Tag: DIY

Taking care of our planet matters to me more and more as time passes by. Slowly, I’m becoming more aware of how much we just use and throw away, and consequently, waste is becoming something that bothers me. Even throwing away onion peals or eggs shells is something that doesn’t sit right with me anymore. If it can be transformed, then I want to do it. While a compost bin still has some “questions of logistics” to be considered, I can start re-purpose other things. And the next item on the list of “things that have a short life span” comes water bottles. Yes, they can be recycled, although I’m still using them once and then throwing them away (to recycling). I want to give them a new life before they are shredded into tiny pieces to be reborn again. Then one day, while losing myself in the slow living …

The days might be cloudy and rainy, but one thing is undeniable: Spring has arrived. And the small taste o sunny weather brings out the gardener in me. It’s beautiful to watch something grow day after day, taking care of it, and then harvest the hard work. For the longest time, I wanted to create a small garden with vegetables and herbs to feed my little dwarf bunny. I can’t always find diversity for her in the supermarket and grow it myself would solve the problem. I started this project back in April when everything was in lockdown. I would preferably build a vegetable patch out of wood, but with shops only half working I wasn’t going to go out exclusively to buy wood. I had to work with what I had around the house. And in one of the attics clear-out, I went through all the architecture models I …

Christmas is fast approaching, and I couldn’t let the season slide without a little DIY to kick in the spirit! I think it was mid-September when I started to brainstorm for new projects and between my mindless scavenge on Pinterest, I decided to make a Pompom Christmas Tree and put it on a canvas. The process is really simple and the only thing that spends more time is making all the pompoms, but nothing like watching your favourite Christmas movie or watch the new Hallmark Christmas movies while you wrap yarn – I’ve been binge-watching the whole Aurora Teagarden mysteries movies. Supplies: Canvas 35x45cm 2 Balls of Yarn Green – needle size 5,5mm to 6,5mm (115m each) Ball of Yarn Yellow – needle size 4,5mm Scissors Pompom maker 5,5cm Pompom maker 3,5cm Acrylic paint in Dark Blue Yarn Needle Paintbrush Step 1. Prepare the canvas. Place those little wood thingies …

I had this wood box laid around for years lost in the attic. I tried to make something out of it a few times but never succeeded. A few weeks back, I found the box once again and decided that this was the time to turn it into something beautiful. My original plan was to use plastic straws to give a new purpose to them while helping the planet. Well, that plan went quickly down the toilet. I found on Pinterest that you can do some cute flowers out of straws using double-faced tape. I even went to the trouble of doing small clay balls to be the centre of the flowers and having the straw going around it. Until here, everything was working fine once I started painting them, everything went wrong. The double-faced tape wasn’t sticky enough to hold the straw in place, so it started to unroll. …

Once upon a time, there was a sad little mouse. He didn’t have a house. He would sleep in the cold, with no one else there to hold, alone in the dark, every day being chased. It was a hard time he faced. Until a friendly witch cast a spell, working really hard to craft it well, and out of paper and clay, she built a brand new house for him to stay. Well, I must stop the story here before something terrible happens! But today, it’s not the time for storytelling – that, I save for sleepovers – but it is time for another craft, more specifically a house for your mouse! Just like in the story! Now seriously, this is a craft I made two years ago when a friend needed a box to store her mouse. And in case you haven’t guessed it yet, I’m talking about …

Today, I bring to you another DIY in celebration of the upcoming season: Autumn. I’m not going to bore you to death why it is the best season and why I love it so much – I’ll leave it for another time – and instead jump right into the DIY since that’s what you are here for. Supplies: Cork sheet (1 or 2mm thick) Cardstock Glue String X-acto Knife Needle and Knitting needle Step 1. Draw the base shape for the acorn to use it as a template to create as many as you wish. Outline the entire acorn on to the cardstock, cut it out and set it aside for now. Step 2. On the cork sheet, outline only the cap of the acorn and cut it out. Be aware to have your blade always sharp to get clean cuts. There is nothing more annoying than trying to do …

I wanted to make this DIY for quite some time. I got inspired while scrolling down Karen Kavett‘s Instagram and found this. The “hello” postcard immediately stick out for me and I wanted to make those letters in 3D. I always wanted those cute handwritten sign to place on my shelves that you see everywhere, and since I couldn’t find any, I better create my own. Although, it wasn’t that simple. What sticks out the most in the word are the coloured shades, so I had to have them but how? After a quick brainstorm, I got to an idea that possibly – possibly – could work, and I started making it. But as soon as I grab my knife the problems appeared. The amount of work, strength and steel nerves I had to have for it to work it wasn’t worth the effort. The easiest wood to work with …

For the past few months, I’ve been decorating boxes for my friend to give them for their birthdays. Instead of wrapping tiny presents one by one, it’s better to put them all in one box and give it away. Although, just because you are giving a box it doesn’t mean it has to be bland and boring. With a bit of imagination – and a few minutes on Pinterest – it’s possible to create something with attitude and, if you are like me, loads of humour.

Usually, when I brainstorming ideas, they tend to come in pairs. The first one, I already posted last month, I’m talking about the Record Player Stand. I decided to buy wood crates and get creative with them. I was thinking to do a post like “two supplies and multiple possibilities” or something close to that. But when I started working on the first project, I decided it would be better to separate both ideas. With this in mind, both projects are somewhat similar. However, I still tried to come up with something I never did before.

When it comes to holding to ideas, I’m the worst! I can have everything planned out, start working on it, and then something gets in the way. Whatever the reason is, over the time I’ve abandoned so many projects. Some were good, others weren’t, and some are already in the garbage. Despite not being great at finishing what I start, I usually like to “collect” things, so I have a few unfinished projects stored away. And for what?? Turns out it’s for posts like this.

Do you know those moments, when you need something and the Universe makes you cross path with a solution? Well, this is one of those moments. I have a record player, and my biggest problem is knowing where to put it. So I was in the hunt for a good stand. I wanted something simple, not too expensive, and with a place to store my vinyl, nothing else. Despite my exquisite taste which only allows me to buy what I fall in love the first moment I lay my eyes on, I was open to suggestions. And then I saw a DIY with wooden crates in the Wayfair website, almost made on purpose just for me. And that’s when I decided I was going to make a record player stand for myself.