stud muffin

lately i have been lusting over the urban outfitters studded jean shorts. i mean can you spell h-o-t  i-t-e-m?

find these shorts here

 these are the latest and greatest in the world of tumblr, and i have been looking all over for a pair that is reasonably priced. unfortunately i have looked without much luck, so i decided to make my own. i like to think of myself as a crafty person, but i'm really not, so when i saw ARose186's video on how she made her studded shorts i was in heaven!! through Arose186 aka Arden, i found the Etsy store PurpleDolly. PurpleDolly sells amazingly priced studs for diy projects, and i since i couldn't find studs for a better price i decided to go through PurpleDolly! I received my package of studs in less that a week, and as soon as i got them, i got to studding! as promised in yesterday's post, here is my diy..

step one:

gather your supplies! 

all i needed were my jeans, studs, a pair of scissors (you can also you a small kitchen knife), and my computer for music. 

THESE  are the studs i used, but the store has tons of options! also, i didn't even use the whole bag, which included 200 studs
( another diy i think so;) ) 

 the back of the studs have little prongs, so with the scissors you push the prongs down once the studs are placed through the jeans. its pretty self explanatory once you have them in your possession though! 

step two:

choose where you want your studs to be. the first place i put them was on the outside of the front left pocket. my personal style is very minimalistic and classic, so i wanted to stay true to myself when i made these jeans and not go too overboard!

the bottom picture is the finished look of this pocket! 

step three:

choose another pocket that you would like to stud! 

i chose the back left pocket, and decided to cover just the top half. 

the top right picture below, shows what the inside of the shorts look like. 

finished front look:

(i forgot to take pictures, but i also put studs in the right pocket, but i only put them above where the actual pocket starts)

finished back look:

thanks for reading, and if you would like to see more diys let me know!! 

xo chloe 

p.s. throughout the whole process i only managed to poke myself twice! quite an achievement on my part ;)

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diy high waisted shorts!

            hey ya'll! one of the biggest trends for the summer time is high waisted anything. many celebrities can be found wearing high waisted shorts and/or pants..

also, a new thing that a lot of people have started trying out more and more often is thrifting. personally i LOVE thrifting! it's like a scavenger hunt + shopping, which are two of my favorite pastimes;) within walking distance from my house is a thrift store and yesterday i went in for the first time ever. it was amazing! i racked up with two pairs of jeans (levis and calvin klein) and i also got a cute polka dot top straight from the 50's. i purposely got the jean shorts so that i could try the diy that our intern over at popcosmo tried, and the levi's that i got were perfect material for this diy, and they were only five dollars! here's a little tutorial i made to show you how to cut you'r own high waisted shorts and then how to fray the edges.

1. first things first, gather your supplies! what you'll need is a shoe box, a ruler, a buffer/sandpaper, a washable marker, a pencil, and scissors.

2. try on your jeans to figure out where you want to cut

3. mark with a pencil exactly where you prefer you shorts to end

4.meausre one inch below your preferred point and mark with the washable marker 

5. cut you first leg off and keep it as straight as possible

6. try on your shorts to make sure it's a good length

7. fold your jeans in half and cut the other leg following the guide of your first leg (confusing, i know)

8. try on your shorts again to make sure everything's perfect

(this section is optional)

9.put your jeans on a shoe box or hard surface, like so

10. use your buffer or sand paper and scrape the bottoms of your jeans

11. the finished product!! 

12. a $60 dollar pair from a store, all in all we saved $55 and they look almost the same!