DIY- Embellished Gloves- Perfect Christmas gift idea!!

During a trip to Forever 21 over the weekend, their finger less gloves caught my eye. I noticed they had an assortment of different types but the ones I liked most were embellished with rhinestones :) What girl doesn't like a little sparkle right? But then I thought, well I could make that. 

So I grabbed a pair of their non embellished ones and then stopped at Michael's for some materials. 

After getting home it occurred to me that I had a longer pair of gloves stowed away with my winter scarves. Raiding my craft box, I found some some pearls and decided I would go ahead and make a second pair for my DIY this week.

What you'll need :

Finger less or fingered gloves

Shorter pair $5.80- Forever 21

    

Needle, thread, scissors

Pearls from Michael's $1.00 a strand

Embellishments from Michael's bead section

Bead Gallery on sale 50% off- $3.00 each strand

Watch my Youtube Tutorial here

Finished product!

I think these make such perfect Christmas gifts and you can really make them unique to the person you are giving them to. Everyone loves a homemade gift:) If you try these out make sure you comment or leave a pic on my Facebook, and or hashtag me on Instagram #aimtocreate

DIY- Embellish your shoes with paint

I love revamping things from my closet and shoes are no exception! I've had these black lace heels for a while now and decided they needed to be jazzed up a bit to provoke me to wear them a more. Literally anyone can do this project, even a kid it's so easy. In fact a perfect shoe would be Keds since they are canvas and would take well to the paint.

These heels were actually quite cheap when I bought them last year at Ross, I think they were $16.99

I picked up this Tulip Puffy Paint at Wal-Mart for $0.97 each! 

Michael's has a huge assortment of colors and textures as well.

Watch my Youtube Tutorial here

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You could do so many different shapes and patterns if you wanted to. I stuck to a simple pattern with just outlining the edges, but I like the simplicity of it and how it just adds a pop of color to the shoes.

Not every dot is perfect but these are one of a kind so you can't go wrong!

Let me know if you try this and hashtag your pics with #aimtocreate!

DIY - Dress Up a Lampshade!

In another one of my previous posts I showed you a pretty silver lampshade I found on clearance at Marshalls. While I loved the shape of the shade and the simplicity of the silver, I found myself daydreaming of how I could tie it in with my room décor a little better.
I'm absolutely in love with peacock feathers, and my room's color scheme came from the colors in the feather. I have different touches of feathers throughout the room and so I decided to add one more with this lampshade revamping idea.
If you are wanting to revamp either a new or old lampshade the possibilities are endless. Let your creativity flow and your imagination run wild!
Here are the items I picked up for this project.

Lampshade- Marshalls $10.00

One peacock feather- This is from ZGallerie for $1.95!

Also if you have Anna's Linen stores in your area they have them for $1.50. Most of the craft stores are double and even triple that.

 Rhinestone Charms from Michaels-  $3.99

(Bought two packs @ 40% off each)

Fabric Flower pin from Michaels- $2.99 w/ 40% off

(Bead Landing items were on sale that week:)

E6000 Glue $4.99 (needed to replace my old one) from Michaels- Scissors & Pliers

Here is the finished product on a lamp

Let me know if you try a project like this and take pics and post them on my Twitter and Instagram!

Check out my Youtube tutorial here

DIY- Dress Up Your Shoes!

In my previous post I showed you the shoes I bought at Ross at a discount due to the fact that one shoe had pen marks on the side.

After trying to get out the marks, I decided why not try and revamp the shoes with a little embellishment?
Off to Michael's I went and picked up these supplies.

Paper Flower accents $1.00

Self-stick rhinestones - $3.99

I found these when I passed by the bridal department and I have to say that I love them! I never thought about looking in that section before but these seem to be better faceted and I also like the different oval shape.

Of course my good ole E6000 glue. I'm going to need to replenish this soon!

Here is the finished product! I love how it totally changed the look with such little effort. I think it makes the shoes look a little more flirty and fun.

Check out the video tutorial here:

DIY Decorated Container tutorial

I was inspired for this DIY by my favorite site Pinterest. These containers are so easy and inexpensive to make, that you could get a little crazy with it and wind up with so many you don't know what to do with them! They are perfect as gifts especially for Christmas since you can fill them with a ton of different little goodies. Let your imagination run wild with all the different ways to decorate them. Best of all, the main supplies you can find right at the dollar store

Glass vase  $1.00

Candy dish $1.00

Apothecary Jar $1.00

Industrial Strength Glue

$4.99 at Michael's

Rhinestones of your choice

These are from Michael's $1.99 each

Leaf gems $1.00 from Michael's

Bead Filler for brush holder

$2.99 at Michael's

Check out my YouTube Channel for the tutorial 

on how to put it all together

Here are the finished projects

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