There are so many great things to look at on Pinterest that I’ll often pop over there for “just a minute”, only to find out that half an hour has gone by. Here in Boston we have had our fill of winter. Between the blizzard two weekends ago and another storm this past weekend, it seems like maybe old Mr. Groundhog got it wrong after all. When I went to Pinterest in search of my inspiration for this project, I was looking for something to take my mind off of winter. Here is what I came up with:
Pinterest source and original source
and here is the project – a beach themed breakfast tray.
Start with an unfinished wood tray from the craft store then sand, paint, and adhere a collage of patterned papers (SuperStik Glue Stick and a Sticky Tape Runner work well for this). Then dry brush white paint over the whole thing. What really sets this tray apart is the jute wrapped handles.
Sticky Lines is the perfect adhesive for this – it works like hot glue only without the mess!
Cut a piece of Sticky Lines adhesive to the length of the top edge of the handle, peel off one side of the liner,
and adhere. Keep the top of the liner in place until you have attached the bottom piece.
Cut another piece and adhere to the underside of the handle.
Adhere one end of a length of jute to the bottom edge of the handle. Inexpensive garden twine works well for this.
Start wrapping…
it really doesn’t take too long, but go slowly so that there are no gaps in the jute.
When you get to the end, you might need to add a small sliver of adhesive to the end of the jute to keep it in place. I also used fine tipped scissors to trim the fuzzy ends of the twine that were sticking out – this made the handle smoother and nicer to hold.
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Supplies:
Therm O Web
Sticky Lines
SuperStik Permanent Glue Stick
Sticky Tape Runner
Other
Beach 12×12 Scrapbook Kit – Me & My BIG Ideas
Wood bedside tray – craft store
Jute – garden center
Acrylic paint – craft store
Thanks to everyone who stopped by from Sew Daily! Our HeatnBond prize pack winner is:
This is so cute and yet so simple! LOVE IT!!! I’m working on cards for heart day…running out of time so I best get to it. Thanks for sharing and have a good one!
Congrats to you Debbie! Please email me at [email protected] with your information! Be sure to visit us all this week for more Pinterest inspired crafts and projects!
Debbie Kaste
February 18, 2013 at 6:50 pm (12 years ago)Love the cute projects and thank you for drawing my name for the Heat n Bond package. Have a great week!