DIY Hexagon Shelf

I've been wanting to hot glue gun something for some time now and after seeing this from YouTube, I wanted to try it out for myself. I started this project not knowing where I and if I would use it, but glad that I did try. I couldn't go out to buy large popsicle sticks for this project because we had a looooong holiday, so I rummaged my mom's classroom for some. Haha.

First is glue together 3 sticks that will make half of your hexagon.

I tried different techniques but the best one I got, to make a symmetrical shape, is layer your 2nd half on top of the first one you made. Not gluing them together, but just using it as a guide so that when you lay the 2 halves side by side, they are perfectly pantay.

And then glue the 2 parts together.

Glue sticks alternately so that it will be level once you're done. Continue adding sticks until it's the thickness / depth you like.

I used 10 sticks on each side, for a total of 60 sticks per hexagon shelf. You can of course do this with bigger sticks so that the space inside will be bigger too. Or you can paint your sticks to your color of choice as well. I wanted the raw wood look so I stayed with this one.

I squealed a little when I tried to make it stand on its own and it did :)) At this point, I still had no idea what I want to do with these until...

I already had 5. Haha. I could improve more on the shape, I know :)) I looked around my room hoping to find a place for these babies and thought of putting it up with my current photo display.

I'm someone who DIY's without planning too much and just goes where a certain project will lead me. Hence the photo below :))

I texted this photo to the boyfriend and he was like, hmmm it's not right :))) I then thought of using a black & white fabric I recently purchased from ukay-ukay. I grabbed the thickest paperbag I have (relative to the other bags in my stash) and thought of covering it with the said fabric.

I cut them into hexagon shapes too.

I actually ended up with three pieces, I used another paper bag for the third one. And covered it with this fabric using hot glue.

And it ended up looking like this!

Ha! Too many hexagons but I like the difference it made in my room. I just recently placed the chest drawer against that wall and I thought that it deserved to be upgraded even in a simple way. I just used sticky tack to attach each hexagon shelf to the wall. I love how sturdy it turned out to be. As of posting, and it's been a week now, none of the shelves fell down. Whew.

I know there's a lot to tidy up in the construction part but it was fun to make these and get this kind of result so I didn't care anymore :)) So this is now my new morning view...

And a fun before and after!

DIY Dream Catcher

I recently rearranged my room furniture to get more floor space but because of that, I had to compromise symmetry in my room. Since then, I've been itching to DIY and update something to compensate for an OC violation :))

I made a DIY Macrame before and I thought of adding more to the wall space where this belonged. I didn't want to sway too far from what I already have, so I grabbed my extra rattan ring and a big ball of yarn my boyfriend gave me and experimented away.
Materials I needed for this DIY Dream Catcher were simple. Josh got the yarn from a garage sale (I think!), and the rattan ring I got from Divisoria for P20 only. I also used scissors and a sharpie.

I wasn't able to measure how long my yarn was. It was such a big ball that it was hard for me to find the end, I just did my best to weave through it and cut what I thought was long enough :/ First is you'll tie one end to any part of your ring.

Then using your sharpie, mark out the rest of your ring equally. This is where you'd tie the rest of your string. To make it (the closest I can to) equal, I did it as how I would draw a clock. I imagined that the string I looped was 12. From there, I marked 6 (bottom), 3 (right), and 9 (left). And from those, I just marked the middle.

Loop around and tie a knot on all markers. The tighter, the better.

Then you'll have your first layer.

After this layer, the middle of each line of string will be your marker. 

Do the same thing as what you did on the first one, but instead of tying it onto your ring, you tie it to your string (rhyming!). And then your second layer is complete.

From here, your marker will now be the second layer of string. Just continue this process until your hole in the middle is small enough.

Just make a knot with another string to end it. Now, the tail is the easiest part. Others would use tassel or different ribbons but I just wanted to keep mine simple. I just cut out pieces of yarn of equal length.

Choose the ugliest portion of your ring. Then fold each yarn in half, and loop it around like so.

Just do this until you've got the whole area covered. And then you'll have this!

Yay! And to kind of balance this out, I made another one, with a random pattern.

I just used adhesive hooks to hang them and I now have a trio wall art of some sort.

This project practically didn't cost me anything because I already had all materials on hand. I officially used up all my rattan rings. But that yarn though. Haha.