40 Awe-Inspiring DIY Design Projects That Made Us Wish For This Level Of Crafting Skill
I’ve tried my hand at a few different craft projects over the years. Most of them are great creative outlets but they require a level of patience and skill that I just don’t think I have.
These amazing crafters, however, have completely mastered their medium. Be it felt, or sculpting, or even stained glass. The folks featured in this post are simply awe-inspiring.
These are some of the coolest DIY design projects we’ve ever seen, and honestly, we’re jealous.
1. I Tried To Capture This Good Girl In Wool
2. Homemade Cartoon Cake Slice
3. I Embroidered This Handsome Fella’s Portrait. He Took 50-60 Hours And More Than 40 Colors Of Floss
4. Finally Finished My Hobbit Hole After Fifteen Months. “The Shire At Dawn”. I Can’t Believe It’s Done
5. I Built A Backyard Treehouse
6. Konza Prairie, Made Of Air-Dry Clay
7. Little Frog Coin Purse
8. Made A Cat House, That Looks Like My Cat
9. A Bust Carving In Basswood (Based On My Wife)
10. Handmade Stained Glass Book Ends With Mushrooms
11. I Made My Donkey An Insulated Hat So He Could Go Out In The Snow
12. And It’s A Girl! My New Creation Is Baby Cheetah
13. Crochet Skeleton. Took Me About 2 Years
14. I Competed In The Dallas Quilt Show And Was Bummed Not To Be Awarded Anything. I’m Still So Proud Of My Work
15. Picked Up A Stone In The Forest And Gave It A New Life On My Belt
16. Turkey Vulture Sculpture That I Made With Vintage Typewriters
17. My Niece Received Her Quilt
18. The God Of Potatoes, Part Of My Project Of Building Shrines To God’s That Probably Don’t Exist
19. I Took A Class For This Roll Cake. Heartbreaking To Cut Into It
20. I Painted The Edges Of These LOTR Books. I Used Japanese Poster Paints, Which Are Really Similar To Gouache. Made These As A Birthday Present For Someone
21. Iron-On Patches To Cover Cat-Scratched Couch
22. One Of My Carving I’m The Most Proud Of
23. Finished Carving These 8ft-Tall Archangels Michael And Gabriel In Brazilian Granite
24. I Made This 6’ Tall Steel And Stone Dancer
25. Sharing My Handmade Lily Of The Valley Ring
26. My Take On The Gelatin Island Cake. It Is Inspired By A Little Spot We Used To Go Fishing At As Kids. What A Joy It Was To Make
27. Painted Using Bleach. I’ve Been Doing This Consistently For 2 Years Now. With No Experience In Art Or Painting At All
28. Framed Tufting Artwork. I Designed This Japanese Landscape And Made A Frame For It So That It Would Accentuate The Waterfall
29. Just Finished A Resin Lamp For My Friend’s Birthday. She Is A Huge Fan Of Toothless
30. Painted My White Headphones
31. A Snowy Embroidery Project Heavily Inspired By Narumi Takada
32. In Memory Of Sunday. A Lovely Little Lady That Enjoyed Batting Plants, Sitting On Pizza Boxes, And Rolling Onions Across The Floor
33. Chess Set My Son And I Made From Hardware Parts
34. Finished My Graduation Shoes. I Just Graduated With My Master’s To Become A Pediatric Registered Dietitian And Wanted Some Fun Shoes To Walk Across The Stage In
35. Grief Sympathy Card. A Condolence Card For A Close Friend Who Lost Their Mother
36. Made This Octopus String Art For My Mom For Mother’s Day. She’d Been Wanting It For Years. I’m So Excited To Give It To Her
37. This Embroidery Piece Has My First Ever Knitting Sample Sewn Onto It
38. Our Deck Table Cracked, So I Repurposed The Legs And Made A Custom Tile Mosaic Top
39. I Crafted A Single-Color, Marilyn-Inspired Word-Search That Slowly Reveals The Portrait As You Solve It
40. My Oil Painting On A Newspaper
