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DIY | IKEA Lamp Makeover with Gold Leafing Pen

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Hello! The Vivat Veritas site had been down for the past few days and it’s finally up and running again. My apologies if you tried to access only to get an error message or taken to a host server’s site. I needed to migrate the server and I am happy that the process is now complete.

I have a few sewing projects to share here, including my second pair of Ginger jeans (first one here) in white stretch twill, cardigan to cropped sweater makeover and a lace wedding dress I’m working on, but for today, I’m, showing you a super easy DIY that I did last weekend. before and after of IKEA lamp makeover vivat veritas

Andy’s grandma is an awesome grandma. She truly knows what I like. She gave me the Ginger jeans patterns from Closet Case Files for Christmas. She also gave me a gold leafing pen! I’ve seen a few DIY’s popping up on my Pinterest feed (my DIY board is here) using the gold leafing pen, so I was trilled to have received it as a Christmas gift.

I decided to decorate an IKEA lamp share I’ve had for years. Previously, I decorated this simple shade with a washi tape but it looked rather boring. So I took off the tape (great thing about washi tape – easily removable) and drew a bunch of arrow-like shapes.

It turned out OK – I’m not crazy in love with it but I can always change things up in the future. I might redo the shade with pretty patterned paper or fabric with Mod Podge like I did with these boxes.

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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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DIY Greek Key Pillow Case

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DIY greek key pillow caseWhile browsing through Little Green Notebook, I found many home furnishing items that have the “Greek key” motif. I find the motif very elegant, so I wanted to somehow, incorporate it into my home. I find this Greek key drawers makeover amazing, but I am not really good at refurbishing furniture (I recently painted my black IKEA chandelier to lavender, but the paint did not stick all that well since I didn’t use primer). I found grosgrain ribbon and mint green fabric from my stash (left over from these shorts), and decided to create the Greek Key pattern with it. So here is how I made it:

what you need to make greek key pillow casehow to make greek key pillow caseAt every turn (corner), I marked with pen, and made a mitered corner (useful tutorial here). I made the short length 6cm, and long length 12cm, based on this picture. Basically you continue making the pattern for all four corners. As I finished one side, I started to get confused because the ribbon twisted a lot. Pinning the ribbon to the pillow cover fabric as I went along helped.

After I finished with the ribbon, I pinned it securely to the pillow case fabric and sewed both edges of the ribbon. I left the pillow unsewn until I finished with the Greek key pattern. I think it’s easier that way. Once I’m done with the Greek Key pattern, I sewed the invisible zipper on one side and finished the rest of the edges. I only applied the Greek Key pattern on one side of the pillow, just because it took longer than I anticipated! greek key pillow case1 greek key pillow case2 greek key pillowChieSignature

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