{ON ME} Flared Dress: McCall’s m7407; Fabric: Nicole Miller Collection at Joann fabrics;
Heels: Target, in Beige; Hair, beach waves; BeachWaver curling wand;
Earrings: Camilla and Marc Rhinestone Earring Tutorial (scroll down for more DIY);
Makeup (I work at SeneGence Cosmetics) – Lipcolor: Mauve Ice,
Mascara: Black LashSense, Face: Porcelain MakeSense Anti-Aging; Candlelight ShadowSense.
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Hello daaawwwlings! Today I have an easy Camilla and Marc Rhinestone Earring tutorial and giveaway for you, but first, can we talk about this dress? THIS DRESS. My awesome new friend, Melissa Watson, designed this pattern and I’m obsessed. I made this dress in velvet for New Year’s, HERE, and it flows so beautifully well when you walk – it’s magical. Constantly, I have so many more ideas for this dress. Not to mention, it’s definitely a forgiving silhouette, which is another huuuuge bonus for moi on my more self conscious days. This McCall’s dress, m7407, was a dress I made for the Sew Expo show last month and I used the scuba knit from Nicole Miller’s fabric collection at Joann Fabrics. Typically you wear this dress with a lighter weight fabric but I’m so obsessed with the fullness of this fabric for this particular garment – it gives the hemline LIFE. I have photographed this dress so many times and haven’t loved the shoot until now and to be honest… I’m Riva la Diva, I am picky, and I needed my background to be just as springy as this gorgeous dress! So, I’m quite happy that those blossoming cherry trees in the background jumped on board – the best accessory if you ask me… well, haha, next to jewelry… of course, oh how I love jewelry, especially earrings – one of my easiest accessories! Which brings me to the point of this entire post!

These DIY Camilla and Marc inspired Rhinestone Earrings!!!! They were a perfect companion to my look today and when I spotted them over here in Camilla and Marc’s latest collection, I thought,

WHOA, I NEEEED THESE… hence the extra “E’s”

But being the stay at home, glamorous mother of four gig I currently have going on, my bank account fought with me, AND WON. So, being the earring and ring DIYing junkie that I am, I recreated it, and I have to say… it’s super glam, dolls! The best part? It’s suuper easy!

SO LET”S GET STARTED….

Camilla and Marc Rhinestone Earring Tutorial

You will need:

• Earring post with loop (don’t forget the loop – most important part);
• Blue Moon Rhinestone Chain;
• Blue Moon End Bars;
• Wire cutters;
• Jewelry Pliers

  

Directions:

1. Measure out the desired length of your earrings. I wanted them to dust my shoulderline like the originals,
   so I kept them loooog – 18 rhinestones long to exact. The blue moon package will also give you the little fixtures you need to make this rhinestone chain attachable with those clasps.
   
2. FINALLY, yep, 2 steps, girl… attach 3 of those clasps to one of the end bars and then attach rhinestone chains to earring post.
   You read that right, it’s a 3 to 1 ratio. After attaching the 3 chains to the end bar, I felt that they were 1 rhinestone too long, so I gave that bunch a single rhinestone trim to each strand on the end bar.
   

Easy stuff right? So while you plan your next DIY shopping supply trip, checkout these goods over at Crown Jewelry in the mean time! I’m not sure what I love more, the earrings but all of these are on my list and they are so affordably priced AND I get to host a giveaway of any piece of jewelry up to $50 in value over at Crown Jewelry, like those Gold Tone Drop earrings in the middle on the top row of the picture below, sooooo prettty.

How do you enter the giveaway? Visit Crown Jewelry, find a your favorite piece, and leave a comment on this post telling me which piece you like the most (don’t forget to leave a link)!

EASY, right? You betcha! I will pick a winner a wekk form friday (4/28/2017)!

SO EXCITING!!

So until then, I look forward to your comments on all the goodnes up above
annnnnnd as always, thank you so much for visiting my little creative space on the internet!

Until, then have a glamorous day!

xo/Riva

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