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I love creating party themes and this time around I’m inspired by the color GOLD! What I love about a party theme based on color is there are so many items you can buy to create your look or if you’re the crafty type you can pull out a can of spray paint and the hot-glue gun and go the DIY route.

The ingredients:

Gold Paper Lanterns—Party City

DIY version: Spray paint white paper lanterns gold.

Gold Flatware—West Elm

DIY version: Buy some flatware at the thrift store and paint the handles gold. Here’s a how-to!

{tip: a coat of polyurethane will make the silverware suitable for hand washing}

Paramount Dinnerware—Z Gallerie

DIY version: Spray the underside of clear glass plates to get this look.

Gold Chevron Wrapping Paper— (used as a table runner)–Paper Source

DIY version: Cover dollar store white shipping paper with Gold Chevron Washi Tape.

Gold Stripe Stemware—Bed, Bath & Beyond

DIY version: Here’s an easy tutorial on painting stripes on glass. Dollar Store wine goblets of course!

Spike Napkin Ring—Z Gallerie

DIY version: Cut a small Styrofoam fall in half, insert toothpicks and spray the entire piece gold. Glue to elastic hair bands to create your napkin ring.

Gold Mirrored Tray—World Market

DIY version: Pick up a plastic tray from the thrift store and spray it gold!

Gold Leaf Gift Box—World Market

DIY version: Wrap a plain gift box from the Container Store in decorative gold and white wrapping paper. Paper Source has lots of paper options.

If you want a super glam look for your party, this project is a fabulous way to create a gold sequin backdrop for your event.

{hint: Gold Labels from Staples would also work}

Don’t wait for a special occasion, any day is a great day to celebrate with gold!

Creating a Stylish Clutch from the Craft Store

August 9, 2013

Ok, so we all know I love handbags and clutches have a special place in my heart. A couple of week ago I was wandering around Hobby Lobby and came across their “blanks” section. This is the area of the store where they have plain t-shirts, canvas bags, baseball caps and other items that you can embellish, paint or do whatever crafting magic you want on them.

I came across this grey felt clutch and was inspired to create a clutch based on one of my favorite designer handbag lines.

This was the inspiration ($173.00)…..

And this is my finished clutch!

How to:

I purchased a band of black textured fabric from JoAnn’s and measured it to a 3 1/2 inch width. I folded the edges under and used black stitch witchery to secure them down.

Once that was done I wrapped the black fabric around the clutch starting at the under side of the front flap, around the back and on the inside front of the clutch. I used dabs of hot glue along the edge of the black fabric to secure it in place.

Next I took a length of green grosgrain ribbon and centered it on top of the black fabric. Again I used hot glue to hold the edges down.

Next I added silver corner pieces to my clutch, attached with E6000 glue.

To add the finishing touch to my clutch I found a vintage black tassel earring in my jewelry supply chest and took it apart. I placed the round piece of the earring on the front flap of the clutch and stitched the tassel part to the top corner.

All in all my designer inspired clutch cost me less than $ 9.00!

Here’s the breakdown:

Grey Felt Pouch $ 4.99 less 40%=$2.99

Black Fabric $2.50 from JoAnn’s

Green Grosgrain Ribbon–from my stash. You can find grosgrain ribbon at Hobby Lobby for $2.99 less 40% if you have a coupon.

Silver corner protectors $1.69 for pkg. 8 available from Articuss Studio

Vintage Tassel Earring–$ 0.50 found thrifting

Style on a budget. My favorite kind of fashion!

Design Details: Gold Edging

July 30, 2013

I’m all about gold accent these days and love how a touch of gold can turn an ordinary item into something chic and über stylish.

I’m sure you’ve all seen this DIY project floating around blog land where a simple picture frame is updated with gold corner accents. Who would have thought that such an easy project would yield such stylish results.

Here’s what the gold accent looks like on black frames.

How about this simple update, gold corner details added to a piece of furniture?

You can find my source for metal corner pieces in this post.

I’m also loving this idea of painting the page edge of thrift store books and turning them into a glamorous decorative accent.

How about detailing out the inner rim of a paneled door with gold paint? Pretty fab!

I also love the look of a gold edge on a piece of furniture. Emily over at Emily A. Clark transformed this table first by painting it black and then my adding a gold edge. Stunning!

This metal bamboo table looks so much more expensive and high-end with a gold finish!

And how about the idea of up-styling your stationery or even your business cards? I’m so going to do this with my business cards.

So what do you think? Do you love a touch of gold as much as I do?

One thing I’ve learned in my years in design is that it is the little details that really make design come to life!

images can be found on my Golden Touch Pinterest board