DIY Wild Herringbone Print


Today I’m joining Katie from Bower Power, Sherry from Young House Love, Erin from The Great Indoors, and Cassie from Hi Sugarplum for the Pinterest Challenge – Winter Edition.
Out of the hundred+ DIY projects I’ve pinned, I picked this one as my challenge project:

Nothing like a Pinterest Challenge to get a girl motivated to cut, layout, and glue a thousand paper chunks! OK, a thousand is a bit of an exaggeration…but it felt like that many! Oh, but it was worth it!

I love the original print, but I wanted mine to be more teal, less pink. I think it turned out pretty amazing!
OK, let’s talk specifics - I started by cutting my paper into ½ inch strips. I used 6 sheets of 12” x 12” coordinating paper from a DCWV Gone Wild Scrapbook Paper Stack (I searched through Michael’s loose scrapbooking paper, but didn’t really find any that fit my color scheme, so I had to buy a whole pad).

Next I cut the strips into 3 inch pieces. I ended up with a huge pile of ½ inch x 3 inch pieces - then I mixed all of the pieces up, so my print would be random.

Now the tricky part –
I used the original print to help figure out the layout.

I definitely over thought the layout and made it way harder than it needed to be. I had to lay everything out a couple times before I finally got it right. But I eventually did and that’s all that matters!

I used a glue stick to apply all of the pieces. It’s not the most permanent solution, but it’s the easiest/cleanest way.

Lots of paper and glue later, the poster board was covered! Oh, and I forgot to mention that I cut my poster board to fit my frame before I started laying out the pattern.
I used an ugly gold frame that I bought last Goodwill half-priced Saturday to frame my picture. I trashed the puzzle that was previously framed, spray painted the frame white, and then popped in my new artwork. 
Before

After
Cost
DCWV Gone Wild Paper Pad – Michael’s $19.99 $11.99
Poster board – Michael’s $0.59
Glue sticks – On hand
Frame – Goodwill $4.99 $2.49
Spray Paint – On hand
Total $15.07


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49 comments

  1. Popping over from YHL- love the herringbone art!

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  2. Oh wow! That's absolutely gorgeous!

    * visiting from YHL

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  3. This looks so great. I love that you used paper instead of paint.

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  4. That looks great! I might have to try it sometime!

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  5. That looks great! I love the colors your chose!

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  6. I think everyone and their mom pinned this painting but I absolutely love what you have done! Maybe one day, I will copy you!

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  7. Oh am dying over this!! It looks totally amazing! Excellent job!

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  8. That turned out so well! What a lot of patience you have, and I love the colours you chose. Also love that you used a repurposed frame. Lovely job!

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  9. I love Goodwill half-priced Saturdays! I'm such a sucker for Goodwill these days. So...what happened to the puzzle?! haha
    This is very cool. A great way to add pattern to a bland wall.

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  10. This is fabulous! I do love glue sticks so this is right up my alley!!

    Following (RSS) - I'm on Wordpress now and no more GFC for me!
    Kelly

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  11. I really like your herringbone art! I used the same inspiration picture for my Pinterest Challenge Project: http://www.diynewbies.com/pinterest-challenge-winter-edition/
    It is interesting to see how many different approaches can be taken to mimic a trend.

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  12. I've been wanting to make something like this since I saw it on Pintereest! Thanks for the added inspiration! love the blues

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  13. This looks horribly time consuming but totally worth it! Love the colors you chose!

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  14. That looks amazing! I pinned the same inspiration piece, but I hadn't figured out how to make my own version yet. Now I'm pinning yours!

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  15. It looks awesome! I've been eying that same art piece on pinterest! I might have to try it now ;)

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  16. This looks really great. I love the colors you chose too :)

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  17. Beautiful work!

    Love to invite you to share this on Thingamajig Thursday going on now... http://radcrafter.com/2012/03/thingamajig-thursday-17/


    Alida

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  18. This is stunning! You have a lot of patience!

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  19. I have loved that Cozamia print that was your inspiration. Your's turned out amazing!!! It might just be a feature at next week's party.

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  20. LOVE. THIS. What would be a more permanent solution? Perhaps a coat of something like spray varnish (is that a thing)?

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  21. I love this! I actually used the same print as my inspiration for the Pinterest challenge. Check it out here.

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  22. This is such a creative idea.

    Mrs. Delightful
    www.ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com

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  23. I love the herringbone, it's so pretty! I'm a new follower and would love to have you stop by my brand new blog and follow, too!

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  24. What a wonderful project! I'm your newest follower via the link party at 504 Main. Megan

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  25. This looks awesome! I'm visiting from 504 Main and I'm a new follower. I'd love for you to follow me back!

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  26. Gorgeous! This was my Pinterest challenge piece too, but I painted a small canvas! I like yours WAAYYYY better! Great work!

    www.everydaywiththejays.blogspot.com

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  27. Sam---- I LOVE this. I love the pattern and I love that you made it out of paper! SO cool!!!! :o)
    Jaime from crafty scrappy happy
    ps thank you SO much for linking up! I am honored!

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  28. I love this! Great job, and thanks for linking up with the Winter Pinterest Challenge!

    Erin @ The Great Indoors

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  29. I love it! I really thought it was made of tile when I first saw the picture. :)

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  30. Sooo.... BBFF... my birthday is next month anddddd I love this.... and so....

    lol! Just kidding! BUt you may (once again) be seeing a copy of this in my house! Good work on this one! Super popular! Fabulous! Love! Go my favorite blog friend go! yay!

    PS.

    I've decided since you have a puppy, actually two puppies.

    I still need one too.

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  31. I absolutely love this. I love this artwork and the fact that you made it on a budget!

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  32. Oh looks like I've missed a few posts - I LOVE THIS! So effective, it looks brilliant.

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  33. I love Cozamia artwork. You did a great job picking colors - love blue and green together.

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  34. I've been trying to figure out a way to recreate that print and this is seriously about 100 times easier than any solution I've come up with! Thank you for sharing :)

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  35. Love love love love love!
    Did I mention love? I am so stealing this.
    I totally featured this today!

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  36. How the crap did I miss this? I'm totally stealing this idea!!!!! Love it!

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  37. I have had the same painting pinned to my art board for months and kept meaning to give it a go. It's fantastic to see you've done with such great success - it looks amazing! xx

    Anna (My Design Ethos)

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  38. That is so pretty! Those colors are perfect. I may have to copy it exactly!

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  39. Holy cow, I love this!!! The colors are awesome; I could just take this and hang it right in my living room. LOVE!! I really like the different textures of the paper you used. And you've given that frame a MUCH better life than it had as a brass, ugly-puzzle holder!

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  40. I LOVE this...I love the colors and how it turned out. I've been thinking about doing something like this for my office makeover..thanks for the inspiration!

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  41. Love it. I will be featuring it on my blog tomorrow Fri May 18th. Thanks for sharing.

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  42. This is awesome! I plan to make one myself; what size poster board/frame did you use?

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    1. The frame is about 20" x 26". I just used a regular size poster board, but I didn't end up needing all of it.

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