Cloud Print Blind || WFF Does DIY clouds | diy | do it yourself | lifestyle | roller blind

Oh, hey! It's time for a new feature. 

With the new house, we're finding more and more things we need to DIY. Now, our new home is a rented property, so there's only a certain amount of things we can actually do. So rather than ripping down walls, and replacing floors, we've decided to just give some pieces in our home a little personality. 

I always knew that I wanted a cloud print blind for Scout's new room. The only problem is, the one I had seen from Farg Form was not only in the wrong colour, but also pricey and quite hard to find. So, I thought I'd make it myself. 

- The roller blind we picked up was one of the Colour Match range ones in Argos. Unfortunately, I cannot remember for the life of me which colour blue we went for. I'd really recommend asking to see the colour you're after before buying, as the catalogue colours and colours online differ dramatically. Prices for these are super cheap, I think ours cost £12.99; but please keep in mind that the quality is reflected in the price. 

- The paint I picked up to use was the Dylon fabric paint. I've used it before and have had nothing but great experience with it. Usually, you would paint, dry, iron and wash. But, with the blind, obviously you can't stick it in the washing machine. 

- From here on out, this is super simple. Just use a super small paint brush and paint on your clouds, or design of choice. You could even use some card and make stencils to make all of the clouds absolutely perfect. 

- Annnndd, tadaaaaa! 

I really love the way this looks. It took roughly two hours to dry, and I left it at that. If you do want to make sure it is totally set, you could maybe go over it with a hairdryer on a low heat. I wouldn't recommend the ironing stage as directed, doing this may encounter some melting if you are using a plastic backed blind like this one. 

I haven't washed this at all, but the fabric is still soft and malleable. It's been up in Scout's room for a couple of weeks now and there hasn't been any cracking in the paint, and it looks just as good as it did when I first finished it.

If there are any other little DIYs you'd like us to test out, leave a comment below.
I'm on a mission to make this house a home, and I'm pretty impressed with my first little project.
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DIY - Create a bit of festival chic for cheap. blog | chairty shop | cheap | chic | customise | cut | dit | do it yourself | dye | fabric | festival | fringe | paint | tank top | whenflowersfall fashion

Hi my loves!I thought it was time to share another little DIY with you. This time it's the turn of 'how to turn a t-shirt into a tank top'. 
1. Make sure to lie your shirt on a flat surface. Line up the seams and cut off the sleeves.2. To make sure that you don't cut the front too long, put your shirt on and use a pin to mark how low you want it to be. You can also pin how wide you want the straps to be at this point.3. After taking the shirt off again, cut in a curve from the top of the shoulder, past the strap tip and down to the lowest pin.4. To make sure the front of your shirt is symmetrical, once you get to the lowest pin, fold over the material and follow that line for the other side. 5. For the back, you only want to cut below the seam of the original seam. If you cut too much lower, you could risk having a very loose, off the shoulder tank top.6. From this point on, your options are endless. I used some Dylon fabric paint and a handmade cat logo to personalise mine, but you can do absolutely what ever you like to it. I actually it would be great to fringe the bottom for the last step. Just a little bit of festival chic for cheap. 
If you do this tutorial, make sure to link me to a picture below! I would love to see what you guys come up with!! 

Custom Cross Shirt cross tshirt | diy | do it yourself | dye | dylon | fabric | paint | tutorial | when flowers fall | whenflowersfall

This tutorial is a super super easy one.

All you need is

- a t-shirt/tank top of your choice

- some fabric paint in a colour of your choice

• Firstly, you need to make sure your shirt is flat and place some newspaper in between the two layers of fabric just to make sure the paint doesn't run through.
• With a soft leaded pencil or some tailors chalk, mark out your cross design, or if you fancy something different, now is the time to design it. 
• With your fabric paint of choice, you now need to fill in your design. With the Dylon fabric paint I used, you do need quiet a bit before the colour is solid.
• Once you are happy with the result, leave to dry.
• Most fabric paints require some kind of heat sealing. I just used my iron on a high heat with a tea towel between the shirt and iron. This prevents any paint getting onto your iron. 
• Usually after this step you can just stick your shirt in a normal wash in the washing machine. If your t-shirt seems stiff where the paint is, this will be corrected after washing.

Make Your Own Hanging Button Heart buttons | diy | do it yourself | hanging heart | tutorials

1. Draw out your heart on a piece of paper and select your buttons.

2. Use a strong glue, I used a wood glue.

3. Stick down your buttons in a way of your choice.

4. Leave to dry completely.

5. I added a button loop for my ribbon.

6. Use a sharp knife or scissors to cut around your buttons. 

7 + 8. Use strips of strong cardboard to create a skeleton effect on the back to make it stronger.

9. Loop your choice of ribbon around your button loop and your done!