Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Concrete tables and how to make your own, DIY

We need a new table in the living room and I fell in love with concrete. They are amazing and I'm thinking about making one on my own, but there are two problems to solve for me before I can have my own concrete table: What to do with the sharp edges (kids unfriendly) and how to solve the weight problem, because I need a table which I can easily move. Any suggestions?










And two DIYs on how to make your own concrete table:




Thursday, July 12, 2012

Art & Design: Anagrama

Starting a new series today, Art & Design. Here I collect and feature the people, whose work I adore (any kind of art and design).

ANAGRAMA

http://www.anagrama.com
http://www.behance.net/Anagrama


Brand development & positioning agency and experts in the design and development of objects, spaces and multimedia projects, from Monterrey, Mexico.













Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Neon Heels

Saw the neon heels diy at cheap chic obsession and had do to this! I'm so excited over the result. An old pair of shoes, which I wanted to sort out initially, has become a favorite item to wear.








Which tape?

I have used painters and scotch tape and my scotch tape didn't stick with the painters tape, so I wouldn't use it again. The painters tape was ok in usage, but like you see in the images it didn't stick that good on every part of the shoe. Next time I will try duct tape on the edges. But you can remove accidentally miss-sprayed areas with nail polish (easy on leather or smooth material, not that easy on rough material but still possible).


Mistakes

I found little stains on my shoes after spray painting. You can remove them with sand paper. Sand the part of the shoe with which you are unsatisfied and spray paint again. Maybe you will have to spray paint another white coat on that part, before the neon top coat. It depends on how much you take off of the paint with the sand paper. Be careful to not "work" a hole in your shoe and use 'fine' sand paper.



I'm very happy with the result, but the heels become dirty very fast! I will think about a glossy top coat or something like that, to protect the paint.




Other great shoes/heels diy


green wedding shoes

love maegan

a pair and a spare

stripes + sequins

style kitchen

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Polka Dot Tea Towel

Saw this messy polka dot tea towel DIY at Elsie's and tried it out.



Some experience on my part:
- If you want the dots perfectly round, change the q-tip more often. If you don't, the dots will become stains. This is also nice looking, but maybe not the effect you want.

- I have used standard acrylic paint, no special paint for fabrics and I have let it dry over night. I will report how it will look like after the first washing, (Wikipedia says acrylic should be water-resistant when dried, but I often read the contrary).