DIY: Glitter Frame

I can't believe it's Wednesday already. I just got back to New York and I'll be back to work in the city tomorrow! I'm excited to head back into the office but just a warning the next few posts probably won't come until late in the day. Today is the second half of yesterdays glitter DIY. Today I used the same glitter nail polish to glitterize a plain black frame. My friend's entire bedroom is done in pink and black so this will go perfectly with the martini glass and her decor. Here are some before and after pictures.

 

I wish I had a better camera besides my iphone because these things are coming out much prettier in person than they are on screen, but you get the idea. 

Oh yeah, side note. Did any of you know that Marshall's sells Essie nailpolish now?! It's half the price! Seeing it in the store this morning made my day!

DIY: Glitter Glass

Good morning, I hope you're have a lovely Tuesday so far. I just woke up and I feel like I could sleep for another 12 hours. Ughhhhh.

Today's tutorial is SUPER easy to do and it comes out looking awesome. Plus it uses one of my favorite things, GLITTER! (I'm such a girl, I know).  I made it as a gift for a friend of mine. All you need is A plain martini glass and glitter nail polish.

Step one: Clean your glass and pick your color.

Step two: Paint the part of the glass that you want to glitter. I painted the bottom part of the stand and painted up from the top of the stand so that the glitter ended before it reached a point where you put your mouth.

Ta-Da!

This picture doesn't do it justice, the glass look awesome. I'm going to place it with tomorrow's project (stay tuned) and a bottle of her favorite liquor. Easy, inexpensive and adorable. Happy glittering!

DIY: Dry Erase Calendar

Hiiiii everybody! So I'm back in NJ after a week of temping at what I'm hoping is going to be my first big girl job (!!!). It was a lot of fun working in the office but I was exhausted so I completely slacked on you. But don't worry, I'm back now so we can all take a deep breath and relax as we head into Martha Stewart territory.

This week I'm going to expand a little more on my DIY aspect of the blog. There are a couple projects I'm working on so as I finish the smaller ones I'm going to share them with you. I've seen today's idea all over Pinterest lately so I thought I'd give it a try. This DIY dry erase calendar is super cheap and easy to do. I went to home depot and picked out a bunch of paint chips that I wanted to use (I chose to fade my calendar in red and oranges so that it has an end of summer/fall feel). Then I hit the dollar store for some dry erase markers and a frame.

My frame is only an 8x10 because I want to keep it on my desk. I measured out five squares down and seven across and cut a corner out of each paint chip so that I had 35 little squares. Then I glued the squares down in rows on a white piece of paper (computer paper or even the back of the display picture in the frame will work) so that the colors would fade from dark to light. Then I popped the paper in the frame and I was done!

Unfortunately, the dollar store dry erase markers weren't great so the actual writing looks a little sloppy. I'm gonna head to Staples and pick up a couple better quality ones today. But I was happy with the way the calendar itself came out and with how easy the project was. Now I can look at my ever-growing schedule in pretty colors!

DIY Lace Case

Today I've decided to venture into the unknown and take on a DIY project for my blog. I've always kind of intended to have an all around style blog instead of just focusing on fashion so this might be the start of the move in that direction (wow, I just reread that sentence, how noncommittal can I be? Oh well, I'm leaving it). I've seen a ton of DIY iPhone cases so I decided to try one of my own. Since I'm on a fixed budget I used things I already had to make a pretty trendy and girly case for my phone, if I do say so myself.

What You'll Need:

1 Cheap cell phone case
1 Piece of lace
Modge Podge
Paintbrush

Directions:

Cut the lace to fit the back of the cell phone case. Make sure to choose a case in a color that you like because you're still going to see it. I cut my lace so that it left the corner of the case showing where the camera lens is, but if you want to cover the entire back go for it, just cut a hole in that space.

 I left a little bit of an edge around the case so that the lace could wrap around the side and stick better.
Next, cover the entire back of the case in modge podge. Make sure to get around the edges so that the lace sticks in place.

Let the modge podge dry completely, then use a toothpick to pull away any excess modge podge that may have dried in the crevices of the case. When your done it should look like this:

 

Here's me enjoying my sweet new case (made even sweeter because it cost me zero dollars!)

My Week on Instagram

 

 Happy Friday the 13th! I'm not really one for superstitions but it makes for a good night of watching scary movies or telling scary stories around the bonfire with your friends. This past week was a lot of fun and my instagram has lots of pictures to prove it, so I thought I'd share them with you. From new jewelery to cute new animal friends here's my inst-week!

 

This is actually a long necklace that I wrapped around

my wrist to make a bracelet.

 Here's a close up shot of my denim collection that

I took while reorganizing.

Love this gold Michael Kors necklace

I thought I'd make use out of a random string

of rhinestones I had, so I braided a new bracelet.

 Another close-up cleaning shot. Some of the

pretty summer dresses hanging in my closet

 I got so many compliments on this turquoise shell necklace

 Saw this little guy while I was on a boat

in Central Park

 Here's a shot of the sunset at the waterfront 

by my house - so pretty!

I could not get enough of this view

 from my friend's rooftop in NYC

Spring-eh-Summer Cleaning

 Good evening loves! Sorry this post is so late, I've been working on my room for the past two days. I'm exhausted but everything is shaping up nicely. The good news is I can finally show you some pictures from my marathon reorganization. Now I'm going to light a candle and relax while soak up the cleanliness. 

Etsy Dreamin'

Hello hello. I hope everyone's recovered from their fourth of July hangovers. Mine lasted well into yesterday, but thankfully I'm good as new and ready to start the weekend. After I did my anchor bracelet post the other day I started sinking further and further into the dangerous world of Etsy shopping. Here are a few of my favorite finds from my (faux) shopping spree.

Obviously I have an affinity for silver jewelry and my (not-too-subtle) inner nerd is obsessed with these coasters covered in excerpts from Harry Potter. Alas, my wallet is not large enough to support all these great finds. I guess I'll have to try and make a couple of them myself.

Anchor Yourself

I'm in love. My friend introduced me to these anchor bracelets on Etsy and now I'm obsessed. The best part is they're super inexpensive so I can buy a bunch of them and layer em' up. Ahh my nautical themed life has some new inspiration. I wonder if I should just fully embrace my obsession and move into a house boat. If I wasn't such a poor swimmer I'd think that was a wonderful idea.