DIY: Popsicle Garland

Hello

Today I'm back with another DIY because of the great feedback I got from my last DIY.
But before I jump in I just wanted to let you know that I took the comments from my Chit-Chat post into consideration.

I wasn't able to address this in my last post because of the nature of the post!

But I wanted to let everyone know that I will not only be posting monthly favorites but I will also try posting on a schedule! I will be posting every: Tuesday.

I will also be adding in a few posts randomly.
I thought I would do this because some of you liked the idea of a schedule and others enjoyed the element of surprise. I think this idea is the best of  both worlds !

On to the DIY!
I thought that since summer was in full effect why not make this adorable and simple garland.
You don't need very many materials and you can customize it to your liking!

Materials

• Watercolors
• Paintbrush
• Water
• Watercolor Paper
• Scissor
• Popsicle Sticks
• Glue or tape (Tape will be a little easier!)
• Clothespins
• Push Pins
• String or ribbon

Procedure:

1. Figure out what size you want your Popsicle to be I made my an average width and length but you can choose to do whatever you like!
2. Once you've figured out the size cut a template for your Popsicle, I would put it on a cardboard because it'll be a little easier to trace around!
3. Trace approximately 10-12 Popsicle on your watercolor paper, I decided to use watercolor because I liked the way the medium drys quicker than other paints, I put my Popsicles on two strands so that is why I wanted an even number
4. Cut out all the Popsicle sticks and begin painting them any design you want! I went with bright summer  colors!
5. Break you Popsicle sticks in half because I found mine to be to too long for the size I had made my Popsicles .
6. Then tape or glue the Popsicle sticks onto the back of the Popsicle. Make sure that they are dry!
7. Then figure out where you want the garland to be located and use pushpins and string of any color. Have fun with it and make it your own!
8. Then use clothespins to hang the Popsicle sticks from the string!

I find that this project is quite simple and it turns out really nicely!
Let me know in the comments down below if you also gave this a try!

I thought I would also include something a little extra in the next posts so I am going to end each post with a question that you can all respond to in the comments down below!

Question: What's your favorite type of Popsicle?

Mine would definitely have to be strawberry, I just love how refreshing it is on a warm summer day.

I will also be posting my July favorites later in the week so watch out for it!

Thanks For Reading!
Have fun crafting!

-Laura

DIY: Polaroid Picture Garland

Hello Again !

Today I'm back for a simple DIY that I think you will enjoy.  I am going to show you how to make a picture garland with polaroid camera edges. WITHOUT needing to have an actual polaroid camera!

The beautiful thing about this project is it is quite simple and it doesn't require any special material. I too know how annoying it can be to run out to the craft store for some special item just to make one diy project. So I've made this DIY simple for all!

Doesn't it just look lovely ? It can fit any room or place it's perfect.

Materials:

• Clothespins
• Magazines
• Scissors
• White Paper (Copy Paper will work nicely)
• Tape
• Ribbon or String (I ran out of mine so I just showed the packaging)
• Push Pins

Procedure:

Rip out multiple pages from your magazine that you will want to use. Then cut out the image (its easiest if its a square or rectangle) Then add a bit of tape to the back of the image like so:

 (Didn't even notice there was someone's legs on the back of my image until now hahaha)

Then place your image with the tape on the back on your copy paper. I like placing it on the top right or left so that one corner is already cut. I'm not lazy I'm just making my life easier :)

Now Here's the important part. To make it seem like its a polaroid picture we need to cut out a frame that resembles a polaroid and you achieve this by cutting like such: (the dotted lines is where you would cut I just added them in for the picture normally you would add that in) It's simply wider on the bottom and narrower on the sides.

( Also note how my corner aren't "perfect" if anything it adds more character so don't worry if yours are messy as well)

After you've cut it out it should look like this:

Then simply hang it onto your string using a clothespin. I like hanging it on the outer edge to allow the image to show as much as possible.

And this is what my finished garland looked like:

Now here's the nice thing with this diy there are endless options and possibilities. But I'm going to give you my advice ( for extra help)

• Picking a color theme will make the garland seem more unified, personally I choose pastels which worked well with the color of my string
• Make sure the string is super tight so that it will hold the clothespins
• Don't worry about perfection

Lastly I would like to say that this is just a starting point. You can take it various directions to make it your own such as painting the clothespins or changing the color of ribbon. 

Explore and have fun with this project.

If you end up recreating it please let me know by posting it on your blog or letting me know in the comments down below.

Thanks for reading!

-Laura