Upcycle Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to our Upcycle Blog Hop.  I am so excited to be here and the projects you are about to see from all the talented ladies...well let me just say, you will want to be crafting till there's no tomorrow.  If you just hopped over from Bridgett you are in the right spot, but if you are reading this from your dashboard or reading via email then please start at the beginning with Tanya T~ .  

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Anita   $20 Michael’s Gift Card

Jennifer B   This sweet stuff

Donna Michael a Martha Stewart fall leaves stamp set

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So I have known about this Upcycle Hop for about 4 months now and started my project way back then.  When I went to post it, I realized that it's not summer anymore and now I'm not so sure the project should have been made this way, but...as you will see, you can modify it to your liking, so you might want to imagine some fall colors  HEHEHE

So I used to work in a casino and we served liquor there.

I love all the different shapes and sizes of some of the bottles and

would take them home, of course, AFTER they were emptied.  hahaha

I washed it out and took the label off.  Then

using some glass paints I painted the entire bottle

except where the label was with fushia.  With all the 

ridges this bottle has, it gave it some very unique detail.

In vinyl I cut out a butterfly and the word Believe.

I can't believe I took a picture of the weeded portion

and not the outline...what was I thinking?  Anyway, you want

the outer portion of the vinyl so that you can etch the words.

See what I mean?  I used my etching cream and let it 

sit for 20 minutes.  I know the directions say 5 to 10, but

I always want to make sure the etching cream really

penetrates the glass and it doesn't hurt it at all to leave on longer.

So I did that to both sides...the butterfly on one side

and the word Believe on the other side.

Then I filled it with some clear glass marbles that I dyed with

my alcohol inks and added a string of lights through the top.

I added some flowers and leaves from my flower

arranging stash and a little bit of ribbon for balance

Do you see the pink marbles on the bottom?

It's kinda hard to see the word Believe in the photo,

but believe me, it's so much prettier in real life.

The butterfly especially turned out nice and crisp.

I added a butterfly with a stick pin body to one of the

leaves...isn't it just darling?

And there it is, in all its glory.

I hope I've inspired you to upcycle an old bottle maybe and turn it into a beautiful home decor item.  Remember, I made this during the summer, but you could for sure use some fall colored flowers and maybe even add some "orange" lights.  You could use a wine bottle or even a glass pop bottle if you don't have access to any liquor bottles... just let your imagination run wild.

 Now please hop on over to Krista and see what she has made for you.

Tanya T~ http://www.ScrappyScavenger.wordpress.com/

Brie - http://vintage53.blogspot.com/

Janice - http://www.cricutconfessions.com/

Faith http://faithfulecreations.com

Bridgette - www.nutsaboutcuts.com

Brenda - http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com

Krista - http://www.KristasPaperCafe.com

Jennifer B- http://jlbzlittlecorner.blogspot.com/

Amy - http://www.lovetocrop.com You are HERE!! :)

Heather- http://stampdetails.blogspot.com/ Go here NEXT!!

Haidee-http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

Roberta- http://decorablesart.blogspot.com

Dawn~ http://strawberryrainsdelights.blogspot.com/

Joe - http://www.createncraft.com/

Beth - http://Mytimetoplay.blogspot.com

Anita~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com 

Shannon L~ http://www.Shannonleffew.blogspot.com

Krylon Paint and old table

Here is a relook at the table I made using my Krylon Dual Paint and Primer and something new so make sure you read on if you've already seen this post.

I have been so busy creating lately.  I have loved all my projects, but this one I am most proud of as of right now.  I was approached by Infarrantly Creative and Krylon to see if I would be interested in doing a project for them using a new product, Paint and Primer in one can.  Well, duh, of course.  Hahaha  I will try ALMOST anything.  I was allowed to pick two colors of this new Paint and Primer spray paint.  I chose red and blue of course. 

I started with this table.  When we bought our house 10 years ago, my inlaws bought us this table and chair set for our downstairs patio.  It was gorgeous when we first got it and I love wood so this was a perfect fit for us.  As you can see, 10 years of outdoor living has taken it's toll on this poor set, but I didn't want to get rid of it either.  I knew, someday I could do something with it. 

and wound up with this:

Isn't it just gorgeous:
This is how I did it:
I first disassembled the table by unscrewing all the slats from the metal legs.  The wood was a bit rotted in places, so when I painted it the red paint really soaked into the wood.

 I had to use 2 coats to get a proper coverage of the paint, but it is well worth it.

Then I painted the bottom rung and the metal legs.  I only needed 1 coat for each of these items.  The metal took very well and the wooden rung covered nicely also. 

After I let it dry for 25 minutes I sprayed a white spray paint also made by Krylon (had some left over from a previous project).  I let that also dry for about 20 minutes.

 Then I cut a star out of some vinyl and when I was sure the paint was really good and dry I placed the cut ontop of the white and used a strip to avoid spraying onto the red.  I placed the slats as far apart as they would be when the table is reassembled.

 I then used the blue spray paint to paint over the vinyl cut star.

 I let that dry for about 20 minutes also.

 I reassembled the table

 and this is it.  I am so in love with my new table.  I can't wait to do my chairs now also.  I used 1 can of each color and still have about half of a can of the blue left over.  The red is almost used up, but I think it's a very affortable project and the color really look great.  All in all this project probably took me about 2 hours.  Cool huh?

Now, we all know you can never have too many light sets right?  I know I can't, but they can get pretty costly and I love to make things so I made my own 4th of July light set.

First I cut stars out of some cleaned soda cans and some plastic containers.

I forgot to take pictures of the soda can stars, but I used the same method as I did for the plastic
You can cut them very easily with tin snips or even kitchen scissors (that's what I used)
I also spray painted the plate here and that's another project in itself so stay tuned...

Then I ran them both through my cuddlebug and embossed them with the "stars" cuddlebug folder.

Then I spray painted both sides of the stars.  Litterally in 20 minutes I was able to flip them over and paint the other side.  This paint dries so fast and it only took one coat each side.  Both the soda cans and the plastic took very well to the paint.

These are the soda can stars

Soda can stars

Plastic Stars

Plastic Stars

After the stars were completely dried, I sanded a bit of the paint off the soda cans to give it a bit of an aged look.  The plastic stars I kept as they were; no sanding.

These turned out awesome

I punched a hole in each star with my Crop-a-Dile II right in the center and put them on a string of lights.  Don't they look fantastic?  I even tried some clear ones and they are ok, but I do love the painted ones

Soda can stars

Plastic Star

 Plastic clear star

 Soda can star

Combination of soda can stars and plastic stars.  

Just think of the possibilities for Christmas (trees), Halloween (pumpkins), Valentines Day (Hearts), and the list goes on and on.  Wow, I can't wait for the next holiday to come along.

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think and tell me which ones you like the best:  

Soda Can, Plastic or clear plastic.