{coconut whoopie pie goodness – recipe to come}
{weekend home depot trips}
{dead pup – too tired}
{DIY beach bag fun – post to come}
{finished product}
{sushi date with friends}
{dreaming of future projects}
{celebrating the long weekend}
{finally wearing one of my Venice finds}
{feeling blessed}
Oh my gold.
I have a love affair with pretty much all things gold. So this week when I found myself in a bit of a blogging slump I figured I would share a bit of what I always find appealing. Pretty gold things. So here you go, just some pretty things that are oh so inspiring.
So throw on some gold, bring out that jewelry, spray paint that vase and brighten your day {and mine}!
Photos via here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
I am always astonished at how expensive simple jewelery is; maybe that is why I hardly ever wear it, and like to buy it even less (unless of course it is a gift from my darling hubby..hint, hint).
I saw this posting of this bracelet and knew I could make my own. I dug through my drawers, found some old bangles, and headed to Michael’s.
You will need:
Hemp or Bamboo in colors of your choosing
Cheap Plain Bracelets/Bangles
Rhinestone strands
Glue
Scissors
Begin by gluing your rhinestone strands to your bangle. You can use however many you would like. I chose to put enough on to cover what would be shown to someone looking at it on my wrist.
When the glue has dried begin by cutting 120 inches of your hemp or bamboo. I didn’t want to get a ruler so I just measured the string against my height, doubled it, and minused a couple inches. This isn’t science or Burger King, so do it your way! Find the middle of your hemp strand and pull it into the bracelet, so that if your holding the string the bangle is hanging at the halfway point.
Now this is where it gets tricky, and sadly I didn’t take any pics of this part (so I borrowed the one below from here) Cross the left string over the front of the bangle, the hang the right one over the left one, bring it under and behind the bangle. Pull tight. There is your first knot. Confusing, right? Well it took me about 12 tries to get my knots all going, so be patient and maybe just look at the picture. I found that much easier.
Once you have that down you can continue the knots, switching back and forth between the sides. It should look like the photos below.
When I got to the end I tied a super tight double knot and cut the ends!
You’ll need:
Twine
18 brass hex nuts (we thought the more darker brass and smaller the better)
Steps:
Begin by cutting the twine in three yard long strands.
Tie the three strands together with a knot about 2 inches from the end.
Braid the strands of yarn for about 1.5 inches.
Before braiding the left strand add a hex nut to the strand, pushing it all the way up.
While holding the nut taught against the bottom of the braid bring the strand under the nut to continue to the braid.
Repeat on the right side, and then back to the left.
Continue until all 18 hex nuts have been used.
Braid about 3 more inches and tie off.
Wrap around your wrist twice and tie.
Voila!
Top Image from here.
