a little bling goes a long way

if your makeup bag is like mine was, it's probably full of pencil shavings, stray hairs, dried globs of mascara, and covered in a coat of excess foundation and powders.

so for your sake, i hope it isn't like mine!

but it was clear, my time for a new makeup bag had finally arrived.

when i walked into francesca's last week while shopping in the mall, i found this little beauty-

this bag and i instantly had a connection.

but i thought something was missing.

there needed to be a button in the middle of the flower.

or something.

don't you agree?

it was just a little too "blah" for my taste.

but i saw some serious potential.

so i bought it, and rushed home to fix it.

and here's what i did...

i applied a button or two, or well, nine.

so i got a little carried away...

but that's just what i do, and i'm ok with it.

four out of the nine, however, are scrapbooking rhinestones.

i just used hot glue to adhere my "bling".

turns out, hot glue doesn't stick to metal that well.

so i got kind of sloppy to make the rhinestones work.

note to self- buy metal glue.

but there you have it.

now you have no excuse for those accessories that are somewhat blah-ish.

and this only took me all of about ten whole minutes- if even that.

and i love it so much, i even keep it out on my bathroom counter!