DIY ~ a polished wallet makeover

See that wallet above? It's a Hobo International.  I adore it.  I bought it 4 years ago and it has deserved a graceful retirement for over a year now.  For the past few months I've been uber embarrassed to pull that poor tattered thing out of my handbag.

Yesterday I was browsing the DIY's over on Love Meagan {an AMAZING fashion, beauty, DIY blog} and saw this post where she used a sharpie to redo a leather wallet.  Light bulbs started flashing as I thought of all those DIY's I see that use nail polish {Janae does tons of cool things with nail polish that I love} to redo things, and I thought: that's it!  I'm gonna give my over loved wallet a nail polish job!

I think the chevron stuff is cute,
so I decided I'd make a chevron pattern 

once i had it all taped up,
I went to work painting it
i brushed,
and then brushed,
and brushed some more.
let it set.
and then brushed some more.

once I was convinced I hadn't missed a spot,
and it had dried,
I pulled the tape off carefully

and va-voom!

my "new" wallet!!

I love it!  I was tempted to cover it with a clear coat, but I loved the distressed leather next to the shiny black so I left it as is!  #soproudofme!  and watch out jewelry, shoes, and any future thing I may take a fancy too.. I may take some nail polish to YOU!  ;) Whatcha think?  Thinking of anything YOU could take some polish to?

-m-