another DIY post...

I know you all are wondering how in the world a college student has all this time to do several DIY posts... Truth to be told, I did several DIY stuff in the same night but I never got around to posting them, so here they are!

Painted and jeweled canvas square. Not the most fanciest or the hardest DIY I have ever done, but it makes a really good wall art. (Saving this for my new apartment room next year!)


I went to AC Moore the same night Britnee and I needed to do the DIY glitter heels (see this post). I got a really pretty Tiffany Blue paint for only 87 cents along with Aalene's Jewel-It glue and a 8x8 canvas.


Naturally, to avoid costs FMS would give me if I stained the desk with some pretty paint, I covered up the desk with newspapers I had left over from the prank we all did on Taylor's truck (this is another blog post I need to do in the near future). I just ripped off the plastic on the canvas, squirted on the paint then painted in even thickness. Look at how pretty the color is!


Don't forget to do the corners too! You don't have to do the corners if you plan on framing your canvas with something, but I didn't--I wanted it to stand alone along with some more canvases of this color on the wall.


After the first coat, I left it to dry for few hours and went out with friends for a bit. When I came back, I started on the second coat, I wanted the color to be exactly what I wanted, Tiffany Blue. (I don't know why I'm all of sudden obsessed with this color lately...not complaining though!)


Second coat all done, after this step I felt like the plain canvas was just too...plain. So I decided to dig out my jewels from my DIY bowl (see this post). I struggled on rearranging for a long time, I didn't want to make an impulse decision and having to come to terms with an ugly design. I must have rearranged the jewels a hundred times!


I decided to keep it simple and arrange from little to big jewels only on TWO corners of the canvas. After I was happy with the arrangement, I dabbed a little of Aalene's Jewel-It, although the directions told me I should have glue protecting around the jewel (you don't need to, this will leave a clear but bubbly look after drying). I left the glue drying for a REALLY long time. I didn't want anything ruining my masterpiece!


The final look! Simple but gorgeous. I'm going to definitely make some more so they can all hang next to each other on a wall and make a statement in my room! For now, this canvas is just hanging out on top of some DVD's on the window of my dorm room. I'm in love.