I am really proud of this project, basically because it uses a piece of an old necklace of mine that broke when  I was in Singapore recently. I loved that necklace and was annoyed it broke but found a way to repurpose it into another feature necklace:

For this project you will need:

You can see the piece of the broken necklace front and centre. I then used some rhinestones courtesy of Wander and Hunt and pom pom trim from my trip to Chiang Mai in Thailand. You’ll also need jump rings, pliars, clasps, curb chain and embroidery thread.

Knot 4-6 strands of embroidery thread (3 times the length of your chain) to the end of the curb chain. Weave the thread to the chain as shown here.

Weave the embroidery thread as shown in this tutorial until the whole chain is covered.

Lay out all of the stones to have an idea of the design you want to have.

Attach the front piece with jump rings.

Hand stitch on the pom pom trim:

Now hand stitch on the stones:

That’s it. This is how I styled it up!

Happy DIY’ing

I was inspired for this by a Matthew Williamson sweater I saw a few seasons ago. I loved the combination of colours:

This beanie is such a great Autumn update for here in Australia where things are getting colder. It adds some colour to otherwise dark colour palettes.

For this project, you will need:

Rhinestones (mine are from Wander and Hunt), thread scissors, needle and thread and a grey beanie (mine was a bargain on sale at Sportsgirl).

First I began by laying out my design, once I had it right, I took a picture of it on my phone to use as a guide:

Once you have your arrangement, start stitching the rhinestones on, referring back to your phone photo as you go:

And then you’re done!

Seriously one of the easiest DIYs ever! Happy head warming!

I have been following the crafting kit team from Darby Smart online for a while now and was devastated when I realised they didn’t ship outside the US. However, my Google analytics tells me that the US is my second most visited market for the blog.

So when I emailed the ladies from Darby Smart to share my Prada Inspired Art Bag DIY which was similar to one they were doing and chatted with them, then kindly decided to send me one of their kits to review for my blog.

Each kit comes with instructions and all the tools you will need. I had to use my own pliers in the end as I am not too adept with the 3-way ones.

I was so excited when the parcel arrived and then I became really busy with so many things and created the project but was just waiting to post it. Lucky for me the necklace stays in fashion. Here’s how I made mine:

I started off by measuring the length of the chain and using the pliers (supplied in the kit) to cut 2 lengths of chain. One for the outer chain that goes around the PVC and another which goes on top and around the neck:

From here I laid out all of my stones glued them into place, measuring how the chain would look:

Glue the chain to the PVC and cut around it:

That’s it! You can leave it to dry for an hour (to be safe) and it’s ready to wear. I wore mine with a nude dress for a party. I also layered another double stranded gold chain necklace from Kmart to give it more focus:

Thanks so much Darby Smart! The lovely team have also offered readers of DIYnamicstyle.com a special discount. The code is DARBYCRAFTER and with this code you will get $10 off of your first Darby Smart purchase of $19 (USD) or more until May 18th.

Darby Smart only ships within the United States of America.