DIY projects

[boxxy]

Anyone got any fun DIY projects or tutorials?

I just found this and this tutorial and I want to make some for my room. They're so pretty!

Share your DIY projects here =)

[sweetdreams]

I'm hoping to pick up an old wardrobe and table for my house soon. I want to strip them back and freshly paint them. So watch this space! But design sponge is a great source of inspiration! http://www.designspongeonline.com/ I have been obbsessed since buying a house.

[boxxy]

^ Thanks for that!

Also, I made a polaroid heart above my bed yesterday... kind of like this but smaller

[sweetdreams]

Yeah I love that idea, it looks so sweet, I have yet to do the string of polaroids, but I did look for little pegs the other day wich I was unsuccessful in finding. But I've picked out the ones I will use. I really wish I could just take a week off and get everything done I've been really wanting to do!

[lilywhite]

I really want to make a dinosaur apocalypse snowglobe that they featured in frankie a couple of years ago.

[sweetdreams]

I am converting this old sewing box into a jewlery box. I got it for $25 in good condition, mine is minus the handle though.
I am so excited to put all my treasures in one pretty place!
I'm really loving the DIY thing at the moment, my old wardrobe is sanded and first coat of paint is on!

[shesafool]

I bought small canvases and some cloth squares from spotlight today so after dinner i'm going to iron the cloth and then staple them to the canvas. They're grey with random patterns and the middle one is bright purple, thanks to jakies beautiful colour scheming
Ill take a photo once Im done

[shesafool]

double post, get over it

I need some help. I have gyprock/plaster walls and nails will rip it. Picture hangers aren't big enough/strong enough to hold up my canvases. Any suggestions as to how I can hang my canvases on my wall?

[wilbs.]

those plastic hooks with double sided tape from the hardware section of kmart/big w.

[shesafool]

will they peel the paint off?
mum wont let me put up anything thatll peel off paint...
i was thinkin also that i could maybe staple some string or a chord to the back of the canvas to see if itll hang on the picture hanger better, but idk if itll work cause theyre heavy


thanks for your suggestion anyways! Will check with mum when shes home to see what I can do

[wilbs.]

i can't remember the brand, but i have some where you pull the tape from the bottom when you want to take it down. i've moved mine around a few times and it hasn't taken the paint off.

[shesafool]

oh cool, will def keep an eye out thanks so much!

[auxocrome]

^ I've found that those hooks only peel paint off if the walls are very old!

I have a few DIYs that I want to do, mostly repainting of opshop things. I really love the jam jar ideas by Pip Lincolne in the new issue of Frankie. I'd also like to try a few things from the P.S. I Made This blog.

[boxxy]

The 3M hooks don't peel paint off. BUT, you have to prepare the wall well by using alcohol wipes, otherwise the hooks can fall down. I had this happen recently cos I couldn't be bothered using the alcohol wipes.

[shesafool]

mums buying them for me tomorrow if she remembers (so far she has kept forgetting ) so I will def follow your advice, thanks so much