Vase Skirt
If you're an experimental upcycler like I am, you have more "upcycling fails" than you'd like to admit. But there is that rare occasion where what you think is a fail actually ends up to be pretty stinkin' awesome!
Today's tutorial is not at all what I was going for and a complete accident, but I went with it- and I'm glad I did!
Tools:
Protective gloves (the yellow vinyl gloves are great but I am allergic, so used my heavy-duty gardening gloves)
Tongs
Stock pot
Tall, thin glass vase
Supplies:
45 rpm record (these are the small records)
- Fill your stock pot with water and heat until it is boiling rapidly.
- Don your snazzy gloves.
- Using the tongs, place the record in the boiling water.
- Wait for the edges to begin to curl- it won't take long at all!
- Moving as fast as possible, use your tongs to take it out of the water and center it on top of the vase.
- Wiggle the record around so that the center is large enough to slip onto the vase.
- Return to water as needed until you get the desired shape, the record will naturally become wavy.
- Let set at least a couple hours.
Really, who else has a vase like this? No one! Be hip. Make a vase skirt from an upcycled record and if your friends ask... it was a LOT of hard work!
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Leanna is Hipcycle Scholar at Hipcycle. In her spare time, she enjoys finding new uses for her garage sale finds, particularly anything to do with the written word. She would love to hear from you at [email protected]!
