DIY Dipped and drippy plantpots

Now I don't know about all you, but a splash of colour always does a lot of good in my books! One thing I always have in our house are plants. Keeping plants in a house with cats is quite a challenge but it's not one I'm backing down from! Now back to the colour. Adding colour adds a warm feel to your house and also a suprise around every corner. Now everyone that knows me knows that I love dipdye and everywhere I can apply it to, I will! Thus came the idea to dipdye these plantpots. They are a real eyecatcher as I used orange paint left over from a previous project. I never throw paint away as I never know what I can use it for next:) What I did to create the effect seen on the picture is pour the paint into a dish making sure you have a nice layer. Then you simply dip the pots in and swivel them around until you have a nice pattern forming on the bottom of the plantpots.

When you have finished dipping get an old spoon (or any other flat instrument) and scrape the excess paint off the pot.

As you can see in the picture below I left quite a lot of paint on and the pot has loads of stripes. If you don't want as many stripes them make sure you properly take of all the paint before you let it dry.

Place the pots in a well ventilated room and let them dry completely.

Plant your plants into the pots and they are ready to display!

It's so easy to add playfull colour around the house and it really brightens up a room! Hope you all enjoy this DIY as much as I do!

Xox Elena

DIY Song Lyric Canvas Art

Another day another DIY! This time I have a fun DIY that I found on ABeautifulMess. I love adding our favourite songlyrics to our space with a retro twist to them like my Scrabble songlyric art that I made a while back. I love using painting canvas because it is so easy to work with and a canvas can also easily be replaced when you need a change around the house.

What you will need for this DIY
-Canvas
- Permanent marker
- Your favourite songlyrics

Make sure you have the lyrics on hand. I printed mine out which I found easier than looking them up on the computer everytime. I made a few mistakes that way the first time around so printing them out made it easier for me but you don't have to do it:)
With the permanent marker you simply write the lyrics onto the canvas making sure they are joined. For all the people like me who write in blockletters half the time this can be quite challenging! You will have to dig deep back to your primary school days to get the joined writing effect you want for this DIY!
If you don't want the letters joined up that is completely up to you:)
Now this is a simple DIY and everyone can make it. But there are a few things that made me mess up the first time around so these tips might help you along:

- Test the marker on the back of the canvas. Some markers are too thick or leave blotchy lines when you are writing. Test the markers beforehand to make sure the lines are not too thick.
- Print your lyrics out. It's easier to glance at a piece of paper than having to scroll down a webpage constantly.
- Write slowly and make sure you have all the words and sentences right. This isn't a project you want to finish in a few minutes. Taking your time with this saves you from having to look at silly mistakes on your wall or even worse having to re-do the whole project!
- Make sure you are sitting higher than the canvas if you are sitting at  table. This gives you more oversight and makes sure that the writing is straight instead of slanted.

Permanent markers dry almost immediately so when you scribbled down the last sentence the canvas is ready to be displayed on your wall!

As you can maybe see I used the lyrics to one of my favourite songs 'Sea of tears' by Eilen Jewell. If you don't know her, get onto the internet and check her out! She is amazing!

This DIY even makes for a good present for a friend or family member if home made art this their thing:)

Hope you enjoy this DIY as much as I do!

Xox Elena