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

Xmas light photoshoot (aka the magic of editing)

Hi and Happy Holidays!
This photo shoot kind of just happened in the spur of the moment on Christmas Eve when I decided to pull out some Christmas lights and actually do something with my life.
These pictures were somehow very popular on instagram, but I had so many more pictures I wanted to share individually. In order not to spam my followers, I decided to create this post showing how I transformed some if these pictures because....

You may be wondering how I got from these :
To these:


Well first let's talk about how I took these pics (I don't have a photographer friend I can magically conjure 24/7) so I had to make do with me, myself, and my camera.


It all started with these Christmas lights....

First I'll explain the process of how I took these pictures. I didn't have any help because I was alone ( kind of like the Christmas movie Home Alone!)
 All I did was point my camera toward the direction where I would be, then I turned on the timer, pressed the button to shoot, and then ran to get into position.  After that, the camera would make a click noise, and I would rush to see the results. my hair was very frizzy by the end of the shoot because it kept getting tangled in the lights...
After this "sophisticated" and  "professional" process, all I had to do to make the pics look like "magical" scenes, was edit them using the vsco app. This app is a life saver when you want your pictures to look nice.
It really does make a difference for when you're uploading pictures to instagram. Also I only recently discovered this app which is why you guys may have noticed that the photo quality of my blog pictures have improved a month or so back.


hi there! this is what happened when I forgot to set a timer (:

The original photos will be first and edited one second, hope you enjoy! (Some have more than one edit)


 

 

 



 

 

 

                                                                              

 



this was a pleasant surprise from my unfocused camera that kind of created a bokeh effect



 

 

 

 

 

 

And now, some random pictures from this photo shoot: These ones are kind of bad, kind of weird, and kind of interesting!