DIY Friday: printed cuffs

Hey y'all! So today I'm styling a couple and shopping for their new stage wardrobe! Super excited! 

I also have a new DIY for you! Super easy. Super cute for all sorts of outfits! 

What you'll need:

Stencil

Stamp 

Jacquard paint

Foam brush

Jeans

Iron

1. Grab your jeans.

2. Turn them inside out.

3. Lay them on a flat surface.

4. Stamp your design onto your jeans. I stamped from ankle, 12inches up. 

5. To Overlap design, Lay stencil on your stamped pattern, and add paint to stencil. 

6. Then lay paper towels on each pant leg, and repeat the same process that you did with the front of the leg. 

7. Hang to dry for 24hrs.

8.  Then set your iron to the highest setting, and if you have a steam setting use it. You want to iron the paint to heat set it, so the paint will not fade. 

9. Turn right side out. Then cuff your jeans & explore the possibilities of outfits! 

 

Ta-da!!!! And then they are complete! Super cute detailing! 

Enjoy and do something fun this week end! -Ryn

DIY Friday: Lettered Tee

I'm do excited to be sharing this with you!!! This has got to be one of my favorite DIY's yet!
I kept seeing these really basic scripted tees and sweatshirt on Pinterest, and fell in love with them! See what I mean?

So, I had to make my own! And in honor of my upcoming trip to Paris, I just had to put my saying in French, using the handy dandy google translator! I used the quote "favor is chasing me down & overtaking me!" But you're welcome to use a different quote! I just liked it for me and it's just such a good reminder!

 

Plus, anything in French, makes it all the more fancy, I think! I love the look. So chic & romantic.


And the other day I bought this incredibly long raglan sleeved sweatshirt from old navy in the clearance section. (I'm hoping they have more) and I just knew I had to do something lovely to it! : )

I'll be making more of these and maybe so tees too, with different sayings on them! You can style them so chicly! : )

Here are the deets on how to make these amazing shirts!!!

What you'll need:
Tee or sweatshirt
Paint (I used jacquard and acrylic)
Letter Stencils (I bought mine at Home Depot or Lowe's, not exactly sure which one)
Triangle make up sponge
Sewing Marker (one you can erase with water, it should be blue)
Tape measure
Towel or piece of wood (to go between the layers of the shirt)

1. Lay out your shirt on a clean surface. Use the wood to separate the layers of the tee.

2. Measure where the middle and then mark it. Then mark starting corner & finishing corner.

 

3. Place your stencils on the shirt. Use a bowl, place your paint color in there. Then use your sponge and dip it in the paint.

4. Dab the sponge on the stencil on the tee, remove the stencil and then repeat to the next stencil.

5. Until you've done the entire quote.

6. Then hang to dry for 12-24hrs.

7. Then iron on medium-high heat to set the paint so it doesn't wash out in the washer when you clean it.

And viola! You've got an incredibly cute tee, just waiting to be styled!

Also, Are there any good DIY's out there that I jusr NEED to try?!  Comment below!! I'd love to it!!

Hope ya'll are enjoying these DIY projects! Let me know, please!
Love y'all, Ryn

DIY Friday: Tribal Jeans

I totally fell for the look of the printed Tribal pants & skinnies, but I hadn't found one that I absolutely loved, so I made my own kind of tribal/tuxedo skinnies... Super easy to make!

How I came up with this idea, was I wanted it to look like these pants, but I didn't want an all over print like this. My first thought was to make the print from the mid calf down, but I wasn't totally committed to that idea. So I decided for now just a "tuxedo/tribal" stripe down each leg. The great thing about doing it yourself, is that you can go with one idea and if you want to change it, you can totally revamp your first DIY into another look. You get to play with it until you're happy with it!

And these pants are just fun!
One. They are slimming because they are printed down the seams of each leg.
Two. They are fun to wear without being in-your-face tribal. They are just the right amount of being subtle & on-trend!
Three. they are fun & easy to make!


What you'll need:
Skinny Jeans or Jeggings
Paint ( Jacquard or acrylic)
1'' inch foam paintbrush
Speedy-cut Carving blocks (DickBlick)
Iron


Step 1: Lay your pants on a flat surface.
Step 2: Cut your carving blocks to the size of the triangle you want. ( I cut them in not so perfect triangles.
Step 3: load your foam brush with paint, then brush on your carving block triangles.
Step 4: stamp onto the outside seam of your pants. let dry, then do other outside seam of pant.
Step 5: then Let dry overnight.
Step 6: Iron on medium to high heat, to set the paint.
Step 7: Look cute and wear!

 

Xoxo - Ryn

DIY Friday: Graphic Print Tee

OK so if you follow me on Intstagram: @RynB then you've probably seen my pictures of the graphic tee I made... Yes you read that right! I made it... And you can too!

It's so easy! Here are the things you need to gather & need:
T-Shirt ( I got one from the men's section at H&M,  www.HM.com, $5.95)
Jacquard Paint (www.DharmaTrading.com has a great price for them!)
Stamp of your choice (I really like the clear acrylic ones with the clear acrylic block. easy to use & clean! I bought mine from Joann's, www.Joann.com)
1'' foam paint brush
Paper plate
And a clean space
Iron

1.So first things first, You'll want to clear the space you are going to be working in, then place your shirt there flat, no wrinkles please. No need to separate the layers, it shouldn't bleed onto the other side. (if it does, then your tee will have character.)

2. Pour out some paint on the paper plate, Then you'll want to load the paintbrush up with paint, just the tip, but enough that it covers the stamp.

3.Then brush the stamp with paint, and the stamp onto the shirt. press firmly.

4. Let dry for an hour, then switch to the other side and load & stamp and then wait for another hour and do the sleeves. When completely done with shirt, slide it on a hanger & let dry for 24 hrs.

5. Turn iron on highest heat setting and iron the whole shirt for about 3-5 minutes running the iron over each place you stamped. Never stop in one position for too long. (We don't want to scorch it!) You're wanting to set the paint so it won't wash off in the washer (and no, you can't dry it in the dryer to set it, it has to be the iron)

6. And then you are good to go! You have a graphic anthro looking Tee! : )

 

A graphic tee pairs nicely with skinnies & midi (tea-length) skirts! : )

Happy Friday & Shabbot Shalom!

-Ryn