Thursday, June 10, 2010

Photo Display

I was in my local craft store and they were having a 50% off sale. I am a sucker for clearance stuff. I don't know why, but when I see a clearance sticker, I am immediately drawn to it :)

I found this metal garden thing-a-ma-bob and it was only $9.00. I knew that there was something I could make with it. So, I bought it!
Since my craft room is decorated in red, black, and white, I knew that the green just wasn't going to work. So, first I spray painted it red and then I put a black glaze over the top of it.
Here it is at that point. Since I am more of a floral girl and not much of a leaf person, I decided that I wanted to do something about those leaves.
I liked the leaves, but I didn't love them.
So, I came up with an idea to make some durable plastic flowers to glue over some of the leaves. Want to know how I made the flowers??? CLICK HERE :) I did a separate blog post on those :)
My flowers. I just love how they turned out. There are SO MANY things you could use them on!
Hanging in my craft room, but not quite finished. At first I was thinking that I would hang some of my craft supplies on this (which would work GREAT!), but then I decided to use it to hang photos, quotes, and memorabilia on.
I used clips to hang the stuff, but since it is metal, I can also go back and use magnets to hang more items on it.

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16 comments:

Brooke said...

Super Cute!

Teena said...

that's cool, well done! Happy Transformation Thursday <3

Pam said...

Repurposing with a real purpose....the plastic flowers added was a good thing too. This thigamabob (lol) makes nice wall decor now thanks to you. :) Pam @ Sallygoodin

Lanie Ree said...

Ooh, nice! That is beautiful. You did such a great job.

The Harris Family said...

What a great idea! I really like the flowers and I love how it turned out.
-Crystal
crystalscraftspot.blogspot.com

Ann @ makethebestofthings said...

How creative you are!! Love the upstyling you did on this piece.

Angie said...

This is so cute! Love that you can display lots of pictures.

Country Mouse said...

Wow! Great find!!! I love it!

Beth said...

Too cute! That turned out great!

Miss Mommy said...

Well done- nit sure if I like the project or the fact that you have a craft room more? You really improved that piece- way to have an eye for potential!

Emil/Miss Mommy (TILT)

StepherB said...

So cute!

Julia said...

What a great idea!

Jane said...

Great job transforming that metal thing! Love how you personalized it every step of the way.

Kara@ Creations by Kara said...

So awesome! I totally love how you added the flowers. Perfect touch!

Erica said...

Love it! Great idea

KatrinkaJane said...

Still loving those flowers!
(fellow CSI poster)