Thank you for these tips! If I’m on a confetti heavy area and I see that one color has very few drills- I don’t pour them in a tray - just pick them out of the container:)

Thank you for sharing these helpful tips. I really like that wooden tray organizer.🥰

Some great tips, as well I can’t wait for drills and chills!

Gorgeous canvas! Thank you for the helpful tips on how to speed up a diamond painting project. I am a very slow diamond painter, and I have to say, your tips are spot on for making it go faster. Have a wonderful rest of your weekend and a fabulous start to next week. xoxo 💜

Starry Night was the first diamond painting that I completed. Thanks to your tips, I had enough confidence to work it. I don't have a stash but have seen more that I would like to order, someday. Have a wonderful day and stay safe!

Yes, your refresh on the multi-placer works with pink, blue, etc wax. This is the second time I have watched this video and wanted to let you know that it does work. Great tips BTW

Thank you for the tips. I refresh my glue dots in my single placer the same way. I also refresh the pink wax in my 4 placer by scraping it and moving some to the corners. Just thought I would share. ❤

Im working on a painting that has a black background. In each section,i do it first then do the next color with the most drills etc. Sometimes i work on the colors,then the background.

1. Idid not like multi-placers until I dropped down to a six placer. Now I use, mostly a four placer to place 2, 3, or 4 drills. I get them straight. I do not waste a lot of time getting a bunch lined up, flipped flat side down, then hope that they don’t fall off before I can place them. I can do about 1000 drills or round an hour and 800 square drills an hour, and found that it really does not save any time by using a bigger multi-placer, it just adds frustration trying to fix them. 2. Having a tray of the main colors available, say 310, 929 and 838 at all times is so wonderful. It helps to have other colors in trays until I have finished the section as I never get all those drills on the first(or second) go round. 4. Usually working each section from largest amount of a symbol or most prominent, to next largest number of a drill color has been effective for me. 5. I refresh wax also, the pink wax, same as your wax. Works for almost the whole project. It did not occur to me to throw away the wax in the pen until it is so gummy it won’t work anymore, lol. I have a piece of card stock with a 10 x 10 grid of drills glue sticked on to push my pen against to work the wax into the pen and remove excess.

Thx for the great tips. I especially like the one about confetti. I go from side to side in a section but will try yr concentric method. Also, you're so right about the visual distractions. What I do is put on a movie I've seen before. That way I dont have to constantly look up. If none of my fave programs are on, I put it on a nostalgia TV, true crime or even a shopping channel. If nothing good is on, I'll turn down the volume and just diamond paint😁

Those were great tips and using a multi-placer was a game changer for me. 😀

I love listening to ambient music while I'm diamond painting. I'm still working on my first painting and I loved these tips; I can't wait to try some of them out as well. :) God bless you.

I have like 50 in my stash and I need to get threw them lol! So this helped!

Refreshing works for any wax. I've managed to master placing straight with a nine placer. There in a knack to it, which isn't easy to explain. Looking forward to drills and chills. Black Cat by Candlelight is waiting patiently.

Great tips! I bought a "boat" load of trays off of Aliexpress that stack together and ordered stickers and I keep a tray loaded with the drills and add to them as needed. It has increased my speed tremendously! Can't wait for Drills and Chills!

You're right about going slower if there's a visual element. Great tips.

Great tips! One of the reasons that I love doing rounds is because you can finish much faster. There are so many great diamond paintings I want to purchase. I can only justify buying more by finishing the ones I currently have. Plus, I tend to one to move on to a new painting after a couple of weeks. Looking forward to drills and chills. Glad to see you are hosting it again. I've been looking for a painting that I could do for Halloween, so I was very happy when DAC released Warm Witch. Now I can also use it for your event!.

Amazing tips! I know back awhile ago you put out a video where you explained working dark to light and that has been a complete gamechanger! I used that method exclusively paired with organizing with all colors in ROYGBIV method so it was a quick process. A 58x80cm Square HAED Crown Jewel took me only 18 days.

Great video. So excited to hear about Drills & Chills as I have ordered 2 Halloween themed paintings for the fall.

You have a lot of good tips! Glad I subbed!!!

Thank you for the amazing tips! I am so excited for drills and chills!

Some great, practical tips❣️…I need to purchase a multi tray organizer for sure 🤔😉..,thanks for the video✨

Thanks for the tips, there are a couple I haven’t used yet but I will now!

Great video. I am new to diamond painting and this video was very helpful. Thanks.

As always your videos are relevant and informative. You inspired me to take on this beautiful hobby! Looking forward to the next event. Thank you!!! 😬🤗💖

Great tips, Jessica! And very well presented 👍

I need that tray lol. Going to maybe order one.

Awesome tips

Great tips! Thanks for the information.

OMG we have the same WIP, Jessica. Mine is square, though. I think that that will turn out beautifully! I’m going to follow your progress definitely. 😻🥳

Great tips! Liked seeing your progress shot too. Man, I would love it if Distracted by Diamonds would release or re-release more Mucha canvases!

Those are great tips ! Thank you for sharing !

Really good tips Jessica!

Great tips! Thanks so much!

I love those white large boat trays! I’m using one now.❤️ I really shouldn’t say this but if I can only ditch work, I’ll be faster with my diamond paintings.😂Thank you for these awesome tips!

Hi, thank you for the great tips.

Minimize my visual distractions... Well...lol what I like to do is use the tv as a audiobook. My desk is facing a wall and there is no way i see anything but that. Earlier i had 2 trays going and a pen in each hand. My husband confused like your doing both? Might as well put use to being ambidextrious. Lefty living in righty world. He thinks our hobby is like watching grass grow and I said the same for his old man hobbies. 😂 To each their own. Ty for the video.

Pink wax = anchors for boats so they’re less likely to spill over a small table bump. Also keeps them where you want them, especially if using a slanted angle.

I set my tray right next to my section I am doing

Thanks so much for these tips & reminders. I was wondering how ppl work on confetti efficiently. We will be participating in Drills & Chills 2021. Looking forward to it! 🕷👻👹 Katie is awesome!! ~ Kel

I've tried to use a 10 placer and I feel like I spend too much time getting the drills lined up in the tray and straightening them on the canvas.

Anytips you can provide for neck or back pain, I got a desk easel but I feel I have to stand and bend as well 😞 I love painting also please help with wrinkles and folds in canvas and how do you store them while they are partially done

Very usefull 👍

Can you please link distracted by diamonds? I can't find their website anywhere

Those are great comments! What is drills and chills?

I got label paper stuck to my canvas. I used a baby wipe to remove it. My canvas has lost a lot of stickiness now. Help! What can I do to get stickiness back on my painting? Thank you!

ive tried multi placing but i couildnt get the wax on my placer what am i doing wrong

where did get that painting i love im when a lot of colors

i am new to diamond painting and I am wondering, when should you refill your pen with wax? every time you sit down to do a session or when the stickiness of the pen is gone?

Are u still making videos for KZfaq?

I agree about the visual element....I'll listen...scroll through or leave a comment...maybe check a link that's provided..ect. Next thing I know anywhere from 30-60 minutes have passed and I didn't drill anything! Like now..lol

I’m a new subscriber & Diamond painter. My question is how do you or what is the proper way of storing the cellophane sheet when done with the picture. Thank you..

The pen almost matches the diamond painting

where did you get that pen im looking for different pens i have lots of those pink ones i found that if i do one color at a time its faster for me couild you do a video about organizing right now im not able to walk i fractured my hip from arthritis im halving it replaced at the end of the month so that im in a nursing home im hoping ill be able to have my painting with me

fantastic work

Please show us how you actually diamond paint - we see close-ups which is very helpful but would really like to see a whole body view with the camera at a distance and off to the side - are you hunched over a flat table or more relaxed over a surface that is tilted - recently purchased an "art table" that allows for a tilted surface as DPing on a flat surface is a back killer for me (haven't put the new table together yet so hopefully it is a game-changer) By the way - 10 thumbs up for the suggestion of audio books over youtube - duh