DIY Accessories!

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Anyone who has read a few of our blog posts knows how important accessories are to our approach to fashion and you may have picked up that I can’t resist an opportunity to look at YouTube clips. Which is my way of trying to legitimize the HOURS I have spent looking at clips of people making their own accessories, you see if I write a blog post about it, it was “research” and not “a total waste of time when I should have been doing something much more worthwhile”.

The major advantage of hand-made jewellery is that it is always one of a kind, even if you have got your inspiration from some one else or pop culture it will still have little quirks that make it yours. Another advantage is cost, despite the fact that some DIY methods require a cost outlay to begin with the variety, uniqueness and quality of the pieces help make it money well spent. The final factor I would mention is fun, I had a blast making my own pieces and I am sure you would too.

There are a number of ways you can make your own pieces of jewellery and the results really come down to your level of creativity and skill. I have limited supplies of both but my, albeit limited, successes gives me hope for the future.

How to get started:

Recycle what you already have – I had a lot of jewellery that was languishing due to one minor fault or another.

Because I have large wrists a lot of my bracelets were a bit stretched or I couldn’t wear then because they were tight. So I re-threaded a number of my bracelets to come up with some cute new designs that are comfortable. Given my limited creativity it was a perfect and simple project and the results have encouraged me to take a plunge into the slightly deeper waters of actual jewellery making.

Determining Your Skin Tone

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We just received a comment on the Part 2 of how to compliment your skin tone, unfortunately it looks as though we didn’t actually tell you how to do this!

Spring: Usually natural blondes or redheads with light-colored eyes, springs
look best in seashell colors such as peach, coral, or light brown. Stay away
from dark strong colors that could overwhelm your complexion.

Summer: Usually natural blondes, summers look best in soft pastels or
muted colors such as pink, soft yellow, or powder blue. Icy pastels will also
work for you. Stay away from autumn colors such as orange, rust, or earth
tones.

Accessories & Colours to Compliment Your Skin Tone Pt 2.

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Continuing on from yesterday’s post on skin tones and how to choose colours to compliment you! Skin Tones are also categorised using the seasons. Spring, Autumn, Winter & Summer.

To sum it up quickly here is a quote from eHow.

“Winter”: complexions have blue or pink undertones. Skin can be pale white, yellowish-olive, or dark. Winter people are generally brunettes, with deeply colored eyes. Many Asians and African Americans fall into this category.

“Summer”: complexions, like winter complexions, have blue or pink undertones. Skin is pale and pink. Summers are often natural blondes or brunettes with pale eyes.

“Autumn”: Autumn complexions have golden undertones. Many redheads and brunettes with golden brown eyes fall into this category.

“Spring”: Spring complexions have golden undertones and are usually creamy white or peach. Spring people generally have straw-colored or strawberry red hair, freckles, rosy cheeks, and blue or green eyes.

I’m going to be discussing medium skin tones which I’m going to take that on board as an Autumn classification.

Being an Autumn means you will have the warmer skin tones like gold, peach or golden beige.