The Best of DIY

I absolutely love amigurumi! I came across the amigurumi artist, Nicole Gastonguay her stuff is amazing, she makes anything you can think of from cheeseburgers to sardines in a can. She has had her creations up in a gallery and you can purchase some of them through her website.

Artist Jane Eleni creates this framed collage of your child’s artwork through her website LOVE. This is such a great idea, you send her a collection of all your child’s artwork and she’ll compile it all together in a print and frame it. Such a great way to archive your child’s artwork in style. Instead of displaying on your refrigerator, you can make it look even more special.

Looking for a creative way to preserve your child’s handprints and footprints? I found this neat craft on the tutus and turtles blog. You just let your child have fun and paint away with one color of acrylic paint to fill a canvas. Then with white or a lighter color of acrylic paint, get it on their feet and hands to make prints on the canvas. You may want to make sure it’s a kind of paint safe for kids or make sure they don’t eat it! These make for nice wall art!

I love the art at A Little Hut, the artist, Patricia Zapata creates beautiful framed art with cut out paper. I was excited when she posted a tutorial on how to create this recycled newsprint piece. My walls are pretty barren, I’m going to have to try this out to get some art up there.

I found these canvases on the curbly blog you can purchase them on the Hidden Art Shop. But I thought this would make for a cool craft project. You wouldn’t even necessarily need to have a lamp painted on the canvas you could paint anything. Then just mount a slim fluorescent light bulb on the wall and put the canvas over it and you have yourself an illuminated canvas.

I found this really cool tile picture frame on simpleartsplanet.blogspot.com. It gave me an idea to make a frame like this for a bulletin board. When I looked at this picture I thought it was a bulletin board at first, it would make for a nice decoration and space to hang thing in your office! Thanks for the idea!