Rodarte Star Bursts: DONE!

While I was watching a mini Face Off marathon, I decided I'd get out my stars and have another go at a hair clip.
After some playing around, I finally settled on the perfect layout

Fancy, huh?  I'm so proud of the way this one looks!  It's definitely streets ahead from the first one...

And I even found a way to incorporate the baby stars that I thought I couldn't use!  Hooray!
Both have hair clips attached and now all I need is some spray paint.  I think I'll make the big one gold (like the original) and I'll keep the smaller one silver but I'll make it all the same colour - including the clip.  I might even try some glitter spray paint???  We'll see.

You like?  Have you tried making some?

My Rodarte star bursts are coming together!

Along with all my weekend fun, my Studs and Spikes package arrived on Saturday (wow that was fast!) and it wasn't until late Sunday evening that I started experimenting with my stars.


I ended up ordering 3 different star sizes but I can really only use the large and medium if I want to make my Rodarte star burst the way Refinery 29 did and I realized that after I laid out my initial arrangement


It was looking a little too large and in charge - which IS what I want but I would imagine it would feel a little uncomfortable after a while.  Oh well.

After watching the how-to video a few times, I finally settled on this cluster


Lucky for me, the wire I had purchased a few weeks ago for my other incarnations of this project was already silver so I was thinking I could keep this silver version and make another one tonight to spray paint gold this weekend!  After I get them all together, I'll have a family photo of my project.  Stay tuned...

So what's a girl to do with the pack of 100 smaller sized star nail heads?!  Looks like my wardrobe is going to get a little more celestial and I ain't even mad!

Rodarte star bursts

As we all know, I've been very inspired by the star cluster look from Rodarte's Fall2012 show

And on my quest to make them, I've done some pretty wacky stuff...

This is the only one I can bear to share with you - the others were not so great...

Luckily for all of us, Refinery 29 has figured out how to make them with this handy dandy video tutorial!


I went to check out M and J Trimming's website since we don't have one of those here in Georgia and so my surprise, they don't have those cute studded stars listed in their nailheads section! *GASP* Luckily, trusty Studs and Spikes has them and I put my order in yesterday!  WHAT WHAT
A little later, I think I might order some bullets to make the bullet cuff I saw on, where else, Pinterest!  The tutorial originally came from Stripes and Sequins and I think it's pretty bad ass.  Especially since I'm trying to figure out what to do with my two keepsake bullets

I finally decided (just two days ago as a matter of fact) that I would take my bullets to a local shooting range and have them deactivated without having to fire them off so that I can drill a hole through them and turn them into a two-tiered necklace.  I think Nate would enjoy that!

DIY Detachable Collars

I've been seeing quite a few tutorials online for detatchable collars for a while now and after I liked one on Pinterest the other day, I decided I would finally try my hand at making one!

The first source of inspiration - Marlena's tutorial at Rookie.  It was the first one I'd seen and I loved the Peter Pan candy collar! 

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The other source of inspiration - the sparkly Peter Pan collar and the pointy gold collar at Refinery 29.

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The final source of inspiration - this cute pearl collar that I first saw on Pinterest. 

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After mulling over all the collars and assessing what materials I had available to me, I decided I would use up my white rhinestones on a black felt Peter Pan collar.  
I simply followed the directions to the pearl collar for the stencil and the rest just fell into place!  I just lined up my rhinestones along the edges and glued them down with some good ol' hot glue.  
    
It still needs one little piece and that's just a matter of me finding my grommet tool so I can put some grommets in to tie the ribbons to tie it on and I'll be finished!

The second collar was made the same way except instead of the Peter Pan curves, I added points.  I traced it onto some silver glitter vinyl, added jump rings, chain and a clasp and BAM!  Cute glitter collar!

I'll admit - my real source of inspiration for finally making the jump was a pair of shoes I've been wanting for a while but I finally bought them - these cute Oxfords from Target.  

Now to style them...what better accessory than a cute little collar to dress these shoes up or down!  This look might even fit into a Mondo-inspired look.  We'll see... 
I'm trying not to go too retro with this theme or too Lolita but the Peter Pan collar makes that a little hard to avoid.  Maybe it can turn into a not-too-preppy look for Spring?  I feel like the shoes need knee socks and pleated skirts but I'll turn this into a Make It Work moment and see if I can break that preppy barrier...

Do you have any favorite items that inspire you to design accessories around them?


Katzi
S.L.Y.A.S.D.I.