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DIY Gold Earbud Headphones

I’ve got a confession to make. I’ve become a bit of a podcast addict, slowly building up my catalogue so that I can fire one up at any time when I’m heading out to do some shopping or taking photos for the blog. I love listening to podcasts like This American Life for simple and beautiful stories or hard hitting journalism that you just can’t stop thinking about for the next week. I also really enjoy listening to creative business podcasts. Listening to the expertise of others who have successfully built their businesses is inspiring and enlightening and being able to learn from the pros on the go makes me feel like a productivity power house! That’s why you’ll usually see me out and about rocking headphones and if I’m wearing them everyday then I’m making them gold! (to match my phone of course)..

  • Earbud headphones
  • Masking tape
  • Metallic Spray Paint

Keep reading to make your own DIY Gold Earbud Headphones.

Instructions:

1. Remove the rubber from the ends of the earbuds and put aside safely for later.

2. Cover the tips and the cord with masking tape. The further down the cord you can tape the less chance you’ll get metallic paint on the cord. Tape up any other parts of the cord you’d like to make gold and shiny.

3. Spray the exposed earbud on one side, leave to dry, turn over and then spray on the other side. Spray thin layers to create the best shine.

4. Wipe off any excess paint from the wires and remove the tape.

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Comments

  1. Samantha says

    February 18, 2015 at 3:26 am

    Wonderful! Such a great idea!

  2. Monique | WritingMonique says

    February 18, 2015 at 8:29 am

    This is so perfect! I really, really wanna do this right now with my earbuds! They look so much cuter!

    • fran says

      February 19, 2015 at 2:46 pm

      Whoop Monique! You totally should

  3. Rae says

    February 18, 2015 at 9:32 am

    This DIY is such a cute idea :) I could definitely see using this technique on other items as well. Thanks for the great DIY!

    Rae | love from berlin

    • fran says

      February 19, 2015 at 2:45 pm

      Thanks Rae! Xx

  4. Irene - One O says

    February 18, 2015 at 10:29 am

    In a gold mood too! Going to try this, is so simple that I can’t resist!

  5. Hannah @ The Homesteady says

    February 19, 2015 at 3:37 pm

    I love this! I’ve been meaning to do just the same thing with my over-the-ear headphones before a big trip in April.

  6. Emily Jayne says

    March 5, 2015 at 5:02 pm

    Ooh this looks fabulous! I may have to try it – although it makes me sad that I don’t have a nice new gold phone to go with them!!

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