Color Code

By Sara Becker
February 21, 2012

As London Fashion Week spins on and spring lines fill store shelves, I’m trying my damndest to keep my money in the bank instead of hanging in my overcrowded closet.

I found the best way to stay inspired and looking fresh was to try and make something myself. I’m not suggesting that everyone rush out and buy a sewing machine (you can if it suits you) but I am suggesting a little springtime DIY project. Thanks to a friend of mine, I found this very clever DIY blog called, A Pair and a Spare.

Inspired by the blog’s DIY neon necklace and my love for Tom Binns, I headed for Blick’s spray paint display. Just standing in front of the rows and rows of colored spray I conjured up at least a dozen projects for my apartment. I could spray paint my black lamps, I could do some urban graffiti, I could stencil t-shirts, I had to focus. I was there to find the perfect color to spray big rhinestone costume jewelry. I settled on a giant can of Poison Light (the color of a tennis ball). With can in hand I headed to Payless where I found some perfect seven dollar earrings to spray paint neon yellow.

Tonight I will let the spray paint fly. Hopefully, it all works out; otherwise I’m sure I can find something else to turn bright yellow.

This is what I hope the earrings end up looking like:

This is how the necklaces on A Pair and a Spare turned out: