A Collection of Slow Creative Days

DIY shelf, painted drawer, AliExpress haul, and bookmark experiments

Hi everyone,

I haven’t been posting much lately, not because I haven’t been making things, but because I’ve been trying a lot of new ideas that didn’t always lead anywhere. Still, I’ve been filming small moments as I go, and decided to gather some of them here, in this quiet collection of slow creative days.

Materials mentioned:

• Iridescent BOPP film

• Cold porcelain clay

• Magnetic sheet (2mm)

• Manual hand drill

• Wet palette for acrylics

• Clay extruder

• Glossy photo paper (180g/m²)

Bookmark Prototypes

My mom is participating in a big art fair in a few months, and I’ve been thinking of affordable handmade items she could sell alongside her original paintings. I decided to test out magnetic bookmarks using her watercolor patterns.

I used 180g glossy photo paper, added an iridescent BOPP film, rounded the corners, and finished with a thin magnetic backing. Some tests didn’t go perfectly (printer issues, crooked lamination, the usual chaos), but I’m happy with the potential.

DIY Pine Shelf

My small home studio needed more storage, so I bought a raw pine shelf kit online. I sanded, stained, and assembled it by myself — and by the end, I had a whole new appreciation for the cost of real wooden furniture. It’s simple, but it’s mine.

MDF Drawer Makeover

This little MDF drawer went through a lot. I tried acrylic paint (which cracked), adhesive vinyl (which failed), and finally black matte spray paint (which worked — but got everywhere). After a small disaster on my apartment balcony and a second trip to buy more paint, I finally finished it and added tiny gold handles I’d ordered months ago.

I’m still not sure the black matches the rest of the room, but… maybe it matches me?

Impromptu AliExpress Haul

I also opened a bunch of little packages I’d been collecting — an acrylic roller, clay tools, LEDs, resistors, dollhouse materials, and a manual hand drill (because I’m scared of the electric one). It’s a mix of tiny tools and random inspiration. I even tried extruding some cold porcelain clay, just to see what would happen.

Trying Without Finishing

Most of these projects weren’t finished pieces. They were experiments, half-steps, or just quiet ideas I followed for a little while. But I’m learning to enjoy the process itself — even when it’s slow, or a bit messy.

If you’d like to watch the video version, you can find it below:

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Thanks for being here 💛Until next time.