Friday 16 October 2009

I'm Good For Inspiration, Aren't I?

"I'm good for inspiration, aren't I? You will find." ~ Fifteen Minutes Old, Snow Patrol ~

And so are Julie Kirk and Kirsty Neale from The Copy & Paste Project, who every so often like to challenge (and I mean, really, challenge) folks to create something by copying and pasting from their own ideas. Each and every thing that these lovely ladies create is so chock-full of inspiration that sometimes it's quite difficult to know which spark of thought to follow through to completion.

Challenge No.5 - A Flawed Work Of Art was no different. Starting with lyrics from another Snow Patrol tune, Julie and Kirsty came up with a couple of radically different projects and I had to give it a bit of thought. (It seems I've taken so long thinking about it that Challenge No.6 is already underway.) I had a few ideas but finally settled on.....altering a frame to make an earring holder.

Altered Earring Frame

Um.....yeah! How that popped into my head I have no idea but it did and I'm loving the results. I normally hang all of my own necklaces on my wardrobe handles, but I have had absolutely nowhere to hang my beloved earrings - even though I don't have that many of them. (I do have a few more than in the photo though!)

It was all fairly easy to do. I started with a copper coloured frame which I took apart, setting aside the glass. I then cracked open a pot of acrylic in my favourite colour, slapped it onto the frame roughly and left it to dry. Meanwhile, I covered the back piece of the frame with a bit of an old map and attached a couple of pieces of ribbon. (It's important to choose a ribbon or lace, so that you can hang your earrings from them easily.) Once the first layer of acrylic was dry, I painted on another rough layer, then sanded it down once that was dry. The roughness of the paint layers means that it will come off in patches - just what you want for a distressed look.

And now I have somewhere to hang all of my own little pieces of art!

9 comments:

  1. Ohhh it's fabulous, and amazingly clever and good and wonderful!!! An earring frame ...how have I ever lived without one? Beautiful work miss. Thank you for playing on our team. You play so nicely!

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  2. Ooh, it's cool, it's cool :-) It's inspired me! Only - I _really_ don't need to discover any more challenge sites just now!! Darn it!!

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  3. Ah, Mel. But you MUST try this particular challenge blog because Julie and Kirsty are super duper nice :)

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  4. Noooo.... You're such a bad influence on me!!!

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  5. Rough painting = key to distressed look. I need to remember that for future painting projects. Your earring hanger is really cute. The weathered look and maps are two of my favorite things.

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  6. that's such a cute idea. love love love the map as a background!

    xoxo

    ps. the neon pink earrings are fab!

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  7. This is so cute! I've wanted to make something similar to this, but make a bigger version and use it to hang pictures on my clothespins :]
    GOOD! I was starting to think you forgot about me.
    Hope all is well :]
    Tay

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  8. You should mass produce and sell! I love it!

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  9. Thanks for playing (and doing such a marvellous job of it), lovely lady!

    Very enamoured of your flawed paintwork, the map background and general ingenuity of using lacy trim as a hanging device.

    :)

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