#DIY Mistakes

[casa-domeupai]

Main Bedroom Update 1; Shelf Saga Chronicles: DIY Triumphs, Wonky Woes, and Froggy Finds

So, I decided to tackle the whole shelf installation thing, expecting it to be this epic struggle. Turns out, it was way easier than the universe led me to believe. But, of course, there’s a twist—why do my shelves look like they’ve had one too many drinks?? Well, I thought I was a genius using a laser level, drilling perfect holes, and getting everything just right. What I forgot to consider is…

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[chaoscohort]

Still needs to be ironed and the edges finished but here's my laika patch inspired by this post by @manywinged !

#james if you see this i hope you dont mind being tagged #anyway the print came out smudgy but it covered up some of my mistakes in the original cut so im ok with it #laika the space dog #linocut #diy patches

[r-truth]

+ bonus!

#r-truth #johnny gargano #tommaso ciampa #wweedit #wwe #i had this video saved for a week now bc i rlly wanted to gif this segment aksjkdajsd #i finished w my final exam so here it is!! tadaaaa!! #photoshop was kinda slow so if there are mistakes . sorry :( #* #*truth #*diy #long post

[weepingfishturtledragon]

I imagine that Captain Marvel has a bunch of DIY projects he's constantly doing when he is on monitor duty and he's really good at it too. I just saw a video of a person who made some cardboard sharks to go up on their wall and thought "Cap would make this for Aquaman! Maybe as a present for his birthday or Christmas."

Here's what it looks like!

Original Creator: Sequoia on TikTok

#billy batson #shazam #dc comcis #captain marvel #dc captain marvel #justice league #aquaman #cardboard sharks #tiktok #diy #arthur curry #please ignore any spelling or grammar mistakes #probably would make different animals for the justice league #batman would obviously get a bat #just got back from vacation!!!!

[java-dragon]

Covers Bookbinding for beginners by a beginner- The Home Stretch

*drinks half a gallon of coffee*

COVERS!

You've gotten your typeset done for the fic, you've battled the demon that is your printer, folded pages, stitched pages, glued pages, glued end pages, and end bands. Made the cover, covered the cover in potentially homemade book cloth.

Now it's time to design a cover.

It's time to make this thing into a fully functioning book and slide it on your shelf and have a nice bout of "Laying on the Floor while Questioning the Human Condition (TM)".

There are a few options.

It depends on what you want.

I can only take you so far with Cricut/vinyl applications. But I researched enough to maybe, MAYBE give you the run down on at least how to get your cover from Canva to the software to cut out your vinyl. I'll start there since this is what I know the least.

Open up your version of Canva.

Make a document, I've seen some fanbinders make all this in the cricut software but I can only smile and nod along. But for me- this is the best I've figured:

go to the search bar and type in book cover (or use the drop down menu) click on a random template.

Fiddle and fart your way into a design you like. Text and Font Options are available in drop down menus and find some designs that are "Easy to Weed" which I understand as "Getting rid of all the stuff that's not going on the cover".

For Example:

Do you like it? It took me 40 seconds, I'm very proud of it. But this isn't to impress you really I just need to show you how to save your file so you can make the leap from one software application to the next.

Hit "Share", Hit "Download", File Type- Hit the down arrow, Hit "PNG" I missed this for the first few times--- BUT!

Click the "Transparent Background"

If you're doing more than one colour Vinyl you're going to duplicate the page that is located right next to the lock icon above the document. Hit that. Delete the stuff that you want to be different colours. Otherwise it will just cut everything out as one colour and I've seen some vinyl covers that get damn fancy.

You can also build a title cover just measure the spine and height of your spine and rotate your text to horizontal if you please.

Now for how I do mine. I use Printable Iron On Vinyl. Keynote there is a difference, there is stuff for light fabrics, and stuff for dark. Choose for what your primary book cloth will be but the paper itself will be white.

Make your design.

I have 3 different covers for Celestial Navigation by Sabrecmc just because of how LARGE the fic itself is. I had to split the text block up for ease of handling.

I saved as a PNG, and loaded up my fancy printable vinyl into my printer and went through the software for printing, I had to do some fiddling but for my purposes I had to get the whole cover in the right size on the page- it took some fiddling yours might be simpler it might be more complex. But once I got it printed I trimmed off the white and was left with a peel-able rather velvety feeling thing.

Remove the backing. Get the iron on and go low and slow with the provided barrier material to prevent melting and damage to the print you've just done.

I made spines as well and made an 11 x 8.5 (Or brochure template)

And lined up my spines accordingly as to not waste materials. There will be grids that pop up automatically to let you know if things line up.

Print them out on the "highest quality" out put for your photo software.

It peels like a sticker. It may take a bit to get it going.

Line it up as nicely as you can on the cover (double check on the still exposed board).

There is a protective sheet that comes with it USE IT. Set your iron to a low heat and move it around frequently.

If you're in a relatively humid area (I live in a coastal town so the humidity is pretty high all year). Have a heavy book to squish your covers down with to try and get out any bends that may happen post ironing (also why we want low and slow).

Leave to cool.

Now you have a text block and a cover.

For all intents and purposes for my demonstration I'm leaving the spine off and am redoing everything with this fic from the ground up. There are aspects and mistakes that I have made that have irked my brain. So I will be leaving the spines off for this round. This is the learning curve and since a lot have things have clicked into place since beginning this series that have given me the "AH HA! CLARITY!" moment. I have completely reworked EVERYTHING in my text block of Celestial Navigation. Plus I've a perfectionist issue that is a lot milder than what it was.

But these two text blocks will work as my "Ground Zero" and will be the books I compare all potential future binds too.

As a note that I said in the beginning of this endeavor:

THIS IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. FOR THE LOVE OF FUCK DO NOT SELL WORK THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU!!!! YOU HAVE ASKED PERMISSION (I dearly hope) TO DO THIS DO NOT BREAK TRUST WITH THE AUTHOR.

IF You want to offer a copy to the author- GO FOR IT. Close friend that is showing interest in the fic?? Sure ok.

But if you sell it for monetary gain? I hope you stub your toe, and just before it finally heals you stub your toe again and may all your breakfast cereal turn to slugs.

DO NOT BE A DICK. I am writing this whole 'How To' Series as an experiment of Good Faith that you, the potential binder, will do right by the community and not compound an issue that has been cropping up. Etsy sellers, and this horrible Facebook community that will steal other's typesets, and begin selling them.

Like I said- this is a breech in Fair Use.

Now with that lecture, again, out of the way lets settle the rest of this series.

You will need:

Glue

Book Press

glue brush

Wax Paper.

Your Cover.

Your Text block.

Get your textblock and cover lined up with some wax paper in the middle of the decorative pages (if you're doing them other wise the page you glue down to the cover and the rest of the text block.

Fiddle, fart and dry fit until you are satisfied.

Lay down a layer of glue on the page NOT THE COVER ITSELF.

DON'T BE ME. I FUCKED UP HARDCORE AND DID THE COVER WITH THE GLUE. HOOOOO NELLY LET ME TELL YOU HOW BADLY THAT FUCKED SHIT UP.

HOW BAD WAS IT? BAD. VERY BAD. DON'T BE LIKE ME THAT FIRST ROUND, BE LIKE ME ON THE SECOND ROUND AND PUT GLUE ON THE END PAGE.

Line up the textblock for a final time and then apply the paper to the cover open the textblock and smooth what you just glued down. Flip over and repeat.

Then add weight to the text block put it back in your press, or if you're like me and have a reprint in the press just throw books atop the block.

Allow glue to cure over night.

Shiver, shudder, and lay on the floor. Your fic is now a book that you can put on your shelf.

Welcome to the wild wild world of bookbinding.

I've been your host trying their best to explain all the things.

I will likely continue this series with "OK SO I LEARNED SOME SHIT ALL THAT SHIT I WROTE BEFORE FEEL FREE TO LISTEN BUT I'VE GOT BETTER SOLUTIONS NOW" time stuff.

#bookbinding #ficbinding #diy #bookbinding for beginners by a beginner #oh my god I'm done for now #I've done it #I wrote out all of the things #and i likely have to go back and FIX some shit cause.... whooooooooooo I learned a LOOOOOOOOOT #mistakes are great learning tools don't get me wrong but hoooooo I learned a lot

[mandana-the-service-pup]

In my post-exertional stupor, I made a fatal error with Mandanas Ruffwear Float Coat. Don’t ask me how but it was shredded 😬

No worries. We can fix this.

“Anything worth doing is worth doing right”

….yeah, no one has spoons for that so here’s a quick & easy stitch for fixing your stuff when you f*ck it up 😭

It’s called the Parachute Ranger Stitch. Here are better instructions than what I can give you.

If you want it done “right” you can trim the frayed edges, use more stitches/inch and keep the tension even so that the edges just meet and it lays flat….but like I said, no spoons 😮‍💨

#belgian malinois #mistakes were made #service dog resources #chronic illness resources #diy dog gear #no spoons #chronic illness community #disabled community #dysautonomia #ehlers danlos problems #ehlers danlos syndrome #postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome #mast cell activation syndrome #hashimoto’s thyroiditis #gastroparesis #ruffwear #🎵

[blackfliesinbluesugar]

I got this shower bath bar thing for my bday and accidentally left it out in the sun way back in August and it melted 😅. Weather cold now and nothing has changed, and I doubt freezing it would help. Anyone know jack about soap... chemistry, to help? I really don't want to chuck it but it's unuseae in this state.

Ingredients below since relevant

Please don't complain abt tags, I need visibility cus I'm desperate

Eff it, I can make them relevant! Fnaf movie was very dumb but fun. The Owl House got pretty mid at the end. Zutara is boring to me but not worth getting mad over, I don't get the ship wars, fandom is meant to have ships. It's literally not toxic, it's fine y'all.

#soap #soap making #WTF tags would i use #soapblr #i bet that exists #diy #diy projects #help #literally ask anyonr please ffs im srsly upset abt this cus it was my dumbfuck no brain mistake that fucked it and it was a nice gift yk #so if you see this please don't ignore it like i need help man #ok imma add tags for visibility bc aint no one using 'soapblr' and im desperate #the owl house #lumity #zutara #fnaf movie #fnaf

[aroaceofthesea]

My goncharov badge is almost disintegrating and falling off so i should start deciding if i wanna get rid of it, fix it, or make a new one

#i dont rlly wanna stop having a Goncharov badge so i dont think i will just get rid of it #i would like making a new one but idk if the hyperfixation is strong enough now #but i know how i would fix mistakes that i made in this one so that would be pretty cool #but rn im leaning more towards just making new borders and sewing it back on but idk #having a new one would be pretty cool too #goncharov #diy #mine

[highqueenofelfhame]

boot one is done! silver would have looked better objectively speaking but i can’t ignore the gold imagery in her music lol

#taylor swift #taylor nation #the eras tour #eras your #eras tour fashion #crystal boots #boots #diy boots #diy #golden #ignore the mistakes i’ve never done anything like this before #it took 39.5 hours for this one boot #i hand placed each crystal #which comes to around 10k crystals on this one shoe #i only have this much dedication to taylor swift

[randomstuffnobodywillsee]

i think i only post complaints

I messed up again... but... you know what i still like it.. its still nice..

... qWq its just bugging me

its in the top green part. Maybe i think its just super noticable cause i saw if..

#cross stitch #Bookmark #Crafts #Mistakes #thread crafts #craftblr #diy craft #My own design

[thebrideofreanimator]

painted myself a bauhaus t-shirt yayyy

#perfectionist brain keeps pointing out tiny mistakes but. we’re gonna ignore that. #also no letters bc i’m lazy #bauhaus #diy

[jaydendoodles]

apparently i can't use stencils

made a stencil but like, i suck at painting ig

i can fix it when it dries some more but oof lol

#diy #diy punk #skull and crossbones #battle jacket #mistakes

[emblazonet]

I made a polymer clay switchplate!

She bumpy but not bad considering I just picked up polymer clay a month ago.

#DIY #Polymer clay #crafts #Aiming for art nouveau #But I don't have enough practice #I should have taken more time to smooth it out and so on #But whatever failure is how you learn!! #And it's not even a fail overall it makes me happy #So I can have mistakes to learn from AND a nice piece of art for my home

[plastichouseplants]

transmascs that are into diy should call themselves pre-fab

#thanks I’ll be here all week #(I don’t do diy the fear of making a mistake is too strong #I got anxious and sweaty pruning one of my house plants don’t look at me)

[oh-a-very-toxic-octopus]

I have to clean out behind my oven today before removing the whole damn wall panel so we can put in a new mains water pipe (we have a leak and the previous owner not only routed the pipe all the way around the back of the house to maximise potential leak points, they then covered that pipe in concrete)

So naturally I'm still in bed at half eight

Eventually I will need to piss so badly I'll have to get up

Until then I am not starting today thank you

#my posts #diy forever #typing this was a mistake #my bladder heard and reduced its capacity by 55%

[sweater-sasquatch]

i'm writing a new pynch fic to try and get back into writing and it's just started with like 1.5k words of a therapy session for adam parrish so it's going well obviously

#trc #adam parrish #i am very excited about it tbh adam makes friends with the gang #blue ronan and noah are in a kinda shitty kinda good diy punk band #everyone has tattoos and loves each other very much that's the vibe #but i refuse to post anything until i've written it all i've learnt my mistakes ....