by Jo Smith -

How to make a DIY bathbomb the RIGHT way!

Hey Inquisitive writers! Today I will be showing you how to make a DIY bath bomb. A bathbomb is something that you put in your bath water, and some versions can smell really good, and many moisturize your skin!

I’ve seen way too many recipes out there (Youtube, Google, Pinterest,  and WordPress) that don’t work. And many people are vague in their directions and don’t show many pictures. PLUS, store-bought bath bombs are TOO EXPENSIVE. But that is not the case here! I will show you a recipe that I found on Pinterest (I unfortunately forgot the website address though 😔 ) that I tweaked a bit. Anyways, onto the recipe!

by Jo Smith -

How to Make a DIY Button Tree! 

Hi bloggers and readers! I have a DIY on how to make a button tree. I found this idea on Pinterest and decided to try it out.

Gather your materials. You’ll need:

– About one small honey jar’s worth of colorful buttons

– About 20 green buttons for the grass

– A canvas of any size bigger than 16 x 20 in.

– A small brown paint

– Black or white paint (small)

– Depending on what landscape, use any acrylic colors for the backround

– Different types of green paint for the grass

– A fan brush and a regular small brush

– A small jar with about 1/3 filed with water (but you don’t need a lot of water though!!)

– A pencil

– Brown or leopard-print brown ribbon (optional)

– Elmer’s liquid glue

– Scissors (optional)

1: Place the board portrait-style. Use your pencil and lightly draw a sketch of your tree. Start off with big branches towards the middle of the tree and gradually make smaller branches off of the bigger ones.

 

 Place your buttons where you want at the end of (or on the sides) of your branches.  Make sure to put a variety of colors on each of the branches.

 Don’t worry if you draw too hard on the canvas; you’ll use brown paint to cover it up later!

2: This step is optional. I decided to be more creative and glue small pieces of ribbon on the tree!! To do this, take your scissors  and cut varying pieces of the ribbons (about 1-3 inches) and glue a couple on the base of the tree

 Use the Elemer’s glue to glue them.  Let dry for about 20 min. Although the next step doesn’t have anything to do with that.

3: Use a wooden (or plastic) board as an area to place medium-sized dots of your different shades of green. Mix some of them with your small brush and use your fan brush to paint your green paint right under your tree trunk. Make sure that the different colors are showing so that there is a variety of colors After the paint dries, glue your green buttons to the grass, making sure that they are evenly-spaced out.

  

  

4: Depending on what backround you have, the colors vary. I decided to go simple and paint a daytime backround. I used different shades of blue, and one shade of magenta. When painting a landscape, make sure to not define the “levels” too much or it won’t look real. So, first start out with your small brush and paint on the floor level. As you go up with the colors, blend the colors together and paint some other colors on different levels. When painting in bigger areas, you can use your fan brush. For example, these can be the 4 levels (the less levels, the simpler) can be turquoise, sky blue, magenta, and purple. Try to do a little bit of the sky blue in the turquoise level (if using those colors) and etc. Let dry for about 40 minutes.

  

 
5: Use the brown paint to start painting the tree. Use either your black or white paint to mix in with the brown paint. This will make the tree look more interesting, using more than one color. After it drys (about 40 minutes) take the buttons you replaced on the ends of the branches, and glue them.

  

  

6: Let the glue on the buttons dry and you  tree will be done! This project took me two days (and that was on a break) and it was an excellent turnout. 

   

by Jo Smith -

My Key is a lot more Beautiful

Hello WordPress folks! I’m back here today with step-by-step instructions on how to DIY your key!

   You always return to your house with your same housekey EVERY SINGLE TIME. You ponder and ponder on what to do about it. Ding! A brilliant idea comes to your mind. Why not customize your own housekey? 

1: Today I actually had the time to DIY my housekey and make it all pretty. Ok first:

  
Get out all your necessary supplies you’ll need for the making. The supplies you’ll need are

– Acrylic paint (colors of your choice)

– A small key you own

– Paintbrush (I highly suggest a fanbrush if you’re painting the entire top of your key and a skinny-tipped brush for polka dots)

– A newspaper for catching all the paint that falls off your key

2:  If you are going to use water (which can get a little bit messy) , then use a little jar and fill it about 1/8 with clean water. The water will be used for wetting the brush(s) before the project and during it.

  

3: Do not use a lot of paint for this project. Only use a single dot to paint. Remember, you’re painting a key, not a portrait.

4: Remember to wrap tape (clear or not clear) around the key where it’s used for putting in the keyhole for the door. This is crucial because if you paint that part, your key is highly not to work.

  
Dip your paintbrush in the water (if you choose to use water for this project) or dip your paintbrush into the paint and lightly graze the first side of your key. Don’t use too much water because the paint won’t dry fast on the key’s surface. Now let that area dry for about a minute, and flip to the other side and do the same instructions.

5: If you’re doing more than just one coat of paint, (which is better if you’re a complex person) then follow instruction 4 again (except for the “wrap the key” part) When you’re finished with that, wait about 15 minutes for your project to completely dry, then put it back on your key chain.

Well, this is my turnout for my DIY Key painting project.

  
I don’t know about you, but I seriously love it. Hope you like your turnout!