DIY Black Collar w Gold Collar Points

Cut a black collar off a shirt, add gold paint for the collar points.

Image: US Elle April

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DIY Neon Painted Jewellery

Cheap jewellery + neon paint = the easiest way to get amongst the neon trend.

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DIY Lip Print Shirt

This lip print shirt, found on Anywho, is so cute and such an easy pattern to DIY. I am going to do one using  lipstick (or even paint?) and practice my kissing on a thrifted shirt to create the pattern.

Image: Anywho

DIY Painted Birkin

I am thinking of giving my birkin bag a lick of paint to make it a little bit more trendy, after all I do have two others. Ok just kidding, but I like this look and may try it out with an old tan satchel I have at home.

Image: The Nyanzi Report

DIY Leather Hourglass Insert Dress

So I can imagine that you've seen Poppy Delevingne looking gorgeous in this dress at LFW quite a few times now. Every one of the dozen times I have seen it I have thought to myself 'how can I DIY that'? I've been dreaming of all the different options, and have brought it down to two - painted tan sections on a bodycon grey dress, or cut out tan leather glued on. The hourglass shape of the leather insert is soooo flattering. You could paint/overlay this shape on a bodycon dress in any colour and it would be fantastic.

Images: Vanessa Jackman / Street Style London

DIY Acne Armoured Jeans

These jeans are fantastic. For a DIY version, use gold paint to create the 'armour' look on the legs.

Image: TFS

DIY Sass & Bide Harness Tank

From the SS Resort collection - the harness on this tank is painted on! Bloody great idea and saves all the faffing around with chains etc. Try to use acrylic paint that dries with a slight shine to improve the illusion that you're actually wearing a harness.

Image: Oracle Fox (amazing blog with so many inspirational images)

DIY Chanel Style Cap Toe Shoes

This lovely DIY blogger (whose name and blog I misplaced when I saved these images arrgh - can anyone help with the reference?) has painted herself some Chanel look alike cap toe flats. I think they work even more with a slight platform. Pastel coloured flats + black paint + a steady hand = really cute shoes! Update: The lovely Stacie from Stars for Streetlights has kindly let me know that it was her blog that I pinched appropriated the images of this amazing DIY! Great work.

Image: Stars for Streetlights

DIY Chanel Logo Top

Roughly painted Chanel logos. Easy peasy.

Image: Stockholm Streetstyle

DIY Red Balayage Hair

So you've all seen the usual balayage thats been popular for a while now (Rachel Bilson, Lily Aldridge etc), but  I'm absultely loving Audrey from Frassy's blood red take on it. Go buy some coloured hair spray (I know Fudge have a couple of versions), and spray the ends. It feels like grade seven again, in the best possible way! Wear hair messy and curly like this to reduce the 'tide mark' affect.

Image: Frassy

DIY Spray Painted Boots

Do. it.

Image: Shiny Plastic Hag

DIY Paint Splattered Lab Coat

If you work in a kindergarden or as a nanny you have an advantage in terms of DIYing this paint splattered look, otherwise - embrace your inner artiste and splatter some paint on your clothes. Try not to smudge the paint together though because everyone knows what colour you get when you do that: poo brown. Just sayin'. To create some nice patterns instead of just splatters, get some textured items and do some stamping, my bfs football would do a nice pattern when dipped in paint and rolled over a pair of jeans. I wonder if he would mind...

Image: TFS

DIY Paint Splattered Clutch

Adore this clutch - and it looks scarily like a neon blue pencil case I had in grade 3. Kind of makes me want to go out and buy a bright coloured pencil case, splatter it with paint, and fold the bottom corners over like below and secure with studs.

Image: Tommy Ton for Style.com

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DIY Logo Shirt

I love logo shirts like this one - particularly when they are handpainted DIYs. Frassy has done a great job on this one!

Image: Frassy

DIY Chloe Gold Painted Jeans

Honestly WTF have done another honestly awesum DIY. Gold painted jeans using paper doilies as stencils a la Chloe. Such an inspired and easy technique! I have a pink chiffon maxi dress that I think would look good with this treatment.

Images: Honestly WTF

DIY Patterned Trousers

I am all for hand painting a pair of thrifted trousers for a cheap way to get amongst the patterned pants trend. This looks like just about the easiest pattern to copy. Or grab a whole heap of different coloured paints, and flick the pants to create rainbow patterns.

Image: Late Afternoon