Tedious, but worth it!

I had a really old, melomine covered book case in my house and I wanted to do something fun with it.  I'd been needing a place for all my books and trinkets and this case was perfect.  It was hideous and peeling so i decided to cover it in wall paper.  I've never used wall paper before and it was a bit more difficult than I thought! I hand sanded the case and primed it before applying the paper. It didn't turn out to be perfect but i love it because I did it all myself.  The pattern is amazing and really pops against my light gray walls (the paper is white with a black design).

My next project was a Christmas present for my dad made of vintage records (I'm pretty sure they used to be is but I found them in the basement and got permission to use them). I wanted to make record bowls so I researched how online.  The original method is to put them over a glass bowl and melt them in the oven, but this can cause chemicals to leach out and stay in your oven (maybe to be redeposited on your food later!). I decided to heat them up by hand instead. I first tried using a blow dryer but the hear wasn't strong enough. then I put the record in an old towel and ironed it.  I used the highest heat and setting and gently pushed the iron across the towel.  I had to shape the record by hand, and I probably should have worn gloves because heated vinyl is HOT! I broke a few records in the process but I'm pretty pleased with the end result. 
These bowls are strictly for decoration, NOT holding food. If you wanted to eat out of record bowls i suggest wrapping the inside with tin foil and putting in your snacks (chips, pop corn, candy, veggies, but nothing hot or liquid) so they never touch the actual record.

enjoy:)