Hey Bev , I agree with so much of what you said. I honestly have so many diamond paintings that I don't know how on earth I will get to them all in my life, so buying new ones really has to be a conscious decision. I am glad that you talked about the FOMO of it all. In the beginning, I thought I had to have everything, and I have now learned that I have most of what I need to enjoy diamond painting already. Not to say I wouldn't love trying something new or innovative. I tried sectioning off my diamond paintings and that got old really fast. I tried using cover papers... It also got old really fast. I use them only when I have a section my hand might hit. I'm still on a no-buy until I can get through some of my stash - but I still enjoy the therapeutic part of doing it too. I loved the video. It's nice to know that other people's ideas about the craft have modified over time. Thanks for sharing.🥰🥰
I just started diamond painting and I loved your video! So many helpful tips for beginners that I'm definitely going to use. Can't wait to watch more of your content! Definitely subbed 🎉❤
Thank you for the honesty about diamond painting. I’m just starting in this adventure craft. You are so funny. Love that you are straight forward. I’ve def subbed your channel❤❤
I don't watch diamond painting videos for a while now but I watched yours until the end because you're delightful! I also don't understand why people want to keep extra drills unless they plan to use it for crafting. I just dumped mine in a box in their original bags which I plan to give/sell to anybody who would have better use for it.
Thanks Beverley! Great video and it was just fun spending some time with you today. These were some great tips for people just getting into them and many things I had to learn on my own from experience. Like you I am a putty girl, an EW container girl and my absolutely favorite tray is the inferno. I have lots of trays but I seriously haven't used anything but my inferno for over a year now. Happy New Year Beverley!!!
21:46 OMG I just got done kitting down 2 finished kits and I hated it. And I just realized that in the 4yrs I’ve DP all my kits are from DAC and I have only ran out of a drill color ONCE and I didn’t even have that color in my stash. All I did was email them and that same day they mailed more out. I’m not saving them anymore it’s so pointless! Anyways thank you. 😊
Hey Bev 😁 Ran across this video, watched, and I totally agree with a lot you have to say, so I was very entertained! The putty thing, I do that all the time, lol IK hope you're doing well, and I hope you're enjoying the holidays! 💖💖 xx Cynthia
You rock. I don’t keep my spare drills either. Mainly because kitting up and kitting down can feel tedious to me. I’d rather email the diamond painting company’s customer service if I run out of drills. Also, I honestly find the newer pens and trays from DAC work good enough for me. I do have one firefly tray and I use that now and then. I do agree that a good storage system is a must buy. Working out of baggies got old real fast.
😅I’m still using my original pink pen and clear 8 multiplacerand even only on my 2nd double square of pink wax(rectangle) after 40 diamond art 12 x16 canvases. I have a box of pens and waxes that I can’t seem to throw away. I do have my canvases in a binder so before I order I can check. I now only keep a dozen in stash. But I have only started in May and I’m really cheap and only buy the crap ones.
I am new to your channel and just wanted to add I love this video. You are so funny and inviting as you acknowledge there are a zillion ways to diamond paint. I admit I am more like Katie from Diamonds and Washi - I love my trays and pens to coordinate with my diamond painting. I am a year and a half into diamond painting (coming from many years of cross-stitching) and love the sparkle and quickness of diamond painting since I love the big landscapes. I love your tips. I have almost always bought DAC kits, I have just decided to try a few Dreamer Designs from watching reviews of their kits and love your tip to try round diamond kits for a new company, I am going to do that if I branch into other companies. I am a big believer in licensing so that does matter to me, but I have the means to buy premium kits and I also don’t judge others for their different choices. I look forward to future videos from you!!!
Thank you so much Jennifer! And yeesss! I feel like I'm sometimes the opposite of Katie lolll (she is great btw and I love her as a creator and person).
Bev Beeee. Oh how I have misssed you!!! I actually agree with all you have shared in this video. And yes of course it is up to each owns opinions. I think of you often you look great!! Keep up with what ever you are doing!! Love you girlfriend!! ❤❤
Hi Bev, loved your video. I wished I had known, some of my friends, even though they never Diamond painted, find the craft way too simple for their big brains. My Personal assistant used to yell at me saying," How many do you actually need?" Yes, I have some support. But not like I would like. The way I discovered Diamond painting was I buying kits thinking they were kitchen products. One of my friends open a kit and said, "Silly, this is a Diamond painting kit!" So, I started Diamond Painting. I discovered Dreamer Designs first, then Diamond Art Club, then Diamond Artisan. I am an obessive person. For instance I have several cases of high end Tanzanites. So, Diamond paintings are the same way. I am severely ADHD. Diamond painting relaxes my brain, and give Dopeomine( which my brain does not produce. I love kitting up, hate kitting down. I have about three storage containers which I need to de-kit. My Maternal Grandma was from Nova Scotia. She moved here, Southern California, with her American husband in 1918. My Great Aunt Marian had 36 pregnancies and 17 babies survived into adulthood. Oh by the way I love your glasses.
Hey Elizabeth, hope you're doing well, thank you so much for sharing your story with me! Diamond Artisan has some really pretty kits! Oooh I just looked up tanzanites, so gorgeous!
Merry Christmas Bev... good views.. I finish even if I HATE the kit because I am too cheap to not do it.. lol I now only get kit's I know are good and I prefer square vs. round unless I like the image enough. I prefer confetti and that is same. if I like it enough and it's color blocking I will but I will do in small sections and come back to it after I work some confetti. great tips and tricks. great info,, hugs and love
Merry Christmas!!! Great to see we have similar opinions, and I totally get where you're coming from about finishing a kit even if you hate it hahahaha Sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do!!!
Hi bev luv the video I love diamond painting but since I found my new job I love don't have as much time as I use too takes me a long time I love firefly have a great day
Hi Bev…. Enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing all your thoughts. I’m a glue dot user in my single placer & love putty in my multi-placers. 👍 I too enjoy journals…. Never have purchased from Travelers… will check them out. I have lots of stickers, washi snob from Simply Gilded…. And just paper & fun stuff. Years & years of collecting. Glad you’re doing more Ytube… I’ve missed you. Merry Christmas! 🎄
Thank you so much, Peggy! OMG glue dots are great too, I totally forgot about them after I finished my first pack of the micro ones! I should try them again actually, thanks for the reminder! Yes, please check out Travelers Company and travelers notebooks, they're fantastic and I'm obsessed heheheh. Simply Gilded makes gorgeous washi!
🐝 hey! The only time I section off a full canvas is if it’s for an event with a new start and finish. Then I can pace myself and know how much I need to accomplish each day to meet the deadline. I like fancy cover papers, but the double sided non stick parchment squares from the dollar store are excellent as well. I actually like the new twist pen with putty from DAC! I do have a lot of trays. So sometimes my desk surface looks like a traffic jam ❤
My whole desk is a traffic jam too 😂! Great idea to keep track of your sections for events, I never even thought of doing that and I'll have to try out the twist pen, thank you for the tip!
I'm just here to have you tell me over and over I can just do whatever I want. 😊 Jk, these are all great points! Lazy crafting is so relaxing. I'm so glad I never leave my house because you almost got me with the travel journal thing.
I didn't want someone to be offended so I kept making sure to say that hahahahhaa ALSO OMG I never leave my house BUT I do journal everyday and the traveler's journal is sooooo good for that. You could even get one and use it as a log book. GET ONE. DO IT. Okay baai mummy.
UA-cam suggested your video and I'm sooooo glad they did!!! I'm here for the lazy diamond painter. Make a tshirt! I started in June got caught up in the buy buy buy and now I've come to my senses with a stash of about 20 😅 But definitely making better decisions! And still loving the draft.
Aww thank you so much for checking out my video! And yes shirts lolllll could you imagine? It's hard to not want to buy a million diamond paintings, I totally get it!
Hello! I just started diamond painting and I can totally relate to you. I'm a lazy diamond painter. I just want to put drills down. Lol I just need to know how to load my pen with putty correctly, I think I'm a hard pressor. Lol
Use the pointy tweezers for loading putty! Especially in your single placer, it's a game changer! I'm a hard presser too, which is why my pens broke bahahhahaha Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment, happy new year!
Ahahaha, watching through your video you get to the part where you talk about almost buying a second of the same painting... I am more of a coloring book enthusiast but I recently picked up diamond painting to mix it up. And I had this moment of "imagine having so many dp you haven't done you forget you bought it!" And then had a self-reflection moment... because *just three weeks ago* I accidentally bought a coloring book that was on a good sale thinking I didn't have it... and I DID HAVE IT... I even *have* a google doc with all my books listed and I still made the mistake because I was too lazy to go check. So... yeah, I get it lol. Thanks for the tips, it's good to keep in mind if I ever get too deep into this hobby too! For now... I just get the occasional painting and have a single 'good' pen and a small case for the drills, plus a light table. My setup works great for me, I have fun with it, and *so far* I only have 2 kits waiting to be made (I'm between kits right now, since I just finished a Christmas one I gave as a gift to family).
That's so cool you have a log book for your coloring books! Great idea, I didn't even think about how similar different crafts are! If you get the diamond painting bug make sure you start a spreadsheet hehe
Let's see. You like thicker things in your hand, bigger trays, lots of sticky putty, and chunky men. I'm new to your site, and I did subscribe because I feel like I know you so well now!!😂
There are so many great trays! The thing to look for is just making sure the walls are higher and I do prefer the thicker filament ones because I find them to be sturdier! Best of luck in finding your perfect tray!
I hope you find the tips and suggestions helpful, if I missed anything let me know!
Happy Holidays! 🎄
Hey Bev , I agree with so much of what you said. I honestly have so many diamond paintings that I don't know how on earth I will get to them all in my life, so buying new ones really has to be a conscious decision. I am glad that you talked about the FOMO of it all. In the beginning, I thought I had to have everything, and I have now learned that I have most of what I need to enjoy diamond painting already. Not to say I wouldn't love trying something new or innovative. I tried sectioning off my diamond paintings and that got old really fast. I tried using cover papers... It also got old really fast. I use them only when I have a section my hand might hit. I'm still on a no-buy until I can get through some of my stash - but I still enjoy the therapeutic part of doing it too. I loved the video. It's nice to know that other people's ideas about the craft have modified over time. Thanks for sharing.🥰🥰
I just started diamond painting and I loved your video! So many helpful tips for beginners that I'm definitely going to use. Can't wait to watch more of your content! Definitely subbed 🎉❤
Aww thanks so much!!! If you have any questions or want a video on something specific let me know, I'm running out of ideas lol
Thank you for the honesty about diamond painting. I’m just starting in this adventure craft. You are so funny. Love that you are straight forward. I’ve def subbed your channel❤❤
I don't watch diamond painting videos for a while now but I watched yours until the end because you're delightful!
I also don't understand why people want to keep extra drills unless they plan to use it for crafting. I just dumped mine in a box in their original bags which I plan to give/sell to anybody who would have better use for it.
Aw thanks so much for watching mine, it means a lot! And yeah, I don't want to keep extra drills, no thank you hahahaha
Thanks so much Bev. Brilliant video 😊. Everything you said is so so true. Great to see you again ❤
Thank you so much, Jan!
Thanks Beverley! Great video and it was just fun spending some time with you today. These were some great tips for people just getting into them and many things I had to learn on my own from experience. Like you I am a putty girl, an EW container girl and my absolutely favorite tray is the inferno. I have lots of trays but I seriously haven't used anything but my inferno for over a year now. Happy New Year Beverley!!!
Happy new year, Caroline!!!
I felt everything you said with my soul! I have the same tray, 1 pen, etc. Thank you for the video!
Aw, thanks for watching!
Thank you for this video!
Thanks for watching!
21:46 OMG I just got done kitting down 2 finished kits and I hated it. And I just realized that in the 4yrs I’ve DP all my kits are from DAC and I have only ran out of a drill color ONCE and I didn’t even have that color in my stash. All I did was email them and that same day they mailed more out. I’m not saving them anymore it’s so pointless! Anyways thank you. 😊
Thank you for the washy tape tip
You're welcome!
I’m newer to Diamonding! (5 months) You are SO right!!! I just loved listening to your video!
Thank you!!! And welcome to the craft!!!
Hey Bev 😁 Ran across this video, watched, and I totally agree with a lot you have to say, so I was very entertained! The putty thing, I do that all the time, lol IK hope you're doing well, and I hope you're enjoying the holidays! 💖💖 xx Cynthia
Cynthia! Hope you're having a great holiday!
You rock. I don’t keep my spare drills either. Mainly because kitting up and kitting down can feel tedious to me. I’d rather email the diamond painting company’s customer service if I run out of drills. Also, I honestly find the newer pens and trays from DAC work good enough for me. I do have one firefly tray and I use that now and then. I do agree that a good storage system is a must buy. Working out of baggies got old real fast.
Thank you so much for watching and I'm happy we're so similar in our preferences!
Great video 😊 🐝
Thank you Tamara!
😅I’m still using my original pink pen and clear 8 multiplacerand even only on my 2nd double square of pink wax(rectangle) after 40 diamond art 12 x16 canvases. I have a box of pens and waxes that I can’t seem to throw away. I do have my canvases in a binder so before I order I can check. I now only keep a dozen in stash. But I have only started in May and I’m really cheap and only buy the crap ones.
🐝🥰 thanks for your video!🥰
Thanks for watching Lily!
I am new to your channel and just wanted to add I love this video. You are so funny and inviting as you acknowledge there are a zillion ways to diamond paint. I admit I am more like Katie from Diamonds and Washi - I love my trays and pens to coordinate with my diamond painting. I am a year and a half into diamond painting (coming from many years of cross-stitching) and love the sparkle and quickness of diamond painting since I love the big landscapes. I love your tips. I have almost always bought DAC kits, I have just decided to try a few Dreamer Designs from watching reviews of their kits and love your tip to try round diamond kits for a new company, I am going to do that if I branch into other companies. I am a big believer in licensing so that does matter to me, but I have the means to buy premium kits and I also don’t judge others for their different choices. I look forward to future videos from you!!!
Thank you so much Jennifer! And yeesss! I feel like I'm sometimes the opposite of Katie lolll (she is great btw and I love her as a creator and person).
I feel like you are my diamond painting twin. My journey is very similar to yours, like almost exactly. Thanks for the vid.
Twins!!! It's like we're meant to diamond paint together!
I checked but I didn't see a link for the Firefly Tray? Unless I'm missing something?
I'm the worst, I forgot LOL. Here is the link: fireflyda.com/ I'll add it and other links now, thanks for the reminder!
Omg..the more I watched..made me lmfao 😂… I’m here for it 😂😊
Thanks Amy!!!!
Bev Beeee. Oh how I have misssed you!!! I actually agree with all you have shared in this video. And yes of course it is up to each owns opinions. I think of you often you look great!! Keep up with what ever you are doing!! Love you girlfriend!! ❤❤
Awww thank you momma!!! Hope you're doing well!! Miss you!
@@BevBee doing as well as to be expected for a semi-old lady!! 🥰😂😂😂😂😂 Miss you too!! 🤗🤗
Oh my gosh I laughed out loud about your kitting up and kitting down comment! So me …. Love it ❤
Thank youuuu!!!
🐝Great video, I agree with pretty much all of it.
Thank you for checking it out!!!
@ I watched it to the end, nodding my head a lot 😘
My unpopular opinion is that Mystery Boxes are not worth it!
They totally aren't, I 100% agree!
Great video! 💜💚🩷
Thank youuuuu!!
Hi Bev, loved your video.
I wished I had known, some of my friends, even though they never Diamond painted, find the craft way too simple for their big brains. My Personal assistant used to yell at me saying," How many do you actually need?" Yes, I have some support. But not like I would like.
The way I discovered Diamond painting was I buying kits thinking they were kitchen products. One of my friends open a kit and said, "Silly, this is a Diamond painting kit!"
So, I started Diamond Painting. I discovered Dreamer Designs first, then Diamond Art Club, then Diamond Artisan.
I am an obessive person. For instance I have several cases of high end Tanzanites. So, Diamond paintings are the same way.
I am severely ADHD. Diamond painting relaxes my brain, and give Dopeomine( which my brain does not produce.
I love kitting up, hate kitting down. I have about three storage containers which I need to de-kit.
My Maternal Grandma was from Nova Scotia. She moved here, Southern California, with her American husband in 1918.
My Great Aunt Marian had 36 pregnancies and 17 babies survived into adulthood.
Oh by the way I love your glasses.
Hey Elizabeth, hope you're doing well, thank you so much for sharing your story with me! Diamond Artisan has some really pretty kits! Oooh I just looked up tanzanites, so gorgeous!
You are welcome 👽
I'm working on updating my log/Excel spreadsheet now as you speak 👍😁 Merry Christmas 🎄✨️
Come update mine hehhhehehe
@BevBee lol...have fun! I had lots to catch up, but i'm w/you about not buying so much anymore. 2025 I'm shopping my stash only lol
Bev Bee Lazy Diamonds! My favorite influencer 😍🥰🎄 now a de-influencer hahaha ilysm
Don't buy anything, ever!
Merry Christmas Bev... good views.. I finish even if I HATE the kit because I am too cheap to not do it.. lol I now only get kit's I know are good and I prefer square vs. round unless I like the image enough. I prefer confetti and that is same. if I like it enough and it's color blocking I will but I will do in small sections and come back to it after I work some confetti. great tips and tricks. great info,, hugs and love
Merry Christmas!!! Great to see we have similar opinions, and I totally get where you're coming from about finishing a kit even if you hate it hahahaha Sometimes we gotta do what we gotta do!!!
Hi bev luv the video I love diamond painting but since I found my new job I love don't have as much time as I use too takes me a long time I love firefly have a great day
Congrats on the new job!!!
Hi Bev…. Enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing all your thoughts. I’m a glue dot user in my single placer & love putty in my multi-placers. 👍 I too enjoy journals…. Never have purchased from Travelers… will check them out. I have lots of stickers, washi snob from Simply Gilded…. And just paper & fun stuff. Years & years of collecting. Glad you’re doing more Ytube… I’ve missed you. Merry Christmas! 🎄
Thank you so much, Peggy! OMG glue dots are great too, I totally forgot about them after I finished my first pack of the micro ones! I should try them again actually, thanks for the reminder! Yes, please check out Travelers Company and travelers notebooks, they're fantastic and I'm obsessed heheheh. Simply Gilded makes gorgeous washi!
🐝 hey! The only time I section off a full canvas is if it’s for an event with a new start and finish. Then I can pace myself and know how much I need to accomplish each day to meet the deadline. I like fancy cover papers, but the double sided non stick parchment squares from the dollar store are excellent as well. I actually like the new twist pen with putty from DAC! I do have a lot of trays. So sometimes my desk surface looks like a traffic jam ❤
My whole desk is a traffic jam too 😂! Great idea to keep track of your sections for events, I never even thought of doing that and I'll have to try out the twist pen, thank you for the tip!
I'm just here to have you tell me over and over I can just do whatever I want. 😊 Jk, these are all great points! Lazy crafting is so relaxing. I'm so glad I never leave my house because you almost got me with the travel journal thing.
I didn't want someone to be offended so I kept making sure to say that hahahahhaa ALSO OMG I never leave my house BUT I do journal everyday and the traveler's journal is sooooo good for that. You could even get one and use it as a log book. GET ONE. DO IT. Okay baai mummy.
UA-cam suggested your video and I'm sooooo glad they did!!! I'm here for the lazy diamond painter. Make a tshirt! I started in June got caught up in the buy buy buy and now I've come to my senses with a stash of about 20 😅 But definitely making better decisions! And still loving the draft.
Aww thank you so much for checking out my video! And yes shirts lolllll could you imagine? It's hard to not want to buy a million diamond paintings, I totally get it!
Hello! I just started diamond painting and I can totally relate to you. I'm a lazy diamond painter. I just want to put drills down. Lol I just need to know how to load my pen with putty correctly, I think I'm a hard pressor. Lol
Use the pointy tweezers for loading putty! Especially in your single placer, it's a game changer! I'm a hard presser too, which is why my pens broke bahahhahaha Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment, happy new year!
@BevBee happy new year 🫶
Ahahaha, watching through your video you get to the part where you talk about almost buying a second of the same painting... I am more of a coloring book enthusiast but I recently picked up diamond painting to mix it up. And I had this moment of "imagine having so many dp you haven't done you forget you bought it!" And then had a self-reflection moment... because *just three weeks ago* I accidentally bought a coloring book that was on a good sale thinking I didn't have it... and I DID HAVE IT... I even *have* a google doc with all my books listed and I still made the mistake because I was too lazy to go check. So... yeah, I get it lol. Thanks for the tips, it's good to keep in mind if I ever get too deep into this hobby too!
For now... I just get the occasional painting and have a single 'good' pen and a small case for the drills, plus a light table. My setup works great for me, I have fun with it, and *so far* I only have 2 kits waiting to be made (I'm between kits right now, since I just finished a Christmas one I gave as a gift to family).
That's so cool you have a log book for your coloring books! Great idea, I didn't even think about how similar different crafts are! If you get the diamond painting bug make sure you start a spreadsheet hehe
Ps I thought about buying a larger kit until I saw the prices…I try to only spend $6 usa for my kits. It’s just something to keep me busy.
That makes sense, but also larger kits will keep you busy for longer and the quality is worth it!
Temu is good to start.Its so cheap till u get it
Yes, definitely!
Artemis can you place the order to coincide with your visit or have someone here hold it until you get here.
Thanks for coming!
Definitely not vanilla! Hugs and Happy New Year
Lisettey, I hope you had a great Xmas and happy new year!!!
Ive only purchased 3 pens from small shop…a regret..nice pens but dont use them…i used the dac pens..perfect size
Ooh the like kit pens from DAC or the resin pens they sell?
Yellow dog for me
I'll have to order from them!!!
huh who matches everything to their kit, gosh totally not me. 😏🙈😭
DUDE. I literally mentioned you and Katie, if you re-watch it closely you can tell I cut that part out hahahahah But I literally said "RAX" hahahahhaa
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Thanks for watching Linda!
Hey bev!
Thanks for hanging out!!!
@ wish I could have stayed longer! We had people come over for Christmas Eve dinner
Let's see. You like thicker things in your hand, bigger trays, lots of sticky putty, and chunky men. I'm new to your site, and I did subscribe because I feel like I know you so well now!!😂
HAHAHA I can't help it!!!
Agree with your points. The one thing I haven’t invested in is a really good tray. I’ll look into the one you got
There are so many great trays! The thing to look for is just making sure the walls are higher and I do prefer the thicker filament ones because I find them to be sturdier! Best of luck in finding your perfect tray!
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Thanks Diane! Hope you had a great holiday!
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Thanks for watching!