DIY//Metallic Leather Heart Earrings

Since cutting up the leather skirt I found at the thrift, my mind has been getting all crafty on me thinking of what I could use the fabric for. I have a few things in the works but I wanted to share this one first.  Over the weekend, I made these little heart earrings...cute, fast, and easy. Not really a heart kind of girl? Make these in any shape you want...triangle ones are next on my list.

 Supplies:

 Leather, earring posts, polish, pencil, scissors, pin, glue gun, & something to use as a stencil

 1. Paint leather with polish and let dry, apply second coat

2. Trace 2 hearts to back of leather (I used a locket as a stencil)

3. Cut out your hearts

4. Stick pin into the eraser of your pencil, dip the ball end into polish, and polka dot the edge 

(you can skip this step if you want metallic only)

5. Glue heart to earring post

&

 Ready to Wear

xoxo erica

Hey There Buttercup

 Button Up: Express, Skirt: F21, Necklace: I made it, Wedges: Thrifted

The buttercups have been in full bloom out here and completely inspired me to throw on this floral necklace I made a few years ago. I ended up cleaning out my closet last week and found it buried under a bunch of necklaces I never wear. I realized that I had quite a collection of accessories but the sad thing is I hardly ever wear them. Hopefully I'll be better and start accessorizing more. Oh and I finally pulled out my maxi skirt again (another long lost piece in my closet). The weather has been cold in the morning, hot during the day, and cool at night and this skirt was just the thing to slip into to be comfortable all day.

 xoxo erica

DIY//Floral Belt

Whenever spring comes around I feel like I want to incorporate florals all the time into my wardrobe. I thought this belt would be cute for wearing around during the warmer weather. Maybe even on a floral dress. 

Floral on floral...that would be fun.

 Supplies: Belt, Leather Flower Pieces, Scissors Glue Gun, Thread & Needle

(To make my floral pieces, I used leather from an old skirt I bought at the thrift store. I painted a small piece of the leather white, used a flower stencil and traced 5 pieces)

1. Thread a small cross in the center of your floral piece

2. Continue to thread through until you have a full center

3. Try on the belt and measure where you want the placement of the flowers to be, I stuck pins in the belt so that I would know the range of where I wanted mine to be.

4. Glue your floral pieces starting from the center out

5. Ready to Wear

xoxo erica