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