DIY Craft Dark Academia Cottage Core Curiosity Cabinet Upcycle

Let's upcycle some thrifted items into Dark and Moody style decor and a Curiosity Cabinet!

Links mentioned in the video:
Etsy shop listing for Curio Cabinet;

Link to Etsy Shop listing:

Inside Peek of Curiosity Cabinet Video:

AUNT BEA'S ATTIC LINKS: Aunt Bea’s Attic Affliate Link

Roycyled Grunge Subway Paper:

PAINT COUTURE DECOPAUGE MEDIUM;

DIY BLACK WAX;

FUSION PAINTS;

DECOUPAGE PAPER BY AUTUMN SAGE CREATIONS;

AMAZON PRODUCTS I USE:

TIM HOLT INKS:

GRAY SILICONE MAT;

RUB AND BUFF:

DRYING TOOL;

[aliciakistler]

Dark and moody is totally my jam and I absolutely love you and your creations!

[IndieAnnieJones]

I love the dark academia aesthetics of all of these items and they're so perfect to incorporate into a Halloween fall design. If you don't want to go full on Halloween, it's just dark and elegant. Thanks for sharing

[kathleencarnes]

First time watching you. Really enjoyed it. Yes absolutely add in papercraft and any other skills you can demonstrate. The more skills you have the more options you have. Like one of the previous commenters, very happy to see techniques other than distressed white chalk paint,

[kathielohr]

I love the process as much as the outcome. You dazzle me with your blur of blending and smooshing. Absolutely gorgeous, I can't pick a favorite.

[susannelson]

Your projects turned out fantastic! It's so good seeing something besides white paint everywhere. My scrapbooking obsession turned into a mixed media one 20 yrs. ago and it's still going strong, especially with my love of all things Tim Holtz!

[cherylmacedo]

I love paper crafting. Tim Holtz. Dark Academia. Ideology. Halloween. Macabre. Your vibe is my vibe 🖤🖤🖤

[JO-cihs]

I would love to see more mixed media paper crafting type things! I love that!

[Avivmirkin]

This video is exactky what I have been searching for!!! Just fun diy, mixed media to thrift flip all sorts of things to make them look gow you want! Looove your vibe and style!

[lydialangfordjoiner]

I loved the cloche idea— very nice & I love birds. Thank you-

[bari]

Why didn’t we get a close up of the box? Glad to watch something different than white chalk paint plus distress like so many other channels do.

[IrishRnr]

Hi Sharon, I very much like all these projects you created!! Such talent and I enjoy watching and learning how you create. Keep going with dark and grungy--it's so wonderful 😉😊

[bobbieholtzclaw]

You are amazing. The Curiosity Cabinet was just wonderful. You are a Dark and Moody queen.

[LynnLBE]

You’d never ever know how that little cabinet started out❣️. Very cool🖤🖤🖤🖤🐈‍⬛

[maryharper]

I love Halloween and I thrift vases, candlesticks, frames, bowls and of course anything already Halloween themed that catches my eye. It is what I do as a type of retail therapy that is not retail. It is a addiction and the thrill of the hunt and a great find are my reward. Also envisioning what I can do with my finds gets my creative juices flowing.

[katherinepereira]

I adore dark academia. It's my favorite decor style. Gothic, Victorian, right up my alley.

[mauriemartin]

Yes, would LOVE to see some of your paper crafting!!!

[wolcott]

Wonderful ideas and execution. Well paced detailed instruction. Much prefer to listen to you narrate and explain your process rather than distracting music and unnecessary graphics. New sub here.

[denisepope]

My little two year old granddaughter painted a bunch of paint colors on one of those thin 8 X 10 mat’s yesterday while sitting in my lap. All I did was squirt several dots of colors one at a time out on a paper plate. She used two different paper brushes.
We used acrylic paints. She had so much fun. It took her about an hour to cover the whole canvas with paint. She did great. She got very little paint on her and me. A baby wipe got it off her hands easily and mine two.
This morning when I got up and looked at the painting, all the colors mixed together and not expecting nothing but a mixture of paint, well, there was a mixture of paint; you could see the outline of a mushroom tipped over to the right with a long skinny stem. To the right of the mushroom you could see a faint capital letter “A”. That the is the letter of her first name. I was stunned,

[rosehill]

Loved the picture frame finds and their beautiful transition. Loved the mini drawers/cabinet too but perhaps in a different style. Now I'll be on the look out for a frame like that for my own dark and moody project. Thanks for the tips and ideas.

[tonimason]

Hello from Western Australia, loved what you did today. Thought I'd let you know that little black and white bird is native to Australia and called a Willy Wagtail. They are my favourite bird. They wag their tail feathers and it stirs up the insects for them.