Yeah I'm lyin'. Damn you're fine.

I'm so sorry to anyone who has noticed the fact that I have been gone for a month. Being a senior in college can get a tad hectic. However, I'm back and have started doing one of my favorite things...DIYing! There's just something about it. Nothing makes me smile faster than shopping, but there's just something just so fulfilling about making things yourself...like seeing the fruits of your labor!

First of all, I finally got a new bag. I've been needing one for over 6 months now. The outside casing of my strap broke and I've just been watching the rubber bands, that are inside, break day by day. It finally got down to only two rubber bands holding the strap together and I realized my textbooks and laptop could go tumbling down with my bag the day the strap breaks while I'm carrying it. So, I went to TJ-Maxx and bought this Enzo bag for only $30 and basically made a huge bow out of fabric (because I'm so sickeningly in love with bows) and sewed it to my bag!

The second DIY I did was embellishing a shirt. I made little flowers out of zippers to put on the collar. I really didn't know what I was doing while folding and sewing the zippers but I think they turned out pretty nicely!

I must say, I'm quite proud of myself. I still have a huge pile of clothes to alter but at least now I feel motivated to sew!

I've been told I know a lot because I'm in college, but actually I realize how little I really know because I'm in college.

Zippers are cool and edgy, but there's really just something about seeing something in a place where it doesn't really belong that makes it so eye catching!

Disaya Zipper Bangles $240

I love love love these. They are just so damn clever. You can even unzip them!

These bracelets are actually what inspired this post, but I decided to look for zippers in a couple other unusual spots. They're actually not as clever as the bracelets, but they make fabulous DIY projects!

This is actually from someone's blog and I didn't remember who because I had the image saved to my computer =/. If this is yours or know who this photo belongs to, let me know and I'll definitely give credit where it is due!

I saved this picture to my computer because I thought it would be a pretty easy DIY. I thought about just cutting off the straps to a tank top and attaching some zippers in their place!

I'm not quite sure where this one is from either =/ but I thought I'd try making it! I also thought it would look nifty to put the zipper horizontally on a belt!

Zippers don't have to be just for jackets!