Hello! How has everyone been? (Why am I writing this like an email? What is wrong with me?)
Feels like it's been ages since I blogged (although it was just last month)-- I've been setting up a new online store for L.A.R.K and it's finally up and running with new products, hurrah!
Here are some of my favorite pieces which goes with the colors of today's tutorial:
They also come in other colors, so please do pop by and have a look! :) There is a also a live chat widget on the site if you have any questions on the products.
Setting up the online store was very challenging. I guess I could've hired a programmer to do it, but I wanted to learn how to do it on my own to see if it was really that difficult. Armed with minimal HTML knowledge and lots of great tutorials online, I spent many nights setting up this PHP store and trying to troubleshoot the errors, while juggling my freelance work and consulting work. At times I really felt like pulling my hair out like a crazy ape, but I'm glad it turned out ok in the end.
So today, apparently it is Relaxation Day (August 15th). I decided to make something to relax from all the work, and ended up painting an old shelf plank into a colorful geometric art display.
You can use it as a backdrop for photographing small objects such as food shots, craft projects, etc or hang it up on the wall as a piece of art (make sure you practice your smug face when your guests exclaim "Oh that's rather nice and funky, who painted that" and then that's when you pull out your smug face and go "I DID." Hahahaha :P
Super easy project. Let's go!
Grab some:
Acrylic paint
Masking tape/Painter's tape in 2 sizes
Paintbrush
Scissors
(or you could use your teeth to tear the tape, whatever works for you wild child)
and of course,
Something to paint on
(I used an old shelf plank)
Paint the base color. I did 2 coats of the white to cover the "blemishes" if you will.
Oh and I didn't have a large enough brush for this, so I just wrapped some sponge batting onto a toothbrush (not the one I brush my teeth with, don't worry).
When the paint has dried (I cheated by using a hairdryer heheh), tape your design on the plank. Straight lines, long lines, short lines, zig zag lines-- YOU'RE THE BOSS and the tape has to obey you.
/cue evil bossy laugh
Paint over!
Watch paint dry.
Or, cheat again with the hairdryer ho ho...
Peel the tape! Be gone, tape!
Bye tape.
Hello geometric pal!
Vintage buttons gifted by my mom's friend :)
That's it, easy right? Anyway, it was a nice way to spend Relaxation Day.
What do you do to relax from work?
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