Saint Salvage

I just stumbled upon another source of DIY ideas and project: Polyvore ! It's not just a mood board! It brings back memories from things I wore in the 80s... very punk and edgy. Polyvore has a DIY project that looks very similar to the safety pin necklaces that I've seen by: Tom Binns Jennifer Fischer Cheap Monday and CC Skye So, here's what they had: DIY: Chain Bracelet by polyvore-editorial featuring brass jewelry It was from The Flight of Fancy. Of course, I am inspired to make my own. It will be a fun quicky DIY.

I'm not normally a trend follower, but I've pinned a lot of the "Inspired by Tom Binns" DIY necklaces on Saint Salvage on Pinterest , so I decided to put my crafting where my mouth is (hah hah...), and do one. I checked out a couple of the pins I had, because I wanted to do my own take on it. First, to Swellmayde.com's DIY Painted Rhinestone Necklace Then, to Little Pink Monster's DIY Neon Necklace Tom Binns Inspired Finally, to Dream and Dress's DIY Painted Necklace I also liked Prada's rose and crystal necklaces and earrings. Honestly WTF  did an awesome DIY. So, when I was in the Cherry Hill mall's H&M store, I spotted a crystal and resin rose necklace. I bought some nail polishes, and also decided to use some other polishes I already had. I painted my crystals, just like everyone else.... Here's my mash-up: Here's what it looks on me: Ta-da!!!!! Saint Salvage strikes again!!!! I took aout 10 minutes t...