Turning Junk Items Into Pen Stands for your Desk!

A great idea for those who love experimenting with Junk and throw-away items. I had a lot of stuff lying around the house especially old CD's, leftover toilet paper roll cardboard (had kept it in just in case I want to make something out of it) and some old boxes, which i knew I would use someday. 

With limited time and materials at hand, I managed to pull off 3 pieces. The first one is a pen stand made out of an old plastic bottle. What I've used for this piece:

• Old CD (as the base)
• Plastic wine bottle (for the pen holder), cut into half to get a wide mouthed stand.
• Fine jute twine,lace and some ribbon ( for decorating the pen stand)
• Acrylic Paint ( to paint the base)
• Glue - I've used Fevibond & Fevicol in this case. Fevibond - to stick together the stand and the base (since its a stronger glue base) and fevicol - to stick the twine around the stand.

The skeleton:

Twirled with a fine jute rope and decorated with a strip of lace and a red ribbon, this surely makes a cute and a rustic piece for the desk. 
The final product:

The second one is a piece made out of the leftover cardboard from the toilet paper roll. What I've used:

• Cardboard from the toilet paper roll (as the stand)
• Old CD (as the base)
• Colored Paper twine, Felt paper roses (for decorating the stand)
• Acrylic Paint (to paint the base)
• Glue base - same as the first one.

The skeleton:

The CD base is painted with a similar color as the paper twine so that I could use a contrast for the extras... 

The Final Product:

A cute little piece to add some color to your desk!

The last one is a piece made from leftover cardboard of an old shoe box. Its texture is such that's it easy to fold in and play with shapes in different ways. What I've used:

• Cardboard from a shoe box (as the stand)
• Old CD (as the base)
• Jute Twine, Oval shaped colored stones (for decorating the stand)
• Acrylic Paint (to paint the base & the stand). In this case I've also used metallic acrylics for the base.
• Glue base - same as the first one.

The cardboard is folded in cylindrical shape to serve as a stand. 
The Skeleton:

I got the twine coiled on the CD base to give a more rustic feel to it.

and the stand painted in a vibrant purple color. The base is painted with a gold metallic color. 

Finally, decorated with twine and some colored stones, this is what the final piece looks like... Love the way the colors have turned out! 
The final product:

A very cheap and an Eco-friendly way to make stuff for the home or your office space. If you have a lot of junk stuff lying around, this would be a best way to get rid of it! Yeah! I mean in a creative way! 

Karen

Little Gift Bags & Gift Boxes out of Printed Card Stock Paper.

As promised, I’m back with stuff made from card stock paper. And sigh!! It’s been a tough week while I tried to complete my ideas with these. L One thing I  realized is that I really deserve some extra time to experiment with my crafts… 

Going back to card stock paper, I made these little gift boxes and gift bags which could be used as unique gift packs. As I said earlier, printed card stock is best to work with when you want to use simple accessories and especially if you want something really very simple & elegant. 

What I’ve used for the greeting cards, boxes and bags are: 

“In Full Bloom” 6”x6” printed Paper Stack.

“Nostalgia”  6”x6” printed Paper Stack

“spring time” A4 Double Sided Paper by Forever Friends

These are some of the best prints of the entire lot.. Thought I'd share it over here.

And tadddaahhh.....  the little bags & boxes I was talking about all this while...

The Pink printed strip is a gift wrap paper and the gold square is cut from an old chocolate box cover.

I'm in love with that cute little lavender bow. Found it on one of the wedding invitations. Worked perfect for this box.

A baby pink printed paper box decorated with a glassy ribbon, lace and a quilled rose made out from an old invitation card. 

And Finally, the little gift bags... 

So this is it... another variant to my gifting packs. And I'm just so in love with these... the papers, the colors, the prints!!! Just absolutely everything about them and the way they look! Perfect gift packaging for those with a vibrant taste.

Have a nice day!

Karen

Greeting Cards Crafted from fancy card stock paper!

This is the first time I’ve tried making stuff out of card stock. To my luck, I found these cute and fancy cardstock papers at a local stationary shop and just grabbed as many packs that I could… As always, I was excited and busy brainstorming different ideas that I could use to make something offbeat and unique with these papers.

The best thing about these is that you can use this paper in so many different ways. Even while making greeting cards, you can decorate it in the simplest way and yet get an amazing look. 

As always, I've accessorized these cards in different ways i.e. using quills, quilled roses, I've also used lace in one case and it looked absolutely stunning! These are just a few of the lot, of the cards I made for my sister on account of friendship day.

                                         

                                         

Do check out my next post where I will showcase the little gifting bags and boxes I've made out from card stock paper.

Till then, have a wonderful day!

Love, 

Karen