(Fake) Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend!

I am excessively excited to share this outfit with you, mainly because of that mondo rock dangling from my neck. Yeah, it's fake (shocker). I can't afford a bona fide diamond (what teenager can?), so I figured the next best thing was to make myself one. I made it out of polymer clay, painted it with acrylic paint, and attached some chain. It wasn't all that hard, and I'm absolutely obsessed with how it turned out!

My fascination with diamonds started with the beautiful Lana del Rey as she mentions them in a quite a few of her songs. Then I saw these "diamond" earrings from urbanog.com




And then the day I made it, Tara of The Style Rawr published a post of her wearing a "diamond" statement necklace so similar I was like:

                     and had to post mine ASAP.

Here's a closer look at the necklace:

It was kind of hard to photograph because the metallic paint I used was so SHINY!

Without flash

With flash

I wanted the metallic blue to be reminiscent of Disney's Cinderella slipper

The crop top is an American Apparel knock-off from Wal-Mart. I got it because it looks like the AA one Miley has, but that is for a different post. The pants are these BLANKNYC Pin Cushion skinnies I got on clearance at Nordstrom Rack. I love anything tapestry print! The shoes are my nearly-in-pieces-yet-trusty Rascal's by Bamboo.

I want to make some more of these "diamond" necklaces in different colors. How cool would a rainbow one look? But I don't need all those diamonds for myself. If you would like to purchase one just inquire, and I'd be happy to customise it just for you. I know the one pictured has a lot of imperfections, but think of it as a prototype. Any others I make will look even better!

Would you rock a faux-diamond statement piece, or are you just for the real deal?

Until I can afford real bling (lol, jk), -Kae xoxo