2 Quick Wall Decor DIYs

Hello friends and creative strangers!

Last week , I showed you guys the basics of my workspace and today I'll be showing you how I made the DIY wall art projects I promised a the end of that post.

These 2 wall décor ideas are extremely easy to recreate. Both can take less than ten minutes to create, or you can add on and make larger versions of each. Lets get started!

For the first DIY Wall Art project, all you really need is some tape and scissors.

 

-Here I used electric tape at first, but then ran out so I found some black duct tape that I cut to be the same width.

-A pencil for sketching is optional

 

 

Steps:

1. (Optional) go online, find some geometric design you want to recreate and sketch it out on your wall.

2. Start taping and cutting to create a complex geometric design, or create a picture, its your wall and your choice!

 

I just have some shots of the first few pieces of tape I laid out. For the rest, I just randomly created a geometric shape by starting and ending at different angles and different lengths. You are free to do whatever you want.

The best thing about this DIY, is that you can peel it right off your wall or make edits if you don't like the way it looks.

 

Now onto the second project:

Basically this is a huge collage board for inspirations or extra clippings you have from magazines. You can do anything as long as it makes you happy and you feel some sort of satisfaction with your end result.

 

Materials:

-magazines

-pictures

-quotes you like

-memorable tickets, or flat items

-a big frame or poster board

-glue

-scissors (they're your new best friend)

 

Steps:

1. grab a bunch of fun pics, and cut out your favorite pieces

2. glue it all down to a piece of poster board or a poster frame

3. display it

4.(optional, but highly encouraged) have a dance party by yourself, because congrats, you just made something cool

 





lets all pretend you didn't notice I reused this image



 

Hope you found some quick inspiration!

keep on crafting (and napping)

~Angela

Welcome to the workspace

Hi guys!
 

Today’s post is a little different than my usual DIY projects. I'll be giving you guys a miniature tour of my workspace to share a little bit more about myself and what I do to get inspiration.

In the back of my mind I have always thought about posting a room or office tour. Finally I was inspired by WeWork –a coworking office –to create this post to show off my workspace.

First here is a picture of the ugly truth: making things means making messes. Just look at the desk clutter!

Afterwards, I cleaned my desk. Whenever I do this I like to keep things more minimal because I get distracted easily.

 

All my crafts supplies goes into this drawer or onto this drawer I should say. I put the things I use more frequently on top. ( I have a lot of notebooks  for some reason because I can't seem to stop myself from buying notebooks that are smaller than normal sized notebooks. )

After clearing my desk, I decided to make some changes and rearranged the room a bit. I turned my work corner into a reading/inspiration corner. (I just swapped my desk place with my chair) Behind my book stand are two unused canvases, perhaps they will become great masterpieces someday (:

Also these DIY wall art projects will be up in the following weeks and I will add links when the posts are uploaded. 

Hope you guys enjoyed this tiny journey around the workspace!
 ~ Angela

 

Diy Crochet Monogram Pillow

Hey guys, sorry for the lateness of this post, but school is slowly killing me as I do homework and study for finals. Still, I hope you enjoy the DIY project I have for you this fine Crafternoon!

If you don't know already, I am obsessed with pinterest (you can follow me here) and after seeing this crafty little pin on a DIY cactus pillow, I saw the crochet letter A pillow and decided to make one myself. 

you can check out the cactus pillow Diy here

Here are the materials you will be needing:

• yarn
• crochet needle
• scissors
• stuffing

Step 1.  chain stitch 13. Create  7 rows of double crochets with 13 double crochets in each row.

Step 2. chain stitch 13 stitches for the middle of the A.


Step 3 chain stitch 13 more stitches.

Step 4. Create another 7 rows of 13 double crochets. When you are done, it will create the bottom portion of the A. When you are done with this step, cut off the yarn and start at the top right hand corner of where the image is below.

Step 5. Create 7 rows of double crochets along the top part of the A. After each row, skip the first chain stitch on the next row so that you are decreasing by 2 stitches each row.
Step 6. (sorry if this next instruction sucks) Finish crocheting the A shape.

Step 7. Repeat steps 1-6 so that you will have 2 identical crocheted A's. 

Step 8. double crochet four rows around the circumference of one A, then single stitch to connect the two pieces together, but leave about a three inch opening for stuffing.

Step 9 . flip the hollow pillow inside out so that there is a cleaner exterior and add stuffing inside the pillow

step 10. seal your pillow by filling in the last bits of single crocheting.

There you have it. An A crochet monogram pillow. 

If you have any questions about some confusing directions or you want to figure out how to make other letters, please feel free to comment below or email me. I will usually reply in two days or sooner. 

  Hope you guys have fun with your new pillows (:

~Angela

Say goodbye to 2014 foverever (DIY using last year's magazines/calendars/etc.)

Hey there! It's about time you started getting rid o those old calendars of 2014, 2013, 2012, 20122, 2010----5000BCE and beyond. Why not use them as bunting triangles?

Already it's been over a week since 2015 began and 2014 ended, but I'm sure you have a bunch of old calendars or magazines lying around from last year or even from the year before. Or hey, maybe you're on top of things and are super organized. Either ways it's always fun to bunt ! (someone should print this on a Tshirt)


This is a very simple, cliché DIY project that is just basic bunting. However I thought it would be a nice way to recycle my 2014 calendar. (*Actually the calendar I'm using in this project is from about four years ago, but I'm obsessed with the pictures).
Grab a handful of old calendars and/or magazines and let's get started!

What you will need:

 

 

 

 

• old calendars/magazine/anything with nice images
• scissors
• pencil
• glue
• twine/string/ribbon

step 1. Fold paper in half and cut out triangles. You can create a one just for tracing to create more exact and equal triangles. Keep doing this until  you are satisfied, or make 12 triangles if you really want to listen to some directions.



You should end up with a bunch of triangles


Step 2. Cut the twine/string/ribbon according to the length you want your bunting to be.


Step 3.  Space evenly on string and glue thee two sides of the triangles together.

Anyways it's out with the old and in with the new(ish)!

Here is the finished product in a warmer lit room.

Hope you got some inspiration for the new(ish) year!
Until next week

~Angela

D.I.Y Marbled Planter

Hello and welcome/ welcome back to my blog. I am super excited for this weekend's DIY project and I hope you guys enjoy learning how I made this marbled planter below.

Okay let's get down to business! (no not to defeat the Huns)

Here are the materials you will be needing:

• water
• nail polish - at least two different shades
• empty planter
• large bowl/ small bucket that you can fit your planter in
• bobby pin or tooth pick

Step 1. fill the large bowl with water. 

In this case, I used a very deep metal bucket(?), you don't have to get something very big because it wastes a lot of water. I learned my lesson, next time I will use a shallower container

Step 2. Get your nail polish and splatter it across the water. 

You don't want to pour too much! After experimenting, I found it was unnecessary to use so much as it ended up just being a waste of nail polish that floated to the bottom of the bowl.

This is what it looked like after I finished splattering. Pretty satisfying isn't it?

Step 3. Use a small bobby pin, tooth pick, or etc. to mix the colors on the surface of the water.

I decided to add a third color so that you guys could see the mixing a little better.

Step 4. Grab your empty planter and dip it in. Or if you already have a plant inside and your pot has no holes,on the bottom just dip it in. I was too scared to submerge it all the way so I kept a lot of it blank.

***plants need draining holes so if you don't have one, after this project, you should poke one in yourself. Trust me this will help keep it alive*

Step  5. Pull out your planter and hold it up so that it can air dry.  Then place over a paper or newspaper until completely ... not wet.

Step 6. Put your plant in your new planter if you haven't already and now YAY it's now done!

And the last self-explanatory step- DISPLAY!

Looking good! I put my planter on the window sill to show it off and also get some light on my succulent.

If you want you can stroll down memory lane with me: I purchased my succulent at Trader Joes and we've been inseparable ever since!

This is me keeping watch over it in the car.

This is going on pinterest <3

Hope you guys had a magnificent week and get your creative juices flowing!

~Angela