Constitutionally Modern DIY

Modern, funky craft/DIY creations. Good for gifts or yourself.

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Making things. Affordable and accomplishable things.

WHO:
Suitable for amateurs, average Janes/Joes.**

**Particularly useful for urbanites lacking power tools or even a kitchen table.

WHEN:
Whenever I goshdarn can. Lay off me.

WHY:
Because looking at other people's ideas is awesome fodder for my noggin so shouldn't I share a decent idea that someone else can make perfect? Send me a pic if you make something similar to what I post!

WHO'S THIS "ME"?
I am Lynn. I'm an urban planner by training, and a maker of random items by vocational calling. I do my projects in my apartment in Brooklyn, or on the stoop or roof. If you see a 5' 3 7/8" female breaking concrete blocks out on your street, you probably live on my block.

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Painted accent branches…<$7

A couple months ago, I picked up some branches someone had cut & left on the street - for a while they had pretty yellow buds on them, but slowly those grayed.  Paint to the rescue.  I mixed yellow & white to get the pale color that matched the birch forest painting I made in the spring.  Ridiculously easy thing to add to any vase, and looks pretty neat [branches are in far right corner above].

You need:

  • Branches
  • Paint (I used acrylics, since that what was around)
  • Paint brush
  • Surface you don’t mind getting paint on

Costs = <$7: 

  • Paint = $3.19 each (x2 = $6.38)
  • Everything else = free or already available around the house

Want to see the steps? 

How to:

  • This is one of those tutorials where I’m like: really Lynn? really? you’re going to show steps that require no explanation?  
  • But I am.
  • Here’s what the branches looked like once very dry & dead.  Pretty drab.

  • First, strip your branches of the dead flower buds so what’s left is just the wood.  It makes sense to me that these branches should be fairly dead/dried out before you paint them, but I don’t have a real good reason.
  • Mix your paint to the desired color.  Yes, you can always use spray paint — but then there’s paint everywhere (not to mention in the atmosphere and in your brains) — so a simple brush-on seems like a nice alternative.
  • Paint your branches.  Make sure you get all the angles, all the nooks and crannies — turn it around in your hand to check.

  • Let dry.  I laid mine on an old towel that I’ve trashed.
  • There it is.  A simple pop of color!  Customizable.  Virtually free.



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