Wednesday, November 10, 2010

One Dollar Wednesday... Cookbook Holder



I was perusing my local "Honks" dollar store the other day, and happened upon this little novelty...


It wasn't a bad idea as it was, but I could see that it had much more potential. I popped open the box and surveyed my pieces...


A trip to the Spray Paint Place for everything, and after a quick coat of primer we were on our way...


I gave the pieces a coat of aqua~ a color I seem to be obsessed with lately~...


While they dried, out to the Spray Paint Place went my flatware. I painted them with a metal primer, and a coat of Krylon Ivory.


I traced my wooden pieces on scrapbook paper, cut the scrapbook paper to size, and attached the paper to the wood(2 pieces) with a coat of ModPodge.


I assembled my "novelty item" to this point.


I knew I wanted to wait to ModPodge my last piece, after assembly, so I could cover these...



I ModPodged the last piece of paper, and sanded my scrapbook paper edges. Then I did one more quick coat of ModPodge on the whole thing to seal it.


While the last coat of ModPodge was drying, I started the antiquing process of my flatware.


I brushed the antiquing medium on, let it sit for a minute, and then rubbed it off. I got this...


I attached the flatware to the front of my cookbook holder with Gorilla Glue.


Here's the final product...


And here she is hard at work...


Wouldn't this make a FUN Christmas gift for friends or neighbors!

9 comments:

  1. So nice! You made it WAY cuter! I esp. love the antiqued flatware.

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  2. This is such a beautiful project! I guess I'll try it out see if i can get a Christmas gift out of it:) Oh and I am now following you thanks to Wandering Wednesday, and it would be so nice if you could share the love back on my blog;)
    Plus, today is the first day of our Show Yo' Flow Campaign, so stop by to see the interview with Tiffany and maybe snag one of the awesome prizes she has for our readers! Happy Thursday!

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  3. Very cute! Isn't it lovely when inspiration strikes? :)

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  4. Love this! Thanks for submitting it to Dollar Store Crafts, watch for it to be featured soon! :)

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  5. Thanks for the comments ladies, I LOVE to get comments!

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  6. WOW! Nice job :-) Loving your blog right now! Crafty lady!

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  7. ooo I love it and I need one of these. But we don't have dollar stores in Australia :(

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  8. Oh my goodness this is cute! The fork and spoon are such a great touch!

    Thanks for linking up to SS!

    Hannah

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  9. Such a clever and fun idea. Love the use of the silverware on there, perfect for the kitchen. Thanks for linking up to Scrappy Saturdays! Featuring this today.

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