Happy New Year!! As I do every New Year’s Eve, I planned to stay up late last night, watching old Law & Order reruns, and combing back through my blog archives to list out all the DIYs I’ve shared in the past year. But it didn’t happen this year; what with the dog howling continuously…
Tag Archive: My DIY Tutorials
DIY Screenprinted Tree Skirt: A Plaid Simply Screen Custom Silk Screen Kit Review and Tutorial
How many of you have tried your hand at screenprinting before? I honestly didn’t know much about it until I designed a top for my now-defunct RIVETED clothing line back in 2007. I wanted the top to have a pretty chandelier screenprint on it, and I would decorate it with crystals. Screenprinting, no problem! I…
DIY Balenciaga Cut-Out Boots
This is a long tutorial, so please bear with me!:-) I’ve had to divide it into 4 stages to make it a bit easier to deal with. The end result is fairly dependent on the boots you started with, and what the hardware you add looks like.
DIY Dyed Fabric Looped Scarf Featured on ILoveToCreate! (A.K.A How to Make a Necklush)
Another one of my tutorials was featured on the ILoveToCreate blog this week, so I’ve reposted the tutorial here for everyone who might want to try it out! I received a question about how to make a necklush [those looped fabric scarves that have gotten popular recently] a little while ago, and when I went…
DIY Zebra Clutch Featured on ILoveToCreate!
My DIY Zebra Clutch was featured on the ILoveToCreate.com blog yesterday! I thought all of you would also like to see the tutorial, so I’ve pasted it in full below:
What Does a Box Full of Trimming Goodies from M&Trim Make?
THIS is what it makes! I’m super-excited to announce that I am M&J Trimming’s Blogger of the Month over on their blog today. Woohoo! Go on and Check it Out! Thanks so much to the M&J Trimming team for this fabulous opportunity! Let me know what you think of the projects:-) xoxox Carly ~If you…
I’m so Excited to Announce that I am M&J Trimming’s Blogger of the Month!
I love M&J Trimming so much – they’re like a virtual candyland filled to the brim with all the tools of the DIY trade!! – and so I was just thrilled to be able to work with them as Blogger of the Month for October on the M&J Trimming Blog. They sent me a lovely…
DIY Leopard T-Shirt No-Sew Scarf: Guest Post on the ILovetoCreate Blog
I’m so thrilled to have been featured on the I Love to Create blog as a guest poster! They sent me a lovely package of goodies from their immense ILoveToCreate.com website a little while ago (chock-full of Tulip-brand and Aleene’s products, fabric dyes, finishes, paints, and embellishments…if you haven’t checked it out for all your…
DIY Colorblock Bag A.K.A. How to Paint Leather with Acrylic Paint
70′s-style colorblocking is a hot trend for Fall 2011, seen on the runways and now beginning to trickle down into street style and retailers. I was hankering after a colorblocked purse, but didn’t want to pay a lot for it. Thankfully, thrift stores are a wonderful source of older handbags, and I found an adorable…
Guest Post for Sew Chic Upcycling Week on Seamingly Smitten: Alexander Wang-Inspired DIY Mesh Insert Sweater
I had the opportunity to guest post for the blog Seamingly Smitten today, and I’m thrilled! They are hosting a 12-day Sew Chic Upcycling event with guest posters every day – and a ton of tutorials on how to upcycle, re-use, and re-purpose just about anything you could think of. In my post I show…
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