I have quite a collection of clutches in my closet because as much as I love my handbags, sometimes a nice-looking, good-sized clutch is that way to go to complete an outfit.

Here is a simple tutorial on how to transform your plain clutch into a gorgeous petal & ruffled-inspired fashion accessory.

Materials:
1 clutch
Can of Metallic Gold Spray Paint
4 “Silk” Flowers

Directions:
Take apart the flowers and spray the petals, and a light coat on the clutch as well, in case it peeks out anywhere.

Then cut the petals apart.

Use a glue gun to glue the petals on the clutch, with the biggest petals on the bottom, in-between sized on the middle row, and smallest on top.

Then glue a strand of gray glass pearls on, and finish it with a little foam flower (or any other bauble you can find or like).

Have you seen The Cherry Blossom Girl blog yet? Of course you have! Dujour girls can sniff out anything pretty like a dog hunting for goodie bones. But, we still have to share. It is seriously amazing: endless inspiration in fashion and photography! The author of the blog, Alix, a recent fashion school graduate is also a fashion designer who does a little bit of editorial work on the side.

Every time I visit Alix’s site, I am blown away with what I find: beauty, glamour, and everything in between. These are a few of my favorites from The Cherry Blossom Girl blog…

Post contributed by Brittni of handmade and style blog papernstitch

Supplies:

• metal food cans (empty + washed)
• decorative paper (wall paper, graph paper, magazine tears, etc)
• glue stick
• scissors

Instructions:

1. Cut labels or other paper to the same height as your can.
2. If the label does not go all the way around, no worries, cut another piece of coordinating paper to fill in the space ( my labels did not go all the way around so I cut a piece of vintage paper to fit the gap)
3. Glue your label to the can.
4. And voila! You’re done.

More tin can love:

• If you have the opportunity to purchase canned food products from an Italian grocer save those wonderful cans for desk storage. I am especially fond of the tomato cans
• Use the cans as they are, with the labels they came with. Elevate that bean can to a place of stature on your desk top- filled with pens + pencils
• Some cans do not have paper labels but have the logo directly printed on the metal-great for small flower bouquets, especially several of them grouped together
• the prettiest of pew markers–cover with decorative paper to suit your wedding colors or theme, fancy the exteriors with bits + bobs, a monogram perhaps

courtesy of Nice Package

PAPER DOILY GARLAND

Supplies needed:

• 5 free minutes of time (or less)
• Delicate Paper Lace Doilies
• Baker’s Twine (or other thin twine)
• Double-sided tape (optional)

Directions:

Take your paper doilies and fold them in half.

Cut the length of Baker’s Twine that you’d like and sandwich your twine inside your folded doilies.  Space doilies out as desired.  The doilies will stay put pretty well, but continue to the next step if you want your doilies to be a little more secure

Note: Use double sided tape to secure doilies (place a piece inside each doily and press to adhere).

Hang and enjoy!

Start with some pretty coloured muffin cases. Here, I have created both a 4-case and 6-case flower. Find pretty cases at the supermarket, party shops or Etsy (Bake it Pretty, Cute Cups or Layer Cake Shop

1. Flatten the cases
2. Take the first case and fold it in half and then halve twice more and scrunch and fold again to form the centre of the flower
3. Take the second muffin case (use another colour or the reverse side of the same colour) and line the centre of the circle up with the pointed end of the core piece and scrunch it around
4. Continue doing, alternating colours until your flower is the size you desire
5. If you wish, secure by wrapping some cotton around the base or alternately stitch a small button into the centre and do with it whatever makes you happy
6. Hang it from the ceiling, use as a place setting or thread on some string to create a flower garland
7. Make a cup of tea and admire your handiwork

Hi everyone. It’s Brittni from papernstitch. There are few things I love more than a grabbing a cup of tea and working on a great diy project. But in order to complete that ever-expanding list of projects I have started, a girl has got to buy a few craft supplies every now and again. Right? So, here are a couple of things I am coveting this week in craft…

What craft supplies are on your list this week?

I’m no hobbyist crafter. In fact, I might make the worse grandma. Scrapbooks? Puhhleazze. Who has time! Knit booties? Are you kidding! But I can promise my future grandkids this- there will be lots of baking! That’s good enough right? Well, apparently not. Thanks alot Martha Stewart. No really, thank you. You may set the bar high for whats expected of us creative folk, but you also have these killer DIYs that take like, I don’t know, ten minutes! My kids will think I am the best thing since gummy bears. Imagine my excitement when I came across this super sweet and girly lamp shade idea. Simply attach a tutu to a lamp. Voila! But of course, with an imagination like mine, that’s only the beginning. Now I’m wondering what sort of sweet concoctions I can make with such simple materials…