DIY: Quotes on Canvas. Pinterest. I have a love/hate relationship with it. Most days, I love searching the site, finding cute outfits or kitchen designs for my "dream home. " It's the other days when I come across peoples DIY projects when I'm like how in world did they do that? Or have TIME to do that??? Some of those braided hairstyles...come on! Confession: Crafting is my favorite sport. For the next few weeks, I'm going to be posting my attempts at some popular Pinterest projects (or PPP's?). First up: DIY Quotes on Canvas I "pinned" this project thinking that is such a cute idea and looks totally doable!
This canvas was one of those "I had to have it" in the store and then when I got it home, I hated it. Not that much money. Supplies Needed: Paint (I chose white but you can chose any color you like!) Painters tape (in case you need to tape your letters down) Spray adhesive Magazines and/or newspaper Sponge brush Vinyl Letters Old or new canvas or even an old painting {looks pretty crazy at this point} at.
DIY // Happy Dots Wall Art | Shop Sweet Things. Before… After… Ever since I moved into this apartment (about two years ago now), I had the most trouble figuring out what to put on this large piece of wall. I didn’t want to invest too much in wall arts because after all, this place is a rental, and I don’t know how many more years I will be staying here. But at the same time, I’m a little fed up with this blank wall staring at me day and night. So finally last week, I, along with the help of my awesome husband, made these what I call the “Happy Dots” wall art. This is a DIY project I followed entirely from Jordan on Oh Happy Day.
The hardest part of the project was measuring out the alignment of the dots and coming up with the different colors to use for the art. I’m so happy with how this project turned out. I didn’t go to any fancy art store. All images via Shop Sweet Things. DIY Wall Art With Ribbon | Homey Oh My! I did it! I came up with an easy, mess-free way to create this geometric wall art using ribbon and double-sided tape. Simple enough, no? I was inspired by the rug in this photo, and while I wasn’t seeking to paint a rug of my own at the time, I thought the design would translate well into wall art. Here’s how it’s done. Materials poster boardpicture frame (mine is roughly 10.5×14″)permanent double sided tapescissorsribbon (I used 4 colors, 5/8″ in width each)pencilruler First, take out the matte from inside the picture frame and trace it onto the poster board. I chose to have the glossy side of the poster board to be front-facing, so I lined the back side edges with double-sided tape and then flipped it back over to the glossy side and put two small pieces of the tape on opposite corners.
Next, I took one of the ribbons and laid it diagonally across the glossy side so that it stuck to the pieces of tape on the two corners. I’m so happy with the way it turned out! Tulle Time: How to Use Tulle to Make Gorgeous Vases and Wall Art. From studded tulle friendship bracelets to sparkling accessories, we’ve been all about tulle this week in the style department, but what about cool and creative ways to use tulle around your home? You might be thinking to yourself, wait, what the heck is tulle? Tulle is the sheer sort of netted material that is normally used to make tutus, bridal veils, and the like. Today we’ll show you how to use tulle to make beautiful one-of-a-kind pieces for the home. After all, what’s a crafty DIYer’s version of Tim Allen’s Tool Time? TULLE TIME! :) Materials: - glass vases - Montana Black spray paint - painter’s tape - spray adhesive - canvases 1. For this set of vases, we used tulle as a stencil to create a snakeskin-esque pattern.
Get your materials together. Cut your tulle so that it wraps around the vase. For the basic vase, simply spray paint an ombre pattern. For the patterned one, you can be a little more random with your spray paint. 2. First thing to do is cut your tulle into 2-inch strips. Sugar & Cloth. DIY circle punch art. The boys and I had a fun weekend working on some artwork for their room. We've been in our new place for over six months and I think it's high time we got something on the walls, particularly in the boys room. I wanted to do something simple and graphic, and most importantly, something that the boys themselves could do, pretty much on their own. So we came up with a circle punch art idea. We started with several 1 1/4 inch circles punched out a various types of patterned and textured papers. Little A (5) was especially good at punching out the circles and did quite a few of them on his own.
Little O (3) did a few as well but had to have help pushing the punch. We decided to make our artwork based on a couple of 28 ¼" x 40 ¼" IKEA RIBBA frames that we had. I then proceeded to measure out where we wanted the circles to go. I then let the boys place the various circles on the marked grid. And let me tell you, they had a lot of fun doing this.
Sarah Hearts - DIY Ombré Quote Wall Art. August 15, 2012 Pin It! One wall in our guest bathroom has been blank since we moved in (a little over 2 years ago)! It’s kinda crazy, because once we bought the house and moved in I quickly hung up art on every wall… except that one. This week I’ve been cleaning out my office little by little and stumbled upon a scrap piece of wood. I laid out the type in Illustrator, then used my Silhouette Cameo and some adhesive vinyl to make stickers. Then I found some acrylic paint in my bin of random paint left from college and various crafts. Then I just applied the paint, starting with the white and gradually mixed in the magenta paint. In about 15 minutes I had new wall art for our bathroom and it coordinates nicely with these little guys. Weekend Art Project « The New Domestic. E made a painting this weekend! We’ve been wanting a large scale art-piece to go up on our dining room wall.
We had a large framed photograph up but, at 26″ x 32″, it didn’t have the right scale for the room. We wanted to go big. Like, 60″ x 36″ big. Now the last time either of us did any painting was in art school. Inspired by color field paintings, I made a sketch in Illustrator and we tried different color combinations til we were happy. Update: To complete the dining area, we painted a high chair red to add another splash of color to the room. Also, congrats to everyone who has been DIYing there own versions of the Weekend Art Project.
If you love this style of geometric art, patterns and triangles visit our shop. DIY Dot Wall » Fellow Fellow. Have you ever had the overwhelming urge to put spots on one of your walls? I have! And one of these days, I’m going to buy a house so I can completely fulfill the dream of putting up spotty wallpaper. However while we’re still renting (and are too lazy to repaint when we leave), I’ve had to come up with a more temporary solution. As per many things in my life, Washi Tape came to my rescue! I remembered I’d seen an awesome DIY by Ez on Creature Comforts using this technique, so thought I’d try it for wall stickers. You’ll need: - Washi Tape - Scissors - Non-stick baking paper - Pencil - Something to trace around Step 1: Cut off some baking paper in the size you need and lay it flat on a table. Step 2: Once you’ve got enough tape down, turn the paper over and trace around your object.
Step 3: Cut your shape out Step 4: When you’re ready to stick it onto your wall, carefully peel off the baking paper, and stick away! Thank you, your sign-up request was successful! Oops. Pinterest Challenge: DIY Wall Art | The Embellished Nest. Last week Sherry from Young House Love announced a Pinterest Challenge! The only rule was that you needed to take something you pinned and give it your own spin. It sounded like fun to me so I thought I’d join in! These are the images from my Pinterest board that I used for my inspiration! (Click on the each image to go to the pin.) And this is the finished product! To create your own wall art… Measure where you want your white stripes to be positioned on a canvas. Using making or painters tape, mask out your design (I’m did a chevron design). Next I spray painted the canvas with gold spray paint so that I would have a gold background to my painting. Using acrylic paints, I then layered colour onto the canvas.
When dry, peel the tape back to reveal your design! And because everyone loves a before and after, The shelf before was a bit to cluttered, the update is a nice change and freshens the shelf up! Follow my blog with Bloglovin Like this: Like Loading... Make DIY Colorful 3D Geometric Wall Art. Curbly-Original Photo: Brittni Mehlhoff Inspired by an Anthropolgie installation I saw a few months ago, I created a three-dimensional piece of wall art that is easy to install and relatively inexpensive to make (the final budget came in under $50). Aside from wall art, this project also doubles as a photo booth prop, and if you have the time, it would make an awesome photo booth backdrop too. Want to learn how to make your own? Get the full tutorial and see the finished piece after the jump. Before you get started, I wanted to touch on color schemes for a second.
I thought a lot about the colors I wanted to use beforehand, and had originally selected five colors to use. So what is the lesson here? Okay, now let's get started... Supplies Needed: Wood circles *The ones I used are from here and the sizes used are as follows: 4 in, 6.5 in, 8 in, and 10 inch. How-To: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 9. Aaaaaand! And, as I said before, it also makes a cool photo booth prop. So what do you think? How To Make DIY Sequin Art. I'm so excited to show ya'll my latest little creation...my DIY sequin art I made out of an old piece of thrift store art. Here's what it looked like when I first brought it home.
Like a little magenta time capsule straight from 1991. Luckily, it was only a few bucks, and it was a custom framed print with a nice shape and good size mat. I knew it would be perfect for what I had in mind.It was super easy to make, too. 18K+ Next, spray paint the frame silver, spray paint the mat white, and then use the backside of the old art for your new art. Spray painting outdated art mats is such a great way to save money, and I do it all the time now!
Next, I gathered my supplies: sequins, paper, ribbon, and hotglue. 18K+ Hotglue your sequins on first. Then, put the mat back on, insert your new art back into the frame, and voila! I absolutely love the way it turned out! That's all for today! Thanks so much for stopping by! Follow my blog with Follow my blog on or or. IHeart Organizing. How About Orange.
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