Perfect DIY Home Decor Greige Dalia Flower!

Perfect DIY Home Decor Greige Dalia Flower!

by | May 23, 2018 | Archive, DIY/Crafts

 

It’s happened!  I tried to resist, but I couldn’t!

 

That’s right!  I’ve become obsessed with greige.  I can’t help it.  Greige is so universal.  That’s why I just couldn’t resist making the perfect home decor DIY with greige!  Yep, greige!  A DIY Greige Dalia paper flower.

 

I’ve seen DIY Dalia paper flowers all over the internet in bright colors and fun print, but really what am I gonna do with a giant purple flower for the next decade?   Am I right?!?  I wanted something I could make and actually use.  That’s when it hit me Greige!  Of course, I needed a Greige DIY Dalia Paper Flower!

 

So here it is!

 

DIY Greige Dalia Paper Flower!

 

Supplies:

1 sturdy paper plate (I used a left over birthday cake plate from the dollar store)

Card stock paper (any paper will work, but I used greige colored card stock from Hobby Lobby about 20 sheets)

scissors

hot glue gun and glue sticks

1 (about 3 inches) piece of twine or string

 

Layer #1

Firstly, to make the cones for the Dalia paper flower you must start with a square piece of paper.  To create the largest square that I needed for the first layer, I simple folded the paper on it’s self making a square and cut off the excess paper.  I then unfolded the sheet and used that now square piece of paper as a template to create my outer layer of the flower.  Do not use the piece of paper that you folded or your cone will have a crease in it.

 

 

Next, I took one of the large square pieces of paper and created a cone and hot glued the shape into place.  See pictures below.  This will create your first layer of your DIY Greige Dalia paper flower.

 

 

Once the cone was glued into it’s shape I then hot glued the smaller end of the cone to the back of the paper plate in a circle around the entire plate completing the first layer.  Be mindful in how you are spacing your cones.  You want them to be in a nice round circle and slightly touching each other to create a nice full flower look.

 

Layer #2:

For the DIY Dalia Paper Flower to be layered properly I had to create the next layer of cones slightly smaller.   To do so I simply created a smaller square template.  Once again I took a full sheet of paper.  This time I needed a smaller square, so I folding the paper in half creating to rectangles and cut the paper in half.  Next I took one of the half sheets and folding the edge up creating a square and cutting off the excess paper just like before, but a smaller version.  This gave me a half sheet sized square template to cut out for the second layer on cones.

 

 

You then repeat the previous process by using the half sheet square template to cut out square.  Then you hot glue the square papers into cones and then glue them onto the paper plate in a circle as the next (2nd) layer of the Dalia paper flower.

 

Here is a picture(see above) of the first(whole sheet squares) and second(half sheet squares) layers of glued on cones in the DIY Greige Dalia paper flower.

 

Layer #3:

The last layer #3 also needed to be smaller.  To create the square template for the third and smallest layer I folded the paper in half and then in half again creating a quarter sheet and then cut out 4 rectangles from the one piece of paper.  I then created a square by folding the paper over on it’s self once again and cutting off the excess paper just like before, but much smaller.  I then used the quarter sheet sized square template to cut out the squares for the third layer.

 

Once the quarter sheet squares were cut out, I once again hot glued them into cones and then glued the cones in a circle on the plate and also filled in the rest of the center of the paper plate with the smaller cones creating a full and complete DIY Griege Dalia paper flower look.

 

 

To hang the flower on the wall I hot glued both ends of a piece of twine in a half circle on the back of the paper flower which was the front if the paper plate.

 

Then I hung the DIY Greige Dalia paper flower on the wall of our home, but I really loved it out on our sun porch too!  Needless to say I will be making quite a few more for all over!

 

Here it is up on the sun porch!

 

DIY Greige Dalia Paper Flower!

 

What do you think?  Have any questions?  Let me know.

 

Should I do more DIY paper flowers that are actually usable in the home?

 

XOXO,

K

 

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DIY Unicorn Mason Jar!

DIY Unicorn Mason Jar!

by | May 17, 2018 | Archive, DIY/Crafts

Unicorn love!  I have to say I’m slightly obsessed with unicorns that’s why I couldn’t resist this DIY Unicorn Mason Jar.  It’s just so adorable.

 

I’m sure you’ve noticed that there are unicorns just about everywhere anymore.  Right?!?

 

I couldn’t find one that really fit into my home decor though, so I decided to make my own.  This one specifically is going to end up holding my paint brushes for my DIY/craft projects.  Which is perfect as they are rainbow colors.  Some day I’ll have my magical craft room to place it in.( A girl can dream!) LOL!

 

DIY Unicorn Mason Jar!

 

Supplies needed:

mason jar or any plain jar(I picked up one from Hobby Lobby- love that simplicity of it- nice and smooth)

acrylic paint white, black and gold

high gloss modge podge

fake flowers(enough to go around the rim of the the mason jar lid)

1 piece of card stock or any piece of thicker paper

gold glitter

hot glue gun and glue sticks

foam sponge brush

small paint brush

2 paper plates

scissors

 

To start with you will need the mason jar or jar of your choosing.  Here’s the one I loved from Hobby Lobby.  It has a super smooth/ flat surface which is perfect for painting on.

 

 

Next I took off the lid and placed the empty jar on a paper plate.  I then took white acrylic paint and placed that on my additional paper plate for my paints.

 

Using the foam sponge brush I added a coat of white acrylic paint to the outside of the jar.  I skipped the rim where the lid screws on and the very bottom of the jar as these areas are not visible.   Then allow to dry.  I waited about 20 minutes and applied a second coat of white acrylic paint.  Then allowed that to dry for about 20 minutes.  Next, I added a coat of high gloss modge podge over the white and allowed that to dry the same.

 

Once all layers are dry including the modge podge it’s time to paint on your unicorns eyelashes.  Practice painting them on the plate first to get comfortable with the brush width etc.  Try to space them evenly and where you think the eyelashes should be.  They were a little tricky, so I will be making you guys a template here soon so you can trace them on and then paint them in.(work in progress- coming soon)

 

 

 

While the first coat of white acrylic paint was drying I took the piece of card stock and painted a gold square about 6 inches by 6 inches and a white strip about 2 inches by 2 inches.  I allowed them to dry as well for about 20 minutes.  These will become your unicorn horn and ears.

 

 

Once the gold square was dry I added a layer of high gloss modge podge and coated the wet modge podge with gold glitter.  I then allowed it to dry.  I cut out 2 identical(by folding the strip in half and cutting both at the same time) triangle ears from the dry white 2x2 strip and set them aside.

 

 

Now ,it was time to begin the flower rim for the top of the jar.  I simple cut off flowers from a stem of fake flowers.  I choose to use multiple flowers(types and colors, but it’s up to you)

 

 

You will begin to glue(using a hot glue gun) the flowers on the outer rim of the jar lid.  See below.

 

 

Keep them close enough when gluing that you do not see the jar lid on the side.(see below)

 

 

Continue until the entire outer side of the jar lid is covered in a complete circle.

 

By now your glitter 6x6 square should be about dry.  Add an additional coat of just high gloss modge podge.  This will seal the glitter so it’s not falling off everywhere later.  Allow to dry for about an hour or more as you have quite a few layers on the paper and you want this to be nice and stiff when you make your unicorn horn out of it.

 

Once dry cut the glitter square out of the paper and trim it to desired size for your horn.  I believe mine ended up about 4 inches by 4 inches but it’s your preference depending on how prominent you would like your unicorn horn to be.

 

To create the horn simply roll the glitter square into a cone shape and using your hot glue gun glue into shape.  NOTE:  this will not work if your gold glitter paper is not completely dry.

 

 

Once your unicorn horn has been turned into a cone fold the bottom edge out slightly to give yourself a place to be able to hot glue the horn to the flower coated mason jar lid.  The ears will be folding the same edge on the bottom as well to allow them to be glued on too.  See below.

 

 

NOTE:

Before gluing them in place on the mason jar lid, put the lid on the jar correctly and then mark where the ears and horn need to be glued.  If you skip this step you will end up with your horn and ears not aligning correctly with your unicorns eyes.

 

Your almost done!  Now, do you want the top open on closed.  I choose open as I want to store paint brushes in mine but either way is perfect.

 

Here’s the finished project!

 

DIY Unicorn Mason Jar!

 

I love it open with my DIY/craft paint brushes inside.  It makes every project seem just a tad bit more magical.

 

Here’s with the lid closed.

 

 

What do you think?  Have questions?  Let me know.

 

XOXO,

K

 

 

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Glitter Mason Jar DIY!

by | May 13, 2018 | Archive, DIY/Crafts

I have to confess I am obsessed with glitter!  It’s like a weakness for me.  That’s why I couldn’t resist making this DIY glitter mason jar.

 

You may or may not know that my daughter and I love crafting.  We could spend hours in the craft store and still be on the first isle.  Yep, were craft store junkies!  LOL!

 

I guess my love for crafting really comes from my early childhood though.  I was a girl scout from preschool til high school and my Mother was my assistant troup leader.  Every week we would do some craft for the season and it was my favorite part of the week.  My head troup leader was like a craft gurue and so was my Momma.  They taught us the funnest DIY projects and we had the best times giggling and just crafting away.  Now that I’m an adult, Mom, Nurse, I guess I just feel like age shouldn’t matter, everyone should have a weekly crafting time to unwind and just enjoy being in the moment. Right?!?

 

DIY Glitter Mason Jar!

 

Supplies needed:

1 mason jar or any clear jar

acrylic paint in color of chose

loose glitter in color of chose

high gloss Modge Podge

paint sponge

 

Here’s the jar that I picked up from Hobby Lobby.  It was $1.99 and I loved how plain and simple the jar is.  Easy to paint.  I have the typical old school mason jars as well, but I really liked these for the project.

 

These are the paints and sponge brushes I used(also from Hobby Lobby).  I made a gray with the black and white to use as the under coat as I thought it would look good with the silver glitter on top of it, but any color you like is perfect.

 

I painted the jar half way with the gray paint at an angle as I wanted a chic look in the end.  However, you could paint the jar whatever way you like.  The whole jar, shapes, stripes, etc.  I then set it on a paper plate to dry.

 

Next, I was concerned that the acrylic paint could come off in the future so I added a coat of high gloss modge podge on top of the gray paint.  The modge podge looks like white school glue almost, but don’t worry it dries clear.  Note: there is a high gloss modge podge which I used as I wanted a blinged out effect, but there is also a matte modge podge if you are after a more subtle look.

 

I then immediately(before the modge podge dried) sprinkle glitter on to the wet modge podge.  Note that anywhere you have the wet modge podege the glitter will stick.  I then set the jar back on the paper plate to dry.

 

Once dry I repeated the process with another layer of modge podge and a second layer of glitter. Again, set aside to dry.  When it was completely dry I added a top layer of just modge podge this seals the glitter so it’s not falling off all over the house and you.

 

Here’s the finished look!

 

Or so I thought LOL!  My daughter did not agree.  See, she wanted to use the glitter mason jar to hold her makeup brushes, so she added a little something extra!  That’s my girl!  LOL!

 

She took the lid and hot glued loose flowers all around the outer rim.  Of course I helped, see below.

 

So here is the final, FINAL DIY Glitter Mason Jar!  It’s so adorable.  I think I may have to make a whole set here very soon.

What do you think? If you have any questions let me know.

XOXO,

K

 

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