Homemade red carpet accessory

Bonus fun for awards season! I am going to a red carpet party to watch the Oscars.  I borrowed a gown from a friend, bought swanky jewelry, but I needed a purse to tie it all together. I didn't want to buy one for this one occasion of playing dress up, so I improvised.

I took a black wallet and made it into a black and gold pattered clutch. I started with a black wallet that I no longer use. It is in good shape, but I stopped using it because I was tired of having to move all of my cards and money to another wallet every time I wanted to opt for a brown purse.

I head-designed a chevron pattern on the wallet, black bold lines on a gold wallet. I bought the supplies, gold fabric paint and masking tape (I already had a brush in my giant craft supply collection).

I put tape on the wallet in the places I wanted to stay black and I started painting. One side at a time, allowing for plenty of drying time. But ooopsie! Anyone who knows me knows I can be impatient. I attempted to clean up a line on the backside while the front was still a bit tacky. I laid the wallet down on the front, thinking it was dry enough, and the next day I had slight traces of newspaper on the front of the wallet and little gold sparkles straying outside my nice, clean line. I'll wait until I am all done painting to fix this up because I don't want another repeat to make things worse.

When I was all done and satisfied, I scraped the gold sparkles off with a box cutter blade until I was satisfied and then used a sharpie to cover up any traces of a mistake. It worked! Now I have an expertly crafted clutch to go with my dress. Better yet, I spent only $5. The wallet isn't ruined; It now has a new life!