Monday, May 5, 2014
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Bit Square Has Moved!! Domain name change.
New Address:
www.bitsquareblog.com
Sorry to do this to all and hopefully this will be the only change I make!
I feel I've now proven to myself that I can maintain and love writing a blog. As even I struggle to remember my current domain name I feel it's necessary to change.
I only purchased this domain name yesterday and have basically just copied and pasted my entire blog over. I've spent the morning tweaking links so that they all should work now. I still haven't worked out how to transfer the domain name on bloglovin'. I have also seemed to have lost all your lovely comments! For some reason only my comments have transferred at this stage. Does anyone know anything about this?
Please let me know if anything isn't working! I'll keep this domain open in the mean time so you can contact me here. I won't be publishing any more posts on this site though.
I hope to set up to sell jewellery online within the month.
Find me here. Find PSY here modelling awesome handbags.
See you there!
See you there!
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Favourite Pins of the Week
Friday, May 10, 2013
Capsule Wardrobe May
An interactive capsule wardrobe today. I've selected some of my favourite new items from Polyvore here that hopefully work fairly well together. Use the arrows to scroll through. There should be about 12 items per carousel. Click on any of the items for it's website and details. I'm not sure if these are all for sale.
Take a screenshot if you come up with some great combos!
PC - Alt + PrintScreen (PrtScn) (should be saved to clipboard)
Mac - Command + Shift + 4 (should be saved to desktop)
Mac - Command + Shift + 4 (should be saved to desktop)
Click the arrows on the right to start
Here are a few I came up with.
Have fun!
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Refashion of the Week - Dream Catcher Necklace x2
50% of jewellery at Just Jeans this week. A good time for a bargain. A good time for a refashion.
I originally bought just one of these necklaces to
wear as a necklace. I thought it was a fun design and absolutely loved the
charm pieces it had on it. When I tried wearing it though it just looked weird
on me. I knew it wasn't right. I was about to take it back to the shop when inspiration
struck - Buy another necklace - Refashion of the Week.
Breaking up the first necklace:
Here is what I made:
1. A simple earring. There was an extra join at the bottom of this piece that I cut off with jewellery pliers. (I talk more about this in a previous refashion here).
2. Another simple one. Just put this on the hook.
3. For this one I incorporated a couple of beads to make a simple drop earring.
4. I used one of the smaller end pieces to make a drop stud. (I did a DIY on how to make studs here).
5. These are my absolute favourite ones here! I'm going to love wearing these! I had some tassels left over from a previous refashion that were waiting for the right bead to finish - and I found it! Yay! I put these on clip-on findings as they are quite long. ( I talk about this here)
6. These ones came straight from the necklace.
7. I really liked these black pieces and they ended up going perfectly with these flat white beads I had. TIP: I put a little glue on the head pins to stop the white beads from moving about.
8. I'm not sure if I'll wear this as a necklace yet. I think some basic black beads could look really good on it (I don't have enough to try it out for you here at the moment sorry) but I quite like it simplified as it is. I hope to turn one of these into a bag clasp. if I do the pic will be going here.
The necklaces were $12 each.
Leftovers:
Extra:
I found these black discs in my refashioning box today - some leftovers from a previous refashion (I think it was from a necklace as well) that I'd completely overlooked! I'm going to love these as earrings now.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Pinterest Update - Chictopia
Monday, May 6, 2013
Sunday, May 5, 2013
DIY: Basic Stud (Post) Earrings
These are so simple to make. Once you start, you'll be making earrings out of everything!!
You'll need: Earring stud/post findings and backs, assorted small pretty things, superglue. Paper towel, newspaper and gloves are useful too (not pictured). 2 min + setting time.
1. Select some pretty things.
2. Turn them upside down.
3. Apply glue.
4. Apply posts.
It will depend on the glue how long it takes to set.
Once it's set it's ready to wear!
You can use anything to make these with - beads, flat back gems, buttons, sequins, coins, paper, ribbons etc etc.
You can get post findings in a range of different sizes and styles. The posts will hold better when you match the size and weight of the object to the size of the post's head. Wearing larger backings will also help with bigger, heavier earrings. You can also purchase posts with cone shaped heads that make it easier to attach round objects to (such as beads).
Posts are easily available from most craft shops, online jewellery supply stores and ebay too (there are some links to these sites in my links tab). I buy surgical steel as I have a slight sensitivity to cheaper metals. You can also purchase sterling silver and gold filled posts but these tend to be a lot more expensive (much more expensive than silver/gold hooks). I pay about $2 for 12 pairs of surgical steel.
The glue I used here is called Ultimate Glue by Crafter's Pick and it's a non-toxic, water-soluble superglue. I have only had it a week or so but it seems to be holding well. Here are some other glues that would work :
You'll need: Earring stud/post findings and backs, assorted small pretty things, superglue. Paper towel, newspaper and gloves are useful too (not pictured). 2 min + setting time.
1. Select some pretty things.
2. Turn them upside down.
3. Apply glue.
4. Apply posts.
It will depend on the glue how long it takes to set.
Once it's set it's ready to wear!
You can use anything to make these with - beads, flat back gems, buttons, sequins, coins, paper, ribbons etc etc.
You can get post findings in a range of different sizes and styles. The posts will hold better when you match the size and weight of the object to the size of the post's head. Wearing larger backings will also help with bigger, heavier earrings. You can also purchase posts with cone shaped heads that make it easier to attach round objects to (such as beads).
Posts are easily available from most craft shops, online jewellery supply stores and ebay too (there are some links to these sites in my links tab). I buy surgical steel as I have a slight sensitivity to cheaper metals. You can also purchase sterling silver and gold filled posts but these tend to be a lot more expensive (much more expensive than silver/gold hooks). I pay about $2 for 12 pairs of surgical steel.
The glue I used here is called Ultimate Glue by Crafter's Pick and it's a non-toxic, water-soluble superglue. I have only had it a week or so but it seems to be holding well. Here are some other glues that would work :
Remember to use gloves and work in a ventilated area when using these glues.
Glue guns can work well too.
Here are a few similar DIYs to mine. These are both really great blogs, lots of fun DIY ideas here!
Vintage Button Earrings
These earrings are so gorgeous! I absolutely love the idea of using vintage style buttons to make earrings with.
Rose Chabochon Earrings
These are a super pretty and popular style of earring. This is a really great DIY! Love the tip of using styrofoam to dry the earrings overnight in.
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