Coastal Bohemian

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Funtastic Friday #

Welcome to Funtastic Friday 284! Are you into a summer routine yet? Or have you been in one for a bit with kids home from school? Maybe you have been working from home as I mostly have. Maybe you are a Stay-At-Home-Mom, in which case your days never end! I did that for years myself.

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Monday, June 8, 2020

June Blog Hop Challenge -Upcycled Vintage Luggage Picnic Basket

Welcome to the June Blog Hop Challenge

The inspiration this month is a "Summer Craft"

Below are my blogger friends who took part in the challenge. Be sure and pop over and visit all the other projects too.

Across the Blvd | Purple Hues & Me
Southern Sunflowers | Slices of Life
Domestic Deadline | Chas' Crazy Creations
Comfort Spring | Cookies, Coffee, & Crafts
Coastal Bohemian

Nearly a year ago, my friend , Cindy, gave me a piece of vintage luggage that had belonged to her mother. She was very eager to see what I would create.

We are planning a camping trip soon and I thought I would make a pretty picnic basket to caddy all our outdoor picnic supplies.

To begin with , one side has some missing leather trim.

Is this a Bakelite handle ? Bakelite is a lucite/ acrylic like material used back in the 1940's and 1950's . Bakelite handles and jewelry have become prized possessions for collectors.

Here is the hardware. To paint or not to paint?

So I decided that I needed to remove the leather trim on the one side. It's very dry and brittle and pulls off easily.

I have a good little stash of chalky paint perfect for a coat all over.

And I'll need to get rid of this stinky , dusty interior.

After I vacuum the inside clean and pretty I coat the entire inside with more chalky paint.This will help seal out any lingering odors also.

And to give the inside some color, I decoupage some napkins to the inside.

When the glue from the decoupage has dried, I sand off the excess napkin along the edges, with an emery board.

I used the cap from a storage container to create a polka dot all over the exterior of the luggage/picnic basket.

Looking good!!!!

Now for the goodies.

Napkins

A nautical tablecloth

Melamine Dishes

Wine Glasses and Ice Tea Glasses

I'm holding out for some beachy utensils.

I wanted to attach everything with stretchy bands so they would hold in place when being transported but I couldn't find the elastic in any of the stores. They were sold out because people use the elastic to make masks.

So for now we will showcase the upcycle and in the future I will add the elastic .

Thanks for playing along. Let me know what you think I should add to the picnic basket.

With love and gratitude,

Michele

Thursday, June 4, 2020

Tags ala Coastal Bohemian

I spent Tuesday night making mixed media tags for fun and stress relief too.

I use up some old cardboard packaging cut into tag shapes.

I had this ream of colorful print paper and glued several pieces to some cardstock.

Then I stamped these pretty flowers onto the colorful paper and cut the flowers out.

I used stencils and inks to achieve a background. (In this one I've inked the stencil onto a watercolor paper I had made. )

These papers were made using the bright colored papers and applying bleach using a paint brush.

You can see bits of the paper used behind the flower here. The string I used here, is a strand from a Dollar Tree mophead. The cotton is very absorbant and will take color from spray inks and inkpad color.

With all the painting I do, I have started to use the paper towels that mop up all that pretty color. They make pretty additions to mixed media art. You can see I use some for the background of this tag. Lots of mod podge gets the paper towel adhered and then I can embellish .

This is a cluster. It's a layering of bits of paper and sometimes some bits of fabric. I use white glue to lay down my pieces and then when it's all dry I ink around the edges to make them look old and vintage. I use these for paper crafting and journaling but wouldn't they be darling on a package?

Here's a cluster I made and it showcases the same flower stamp on fabric. The inside is made from air dry clay balls I had left over from a project and under the beads I used bit of frayed fabric.

You get the idea.

Here are a few more to help you get inspired to take an evening making some tags.

Frayed denim for a tie.

Distress inks to color the ribbons and cotton and to stencil the backgrounds

Painted music paper. Easy to do. Lay down some paint on a piece of deli paper . Spray with water. Use music papers to soak up the paints. Let dry. Use for fun and games.