How To Stud Your Flats!

These are my "Tell me about it, STUD." Flats. (Clever, right?) I LOVE me some black flats, but what do you do when they get scruffed up? STUD THEM! This is a QUICK and EASY project using Liquid Fusion! Here we go!

 Supplies:

• Studs (7mm)
• Liquid Fusion
• Flats
• Sand Paper
• Bamboo Stick

 Step One: I lightly sanded my shoes in the area I wanted to glue. Next, pour some glue into a paint tray, and with a bamboo stick, apply glue on to the back of stud.

 Step Two: Place stud on to your shoe. If you're unsure of a pattern, google "Studded Flats" and you'll find some ideas! For this project I did sort of a triangle, top row=6, middle=5, and bottom=4. Play around with it!

Step Three: Wait for about an hour for them to dry. After that, wear those babies out!
 Check out this quick video I posted on Vine(@mayainthemoment) of the process!

I also made a headband! does it match my pink streaks? So punk, right? :)

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DIY Emerald City Necklace

DIY Emerald City Necklace
Margot Potter for iLoveToCreate

We loved Oz the Great and Powerful and of course, it has inspired a lot of new design ideas here at Studio Madge.  This necklace is made of chipboard, which is a surprisingly durable medium.  I wouldn't recommend wearing this in the rain, but you can make it water resistant with a coat or two of Aleene's Spray Acrylic Sealer.

Use a ruler to mark green chipboard into triangles.  These are 1.5" wide and 2" long.  Cut triangles with sharp scissors.  Mark and punch holes in top edges of triangles, I used my Crop-a-dile.  Cut the back off of a vintage rhinestone earring, any green sparkly item will work here, even a button or an array of Tulip Glam-it-up crystals!

 

Using aged brass chain, cut it into six link segments, you want them to span the top of your beads.  The beads are 20mm emerald green frosted Lucite.  Glue chain and earring to beads using Aleene's 7800 adhesive.  Use the same adhesive to attach the beads to the triangle pendants.  Attach the triangle pendants together with three 8mm jump rings. Attach 2 5.5" segments of chain to the outermost triangles on the necklace using 8mm jump rings.  Attach a clasp to the open ends of your chain, open and close the chain links using chain nose and bent nose pliers. 

Tri-Collar Fabric Necklace Tutorial!

 

What do you do when you have fabric scraps that you can't bear to toss? You use them to make a necklace! This is beautiful fabric from Guatemala and I thought a necklace would look stunning with a black top. 

My style? 

I LOVE bold design, but if you don't, simply reduce the size of the fabric pieces. It's that easy! 

Ok, let me show you how I constructed this thing!

SUPPLIES:

Fabric circles (Note, use Aleene’s® Stop Fraying™ if your fabric frays)

Aleene's® Fabric Fusion® Peel and Stick Sheets™

Aleene's® Fabric Fusion® Peel and Stick Tape™  

Necklace chain, clasp

Beads, needle nose pliers, jump rings  

 Apply tape along center fold, then cut sheets in a half circle.

 Remove backing paper from the tape, center chain and press in place.

Remove backing paper from the sheet and fold the top flap down. Press in place.

My necklace needed some trim, so I added Tulip® Beads in a Bottle™ Paint .

Add grommets, jump rings and beads. Add the closure to the chain ends. Try it on and adjust to the length you want!

VARIATIONS: Use more (but smaller) circles for a different look. Instead of circles, make triangles, rectangles, squares or ovals. Add glitter or crystals too!