A Crafting Sandwich

Current WIP

Howl's Moving Castle - Round 45x60cm

MY VERY FIRST FINISH!

I actually finished this one last month, but I completely forgot to post it until now lol It still needs to be sealed and framed and I’m still not entirely sure I like the grey around the top of the flames but I don’t have enough drills to fix that, so it’s just going to have to stay like that I guess.

I did, however, have just enough leftover drills to add some of the stars that were mysteriously missing from the sky. That was one of the parts of the original artwork that really drew me in, so I was quite disappointed that there were none at all in the finished product. I wasn’t able to add as many as I wanted to (because I didn’t have enough drills) but I think it looks much better with the few I did manage to add. 

Halfway there!

It’s a lot more purple than I was expecting based on the original artwork, and I’m not sure if I like the grey colour around the flames but I can always change that later if I still don’t like it when it’s fully done and so far the quality of the canvas and drills is really good! I’ll definitely be buying from Nabi Official again!

One of the six diamond paintings I ordered from AliExpress is finally here!

I wanted to check out some of the more well known (among the diamond painting community) AliExpress stores because they’re so cheap and I also wanted to see what the quality of their kits were and how well some detailed pictures came out in smaller sizes so I bought six kits from different stores and have been waiting for them all to arrive and the first one showed up today!

I was a little annoyed because it came in a bubble-boop package instead of a box which caused a big crease up the middle of the canvas but there’s no rivers or bubbles in the adhesive so it should flatten out pretty easily.

Other than that the only issue I have with it is that even though all the symbols are really clear and very well printed, the two darkest colours that make up the sky (823 and 939) are the symbols M and W. As you can see from the picture that is gonna be an absolute bitch to do and that’s the entire sky 😭

Even though I have two other kits already on the go I’ll probably end up starting this one tonight as well because why not! You can never have too many WIPs, right? 😂

May 2020: Autumn Mushrooms 🍄🍂

I’m not sure how I feel about the title pages but I really like the way the rest of the spreads turned out!

More info under the cut...

March Temperature Blanket Update!

Aside from the temperature blanket, I've also started on blankets for my parents.

I decided to do a row of white between each of the months... That might not have been a smart choice considering some of the lighter colours almost look the same when they're next to each other 😅 Oh well, too late now!

Finally started (and got caught up on)  this year's temperature blanket! I call the colour palette "Tea & Roses" ☕🌹

I decided to make it about 110" wide this time (last year's was just a lapghan) so that it would be big enough to cover our king-sized bed... but I am quickly realising that I SEVERELY underestimated the amount of yarn I needed for a project that size! So I guess I'll be making another large order from LoveCrafts sooner than expected 😅