Have Your Denim Customised

 

We all have some jeans, denim shirt or jacket in the very end of our wardrobes that remains there and never is worn. We sometimes rediscover them, and after looking at their old-but-not-vintage-yet style we get excited at the thought of customising it. Who's not looked for denim DIY tutorials online?

Dip dye, waxed, studded, ripped... endless possibilities that look great in blogs but we're too lazy to carry out in the end.

Well, for the joy of us lazy and not very skilled old denim holders you can have your denim pieces customised with the only trouble of having to post it...and pay of course!

Denim Refinery offers you the possibility of choosing what your garment will look like (laser print, distressed, different colour...), leave the decission to the proffesionals and be surprised by the result, or even buy cool customised pieces from their e-shop. Take a look at some "Before and After" pieces:

 

DIY: Bottle Cap Decorated Jumper

Browsing some of the most extravagant Jessie J outfits, this picture gave me an

idea for a really easy, cheap and fast way to revamp some of your old jumpers.

You just need to glue the safety pins to the inside of the bottle caps.

Once they're dry, attach them to the jumper. The best thing about

it is that you can replace them as many times you want

and try different combinations!

DIY: The Shred Sweater

Get some inspiration from this streetstyle picture from STREETFSN and give a new life to

that old sweatshirt forgotten transformating it into a cool top with the easiest DIY ever.

If you don't feel too confident about cutting clothes, you can turn the sweatshirt inside out and draw the

parallel lines with a ruler and a pencil so you know where to cut with the scissors. And then, rip it up!

Liven Up Your Old Shoes: DIY

I found some good ideas reading through websites, tumblrs and blogs to turn your old plain shoes into trendy ones. All of them are quite easy to make. Check them and start crossing off the New Year Resolutions List the "I'll be more creative and not so lazy about DIYs" wish.

Click on the images to be redirected to the tutorials.

DIY: Collar

Blouses, shirts, jackets, cardigans, coats... everything is about the collars and the neck this season!

So, what better than a easy DIY to update your clothes?

Here you have one I found on the UO blog ages ago.

A needle
Thread
(you can substitute the needle and thread for a stapler or special glue for clothes)
Scissors
Ribbon
Fabric you choose

Use one of your collared shirts to measure how much fabric you'll need.
Add about a centimeter or so of extra fabric around the edges to leave room for a hem.

Cut the fabric and use this as a pattern for the other half, with the outsides facing in.

Cut the ribbon tails and place them at the short end of the collar.
Make sure you don't place them at the long end,
otherwise you'll end up tying your lapels together!

This is the hard part: sew it all together.
(Insider short cut: a much lower-effort alternative is to use a stapler or glue)
Make sure to leave about two centimeters or so on each of the collar's short sides open.

Use the open gaps to flip it inside out, then stitch them up.

Ta-da! Now that you have the general idea, experiment with patterned fabrics, proportions and embellishments.Here you have some oter stylish ideas...

Cheeseburguer Cupcakes

 Hey cupcake lover, did you think you had already seen the most original ones?

Think again!

 They're amazing, aren't they?
Best of all... HERE you have the recipe