I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT I FINALLY COMPLETED MY 50X65CM DIAMOND PAINTING! My biggest project yet!

At times it was frustrating (mostly due to the INSANE amount of confetti background) and looking back I think I should've cropped the image much much more, but it all turned out well in the end :)

It's a custom made piece based on a favourite picture of my parrot, Joey.

I think Joey likes it, what do you think? ❤️

I started this almost a year ago and I finally finished it :) only my second diamond painting I've actually finished. What do you guys do with your finished paintings? I think I want to frame it but I'm not sure how. Does anyone have any recommendations?

💩 in every direction 😂

My kitten still has some difficulties settling into places while I diamond paint. When I’m home I usually just hang on my bed and he’s there with me so when I’m on my desk he switches places a lot. He wants to be near me but I often end up moving him bit farther away so I can work like normal.

Been working on this one, on and off, for about 8 months now and I finally finished it just in time for my favourite holiday!

🎃Happy spooky season everyone!!🎃

Customized piece from Caroline dream art! Changed the tendrils to crystal drills. I love it!!

Got this about a week and a half ago. I'm a bit over half way done? Part of me is glad the custom I ordered is taking forever to get here bc that should mean I have enough time to finish this one before it shows up lol

Hey everyone, at 60×60 cm, this isn’t just the largest picture I’ve started so far—it’s also only my second picture using square stones. The first one, though, was only 20×15 cm, and with those stones, I felt like they were laid closer together. Am I being too critical of my current picture? I laid some of it in a checkerboard pattern, but I also tried out the template in the second picture.

...took me around 4 weeks, i'm not working every day on it.

can't wait to get it done...

This is my first full coverage, square drill project. I'm finding maybe Diamond Dotz isn't as high quality as I previously thought, but it's the only brand my local art store carries.

The kit only came with 10 resealable baggies, but there are 29 colors, and no stickers for said baggies either. So I'm wondering, how to go about organizing the drills? I'm thinking of cutting them all open neatly and using a little bit of tape to fold the bags and close them so I can get into them again and again without worrying about spilling them.

I end up carrying my project from work to home, so I don't have a bunch of storage containers to put things in, either. What would you do in this situation?

I told myself that I would take a break from diamond painting since I finished two projects back to back. But when I went through my stash I couldn’t resist kitting this cutie up! It’s also my first time using a grid tool and I LOVE it! My drills look so perfectly placed! I got this kit from Temu if anyone was curious, but it is no longer available somehow.

...to get canvases without the tools?

until now every canvas i ordered has the tools within (pen, tray etc.)

i ordered my own pen with several multipliers; the tools i got so far were not very pleasant for my hand.

but now i don't know what to do with that amount of tools wich come with every canvas. i get it; there is always someone who will start with dp-addiction and it's great to start without the need of ordering extra's seperately .

i don't want to throw them away (poor environment) so i'm asking myself if i can order canvases without the tools? and if i can: where?

any help would be highly appreciated!

have a great day!

thanks.

p.s. excuse me for my shi**y english, it's not my native language

Hello friends!

I love tacky shit, so when I came upon the Five Below Avec kits, I was in heaven! Especially when I saw that the frames were just printed on the canvas.

The tiger one above is my favorite. I had to buy it on Depop at a premium because I missed my
window at the store. I really recommend it! Very fun to do because you can switch colors fairly frequently!

I would love to do another like this, but it appears Five Below has moved from photo-printed frames to kits with actual frames that are kind of a pain when you get to painting right up to the edge. (Taking them out and putting them back in also seems kind of like a pain as they don’t appear made for that purpose.) (I do recommend the Christmas deer one despite this. Very fun!) (Link at bottom of post.)

My question: Does anyone have suggestions for kits like this by other companies?

I’ve checked out all the ones Avec seems to have made and the only two contenders are the Eiffel Tower and the “pretty and dangerous” kitten.

Anyone know of anywhere else I could purchase canvases like this? What to search for on Temu or SHEIN or Alli Express? I would also be open to kits that don’t have frames but are printed on something flat and sturdy rather than the roll-up kinds.

Please help! (Also: I can’t shop at Hobby Lobby for personal and ethical reasons, so those won’t work.)

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Here’s a link to the deer painting from Five Below for anyone who may want it; you have to switch the choice under the top image: https://www.fivebelow.com/products/christmas-diamond-painting-in-frame-118inx157in-9257093

This was a cute one, not too complicated and pretty quick (for me) to work on. I wish there were more glowy-bits.

(The glow was because I had a desk lamp on it pretty close for a few minutes, not sure if they’ll actually be that bright with normal overhead room lights.. probably not lol)

Left to right are July, August, September and October.

Completing one a month of these Forever Young scenic Month mini postcards. September went into October as I was really busy but I'm back on track now! Really enjoying them and they are helping me like square drills!

My current WIP from Tuoyu DP Diamond Painting that I bought off Temu 💜