how to-sday . frame collage headboard When we first moved into the new digs, I had grand plans to paint each room with some sort of bright, chipper color and lovely finish. This, the guest room/my studio/my office was going to be bright white with blue-grey horizontal stripes. Lovely, right? Then come paint it for me. While I was waiting for you to all show up to paint, I decided the walls needed some 'bang.' Read on to find out how to do this without a straight edge, butcher paper, or a care in the world. Oh, and if you're wondering where the art came from, it is Tina Crespo, Cricket Press, D.U.R.A., Katie Daisy, Mis Nopales Art, thrift shops, international travels, personal photos, and a few bits that I can't think of... What You Need a zillion frames, maybe in the same color (I suggest buying a bunch of bizzare art at the thrift shop and spray painting the frames.)hammersmall nailstape measurelevel (if you care more than I do...)pencil (or a Sharpie, if you're feeling wild)incredibly balance 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 6. 7. 8.
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.
Washington DC Wedding Blog ~ DIY Origami Bouquet Tutorial | Capitol Romance I am SUPER excited for today’s DIY Wednesday tutorial feature coming to us from Lindsey of Elusive Photo Design. You all know how much I love the unique, different, and offbeat when it comes to weddings [especially in the Washington, DC area], so naturally, I jumped out of my seat when Lindsey sent me this: DIY Origami Paper Flower Bouquet From Lindsey: These kusudama origami bridal bouquets are remarkably simple to make, and can be made to your taste using a variety of different types, colors, patterns and sizes of paper. As someone who didn’t use live flowers in my own wedding, I am always pumped when I find other ideas for non-floral bouquets. I love how unique this bouquet is, and that it’s a DIY bouquet! So now, here is the best part ~ Lindsey has given us the actual DIY Tutorial, including step-by-step instructions and a TON of pictures, so that you can make this totally unique & alternative wedding bouquet too! You will need: PaperWooden Dowel RodsCraft GluePaper ClipsA Foam Ball 1.
Craft: Valentine's Day Wall Art I loved how my Valentine's Day garland and wreath looked so I decided to make another Valentine's Day decoration. In our living room we have a big blank wall that is patiently waiting for us to finish the wall art we plan on hanging. I decided to use that space and try to make a simple, cheap wall art. Supplies: Card stock, pattern to print (I did sheet music), scissors, tapeCost: $0 (I already had all of the supplies) I started off by printing off sheet music. I printed two pages on each 8 1/2'' x 11'' sheet of paper. Then I found a heart shape that I liked (via google images). I cut out the hearts by hand - I'm very jealous of people with cricuts or other similar machines that do it for you. :-) I had originally planned on just taping the hearts to the wall (I was going for very simple wall art) but decided it might look neat if the hearts stood a little bit off of the wall. Does that make sense? I printed the outline with the folding lines (light grey) onto card stock and cut them out.
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. 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! Given email address is already subscribed, thank you! Oops. Other posts you may like:
lindsay’s wine bottle vases inspired by erik’s recycled wine bottle torches, lindsay and taylor from purr design decided to create these beautiful wine bottle vases in their home’s dining room. i love the way they set off the area with a painted square, and today you can learn their full how-to steps for the project! thanks so much to lindsay and taylor for sharing! CLICK HERE for the full project steps after the jump! We have an interesting living space, one where the living, dining, and kitchen areas are all basically one big (or, actually, not-so-big) room. We loved the idea of reusing old wine bottles, and thought a reinterpretation of the Erik’s recycled wine bottle torches, adapted for indoor use, would be perfect for the space. Total cost for this project (if you don’t count the cost of the wine, because, well, you get to enjoy that in other ways) was under $5 per vase. 1. 2. 3. 4. Notes: We had quite a time finding the proper hardware.
Quilled E Monogram with Fringed Flowers So I made a monogram for a friend who is turning 40 and requested a no gift policy – well, I'll still be able to say "I didn't buy anything." I wanted to show the flowers bursting forth in different stages of bloom. The "moat" which corrals the quilled flowers ends up hiding the quilled base from most angles; tilting the blossoms on their sides doesn't hurt either. I designed each flower pattern and cut them digitally on the Silhouette. I’ve just discovered Moxie Fab World through a reader’s post of an intricately quilled heart, by Sweet Spot Cards.
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. 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. Little A was very particular about not using the same colored/patterned circle in one line.
DIY - Terrarium Magnets Such a clever re-purposing idea. With a few air plants, white spray paint, gravel, and a little moss, inexpensive refrigerator spice magnets become mini modern terrariums. Learn how to make them. {Images via Ruffled} Project 30 Week 30 – Circular Paint Chip Art Happy Mother’s Day!! I am so excited, because with this post I will have successfully completed my 30x30x3 journey, and on time too! I couldn’t be happier with the projects I’ve completed, and I can’t wait to keep going with some new projects, and maybe some new features as well. For now I have some really fun new paint chip art, created from different sized circles. I know I’ve posted paint chip art before, but that technique was so different from this one I felt these pieces deserved their own post. All of these pieces are created from circles of three different sizes, 1 1/2″, 1″ and 1/2″. I started experimenting with using a singular color palette, as you can see in this turquoise version, and I think it is a fun variation. This may not have been the project I was planning, but it certainly has quite a celebratory look (especially those small ones, they remind me of confetti!) To all the mother’s out there, Happy Happy Mother’s Day, and a lovely Sunday to everyone! Like this:
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! 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...
Lansdowne Life: Repurposed paint chip artwork With all the painting projects I've tackled in our house, my collection of paint chips has been growing and growing. I wanted to re-use them in some way, so I decided to make a mosaic-style piece of artwork. We have a wall in our living room that had no art and not much color. All the decorating was happening on the other side of the room, leaving the room a little unbalanced, so something colorful was more than necessary. After gathering up paint chips from no less than four places around the house, I was amazed to discover that I had a nearly inch-thick stack. This project is actually a slightly more sophisticated variation on a simple project I did way back in 2002. I punched out multi-hundreds of dime-sized dots. I had a piece of wood cut (approximately 11" x 32") and painted it a warm red. I started at the bottom of my wood panel, gluing down dots with Mod Podge and then putting more Mod Podge over the top, but that quickly got very messy. I love it! And now for a little contest!
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