DIY Dolce and Gabbana floral sunglasses

In this post I will show you how to make some lovely fimo roses to recreate the essence of these Dolce and Gabbana sunglasses. This craft costs less than £5 so even less than the high street and online copies I have seen. 

All you need to make these are:

Sunglasses with wide arms - Mine were from Primark and cost £2 but you could use some old ones

Fimo (polymer) clay - I chose white, blue and purple and got mine from an eBay seller who had some off cuts. You can mix colours together so this might help to keep costs down.

Super glue

Sharp knife

Protective mat - I used a plastic mat and a magazine to make sure I didn't cut through my table

Oven - You will need to set your roses once you've formed them

1. Take a blob of clay and roll it around in your hands until it is pliable. Then form a ball just smaller than a 1p coin. This size will make one large rose. I used 6 large roses and four small roses on my glasses.

 2. Roll the ball into a snake. 

3. Divide your snake into four pieces.

4. Press your pieces so they form thin (almost) circular pieces.

5. Here is where you will start to see your rose taking shape. You need to gently roll one edge of the circle into the middle so you end up with something like this...

 6. Once you are happy with the shape you need to bend the the petals back a little bit so they open out a bit more. 

 7. Next you need to add another circle to create more petals. You should place your next circle over the seam of the first piece and wrap it around the first piece.

 8. Open the petals out again.

9. Repeat with the two remaining petals until you have a rose.

10. Now you need to cut off the end so you have a flat bottom making it much easier to glue.

11. Repeat the steps until you have made enough roses. To make the smaller roses use half the amount of a large rose and only make two circles.

12. Now you need to place your roses on some tin foil in the oven as per the manufacturers instructions. I accidentally left my roses in the oven a little too long so they became a bit discoloured (which I actually quite liked). Once they have baked enough you need to leave them to cool for about 10-20 minutes. During the cooking and cooling I decided to watch The Simpsons.

13. Once your roses have cooled you can start gluing them into position. You might want to blue tack them in place to see how they look before you glue. Make sure that you press the roses firmly to ensure they glue properly. I placed some on the front and some down the arms of the glasses.

14. Now you are finished!

I decided to glue some pearl beads on as well to make them my own. You can add pretty much anything else from buttons to diamantés - just get creative with them.

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