An Arty Booty

I know, I know, it's been a while since I last blogged and I am honestly so so sorry! I have been busy back in the land of Thai and due to that I have been rather occupied. But alas, without further ado here is a fairy cute art supplies haul...

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Kawaii Animal Washi Tape

I walked into Zeen Zone, and out of the corner of my wee little eye was this extremely cute washi tape! It has little teeny animal figures all over it, each doing something such as eating or the conga. As the name of the tape is in Japanese I have absolutely no idea what it is called or the brand name.

Mini Pom Pom Strings

If you have been out and about recently you will have noticed that the pom pom craze is kicking off. These little fluffy things are all over shorts and crop tops these days, thus are now widely available in craft stores. I picked up these mini pom pom strings for just over £1 and just imagine the delightful possibilities!

Bear Washi Tape

So as you can tell I am adding washi tape into my life. This thin tape is also from Zeen Zone and look how charming is is!

Square Sketch Book

These are my favourite sketchbooks, they are by a brand called 'Archimycheal' and are brilliant! They have normal paper, not watercolour so when you paint the colour does come through, but the ruggedness of these sketchbooks is why I love them. They have a solid cover and back, thus you can doodle anywhere.

Farm Yard Stickers and Tape

As an avid sticker collector I couldn't miss a chance to add to my collection. These also came with a bonus grass-like washi tape.

Blue Gridded Washi Tape

Yep. More washi tape. This one is more versatile though as it is just a nice simple pattern.

Mushroom Pattern Notebook

I have another notebook by this brand and absolutely love it. They have little square tabs in the back that you can pull out, so you don't have to tear a whole page out if you want to pass a note on. This one has teeny mushys all over it, anything with plants, I'll have it.

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I hope you enjoyed my little haul, and sorry for the vast amount of washi tape!

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DIY - Painted Plant Cans

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I was watching a few of essiebuttons videos the other day and I came across the "5 Easy Spring DIYs #SpringTrilogy" video. I really wanted to recreate the painted can DIY for myself so here it is!

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You will need:

Aluminium cans

Make sure your cans are washed out thoroughly and all labelling removed.

Paints

For best paints use home emulsion paints, tester pots are great because they are cheap and a decent amount. Mine are from Wilko for £1.10

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I have some white acrylic paint from The Works to mix with the red as I want it a bit less 'red'

Brush and Tape

Make sure you have a decent brush that won't shed its bristles into the paint

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Masking tape!

(Extras:)

Brush cleaner and scrubber

I used the Eco-spirit to clean my brushes afterwards but also to clean paint from areas on the can that paint shouldn't be

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The scrubbing brush along with soap really make the cans shiny before painting

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The Making:

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Apply tape to the cans where you would like your paint to go up to. 

Make sure you stick it down firmly with no air gaps underneath 

because else paint will leak underneath.

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Paint the cans with whatever emulsion you have chosen. I applied 

4 coats to the cans, hair drying between each layer (I'm impatient!) 

so the paint wasn't translucent. 

Turn upside down to dry

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When completely dry, peel of the masking tape delicately to reveal

your hard work!

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Fill your can with whatever you desire! I chose this succulent...

Fin

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"The Art of Architecture" exhibition

Today I popped along to the BACC (Bangkok arts and culture centre) for a browse whilst I was back in Bangkok for a few weeks. I went into "The Art of Architecture" exhibition they have showing from the 4th of April all the way till the 29th of June. If you ever find yourself in Bangkok, I would definitely recommend the BACC as they always have some good stuff showing. 

Anyways, I was really impressed by this exhibition! The amazing scaled down models of some of the worlds most popular buildings where on display, and the craftsmanship that goes into them is incredible! Imagine trying to stick down 100 tiny people, I think not. Overall I had a brilliant time viewing and taking in the fantastic buildings, 10/10 would recommend.

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The Millau Viaduc in France

The London Gherkin

Building Prototypes

Sketches by Norman Foster of the London Gherkin

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The exhibition has multiple areas with a theme:

• Infrastructure
• Culture and Civic
• Urban Design
• High-rise
• Lunar Living (Stuff about being able to live on the moon!)

(One last note: I will try to keep this blog updated as often as I can, starting from today!)

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