You wish.
I wish indeed!
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This may be my most spectacularly rubbish upcycle or make EVAH! But I shall still share it in case it inspires you to show me how to do it better or you think of some scabby unloved tea-tray too!
Old boring, scabby wooden tray in the kitchen has sat unloved and unused for ages. Was going to visit a charity shop near you but I decided to have a little mess around before I did anything so drastic!
I dug out a daisy shaped paper punch, some acrylic paints and a big stubby paint-brush (and some scrap card) and cut myself a template which I then used to make a line of daisies. It looked bare and boring so I found one of my most disliked/avoided craft devices, the rubber stamp, (despite this fact, I seem to have loads of them, mostly gifts, bumper pack items or bargain bin finds) and proceeded to make it look even worse by adding rows of fern on either side using more acrylics! Next time, I'll do decoupage instead!
You're wondering about the cake, right? Surely we all appreciate a gratuitous cake shot (a Cadbury's chocolate cream gateau that was tragically found on the Reduced to Quick Sale counter at Tescos. I had to rescue it in order to help it achieve its destiny of liningone greedy person's many persons' stomachs. It is delicious, incidently. I still have half to go!
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I always end up left up with a bit of acrylic paint left which it seems a shame to chuck as it is expensive so I made a sort of swirly pattern on the back of a cracker box. I then cut them up to make these two Easter cards (also using some scraps of card hanging around) and some Anita's daffodil stickers.
Somehow, sitting there watching Ella Enchanted as I did this, I ended up using the corrugated coffee card leftovers to make hearts and made this other masculine Love card! I suppose it could be a Valentines!
I just got back from attending a Lindy class in London. Usually, I feel really psyched after these but I really had trouble with the moves tonight- it involved a quick spin using single step footwork (as opposed to a triple step) and I just kept landing awkardly/badly and an immediate contrasting turn in the opposite direction which threw me off each time. I felt like my partners thought 'what on earth is she doing?' Plus I sat and watched the Intermediate class after (whilst waiting for CBC) and discovered I could have joined in if I had really wanted to, which is a shame as they learnt a realllllllly cool move called 'Around the World' (like the Yo-yo!). I paid the extra to do some social dance after but CBC had a horrid day and wasn't in the mood for dancing but at least we went to Wagamamas and I ate far more ramen than is healthy for one person to do!
Hope you are well!x
The link party:
Lakota's Ta Dah Tuesday featuring one fab Angry Birds cake!
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Claire Justine's Creative Mondays
![Feeding Big]()
Cynthia's In and out of the kitchen linkie.
Be sure to go and visit!
I wish indeed!
This may be my most spectacularly rubbish upcycle or make EVAH! But I shall still share it in case it inspires you to show me how to do it better or you think of some scabby unloved tea-tray too!
Old boring, scabby wooden tray in the kitchen has sat unloved and unused for ages. Was going to visit a charity shop near you but I decided to have a little mess around before I did anything so drastic!
I dug out a daisy shaped paper punch, some acrylic paints and a big stubby paint-brush (and some scrap card) and cut myself a template which I then used to make a line of daisies. It looked bare and boring so I found one of my most disliked/avoided craft devices, the rubber stamp, (despite this fact, I seem to have loads of them, mostly gifts, bumper pack items or bargain bin finds) and proceeded to make it look even worse by adding rows of fern on either side using more acrylics! Next time, I'll do decoupage instead!
You're wondering about the cake, right? Surely we all appreciate a gratuitous cake shot (a Cadbury's chocolate cream gateau that was tragically found on the Reduced to Quick Sale counter at Tescos. I had to rescue it in order to help it achieve its destiny of lining
I always end up left up with a bit of acrylic paint left which it seems a shame to chuck as it is expensive so I made a sort of swirly pattern on the back of a cracker box. I then cut them up to make these two Easter cards (also using some scraps of card hanging around) and some Anita's daffodil stickers.
Somehow, sitting there watching Ella Enchanted as I did this, I ended up using the corrugated coffee card leftovers to make hearts and made this other masculine Love card! I suppose it could be a Valentines!
I just got back from attending a Lindy class in London. Usually, I feel really psyched after these but I really had trouble with the moves tonight- it involved a quick spin using single step footwork (as opposed to a triple step) and I just kept landing awkardly/badly and an immediate contrasting turn in the opposite direction which threw me off each time. I felt like my partners thought 'what on earth is she doing?' Plus I sat and watched the Intermediate class after (whilst waiting for CBC) and discovered I could have joined in if I had really wanted to, which is a shame as they learnt a realllllllly cool move called 'Around the World' (like the Yo-yo!). I paid the extra to do some social dance after but CBC had a horrid day and wasn't in the mood for dancing but at least we went to Wagamamas and I ate far more ramen than is healthy for one person to do!
Hope you are well!x
The link party:
Lakota's Ta Dah Tuesday featuring one fab Angry Birds cake!
Claire Justine's Creative Mondays
Cynthia's In and out of the kitchen linkie.
Be sure to go and visit!