Thursday 7 April 2011

*waves frantically*

I'm back you bunch of love muffins. In my last post i mentioned about some woman deciding she was too cool to stop at a junction and leaving me with serious head injuries, i took a break from blogging because i felt constantly hung over for the week following it and totally uninspired, i'd rather not blog atall than do half-arsed posts. Last night however, my inspiration returned, in the form of painting my costume jewellery with nailvarnish. Yes, you read right, i had tons of jewellery i'd bought in the winter which needed 'summering' up. Thought i'd share, after all, sharing is caring.

my black ring (cue jack sniggering)

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tacky red and gold heart

I didn't anticipate putting this on voodle so i didn't take a before photo, but i bought it a while ago for a quid in primark and wore it backwards so just the plain gold side was showing, it did the job. Here's the bastard after i painted it:



























So there you have my DIY tip, if you don't like the colour of something, use nail varnish to change that! There's probably uber creatives out there that know a better way to do that jazz, but i was bored and have a million nail varnishes et voila, i'm a modern day picasso (LIE).

Also, if you have any questions or anything, just pop on over to my formspring or tweet me.

Good to be back


24 comments:

  1. yay your back! hope your head is okay. looked pretty serious! I am so inspired by this post hahaha i think i will defiantly be doing this to most of my jewellery xxx

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  2. oh god, its you again..
    hooooooray, your back! was nice to see your blog pop up on my reading list!
    thats an ace little tip, ive got loads of crappy rings etc that could use a spruce up!
    hugs..glad your on the mend!!
    xxxx

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  3. I hope your feeling loads better now xo

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  4. oh gosh, why did i not hear about this?! i hope you're feeling alot better now :) glad to have you back! XXX

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  5. I didn't hear about this either (bad blogger Pooks!) but reading it back it must have been awful! Glad you're feeling much perkier, and looking forward to more of your blogs :) And you've reminded me I need to paint the metal parts of my rings with nail varnish (they've gone from gold to orange. Lush)

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  6. Yay glad you're back and doing better!

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  7. Eeep, so glad you're back and feeling much better! I lovelove your tip, such a good idea, especially as those Primark rings are so cheap, means you can 'make' them in all sorts of colours! xo

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  8. Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy how cool for school are you!!! Great Idea xxxx

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  9. Glad your feeling better and hope your head has healed ok!
    Such a good idea, going to have a rummage in my "crap" jewellery drawer and try to jazz some things up!
    Sophie
    x

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  10. this is such a good idea! i have a habit of sharpie-ing stuff, eg my keys ;) but i never thought of nail varnishing stuff! such a good way too update old jewels!

    love your blog, and glad to see you back,
    http://ismellfashion.blogspot.com

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  11. omg I can't believe I never read that about your accident - hope you're feeling much better?!

    Awesome tips m'love I must go and fish out a few ranko necklaces to try this out :) xx

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  12. That's such a good idea! One of those ones that's like dammit why didn't I think of that? haa. Defo going to go through all my old jewellery now.

    So glad you're feeling better and inspired again!

    Chloe... x
    chloehford.blogspot.com

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  13. Genius idea my dear (look, I'm a poet!) I'm glad you're feeling a little better and the inspiration has returned.
    Thank you for your congratulations about my license, it's all very exciting!
    Missed you too Lovely Lady xxxx

    Kittenish Behaviour Blog

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  14. Oh I do hope you are ok now? Didn't know you'd been in an accident, hope your feeling better and less ill! I've had a head injury before too and it is total crap. Love your idea of painting things..! x

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  15. Glad to see you are back. Hope you aren't too seriously injured. Thanks for the tip! xxx

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  16. Wow this tip is fantastic I am definitely going to try it out thank you :) x

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  17. awesome tip. I'll try it next time. :)) I love your owl necklace there. The color of the ring fascinates me

    -jean
    tootsiejean.blogspot.com

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  18. Ooof, love the tip! Hope you're 100% again in no time sweetie :)

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  19. Such amazing creativity, should post this in the urban outfitters competition. You'd be in with a good shot! I wish I could customize more.

    www.photohappenings.blogspot.com

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  20. i'm so happy you're back, dear!! i really hope you're feeling tons better and that your head is alright.. <3

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  21. Glad you're back and ok after the accident! Puts everyday petty worries into perspective huh? Good to have you back and sharing awesome tips like this!

    xx

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  22. such an awesome idea! xx

    p.s the shit those shorts are from is h&m - best comment ;) xx

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  23. Thank you for the nail varnish tip, I would have never thought of that before! :)

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