We're constantly planning on making pretty jersey dresses and chunky necklaces for summer, though they rarely come to fruition, but we never planned on DIY'ing our own Kelly bag.

Thankfully, Hermes has made it very easy. You can go on their addictive World of Hermès site - seriously, we've spent the past hour watching videos of models in India, coloring in scarves and plotting on how to afford their pretty hair pins - and print out your very own iconic handbag.

Color it in, cut it out, glue it, and just put it on your desk because it's really very tiny.

It's like paper dolls - but better.

Not quite as structured as Blair's, but a little less lounging-in-capri than a headscarf, it seemed like a great way to hold back last season's bangs that you're desperately trying to grow out before summer.

And the best part? Like a true Teen Vogue subscriber, she made it herself.

Here's how...

--BRETT KANE

I might bid on one of those Bardot by Avedon portraits but alas, my trust fund hasn't kicked in yet (kidding).

But luckily my budget still allows for my magazine addiction. So thank goodness for Design*Sponge, and their DIY on Subscription Card Art.

With a little paint and insomnia, I can finally turn the straight-to-the-recycling-bin inserts into something pretty for my walls.

This is perfect, since I usually spend the first few minutes of magazine reading just going through each page to pull them out for smoother flipping - now it's like prep for my arts and crafts. That is, if they don't fall out first...

-- JAZZI McGILBERT

I personally think pretty much every hair style, whether up or down, looks better just a little bit messy - random out of place wisps and the occasional lump add character. Plus, by the time it's warm out, I'd rather spend the extra five minutes on something other than my hair.

So here I am, on my balcony, with almost dirty, definitely messy hair, 4 bobby pins and no mirror. If I hadn't stopped to let my roommate snap a picture of each step it would have taken one minute. I swear.

But, I have pretty thin hair, so the thicker your mane the more complicated and time consuming this look can get.

It's really easy. I promise.

Oh, and please excuse the super tacky chipped nail polish. I'm embarrassed.

If it walks down a Dries van Noten runway, there's a good chance we want it. Like, really really badly. The arm cuffs for Spring 08 were no exception. And since safety pins are a little more in our price range, we took to the craft store for this one (and added our own creative flare too)!

What You'll Need:
- Size 0 Safety Pins (about 80 per bracelet)
- Beads (Bugle and Seed)
- Elastic Beading Cord (2 ft per bracelet)
- Pliers
- Any other Sequins, Trim, and Notions

If you get lazy like us, add:
- Hot Glue Gun
- Elastic Band

--JAZZI McGILBERT

But we might have been thinking a little too big.

The Sergio Rossi shoes on Elle's March trend page, however, were the perfect answer to our painting DIY quest.

Since it's pretty much impossible to find plain white stilettos under $30, we painted a pair of H&M heels white. After they dried, we penciled on a crude outline of dripping paint - as much as we would've loved to just pour the paint over the heel and go with it - we knew it'd be a disaster.

So we filled in the lines with blue paint, and voila! They might not look just like Sergio's, but we actually like the visible brush strokes.

And from the looks we got last night, well, we're either crazy, or we just made some really cute shoes.

It's flirty without being overtly sexy and would match our whole closet

But it fell off our radar until we noticed this "Eye Print Vest in the style of Chloe Sevigny" on the ASOS website - a British chain that prides itself on selling things "in the style of". It's a pretty bad copy considering the factories they have at their fingertips. We thought we could do a better job.

So we ran out and bought the plainest white tank, broke out our trusty sharpies, and got to work. Less than five minutes later we had the perfect eye print vest.

It might not look as fancy as Chloe's, but it's a million times cuter than the one at ASOS, less than half the price and lacking those pesky shipping charges.

We think Chloe would be proud.

We fell in love immediately, but we also realized we could make about a dozen in various colors, lengths, and knots, all for about the same price as the original. So we decided to try it out - and maybe in the future we'll go for some more complicated knots (ones from our day camp lanyard making days)...

What You'll Need:

- 2 Yards of Cotton Jersey, about $16 at Mood
- Scissors

Um... that's it.

-- JAZZI McGILBERT

From the moment we saw YSL's star necklace, we knew we had to have it, one way or the other. But since it'll probably retail for just under a bajillion dollars, we knew we'd have to be crafty about it.

So when we stumbled upon the Plexi Ice Cream necklace on fred flare, we knew we had it figured out.

The plan: Buy six or seven of the ice cream cones, cleverly string them onto some fat shiny ribbon (silver?) so they lay in a row like the YSL original, and tell people it's custom made.

Total cost: around $80. Cuteness: Infinite.

The strategy: Dip-dye

What you’ll need: A box of navy blue powder dye - try the sewing kits/cleaning supplies section at Duane Reade; a pair of opaque, white tights (American Apparel); A wastebasket; Large wooden spoon.

Step One: Fill the wastebasket with the hottest water possible. (You might want to line the wastebasket to make clean up easier). Add in the powdered dye and stir a little. Let the dye steep until its good and blue, about five minutes.

Step Two: Get your tights really wet so they can absorb the dye. Then, holding from the top, dip the feet into the blue solution until they're covered up to the knee. Immediately start to pull them out so this section remains the palest blue.

Step Three: Slowly continue to pull the tights out of the solution. This process is designed so the bottoms of the tights are the darkest navy and the tops are white, so hold the knee part in the dye for only a few seconds per dip. Continue dipping tights into the solution until the bottom is a shade darker than you want - this took us about 3 or 4 dips, over 15 minutes.

Step Four: Rinse the tights in the sink with cold water, but only from the top. Keep rinsing until the water runs clear. Do not ring the tights out - you’ll get splotches that look more tie-dye than dégradé.

Step Five: Hang tights to dry overnight. We suggest a manicure during this time off since your hands will now resemble a Smurf's.

Step Six: When absolutely bone dry, slip on your new tights and prepare to be inundated with compliments.

Voilà

--BRETT KANE

We love Chris Benz' fresh approach. His silk crepe cabbage pin comes in a bright, but still versatile, blue palette.

Benz even included the flower's "pistils and stamens" and we're impressed that we actually remember what those are from high school bio.

The best part is its size - it's not nearly as overwhelming as the majority of Carrie's and we bet you can incorporate it onto everything in your closet.

And if you don't want to splurge on such a special piece, this would be the perfect DIY.

Send us pics!

This fall we are seriously enchanted by Giles Deacon's big fat knits. And we're craving a version of our own--

Though for less than the several thousand dollars his sweaters are going for.

So we are going to try to knit our own. We made a pilgrimage to our local yarn store, and stocked up on 6 skeins of Rowan's aptly named BigWool (the biggest wool we could find, but unfortunately still not as big as Giles').

We'll be using the giant knitting needles we bought two years ago, when we wanted to make a version of Marc's Gengis Khan-style toppers.

Our hat ended up bearing no real resemblance to the Marc version, except that both are brown and knit in chunky yarn. But making it helped kill part of a plane ride to Madrid, and it does keep our head warm.

We have never actually knit a sweater, so if the going gets rough we may decide to use the yarn for a Giles style scarf instead.

Is anyone else knitting runway-inspired styles this season?

--ANNA FIELDING GRIGGS

In a world of $250 "artfully distressed" denim and shoes that cost more than a month's rent, DIY projects are a tempting (and affordable) alternative.

We at Fashionista both understand and fully support this notion.

That's why we're thrilled with the number of DIY emails we've received over the last few days, and we're more than happy to share.

The style mavens over at Condenasty took a cue from our post on Malene Birger's amazing necklace and got crafty.

The formula? A black sash and ball-chains from the hardware store.

Brightestyoungthings quenched their Marc craving with a DIY inspired by his metal-studded flats. They use black Capezio ballet slippers as their building block, which earns them points for being cheap and chic.

And today, Styledash features a "vintage jeans" tutorial from Threadbanger - apparently, coffee, sandpaper and a cheese grater will do the trick.

These are bound to keep us busy (more like 'procrastinating'), but if you've got any brilliant DIYs of your own, feel free to tip us off.

--SARAH MUEHLBAUER

In the spring of 2003, Miuccia Prada send out some sandals.

They were flat silk, and encrusted with plastic pieces cut like jewels. And to say they were a hit would be an understatement - because, within months, they were everywhere.

You can still find the sandals at various places - thrift stores in LA, outlets in Milan, fashion closets in Manhattan - but when you wear them, everybody always goes, "Ooh, those Prada sandals."

Except with ours, we started to look down and go, "Ew, those Prada sandals."

So we grabbed some black nail polish and did a quick paint job.

Now they look like a completely different pair of shoes, but a few swipes of nail polish remover with a cotton ball, and they're back to Miuccia's original vision.

We're sick of getting pedicures for ourselves, but giving them to our designer shoes was a sort of hysterical experience.

The latest issue of ELLE has some great advice from E. Jean, and a necklace from Louis Vuitton that's so expensive, we knew we could make it ourselves...

You'll need: A wide strip of white or pink lace - at least two inches across and two yards long.
Wooden beads.
White, pink, red, and violet paint.
Thread (or dental floss, which we used...)

Step One: Paint your beads with a white background.

Step Two: Etch tiny flowers and abstract designs onto each bead. If you're feeling particularly like Paris Hilton, you can paint tiny LVs into your pattern.

Step Three: String the beads with thread.

Step Four: Wrap each bead individually in the strip of lace. Tie a small knot in between each bead with the lace to keep the pattern in place. Be sure to leave six inches of lace at each end of the necklace to make a final bow.

Step Five: Wonder if Louis' last show was really inspired by Scarlett Johansson, or by Marc Jacobs' favorite arts and crafts counselor at camp...

--our LV inspired necklace was made by Kevin Khuong and modeled by Natalie Matthews

We fell in love twice during Fashion Week - once with a certain heart breaker, and once with the glimmering headbands at Marc Jacobs. As it turns out, neither were available once the runways had wrapped, but we can still dream...

You'll need: Netted metallic fabric.
Bags of flat-backed rhinestones.
Super glue.

Step one: Lay out your rhinestones - face down - on a flat surface.

Step two: Coat the rhinestone backs with superglue.

Step three: Gently press the rhinestone backs onto the fabric. Allow 5 minutes to dry, then begin to layer more rhinestones on your foundation. Don't over-pile or the band will be too heavy!

Step four: Wear the band with a little white dress and give Lily Donaldson a run for her money... or flip it to the front and make Arden Wohl jealous. We think the headband works especially well inside the Met's Costume Institute, where the Poiret dresses are screaming for a little glitter.

--our Marc band was made by Kevin Khuong and modeled by Shruti Ganguly

The injustice of American shopping never ends - why must the season's hottest nail color, Chanel Holographic Silver, be sold only in Europe?

Unless you're dating a member of The Horrors, that leaves you with two options: Buy it for far too much money on eBay, or mix it yourself. Here's our recipe...

You'll need: 1 bottle of silver nail polish. Our favorite is Urban Decay's Cult, but Wet 'n Wild is just fine, too. Don't spend a lot of money on this.

1 bottle of black nail polish or one bottle of pale pink, opaque nail polish

1 bottle of Northern Lights Holographic Topcoat, available at beauty supply stores or Shop.com

1 plastic chinese takeout lid

Step one: Pour a small pool of black nail polish or pink nail polish, the size of a pill, onto your plastic lid. You want an opaque base for this polish, otherwise it'll look like glitter and not like metal.

Step two: Dump a teaspoon of the silver nail polish onto the plastic lid. Mix it around with the silver nail polish brush until you get a deep, stainless steel color.

Step three: Paint your nails with the mixture.

Step four: Coat your hands with the holographic topcoat from Northern Lights. This is what will let your nails flicker and change color as they move.

Step five: Point freely at models, starlets, and Karl on the street. Once they see your hands glinting in that special sci-fi way, they'll know you're one of the club.

As we understand it, the Palestinian "keffiyeh scarf" was co-opted circa 2004 by St. Marks hipsters to make some sort of a political statement.

Then it became a horribly misguided cliché, and we were ready to see it gone from politicos and hipsters alike - but then we noticed it on the Balenciaga runway. And then again on Style.com's list of must-have accessories.

So we did the only thing we could: we decided to co-opt it for a DIY to make a new statement:

Fashion is fun....

You'll need: A keffiyeh scarf (We got ours on St. Marks for 8 bucks).
Paint pens in various colors (We stuck to Balenciaga's color scheme and got black for outlining).
Newspaper, old magazines, or some other kind of liner.
Total cost-- around 17 dollars.

Step one: Fold the scarf diagonally twice so that you end up with a triangle, and then lay it on a flat surface.

Step two: Lay newspaper or some kind of liner underneath the very top layer so that the ink doesn't bleed through. The great thing about the scarf's size is that you can just flip it over to another side if you mess up.

Step three: Get creative with the paint pens. We used a Marimekko print as inspiration and took it from there.

Step four: Add a second layer of paint to allow the colors to pop, and wait about 15 minutes to let everything dry. Take it out and spread your own message of peace, love, and fashion.

--KEVIN KHUONG