Outside of the varnish, these are 100% recycled materials. I started with paper grocery bags. These were cut into long strips, folded, then looped to the size of a bracelet. The one on the left used cereal box cardboard as a base.
They each got about three layers of paper mache, then had to dry for about a week. In the meantime I cut up a tattoo magazine for decoupage.
Once they were dry, I decorated them with the magazine clippings. Several layers of varnish (and even more drying time!) they are ready to go.
These will be for sale at SCRAP’s holiday bazaar this Saturday December 19th.
Posted in So damned crafty by Jenn, December 15, 2009 9:37 am Comments (0)
Tags: bracelet, decoupage, grocery bag, magazine, paper, paper mache, recycled, SCRAP, tattoo, upcycle
I’ve been clipping pictures out of magazines to put in the picture frames I’ve been putting together for the SCRAP Holiday Bazaar (Saturday December 19th from 11am – 5pm), and this one fits so well I could see someone buying it and not changing out the photo.
Rescued frame was re-painted then embellished with the bottle caps I was selling as magnets at the Halloween bazaar.
Think I should make more of these!
This one came together amazingly well. The base frame is a "re-tread" from SCRAP, and the flower petals were cut from aluminum cans. (Lost the nickel deposits there…)
The petal circles are in three different sizes to create a nice layering effect. Memo to self: find additional can colors next time! I used an awl to punch a hole through the layers. The petals are bound together with crochet thread and a glass bead.
I tried gluing the first flower to the frame, but quickly realized it wouldn’t stick as well as I would like it to. Next plan? Since the base frame is also a thin metal, I punched holes in it and bound the flowers to it with thread.
Secured the threads with fray check and craft glue, swiped the glass with glass cleaner, added a picture cut out from a magazine, and tah-dah! A very pretty folksy rustic metal flower frame.
Guidance for making the flowers came from the book, Handmade Style: Mexico by Karin Hossack.
