Thursday 2 December 2010

Upcycled coasters for Christmas

I picked up two sets of cork coasters from my local op shop, to recover with childrens book pages for Christmas gifts

Before:

The two books chosen this time - a damaged Beatrix Potter book from the op shop, which had been coloured in by a kiddy at some point. And a vintage Red Riding Hood book, written in Spanish, given to me by my friend moving overseas, she had already cut it up to use pictures in a craft project of her own.



Choosing images from the books, tracing around coasters, and cutting, gluing, glazing...


And here they are





Two Christmas gifts complete, tied with ribbons from my craft box. They are being sent to the UK tomorrow!

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4 comments:

  1. Butterfly2 December 2010 at 02:01

    oooh I love this idea. I want to make some for my house! Thanks for posting xx

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  2. Anonymous2 December 2010 at 02:44

    Those look absolutely fabulous - what a lovely gift :)

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  3. Minnado2 December 2010 at 05:29

    They look really lovely - I want to make some.

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  4. Anonymous4 December 2010 at 20:41

    they look wonderful! what did you glaze them with? varnish?

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