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Persia Lou

Creative. Crafty. Fun.


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DIY Holographic Minimal Mountain Art with DecoArt

Make your own minimal mountain art with a pop of holographic sparkle with this simple DIY art tutorial! This project was made in partnership with DecoArt, and this post may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. We took down all of our Christmas decorations over the weekend, and the house is feeling a little bit empty now. Do you know this feeling? It's like there's a hole where the tree used to be. Know what I mean? That feeling always prompts me to do some rearranging and to add in some new decor. DIY art project to the rescue! You know that I love me a DIY art project. If you are also looking for a home decor refresh, then I have the perfect little DIY winter art project to share with you all today! DIY Holographic Minimal ... [Read More]

January 4, 2021 12:52 pm Alexis Leave a Comment Filed Under: Craft

How to Make Easy Acrylic Fluid Art

Learn how to make your own easy acrylic fluid art pieces with this fun and simple paint pouring technique. This video tutorial will show you the basics of creating fluid art and hopefully inspire you to create your own marbled fluid acrylic masterpieces! This post has been made in partnership with DecoArt and may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Thanks! I have another fun paint project to share with you all today, and I'm so excited to share it! If you haven't tried making your own fluid art yet, then you need to! This technique is so much fun and such an EASY way to create beautiful art pieces. Keep scrolling for step-by-step instructions (plus a video walkthrough) for creating your own DIY acrylic fluid art! How to Create Simple ... [Read More]

March 26, 2020 3:31 pm Alexis 2 Comments Filed Under: Craft

DIY Glow-In-The-Dark Moon Art Tutorial

This simple DIY art tutorial will show you how to create your own magically glowing lunar wall art. Perfect for a nursery or kids room, this project is easy to create with extraordinary glow-in-the-dark paint and my step-by-step video tutorial. This post has been made in partnership with DecoArt and may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Thanks! If you have been around here much before, then you know that I love a simple DIY art project. I am really excited to share today's art project with you all because it's simple enough that ANYONE can make it, I think it's really kind of beautiful, and it has a surprise - it glows in the dark! Don't you just love artwork with a surprise?! The secret to this painting's glow-in-the-dark magic is ... [Read More]

March 25, 2020 9:47 am Alexis 2 Comments Filed Under: Craft

How to Make DIY Reverse Canvas Art

DIY christmas reverse canvas sign

Learn how to make your own DIY reverse canvas art with this free tutorial (written instructions and video!). You can completely customize your DIY reverse canvas art to fit any decor or occasion with your Silhouette or Cricut. This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you. Thanks! I am really excited to share this fun project with you all today! Today we are making reverse canvas art! Have you heard of the reverse canvas technique? It's a simple craft/DIY project that I am seeing more and more of, especially in Silhouette and Cricut crafting communities. I have done a few reverse canvas projects, so I figured it was time to do a blog post all about them. Since we are going into the holiday season, we are going to be using one of my ... [Read More]

November 5, 2018 12:58 am Alexis 4 Comments Filed Under: Celebrate, Craft

DIY Magnetic Print Hanger with Gorilla Glue Brush Nozzle + Giveaway!

colorful diy magnetic print hangers

Learn how to make your own DIY Magnetic Print Hangers! These simple art hangers are a fun and effortless way to display your favorite art and posters. You can easily customize them to fit the style of your home and the size of your art. This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of The Gorilla Glue Company. All opinions are 100% mine. I'm really excited to share this fun little project with you all today! I don't know about you guys, but I feel like I can always use more frames for my art and more art on my walls. These DIY magnetic print hangers are a great solution that make it super easy to get more art up on your walls! I really love this project because you can make the hangers in any size you need and stain or paint them to be any color to match your art and ... [Read More]

September 12, 2018 9:33 am Alexis 6 Comments Filed Under: Craft, Home Decor

DIY Brushstroke Monograms

DIY brushstroke letter art project

Add a punch of color and texture to your home decor with this fun and simple DIY art project! This photo tutorial will teach you how to easily transform canvas letters into vibrant brushstroke monograms. I originally shared this project at Crafts Unleashed, and it may contain affiliate links, which help to support this site at no extra cost to you.  Guys. I love me some paper. And I love me some yarn. But... there is just something about paint. Especially when it comes in big, thick brushstrokes and globs. Oh, baby. It just makes my heart happy. Know what I mean? This little DIY art project embraces that love of paint and is all about showing off those strokes. I really tried to capture that thick, impasto painting feeling on some canvas letters to create some colorful home ... [Read More]

August 14, 2018 1:32 pm Alexis 2 Comments Filed Under: Craft

How to Apply Heat Transfer Vinyl on Wood for DIY Wood Signs

how to apply heat transfer vinyl to wood for simple diy wood signs

Learn how to apply heat transfer vinyl on wood with this video tutorial! HTV (or Iron On Vinyl) makes it so easy to make beautiful DIY wood signs with your Silhouette or Cricut. This post may contain affiliate links, which allow me to earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.  Psst - If you are new to working with vinyl, check out my Vinyl 101: Beginner's Guide to Cutting Vinyl. I have an exciting little announcement to share today! My friend Colleen of Lemon Thistle and I have teamed up for a new video series that we are calling Silhouette vs. Cricut! The idea is that we will take on a challenge of a new type of material or themed project or cutting technique, and then we will both make something using our respective cutting machines! I'm Team Silhouette, of ... [Read More]

February 7, 2018 11:07 pm Alexis 32 Comments Filed Under: Craft

Alcohol Ink Art on Vinyl – Awesome Marbled Decals

diy alcohol ink art vinyl stickers

Learn how to make your own DIY Alcohol Ink Art on Vinyl! Creating your awesome abstract art on vinyl allows you to easily turn your art into cool decals! This post contains affiliate links, which help to support this site. Thanks for supporting Persia Lou! I am so excited to share today's post with you all! This was just such a fun project and something I have been wanting to try forever. Have you ever played with alcohol inks? If you aren't familiar with them, alcohol inks are vibrant, transparent inks that dry quickly and can created really cool abstract marbled and organic designs on slick, non-porous surfaces like glass, ceramics, or special yupo paper, which is a plastic paper used with watercolors and inks like these. I have been wanting to try these fun inks out for a ... [Read More]

September 8, 2017 2:53 pm Alexis 5 Comments Filed Under: Craft

How to Paint Two Paintings at Once – DIY Art Technique

acrylic painting technique - how to paint two paintings at once

This simple DIY acrylic painting technique allows you to paint two pieces at once while developing your painting skills. It's a fun way to loosen up and produce some great pieces as well. A big thanks to Decoart for sponsoring this post! Hey guys! I am really excited about today's post, and I hope it gets you excited to bust out some paint and brushes do some creating! If you follow me over on instagram, you might have seen that I've been doing a lot of painting lately. Part of it is that this new house just seems to have so many big empty walls staring at me all the time begging for some art work, and part of it is that I just really enjoy it! As I have been painting and experimenting, I stumbled onto a simple acrylic painting technique that I really like and I wanted to share it with ... [Read More]

July 13, 2017 4:42 pm Alexis 9 Comments Filed Under: Craft

Multi-Media Textured Floral Art at Crafts Unleashed

Hey friends! It's been a little while since my latest post, but I wanted to pop in to let you know I have been working on a lot of fun projects behind the scenes that I am dying to share with you. And in the meantime, I wanted to share this fun little DIY art project I did recently for the Crafts Unleashed blog. Guys. Our new house has so many blank walls. So. Many. I need art! I love supporting artists and have bought a few prints and original pieces that I love (I need to do a post soon on all the artists I have been stalking lately), but I just don't have the budget to completely fill my walls that way. So that means DIY art projects! Which are kind of one of my favorite things to do anyway. It works out. :) For this project I got to use some awesome new Marabu products ... [Read More]

July 11, 2017 5:59 pm Alexis Leave a Comment Filed Under: Craft

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