Refashion of the Week – Changing the Colour of a Belt with Nail Polish

This is a belt that came with the a skirt I recently bought. It’s actually a really nice style and black patent leather which I love love love. Silver jewellery is my absolute favourite though, I wear it every day, so I’m going to change the belt to match my earrings and everything else!

I find using nail polish the easiest way to do this but you can use metallic markers or paint as well. It is really quick and easy to do whatever you choose!

Here’s the end result. I did three coats of silver and then two coats of clear to finish it off.

Buttons, buckles, clasps and jewellery etc etc can all be simple to change in this way.

You can use masking tape to protect the areas where you don’t want to get colour. Cotton buds dipped in nail polish remover are helpful to clean up if you do go over the edges.

It usually looks pretty good. I would only do this to cheaper accessories or ones that I was really confident would make a big improvement to.

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Fatback Gem Scarf

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Do your remember this black scarf I bought on my $50 shop? Well I did have an ulterior motive for buying this!…….. Adding sew-on gems!!!!

This scarf was really wide so I folded in half and sewed the sides together.

I then folded in half again.

The gems I bought were just from the local craft store, it was a really good packet as it had a mix of all sorts of shapes and colours.

I arranged the gems into a flower pattern. I’m sure any pattern would look great here – flat-back gems look amazing on anything.

After all the gems were in place I proceeded to glue them on with super glue. The one I used here is a new purchase that I’m very excited about. It’s called Ultimate Glue by Crafter’s Pick and it’s a non-toxic, water-soluble superglue.

Remember to use gloves and work in a ventilated area when you are using stronger glues.

Once all the gems were glued I proceeded to sew them on (this really in an optional step, if you use enough glue if should hold them well-enough).

It did take a while to sew this (1hr). Just as well I recorded The Voice the other night! Go Celia, Jackie and Harrison!

I actually only had enough gems to do a bit less that half of it – but I don’t think it really needs more and sits better by being quite minimal.

This amazing necklace is what first inspired me to make the scarf. I bought it from Portmans earlier in the year. I originally got the gems with the plan of making a similar necklace. I’m still going to try to make something like this but I thought a scarf is more appropriate for this time of year (Autumn for me).

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