11. What to do when you get home and realize you just bought the exact same thing

If you have a terminal illness called shoppaholicitis then I'm sure you have probably bought some things that looked somewhat similar.

Yes. I confess

and I ended up buying two pairs of slightly different black flatform boots.

curse you itchy hands that just want to throw money all day.

but have no fear I fixed my problem by slighly customizing these boots with a slight DIY

The first pair was my YRU bloq boots in black
fabulous for a cheapy like me
got them for 30 bucks at urban outfitters

When I bought them, they came with another set of grey laces . I decided that the grey laces gave the shoes more dimension so I switched them. Then I decided to attach some chains and charms with some old necklaces by looping them between two lace holes and

viola.
new sparkling shoes.

The other pair I bought online from an off brand. I thought that they were going to be longer than these ones but nope, they were almost the exact same... so... I decided to make these my sharp pointy boots.

I got these spikes from online also. I think they were either 40mm or 50mm  but either one, they are pretty long 

So this is the end of my post today

6. Simple Midi/knuckle ring DIY

The midi , top knuckle, above knuckle, top finger, what ever trend is fairly new and from what I've seen not much retailers sell this yet


Midi rings are perfect for layering
this summer, instead of arm candy we should have finger candy!
(somehow that doesn't sound as pleasing...)

This is perfect for girls with small fingers that never can find rings their size.
you could tailor this ring to fit any part of your finger
its also quick, easy, and cheap.

what else could you ask for?


First, you'll need some pliers and really big jump rings

use the pliers to bend the jump ring to fit snugly on your finger 

I like the simplicity of the plain ones if I'm going to pair it with some other rings 

you can also use the pliers to bend your ring into different shapes and designs if you want to stack up some midi rings!

here, I made a simple V shape

You can totally add rhinestones, and charms to your rings
Here is a set I made by bending the jump rings and adding some rhinestones

I love how cute they can be
have fun guys!

3. gold seashell DIY jewelry

I was at a local thrift shop when I spotted a bag of pretty seashells.

I got all nostalgistic seeing them because I remembered back when I was a child my friend would collect seashells and paint them with pretty nail polishes. (She still has them; I not so discreetly pranced over to her place and checked)

It was then that I saw that this bag of seashells had convenient  little holes in them for my lazy butt  to put thread through. 

that is when I decided that I needed to bring these babies home. 

Although I really liked the color of some them, I decided to spray paint them gold. 

I felt that it did a fabulous job shifting the focus onto texture instead of color. As beautiful as color and pattern can be, sometimes I just want to look at something else. (besides, me? wear color? I think people attending funerals wear more colors than me )

I made many things!

Felt so good being able to make so many different things out of a couple of supplies. 

I hate the feeling where you buy so many items just to make one little thing. 

Awesome thing was I still have shells left that I can embellish some other plain looking thang. 

Out of the many things, here are my several of my  favourites 

the first one is a pair of super cute studs 

small and dainty for your everyday girl and whenever for your I don't care what'chu wearing girl like me. 

I made a matching necklace just in case I felt like actually matching my clothes and accessories together 

Glittery multi-color rhinestone for your extra special unicorns out there. 

the next one was inspired by Disney's ariel and treasure chest 

It's a giant melting pot of pearls and shells (ooooh, shiny! )

and that concludes my DIY post today~

2. Sailormoon inspired DIY

I don't know about you but I'm feeling a total blast from the past.

Vintage fashion is everywhere (ironically being made new in major stores)

I on the other hand...  have been completely obsessed with Sailormoon 

A blast from my past that I'm sure many of you out there also share!

but if you are anything like the cheapo that I am, you'd completely shrivel up in horror at some of these cute but expensive Sailormoon inspired bling.

I decided to take things in my own hands with some cute finds and awesome DIYs! 

NO. 1 

Sailormoon  Tattoo Tights

I love  this awesome shop AvantGarde  in Japan that specialize in hosiery. They have awesome tights with cool patterns but not really accessible to the other side of the world. So I put this cool find in the back of my head. 

Then, some time later learned this  awesome technique from Secretlifeofabionerd (I tip my invisible top hat to her ) on how to make your own tattoo tights with a sharpee. 

Then I got a crazy idea to make some sailormoon tights after looking at some beautiful sailormoon tattoo pieces. 

2 birds with one stone? (ooooh. I fancy. )

oh yes, 

NO 2 

sailormoon Phone Case 

 Continuing on with the sharpee concept , I decided it was totally awesome to make a sailormoon phone case. I decided to keep it mostly black and white with some rhinestones as accent pieces to make things pop in its sparkly glory. (girlfriend loves sparkle)

It was slightly difficult to make the lines dark as the plastic was somewhat slippery and every time I went over the design the ink from the sharpee erased  the previous line if I pressed too hard.

Thankfully I think the end result was pretty good.


NO. 3 
Thrifted Sailor Jupiter Inspired Ring 

I  was out thrifting when my friend spotted this little gem. She was kind enough to let me have it . 

Inside I was ecstatic .  Not only did this ring have a super unique cut, it totally reminded me of sailor jupiter's  tiara. 

NO 4. 

Sailormoon Inspired Nails 

I did this when I was bored. 

The design is not that hard if you had nail brushed or really thin nail art pens. 

I think the hardest part of this design was the brooch since I didn't have that much space to draw. 

if you squint and look from afar  you won't notice the wobbly line . haha (I cannot for the life of me, draw straight lines)

so thins concludes my sailormoon gear (for the time being ) and my post . 

I will totally update when I do some more DIY or find some other cute things.