Saturday, October 20, 2012

DIY: Arm Candies

First  let me just say that I looooove accessories! They can easily transform any outfit and add a dose of happy on an otherwise boring getup. I love earrings, I have tons of them. They are easiest to mix and match and they come only on one size, so everything fits me(I've always had an issue with sizes! You see, I'm so petite I  am always confused as a 14-year old!). For years I've been hoarding on earrings since rings and bracelets rarely comes in my size. Then the trend of the cocktail rings and arm party came and I love them and I want to have them. I went on a hunt for those lovely arm and finger candies. I found enough rings(adjustable!) but the bracelets, meeeh. I found a couple here and there but definitely not enough. One day I spontaneously decided to just make them so I get them for my size. With much excitement and an unusual flow of creative juices I spent most of my day yesterday, working on them. In one sitting I was able to make a lot of bracelets(damaging my thumbs nails in the process)! From scratch, at that! So Hello arm party!

This project all started with these: 
and these


and turned into this cute pile 
Note: I have small hands *wink*
 may not have the best craftsmanship(amateur here) but I get to play around, create it as I please and I get them all to fit my arms! The best thing is, I have 9 cute little arm candies for less than 300 bucks plus I still have enough materials left to create more! 

2 comments:

  1. i love this mi! i'm not big on accessories unfortunately but this is really cute! <3

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