DIY Spraypainted flowers

Weekend is just around the corner and to celebrate I have a awesome little DIY for some gorgeous and easy spray painted flowers:)

I love having flowers in the house but unfortunately they die sooner than later. Instead of wasting my money buying new flowers every week I decided to try painting dried flowers to keep them forever and ever:)


What you will need for this DIY are:

- Dried flowers (Try using plants without flowers like the one shown in the picture below. Plants with flowers will start to wilt and the leaves will drop off making it hard to spray paint them)
- Spray paint in any colour (choosing autumn colours now will add warmth into your home and brings the autumn inside!)

First off you need to dry the flowers you want to paint. This could take up to a few weeks so you need to plan this DIY in advance. I hung my flowers in a dry area (the shed) to try and reduce the drying time.
After the flowers have dried all you need to do is spray the flowers in the colour you choose and let them dry for the required amount of time!
And presto! There you have your DIY painted flowers.

I chose gold for my flowers to add a little bling into our lives! And I must say that they look awesome in our kitchen!You can make as many of these bunches as you wish and display them in different colours around the house. You could even choose to hang the flowers upside down from the ceiling for that creative effect in your house! You could even go for a rainbow effect by painting every branch a different colour!
Happy DIY'ing and thanks for letting me share!

Xox Elena

DIY Rings

Over the weekend I picked up a craft that I haven't done in a while which is making my own rings!
I first started making my own rings when I found that most of the rings in the shops were either not to my liking or too expensive.
I also had lots of earrings that I just didn't wear anymore or I was missing one of them. They were just sitting in a tin gathering dust. I had a little snoop around the internet to see where I could get basic rings, and found that the arts & craft shop Pipoos is the cheapest one. If anyone knows a cheaper one please let me know!

So over the weekend I couldn't find a ring to wear with my outfit and decided to just have a look what I could glue. I next spent the entire afternoon making rings instead of cleaning. It was much more fun!

All you need to create your own rings are:
-Adjustable rings ( Found in any arts&crafts store)
- Earrings, scrabble letters, pendants, anything that has a flat surface and can be glued to the ring
- Superglue
- De-greaser
- Wire cutters
- File

First off you need to de-grease the metal rings to make sure the glue will hold properly.
With a pair of pliers or wire cutter take off the back of the earring/brooch/pendant and if needed file it down evenly. Make sure to de-grease this as well!

Next you can apply glue onto the ring and stick your earring/brooch/etc on. Hold it down for a couple of seconds just to give it that extra hold-on and then let it dry for as long as needed. And that it all you need to do! It's the simplest thing and you can make as many rings as you want!

So if you have any earrings lying around or a pendant you don't wear anymore, save it don't throw it away! It could make for a nice little ring!

And you can also make it as quirky as you want them to be! I have made rings out of Scrabble letters, old buttons, brooches, earrings, stamps and Domino stones. Anything goes! As long as you like it! And they're also one of a kind!

Thanks for letting me share!

Happy DIY'ing!

Xox Elena