When I first started Diamond painting, I was doing it only in the bedroom from about 5:00 p.m. until about 11:00 or 12:00 midnight. I didn’t do anything during the day except sit on the couch and watch TV and look at my phone, but I decided that I wanted to start working on some Diamond paintings in the living room and so I’ve been working on a smaller diamond painting in the living room during the day, and then a bigger Diamond painting in the bedroom at night.

I started working on the Mushroom diamond painting that I mentioned in a previous blog post where I talked about putting parchment paper on it instead of the silicone release sheets that I buy from Amazon. I couldn’t get the parchment paper off and there was a lot of stuff on the sticky part of the diamond painting that I still couldn’t get off. I managed to finish making that in 8 days, and I also made another Diamond painting that I started making a few days ago. The diamond painting that I’ve been working on in the living room is one of the summer Diamond paintings that I got on clearance at Michaels.

The Beach Chairs Diamond painting came with its own wooden magnetic frame, but the bigger ones don’t come with frames. I will have to eventually buy a wooden magnetic frame and cut the sides off. I’ll have to scrub the entire Mushroom Diamond painting with a scrub brush and some water to scrub out all of the crap left from the parchment paper. I already tried it and it seemed to take the dirt off without taking any of the diamond drills off, so I’ll have to go over the whole entire diamond painting before I seal it.

This whole making two Diamond paintings at one time seems to be working out for me, although my back is in a lot of pain LOL.

I have chosen two new diamond paintings to start making on July 31, 2025. They are Colorful Street which is a 11×14 diamond painting, the same size as the Beach Chairs diamond painting, and it comes with a wooden magnetic frame.

And then for the bigger one in the bedroom, I’ve chosen Lake Forest which is a 18×24 diamond painting.

The Lake Forest Diamond painting is the same size as the Sunflower Bouquet diamond painting that I made before that took me 3 weeks to make. I’ve gotten a little faster at making Diamond paintings, so perhaps it might not take me that long, but it still will take a while. It might not take me 3 weeks, but I’m sure it won’t be less than 2 weeks. This is still a big Diamond painting to make. But I enjoy making them and this is going to look wonderful in our living room.

I “kitted up” both kits and I have the Colorful Street in the living room ready to go for tomorrow morning, and I have the Lake Forest on my desk in my bedroom ready to go tomorrow night. I’m looking forward to making both of these because I really love them.