If you read my personal blog, you'll know that I'm graduating from college this weekend. My college happens to have zero restrictions on how you decorate your graduation cap, and I've known ever since I was a freshman that I wanted to have some wild and crazy design on mine. However, I am not, I repeat -- NOT a crafty girl by any means. I'm the girl who has the fun DIY board on Pinterest yet never attempts to make a single thing that I've pinned. I switched from being a fashion merchandising major to a communication major mainly because I couldn't handle being in the school of the arts.
I stumbled upon this awesome tutorial from Wilker Do's on how to bling out your graduation cap using rhinestones. I freehanded pretty much the entire thing, minus the "2013" at the bottom. It's pretty easy to wing a leopard print.
Mid Crafting: I made the leopard spots first then added the clear rhinestones afterwards. I used a mix of big and small stones; this helps you be more precise when you're going around corners!
At first, my design looked like this. However, I wanted to make it more grad-like, so I decided to add a "2013" in the corner. Let me tell you, ripping off the previous stones wasn't an easy task, as the E-6000 glue locked those rhinestones in place.
When I eventually ripped up the rhinestones, I traced myself a little outline to go by.
The end result: I couldn't be happier! For more details and a better step-by-step guide, I would check out the tutorial over at Wilker Do's.
Did you decorate your cap for your own graduation? If so, what did it look like?
