Changing up the artwork in your home is a fast way to freshen up your space and add visual interest to your personal zone. While it can be fun working on artwork that is more involved or takes a bit of time, I also love quick and easy pieces that you can do in under 30 minutes. Here are three projects that you can do in the time it takes to watch your favorite sitcom:
Supplies: Fabric, fabric scissors, frame, transparency film.
1.Use the fabric scissors to cut your fabric to the size of your frame. 2. Print your selected phrase onto your transparency film (I choose a bold font like this one so the phrase would stand out). 3. Place your transparency film on top of your fabric and put the two layers back into the frame.Supplies: Chipboard letters, chipboard word bubble, acrylic paint, small canvas, glue, picture hanger.
1. Glue the chipboard word bubble onto the middle of your canvas. Glue the chipboard letters on top of the word bubble and allow the glue to fully dry. 2. Paint the canvas and chipboard letters with your first coat of paint. Allow the paint to dry and repeat with a second coat. 3. Attach a picture hanger to the back of the canvas.
Supplies: Frame, printed photo the size of your frame, white mat board or cardstock.
1. Print out or draw a geometric shape the size you want the window of your matte to be (I used Photoshop to create my shape, but you can grab a ruler and freehand one as well). Use your X-Acto knife to cut out your shape. 2. Use your paper as a template to trace your shape in the middle of your mat board or cardstock. Cut your shape out of the mat board with an X-Acto knife and place over your printed photo. 3. Place the layers into your frame. So easy, right? Doing variations of these three techniques would be a fast way to create several pieces to start a gallery wall or do a small mini grouping like mine. Just be careful if you are creating these while watching your favorite sitcoms—rolling fits of laughter and X-Acto knives may not mix well…xo.Laura
Credits // Author and Photography: Laura Gummerman
78 Comments
I love the “Run Away With Me” one!!! Such a great idea!!! Will definitely have to try it out!!
Thanks for the great ideas as usual!!!
Heather
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very sweet! Love these ideas.
This is the kind of project that I like! Easy peasy!
Thanks for sharing!
xx,
E.
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I love the ‘run away with me’ piece, such a lovely and clever idea! x
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oh what a fun way to spruce up a space in a hurry!
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I love the octagonal picture! That’s a really really cute idea!
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absolutely love the “run away with me” piece. so cute.
and laura, i have to say you are just killing it with these DIY’s 🙂
Molly {Dreams in HD}
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I love the geometric mat for the photo – so cute! xo
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simple and really nice!!!
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I love the hexagon mat.
these are great ideas! so simple, but incredibly creative.
I love the ideas and I’m so going to try them! 🙂
Love this! So simple and easy! Love the shape!
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Love this and all the other projects I’ve been seeing here lately — Laura, you’re killing it! Keep up the awesomeness xx
Awww the LOVE canvas is so cute, I’m gonna make it!
Thanks 🙂
such lovely sentiment! thanks for sharing these DIYs laura!
xx
I love it!
Cute cute cute!
30-minutes art project are actually really cool. I recently printed/framed song lyrics, I used a really nice font and the effect was great ! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Love these ideas Laura!! My fave is the “Run Away with me” picture 🙂
this is fun! Always looking for new DIY art projects to add to my collection. 🙂
What great ideas! So cute and romantic 🙂
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Ahhh, I love this! My husband and I were just saying this weekend that we need more wall decor in our bedroom 🙂
xoxo,
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adorable! thank you for sharing!
xo,
maddie
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I like, I’ll make sometime.
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The Run Away With me Print is fabulous! I think I’m going to do my own version were I print out one of my favorite poems and then put my favorite line over top. Now just to fine a substitute for transparency film ($40 is a bit much for one project)…maybe contact paper and vinyl letters.
Oh, I absolutely love all of them. Can’t wait to try!
I’ve been learning more and more ways to use chipboards recently – seems like a great crafting medium. Thanks for the ideas!
Bailey
Great, cute ideas!! I like that they are fast too… haha. Thanks for sharing and, as always, inspiring.
These are awesome! My walls are embarrassingly bare since we moved this summer and these are such great (CHEAP!) ways to fix that without sacrificing our quirky personalities. I can’t wait to try these!
Really simple but stylish! Love these ideas. Thanks for sharing them! 🙂
oh the geometric one is nice!
Love the octagon photo!! What a perfect added detail!
these are great ideas and cheers, not messy. all my crafts and diy somehow require major clean up 😉
Absolutely love it!
These are so great! Definitely bookmarking for when I have my own space to decorate! 🙂
Great ideas, but you should put the love word bubble at the top so it suggests that you two are saying “love”!
Your wall looks great!!!
Claire xx
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Love the subtle layering look of the monochromatic ‘love’ piece. Simple but intriguing. Nice decor revamp for the new year!
xo,
lauriel
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THe “Love” in the quote bubble is my fave and the mint wall is my dream color 😉
These are great, I am pinning this for next weekend!
xx Kelly
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Love these ideas! Right up my alley!
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Love the simplicity! Thanks for the inspiration!
Great ideas! Love all three of them!
Great ideas! Love all three of them!
Wow, what a nice idea! I was looking for an easy and stylish way to show my wedding pictures in my office! Thanks
Looks real fun… need to try it ASAP!!
I LOVE this, definatelly trying it soon
nice ideas! The will definetly come on my “diy projects to come” list.
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Greetings, Iris
Love this project,
i have a lot of wall that need some art
this is a perfect idea!
“Run away with me”? Such a great line! thanks for the ideas!
Hi there. I’m curious about this dafont.com site. How does one use it, and for what purpose? I’d like to print an inspirational quote and frame it, but I assumed I’d only be able to do it in Word. Does that website create the print for you and then ship it?
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Meabh xox
so cute!! and i love the color of that wall!
xxoo,
nikki
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I really like the “run away with me”!
So fun! I love easy DIY’s and I definitely need something to add to our home decor!
xoxo
Taylor
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What color wall paint is this?
Eeekk! Very cute!
I actually came onto the internet to find some inspiration to craft something today so this is so neat! I wish I had some transparency film on hand!
Thanks ABM team! Love your work!
Ngaio xx
cute.cute.cuuuute!
I really love the honeycomb matt board idea, but the white pot with the arrow on it caught my eye the most. haha
I love the “Run Away With Me” print. These are wonderful ideas – thanks! I also love, love, love the color of the wall behind the pictures–would you mind telling me what color it is?
I really like the run away with me print! I’m trying to decorate my new apartment and have had trouble decorating it with art. So, this will help!
Love decorating with fabric. Love the modification of a pic. All your selections are art pieced together!
These are great. Can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing. Quick, Easy and Cute is nice!!!
Lovely tips!
Super idea! Looks great.
Really nice stuff! And I love the colour on the wall, what kind of colour is that? 🙂
I love simple canvas projects! Pinning! 🙂
Jamie
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Love the cameras on the bench, great prop for decorating!
These projects are perfect! Thank you for sharing your ideas. Being creative and having DIY art in our home makes it feel welcoming
Lovely ideas! And – what models are both photo cameras on the pic? Thanks!
Wonderful ideas! I am definitely going to be doing this! I really don’t have many pictures in my home – but my mind is whirling with ideas! Love, love, love it!
Great ideas! I love these!
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I love the Run away with me art. I like the idea that it would be very easy to keep the fabric and change the words every season just by printing a new transparency. What a great idea and technique. Thank you for the ideas. I will definitely be using your expertise and idea in my own home decor. http://www.cheriesforgetmenots.com Thank you for posting such a great idea.
Lovely idea, great DIY!
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Love it!
Wonderful and simple! I’ve never seen or even thought of creating geometeric mats!
AMAZING 🙂 I will try it !