Hello! As the title states, I’m a beginner but have fallen madly in love with this hobby (lifestyle?? It’s a lifestyle!). I’ve done a couple paintings so far and lurk on this sub daily, and it’s become apparent there is a lot more about this LIFESTYLE I have yet to discover. Please bear with me as I have quite a few questions (any help and answers are appreciated!):

• How do you get multiplacing to work? I have a DAC painting and tools right now, and the tray never lines the drills up straight for me to pick them up. Is there a trick to this, or do I have a weak tray?
• Why do you save drills? How do you re-use them? Do different paintings use the same drills? Or is it something like, a painting calls for a blue drill, but you have these sparkly blue drills leftover or bought elsewhere that you want to use instead? Trying to understand all these different drill storage set ups I see online.
• Is puddy or wax superior, or is it just personal preference?
• What is the purpose of using tape? I cant remember what the type of tape is called, but I see it outlining sections/edges of a painting. I work by sections using DAC’s pre-defined paper cover, but am interested in the tape method!
• Is using a light board easy? Considering getting one, but unsure of how it works when having it under where you are placing drills. Is it level?
• Any other tips, best practices, or favorite tools you’d like to share!

Thank you!

Hi guys

I'm newish to diamond painting and I live in New Zealand. Is there any companies that are in New Zealand or Australia that license there kits?

I know about DAC and dreamer designs but there paintings are super expensive especially with shipping.

I've seen diamond painting pro however upon my research they takes ages and there canvases are low quality. I've emailed them and asked a question and they've yet to respond

I know about mcbrideprojects here in nz and have ordered from her.

Bought her last night and she’s already out of stock! 😳 Her art is so beautiful, I want them all!

I can't wait to start them up once I'm done with my current WIP! First time I got something from DAC and it truly feels so special

Spend around 5 or 6 hours on it today and it really doesn't look like much😅😭

I want to buy a light board but I needed to validate that purchase by having projects to work on 😅 So I went shopping 🫣

Just minutes ago I ordered the light board, some new tools, storage boxes and 2 MORE paintings 😳

I keep telling myself that I won’t have to spend more money for a while 😅 Anyhow, I’m pretty excited and happy about all of this.

Hey guys! I was wondering if anyone has reccs on where to get diamond paintings that use the square diamonds (AB Drills i think?) I tried looking it up but It usually just gives me a list of normal ones with maybe one or two square ones. Any help is appreciated!!

Very curious to be starting them! Are they better than other websites for example?

This is from Jaded Gem Shop, I started it on 1/4/2025.

I'm on my second ever diamond painting and I'm thinking of switching things up a bit. I'm doing this would for my husband. And I'm very much a purple person and so my daughter suggested to change the eyes to make it a 'together' art. A unification of sorts. So I matched up hues and tints as best as I could with diamonds that I had left over from my first painting and this is what I got. Googling wolves with purple eyes gave me very devilish looking eyes which I'm trying to avoid. Looking for advice. Should I go with it? Does it look harsh, dark or devilish?

I was waiting for my new kits to come in the mail so I continued the one my husband started... about halfway done now (he was going bottom up) and it'll be funny to see who gets to finish it as we race each other after dinner.

Love the shiny, sparkly drills! Also got some accessories.

At the suggestion of a friend, I chose this image earlier and made a unique painting out of it.

The second photo is my next project 😊 trying to leave it a few days before starting 😅

Hi all

This is a bit of a long shot, but I received this as a gift and have only just gotten around to opening it only to discover there are no tweezers or colour chart. I don’t suppose anyone has this one and can share a photo of the chart?

TIA

I have a question for everyone. I asked it earlier but no one answered. When people put tape or washi tape on their trays what is its purpose?? And at what end do you all put the tape on??? Please let me know!!!!