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anthro DIY-sailor and sweetheart cardi

~ DIY DREAM HOUSE

I was featured here last week on examiner.com for my anthropologie marjorelle necklace thanks to Samantha! Thank you for the article!
my inspiration this week:


sailor and sweetheart cardi from anthropologie. original price: $98. from my closet:
a striped shirt
and a long sleeve floral dress

I cut the neckline of the shirt and the sleeves of the dress to use for the tie.
and the result:


this dress looked a little grandma-ish due to the long sleeves but with the cap sleeves now it looks more young and fresh.

I saved over $100! 😉

Anthro DIY Marjorelle Necklace

~ DIY DREAM HOUSE

My inspiration:

a marjorelle necklace from anthropologie.

gold rope(wal mart $1.20), epoxy, gold chain clasp, 10mm jump ring gold, 2 gold earring clasps(all from jo ann’s for .77 cents each kind), 2 flower rings(baker’s $8.00 each), one gold flower(from a necklace I had).
I took out the rings from the flowers and epoxied it onto the gold rope. Then I put clear tape around the ends of the rope from unraveling and then used the clasps, and the jump ring to connect it to the end of the rope on both sides.
and TA-DA!



it took me about 15 minutes to make for under $20 bucks. I saved over $40!

Anthropologie DIY Rare Bloom Tee

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I’ve been on a Anthropologie kick lately and I have a lot more I’m planning on working on, so stay tuned! Many of you asked for tips or a tutorial and after I post the ones I’ve finished already(there’s just one more), I will do my best to take pictures along the way and do a tutorial. Sound good? I bought these earrings for $4 at Charlotte Russe. It’s kind of tacky but I knew it had potential.

I just removed all the middle beads/jewels and after. Simple and beautiful. It literally took me about 20 secs. to transform!
Now on to the Anthropologie shirt. I made a more simplified version of this Rare Bloom Tee. The neckline of this was too low for me personally and I wanted something that could be worn casual or dressy. I bought two plain white t-shirts at Forever 21 for $3.50 each (at Gen X, it’s $4) and used the fabric of one shirt to make the flowers. You can make up to 3 of these flowers using one shirt. Wear it with jeans for a casual look

or tuck it under a skirt for a more dressy look. Just saved over $80. 😉

Anthropologie Inspiration DIY

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I gave this shirt a “makeover” and found the inspiration from a cardigan I saw at Anthropologie.


Before. Got it from Korea for $10.

Then I cut up a turtleneck sweater I had for more than 10+ yrs. for the ruffles.

After.

I just saved $120+ dollars! 🙂

DIY

~ DIY DREAM HOUSE

I wanted to make Ariana something cute for her birthday. I was going to make her a flowered shirt but thought a necklace would be more versatile. I made Adalie a necklace also since I knew she would get jealous/sad if I only made something for Ana.

for Adi.
the flowers are clips so it can also be worn on a headband/clothes.


for Ana.