A good friend of mine commissioned me to make a wreath as a Christmas gift.
I think it turned out quite nice.
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For several years I’ve had a boring tin can on the counter for a pencil holder. You’d think that I’d have made it a bit more visually appealing before now…but no….I’ve mostly just hid it behind other things.
As I was working on a completely different project I noticed a scrap of burlap from my wreath project appeared long enough to wraparound the can. I had to trim it a bit but was very pleased with the look. I added a torn fabric strip around the middle then used hot glue to attach some paper flowers. It looks nice enough to have out in front now.
I have a mini office space on top of the recycling cabinet in our kitchen. Keeps the essentials close for list making, homework, wine sipping… 🙂
I also have to show you the art journal page I finished up yesterday.
The orange flowers and words were cut using my Silhouette Portrait. They were started out as sage green cardstock.
I used spray mists to alter them more to fit my page. The bunny was cut from an envelope. He looks like a happy bunny to find such yummy flowers.
The page used more of the green fabric used on the burlap wrapped can.
I’m off running errands this morning but look forward to dropping by and visiting my T stands for Tuesday friends later on.
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Today for the 2nd edition of Second on the 2nd I’d like to share with you a transformation that makes me happy each and everyday.
Original post from January 21, 2012 slightly tweaked to include updates:
So we have this old 20+ yr old fridge that just keeps humming along mechanically but cosmetically it was getting really nasty looking.
I used to keep papers, magnets and comics on it to cover as much as possible.
It was rusting from underneath the finish on the doors. I’m guessing that it was a manufacturing issue since the rest of it isn’t rusting at all.I sanded all the rust and painted over it with Rustoleum paint.
I decided on dictionary pages to cover the fridge. My thought was…it’s got to be better than the way it looked before.
And in my opinion, it totally is!! I still need to put a couple coats of sealer on top so I can wipe it down as needed. I picked up the Golden polymer medium I used as glue in the recycle center reuse room for FREE!! Just two cheap foam brushes were purchased for this facelift.
Yes, I know we’ll eventually have to replace this beast but until then it’s definitely a conversation piece in my kitchen!!
In addition, I covered our recycling cabinet in the same manner.
All I have left is a pantry cupboard on the other side of the kitchen to give the same treatment.Fast, fun and frugal…nothing but good F words for this project.
