My name is Karen. I live in Cape Town, South Africa. This blog is about how to make your own, how to recycle, restyle and up-cycle.
