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Diamond painting and what to do with those left over drills?



So if you are new to diamond painting, drills are the little diamond squares or circles you place on the diamond painting.

Here are 10 ways to use your left over diamond painting drills

1. Save them

 This is the most important part of diamond painting. There will come a time where you are in the middle of diamond painting. You go to reach for your drills packet and there are no more packets of that colour. How does this happen? You still have so many left on the diamond painting that need that colour.

Or when you bought it, in the pack included a wrong colour that isn’t involved in the picture and             you are missing the correct colour.

Does this really happen? Yes. It does. It has happened to me about 2 times and I have completed about 6. And I know from Facebook diamond painting groups, this happens to others as well. 

If you save your left over drills, put them in miniature ziplock bags and write the colour number and if it’s S for square drills or C for circle drills.

Then place in a container to save them up. 

What if you have multiple zip lock bags of the same colour? This will bring me to my next idea: 

If you have multiple coloured drills that you feel confident, you could save one zip lock bag incase of a mishap with a different diamond painting. Then use the others to create the following:

2. A drills jar

I love the idea of a drills jar. You can use all of one colour, or you can use a rainbow of colours and tip it all into a jar. Mix it up. Have it on display. And when you feel angry, shake up the jar and watch the colours mix. It’s a cool cooling down technique. It also looks pretty cool as a decoration. It might make you smile when you look at it.

3. Decorate something with it

Whether it’s a shirt, or a purse, or even a key chain, you can use the drills to decorate a pattern on any item.

4. Create a drills card

Instead of buying your friend or family member a card, make one and style it with drills! How fancy! And oh so pretty.

5. Style your nails with drills

I love doing my nails. I also love to create something new with my own nail tools.

Create a little petalled flower with drills on your nails, or just add a bit of sparkle to the top edge of the nail.

Just add a final cover of clear nail polish over the drill to keep in tact. Don’t forget to take a photo of your cool, stylish and sparkly nails!

6. Decorate your drills on a canvas

A canvas is for art and diamond painting is art! You are painting a picture with drills. So why not add your own drills to your own blank canvas. You could even paint a picture on the canvas first and add the drills to make some flair. Or you can just add the drills.

7. Christmas ornaments

Christmas comes around fast, so you want to get crafting before the December period starts. Get a clear Christmas bulb ornament and add the drills into that, for some extra sparkle on your Christmas tree.

8. Photo frames

Photo frames are a cool way to style your frame using drills! Simply add some glue and add on the drills to the photo frames. This is great if you have old frames that you want to still use and spruce up! It will look new once you finish.

9. Mirrors

Mirrors are a great way to add some sparkle. Just like you would diamond paint a painting, you could create a diamond painting boarder around your mirror.

10. Flower pots

Decorate your flower pots with some drills. So when you look outside, the sun will shine on the drills and sparkle your plant.

I hope you found at least one item to create with your drills. Keep this list handy, for when you have more drills waiting to be a piece of art.

#diamondpainting #drills #diamonds #meltoye 

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