The Junk
Objects in metal always catch my eye. I believe this little photo album has lots of potential…..and the price of one dollar makes it even more attractive…..
In addition to fabric and yarn, I enjoy working with paper. Making cards is one of my favorite ways to express my creativity. Lately I have seen lots of different ways for people to include different “unexpected” household items to showcase their paper creations. From cookie sheets to vintage cigar boxes and everything in between….it provides a touch of uniqueness to the finished work. When I saw this swing frame photo album, I thought it would be a great way to show off a single scrapbook page.
The frame itself was an easy re-do—just a quick coat of black spray paint and it was ready to go.
I saved one of the photo sleeves to use as a pattern for my scrapbook page, which I cut out of cover weight book board. A page of one of our Ready-to-Go! Blank Board Books would work perfectly. I embellished it with a scrapbook page that included a photo of the kitty that adopted us this summer and related treasures.
Once the page was decorated, again using the photo sleeve as my guide, I drilled holes on my decorated page, with my handy dandy Japanese Screw Punch and hung the page on the frame.
To make it hang nicely, I looped a small strip of cardstock around the frame, about 2/3rds the way down on each side allowing the page to rest directly on the strip.
The Jewel
detail shot
back side
Now if I could just find more of these frames…these would make great gifts for my paper crafting buddies, or maybe take-home place cards at the holiday dinner table. They would be cute for store displays of new merchandise or for a calendar. What if I did a little fabric quilt…oops, better put in for more vacation time!
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Next month’s junk: basket
What will she make out of that?
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Junk to Jewel is a series where, once a month, C&T author and editorial team member Sue Astroth chronicles her upcycling adventures with thrift store finds.
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I love this! Sue, you are so creative! Painted the metal to black makes everything look modern. Can’t wait to see what you do with the tote.
This is the funnest series, Sue! I love looking at the junk and the amazing transformations. Your junk finds really do become jewels. I can’t wait to see what that basket becomes.