DIY: Studded Collar

 Here is another quick and fun DIY!  I decided to add studs to the collar of one of the blouses I bought at the thrift store.  By adding studs to the collar, it will make this plain blouse more interesting!  You can add studs to basically anything. Follow the steps below to achieve the look above.
 

Step 1

 

Find a blouse that you want to stud.  I bought this blouse for only $2.99.  It's just a really plain cream blouse.  I knew I wanted to add gold studs on the collar right when I bought it.

Step 2

 You will need to purchase studs.  I purchased these gold ones from ebay but it took forever to get here, because it was shipped from China.  It was only $5.00 but I found that if you go to studsandspikes.com, you will find inexpensive studs that will ship quickly.  I bought silver studs from there and have studded my shorts with them.  That will be the next DIY post.  I use an old tweezer and it worked fine.

Step 3

(Excuse my chip nailcolor polish)

You can decide how you want to arrange the studs on the collar.  You can add a few studs or add a whole bunch like I did.  I decided to add a whole bunch because the collar is wide, but you can really do whatever you want with it.  Choose your own design and just go with it =)  Poke one of the studs through the collar.  It shouldn't be hard to poke through.

Step 4

Take the tweezer and and just bend the end of the studs over.  Do it to all four of the ends.

Step 5

It should look like this.  And after you have added all of the studs, the back should look like the picture below:

Final Step:

Repeat the steps on the other side of the collar.  Then you are all done!  =)

Here's what mine looks like.  I love it.  I have the day off from work, so I am going to finish a lot of DIY projects and post them next week.  

I also bought a DIY book for homes.  I'm so excited to try some of these projects and I love the pictures.  So inspiring!  I also have a friend, who is an artist, creating some artwork for me.  I'm excited cause she is very talented! Well, my next post will be on Sunday.  I look forward to reading how Easter went for everybody.