DIY: Paper Weights from Leftover Wood Chunks

Hello People! Hope you all are doing great! These two weeks have been the busiest with a really important event coming up the end of the year. Unfortunately, I'm left with little or no time which is giving me a hard time to juggle between Krafty Krook and my important set of events. Nonetheless, where there is a will, there is way... And that's what keeps me going on KK!

So talking about today's DIY project, it was just a sort of an accident. I had these few pieces of leftover wood which I discovered while on a cleaning spree! Yes, I must have surely kept them aside in case I think of making something out of them someday (he..he..). I knew what I wanted to make of them, but didn't think they would turn out to be so pretty. Take a look at the pictures before I show you how to go about making them.

 Aren't they simply pretty? 

Here's what you'll need:

§  Some leftover wood chunks

§  Paper tape

§  Metallic paints (You can also use the normal acrylic paints)

§  Quills and Decorative stones/beads 

§  Glue

Here's how you go about it!

 To Start off, roll tape around the wood chunks based on the design you're going to create. I've used block designs in this case and hence rolled the tape either at the center or at the edges to have a neat and defined paint finish.

After you have rolled the tape, start with painting the chunks in different colours. In this case, I've used metallic paints (Fevicryl) and paper tape. (Paper tape is easier to remove as compared to any other tapes. It does not leave any sticky residues and very easy to work with.)

Allow the paint to dry for a while and then slowly begin peeling off the tape carefully. 

Once you peel off the tape, you can begin painting the remaining portions in the colour of your choice. Allow the entire painted to chunk to dry for a while and finish it by decorating it with quills or decorative beads as shown in the pics above! Yes! As simple as that!

A great way to make gorgeous stuff for your home! Trust me! You'll love keeping these bookmarks on your table. Tell me what you think about this! Would love to know your suggestions and ideas!

Till then,

Happy Crafting!

Karen

DIY: Colourful Paper Boat Strings for your Home

Monsoons are always great fun! As a child, I still remember tearing up pages from my notebooks to make paper boats to flow them in the small rivulets by the fields and roads. Nothing can beat the feeling of watching those small little boats float along with the flow of tiny rivulets. And I bet all you guys must have done the same :)

Well, this weeks' project is inspired by these cute paper boats. I stringed a lot of colourful paper boats together to create cute strings for the home.  Before I tell you how to do it, take a look at the finished product first.

And here are the paper boat strings stringed together using a yellow coloured thread. Finished with a few crystals at the end. 

A pretty ornament for your home - string it against a glass window/door or even a mirror. To add a playful touch to your balcony, make a lot of boat strings and hang them up from the ceiling of the balcony. Lastly, you could also string it as a cute ornament against any vertical mirror in your home.

A very simple project,  all you need to do is make some paper boats from colourful paper and string them together using some coloured thread. Punch two holes on the edges of these boats and pass the tread from the bottom or sides of every boat. Make sure to tie a knot at the end of each boat. To finish, add some crystals to the end of it. 

So that's it for it for this week folks! I'll see you next week with some more fun projects.

Till then,

Happy Crafting!

Karen