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Video// DIY White Clay Deer Head Decor

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dear head DIY tumbnailA few weeks ago, I posted the DIY clay deer head pin that I found on Pinterest (here is the original DIY). I finally got around making it last week! I had this one spot on the wall in my sewing room that needed a little spice-up and now I am happy that the place has been filled up with this cute deer head. dear headdear head2

All I needed was two packages of white clay and twigs painted gold. You don’t have to paint the twigs gold, but I already had them painted as a part of decoration DIY I had done previously, so I just used those  to make the process easier. Kiko really enjoyed playing with the clay and she calls the finished deer “Bambi”. Since she is three, she could not really help me with the deer itself, but I gave her the extra clay I had and she made a bunch of snakes. I’m not sure what it is with her and snakes, but she has this thing with snakes. I hope she won’t ask me to buy snake as a pet. what you need for making clay deer headcutting clay wrap

白のクラフト用粘土を使って、お部屋のデコレーション用の鹿の頭？を作ってみました。
海外のインテリアの写真で、白い石膏のアニマルヘッドらしきものをよく見かけて、いいなーと思っていたところ粘土で作れることを発見して、やってみました。

角は、道端で拾った木の枝をゴールドにスプレーペイント。

空いていた壁の一角に立体感が出ました。

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Mommy’s Diary: Gold Dot Sticker Art

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I wrote about incorporating kids’ art in your home in the past, and today I’m sharing an easy project Kiko and I worked on the other day when it was rainy. Since moving to Tokyo, we have gotten rid of the car due to the fact that parking is so expensive ($300 a month) and we really didn’t need it because we can get around easily with bike, bus and subway. But on rainy days I wish we still had the car. Usually in the afternoon I take Kiko out for a walk to go to a park or the mall but rainy days take too much prep time required to do those usual activities.

This project was really easy and simple: I gave her white copy paper and gold circle stickers and let her put them on any way she wanted. I’m making a small gallery near my sewing studio wall, so this simple dot decoration will be a perfect addition to it. She was very proud when she saw her creation hanging up on my wall, and said “Kiko did it!”. kiko and gold stickers1kiko and gold stickers3 kiko and gold stickers4 kiko and gold stickers5 suppliesVivat veritas sewing stuido gallery wall Vivat veritas sewing stuido gallery wall2 Vivat veritas sewing stuido gallery wall3ChieSignature

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Holiday Gift Idea:: Easy Fabric Wall Art

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Can you believe it is already December? The latter half of the year 2013 is literally flying by! I’m sure many of you are prepping for holiday gifts, so I want to introduce easy holiday gift ideas every week this month.

The first up is this easy wall decoration. Since Andy and I moved to a bigger place this fall, so we have more walls and rooms to decorate (on budget). I love this easy DIY, where you can use scraps of unique fabric!

All you need is cardboard (I used a box from Amazon), paper cutter, cutting mat, duct tape, fabric of your choice and stapler. Once you have everything, decide on the size of the decoration. Mine is quite small, perhaps 6 inches each corner. The great thing about this little DIY is that you can make a giant wall art but it won’t be heavy, since it is just the weight of the cardboard and fabric. As a renter, I’m always a bit conscious of hanging stuff on the wall so as not to be fined by the home owner when I move out.

I cut the cardboard in the size I want, and drew lines from 2cm (1 inch) from the edges.

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Then, you follow the lines you drew above with a paper cutter, but not enough to completely separate the pieces. This is to make the the cardboard easier to bend. Cut out the four corners of the cardboard.

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Using duct tape, secure the corners. After that, cover the cardboard piece with fabric of your choice with a stapler! I used a stretchy fabric, which made it really easy to stretch on the cardboard piece. easy fabric wall art step3easy fabric wall art

 

I found these free printables that would be fun to add to your holiday gift wrapping. (Christmas rectangle tag printable, and vintage bird printable).ChieSignature

 

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