DIY vintage painted artpiece

Last year me and my Dad found boxes of old photographs that belonged to my Nana. Beautiful photo's going years back of a family I never even met. So beautiful and great to see where I get my Italian looks and traits:)
A while back I finally got around to scanning all the photo's so they could 'never' be lost. There where a few photo's that I had printed and framed because they are so beautiful and I think it's always important to add pictures to the house and surround yourself with family and friends:)

Nearly all the pictures I have of my Nana are in black and white which I find add a certain charm to the picture.
I've been looking for a DIY for a while that I could apply to the pictures, something that could make them jump off the wall and catch the eye immediately.
On one of my favourite sites ABeautifulMess I found just the DIY I was looking for and as it's so easy to recreate I thought I could share it with all you lovely readers!

What you need for this DIY:
- An 'old' photograph
- Paint
- Tiny/thin paintbrush
- Picture frame

The hardest part of this DIY is finding a picture! I seriously took ages picking out a picture I wanted to paint and frame. If the picture you have chosen is not in black and white, like mine, you can simply change it to black and white in Photoshop. Once printed you can paint the defining features using the original picture as reference. I made sure to only paint my Nana and her sister to make them really stand out. When the paint was dry I put it in a beautiful old vintage frame I had.                    
You can apply this to every (colour) picture you have and simply change it to black and white in Photoshop.

I love the way this picture turned out. The contrast between black and white and the colour gives the picture a vintage look and stands out great in our hall.

Have fun with this DIY!

XOX Elena

Fashion DIY Shoe Clips

I'm a sucker for those big vintage earrings. The size that Pat Butcher would wear, the big massive ones! The only reason I buy them is because they look pretty and I can't help not buying pretty things:)
I found this lovely DIY on honestlywtf.com and fell in love with the idea so I decided to give it a go!
If, like me, you have loads of flats and are getting a bit bored with some of them, this is the perfect DIY to fall right back in love with those forgotten shoes!

What you need for this DIY:- Pair of flats
- Superglue
- (Vintage) earrings

What you need to do is pick out the perfect earrings first. The earrings can't be too big otherwise they will just get in the way and hurt when you walk and we don't want that! To make sure they don't hurt simply clip the earrings onto the shoe first and walk a few steps before actually glueing them on.

Apply glue to the insides of the clips that touch the shoe and hold them there for a few seconds so the glue attaches itself properly. Do the same to the other shoe and, voila!
It's so easy, it's ridiculous! And also a great way to actually use the beautiful earrings if like me you don't actually wear them:)

I have definitely started wearing these shoes more since I customized them and am super happy with the result!

Hope you have fun with this DIY!

XOX Elena