Record bowls

I have had this idea for a.g.e.s now but have never really put it into practice until this weekend.

It was my birthday and I had some of my favourite friends over for a picnic . . . . . . and didn't have enough bowls to hold all of the food!!

So now with the opinions of my lovely friends who were so positive about them I have decided to sell some of my newest creations!

I have a thing about old vinyl records. They can be used for so much and I have some small ones on my wall in my room just because I love the colours and just because I can! Definitely NOT for the songs themselves as some of those featured include 'I think we fell in love too fast' by Leo Sayer, 'Needles and pins' by The Searchers and 'Razzamatz' by John Travolta. . . . . . .  So basically it's father Bee's ideal playlist!! Enough said *cough cough*

So my newest great creation are these . . . . . . . .

Old vinyls made into bowls! They look so good and the friends who saw them LOVE them (thank you girls!)

The small ones are 7inches and the large are 12inches. All the ones on the grass above are 12'' I have just made a few more compact than others.

If you need some inspiration of what to use them for; I have one in the kitchen with all our car keys in, one in my room for my makeup and another for my rings and hairbands. You can use them as bowls for food. Plug the hole in the bottom and use them for floating candles or for flowers. Store all your creative bits and pieces. And boys you can use them to keep all your . . . . . . . .  boy crap in.

I can make some custom for you if you want some more compact, or if I have one with a particular colour label that you want. And I can post them wherever in the world or you can collect from me. (Well, obviously you can't collect if you live outside of England. Sorry friends! Unless your here for a holiday then holla!!)

Small vinyls - £ 2.00
Medium vinyls - £ 3.00
Large vinyls - £ 4.00

P&P - Depends where I am posting to!
Send me an email or facebook if you are interested and I'll sort it out for you philippa21@hotmail.co.uk

Finally the frame is finished! (Try saying that 10x the speed)

Now I know I have been slacking massively lately on the blog front which I will put mostly down to the Great British weather we've had over the past few weeks.

I've been too busy sunbathing in my garden to sit inside!

But the wait is massively worthwhile I promise you! . . . . . . . I finally finished the turquoise frame that I started a good few months ago! See how I started it all here and my latest chapter here.

I finished it outside while enjoying the sun so here are the final stages . . . . . . . . I decided to go with the pinboard idea rather than making it a chalkboard . . . . . . .

I started off with just a big piece of cardboard and traced the shape of the back of the frame to get the right size to go into the frame and hold the material on it.

Here I made sure the cardboard fit properly into the frame and would leave just enough room to also hold the fabric around it as that would pad it out a bit.

I chose this fabric from Hobby craft which cost me £1.99 for a metre and it was also doubled up so it worked out really cheap. It's just burlap which I love, kind of rough and ruggid and a bit of a vintage feel to it.

Then I got the rough sizing of the burlap to fix around the front side of the cardboard

Out with any creative fanatics trusty tool . . . . . . the staple gun to fix the burlap in place over the cardboard

I like to think I was making sure that it was all stapled in place and nice and securely when actually I was just really enjoying firing that bad boy! Seriously satisfying.

My overall costs for the frame were;

Frame - £6

Paint - Free. Found amongst the MANY in our garage

Cardboard - Free

Burlap - £1.99

Total - £7.99

So the final before and afters . . . . . . .

Any questions or thoughts please send my way. I hope you enjoy!