{"id":9218,"date":"2015-10-05T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/?p=9218"},"modified":"2015-10-05T14:40:54","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T21:40:54","slug":"diy-photo-wall-hanging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/diy-photo-wall-hanging\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Photo Wall Hanging"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DIY<\/p>\n

I never print my photos. \u00a0Never. \u00a0As much as I love taking them, I rarely\u00a0go beyond having\u00a0them exist anywhere other than on my phone or the blog.\u00a0 Oh, but you already see where this is going, yea? \u00a0I had some printed out! \u00a0For all that effort I put into\u00a0snapping shots of my favorite places, things that inspire me, and moments I\u00a0loved, it’s nice\u00a0to have little mementos to actually look at\u00a0IRL.<\/p>\n

So I\u00a0came up with\u00a0this really simple wall hanging DIY in partnership with SnapBox<\/a> to put those\u00a0Instagrams<\/a>\u00a0on the wall in a cool and modern\u00a0way, perfect for hanging up inspiration in a work space or just a casual\u00a0way to house memories.<\/p>\n

Note: the long list of materials does not indicate the difficulty of this project. \u00a0It’s easy, really.<\/p>\n

Materials:
\n<\/strong><\/span>–photos<\/a>
\n-wood dowel
\n–acrylic paint<\/a>
\n–foam brush<\/a>
\n-yarn
\n–super glue<\/a>
\n-cardstock
\n-pencil
\n-ruler
\n–clay<\/a>
\n-clay blade or knife
\n–paint pen<\/a>
\n–parchment paper<\/a>
\n-Washi tape<\/p>\n

\"woodI painted a round wood dowel with black acrylic paint using foam brush. \u00a0Once dried, I tied each end of a piece of yarn to each end of the wood dowel, applying super glue to each double knot to secure in place before cutting off the excess yarn. \u00a0From this point forward, every double knot of yarn is secured with a couple dabs of super glue.<\/p>\n

\"yarn\"<\/p>\n

Next, I\u00a0double knotted\u00a0three long pieces of yarn across the dowel and cut off the excess yarn.<\/p>\n

We could stop here and be totally fine. \u00a0BUT, I wanted to add an ornamental element because that’s fun, and it helps weigh down and keep the yarn taut, so the next steps are for those triangle thingies that are\u00a0hanging at the bottom.<\/p>\n

\"measure\"<\/p>\n

I measured and cut out an equilateral triangle from a piece of card stock. \u00a0Really simple: I measured 4 inches for the base, drew a straight line down at the midpoint (2 inches in), then drew 4 inch lines from each end of the base to the center line. \u00a0I did the same thing for the larger triangle, only I made the two longer sides 5.5 inches long.<\/p>\n

\"FlattenWorking on top of a cutting board lined with parchment paper, I rolled one block of black clay into a ball then flattened it out until it was just large enough for the triangle card stock.<\/p>\n

\"cut\"I cut along the triangle with a knife. \u00a0The “proper” thing to do would be to use a clay blade, but a knife works perfectly fine heyyy. \u00a0This also cut out the parchment paper backing with the triangle, which I left stuck on to the triangle.<\/p>\n

\"hole\"For each clay triangle, I used a straw to poke a hole out from the top. \u00a0The key is to twist and wiggle the straw so that the clay from the hole pops out with the straw. \u00a0I then transferred each triangle to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. \u00a0Baked them at 260F for about 30 minutes, and honestly, I don’t know the\u00a0science to this and just played by ear. \u00a0All that the instructions on the plastic packaging of the clay said was not to exceed 265F. \u00a0Hopefully your clay\u00a0has more to tell ya.<\/p>\n

\"paint<\/p>\n

Once cooled, I used a white Sharpie paint pen (oil-based) to draw this sprinkle-like pattern on each triangle.<\/p>\n

\"patternedEach\u00a0triangle was\u00a0double knotted at the end of each yarn that I previously tied to the dowel. \u00a0I feel a strange urge to eat them.<\/p>\n

Now the fun part.<\/p>\n

\"SnapboxI ordered 4×4 prints of some of my\u00a0Instagrams through\u00a0SnapBox<\/a>, which was so so easy to do because the photos were imported\u00a0directly from my Instagram account. \u00a0What I loved most was that\u00a0I was able to make edits to the photos (have you ever posted a photo to Instagram and later wished you had edited some aspects of it more? \u00a0Am I crazy?) \u00a0I definitely\u00a0did all those “wish I had done that” things to some of these Instagrams, like bumped up the brightness on that one, or turned down\u00a0the saturation on this one. \u00a0LOVE that feature.<\/p>\n

\"Snapbox<\/p>\n

I planned the layout before putting the photos up on the wall hanging.<\/p>\n

\"WashiI used Washi tape on the back side of each photo for three reasons: 1) it looks cleaner than\u00a0other methods like paperclips or punching holes in the photos 2) it allows the photos to be easily swapped out with your mood and 3) it makes photo placements adjustable once stuck on by gently pulling the photo up and down the yarn.<\/p>\n

\"PhotoI’ve said multiple times\u00a0how much I love wall hangings, and I dig this one for how it serves a function while still being\u00a0decorative. \u00a0It’s also the first time ever I’m displaying my grams. \u00a0Do you print your photos? \u00a0Am I super late to the game??<\/p>\n

\"Photo<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

T<\/em>his post is sponsored by SnapBox<\/a>. \u00a0All thoughts and opinions are always my own. \u00a0Thank you for supporting brands that keep the fun stuff coming!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I never print my photos. \u00a0Never. \u00a0As much as I love taking them, I rarely\u00a0go beyond having\u00a0them exist anywhere other than on my phone or the blog.\u00a0 Oh, but you already see where this is going, yea? \u00a0I had some printed out! \u00a0For all that effort I put into\u00a0snapping shots of my favorite places, things … Continue reading “DIY Photo Wall Hanging”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9218"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9304,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9218\/revisions\/9304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}