While I appreciate the environmental conscientiousness that upcycling encourages, some of the ideas seem a little extreme and even like a potential for a mess (thinking moldy wine corks - yuck.) Yet some of the ideas seem charming - a little bit of paint can transform some picture frames or an ikea dresser. With a little help from my old favorite, mod podge, I got inspired to take on two projects - albeit revised from the original plan on Pinterest.
Project 1 - Fabric mosaic. With lots of fabric remnants leftover from various sewing projects, I had more than enough to tackle this fabric mosaic project. I took a different spin though and made a stencil of the "letter" m and filled in the simple design using fabrics from various projects I used for my niece and nephew. A couple of layers of mod podge later, it looks good enough to hang on their wall and remind them of their last name or their Mimi!
Project 2 -Rehabbed tray: Cheap trays + craft paper + mod podge = an upcycled tray worthy of entertaining. I had picked up a tray at a thrift store that is about the size of a large pizza and some craft paper showing the hot spots of Italy - the result a decent combo for rooftop entertaining.
Pinterest Trial: Fabric Mosaic
Review: Make use of a fabric scraps with a cute result
Pinterest Trial: Decoupage Tray
Review: Cute but not perfect
My results:
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| Project #1 |
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| Project #2 |
Cool!!
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