With Valentines Day just a month away, we are so pleased to have Carlene from Organized Clutter create a seriously awesome Valentine project and give us an easy to follow tutorial.
Hi! I'm Carlene, and I collect, up-cycle, re-purpose and junk garden over at my blog, Organized Clutter.
I am happy to be here today at the Inspiration Cafe, to share a Junkin' Jewels Valentine's Day project, that I created from a vintage Bake-King heart shaped cake pan.
I love to create seasonal decor from thrift shop items. Kitchen ware is always plentiful at the thrift shops, so many of my projects use items like these: cookie cutters, jello molds, and cake pans.
Last week I re-purposed the Jello mold, the cookie cutter and the necklace heart HERE.
Last year I made an ice cube tray shadow box HERE.
Today, I am going to make a button heart mosaic in the Bake-King cake pan.
First I glued a row of white buttons around the edge of the heart pan with Elmers Probond Advanced Glue.
Then I started filling in the heart with red buttons of various sizes.
This is my button mosaic before grouting.
I had a container of white non-sanded grout on hand that I mixed up without measuring. I had read on the internet that the grout should be the consistency of peanut butter.
I put on a rubber glove and applied the grout with my gloved hand.
I smoothed the grout, and wiped off some of the grout with a wet sponge. Then I let the grout set up up a bit before I continued removing the grout on the buttons. This was probably the most time consuming part. I used a wet sponge, several wet Q-tips and a bobby pin to scrape and wipe out the grout.
The finished mosaic looks like this.
I am displaying the mosaic on a plate stand in my kitchen.
I want to thank the gals from Inspiration Cafe for the opportunity to share a project with you!
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Oh, Carlene, of all the junk creations I have watched you make, this one has stolen my heart. Such a clever idea to grout the buttons in the cake tin. I love the vintage Valentine on the old lunch box, too.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was cute before you added the grout. But then, the grout just took it that much further. Super cute Carlene!
ReplyDeletehugs,
Jann
How cute!! I love it all, but especially the buttons and grout!! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
ReplyDeleteAwesome project!!! But Carlene always has the most creative stuff on her blog!
ReplyDeleteI always say how much I love your projects but this takes the cake. It is amazing.
ReplyDeleteI totally love this Carlene! The grout with the buttons looks just fabulous, and I love the cake pan that you started with.
ReplyDeleteLooks good enough to eat! I gotta find heart pans!
ReplyDeleteOh that's pretty thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteCarlene, this is such an awesome project! I love it! I have tons of buttons and never once did I think about making a cool mosaic with them. You come up with the coolest ideas! Thank you for this wonderful and inspiring guest post!
ReplyDeleteThanks everbody!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a unique project and I love it. The look of the grout with the buttons. So amazing!
ReplyDeleteSweet project I love it!
ReplyDeleteThat is adorable and so creative! Thanks for posting.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, I love the finished result, and I love the other heart shaped tin with the cookie cutter.
ReplyDeleteIt's gorgeous and I want/need/desire to make one!
ReplyDeleteI especially like the variety of red buttons against the white grout. Such a cute and clever idea!
ReplyDeleteThe heart is so cute!!!
ReplyDeleteCarlene - this is just gorgeous! I love how easy you make it look - almost like I may be able to do it too? I've always been afraid of trying my hand at mosaics, but now you have inspired me. Thanks for sharing here at the Cafe xx Nat
ReplyDeleteThanks ladies! It's an easy project.
ReplyDeleteVintage Valentine Mosaic...
ReplyDeleteLooks Easy, Interesting & Perfect.
Buttons Ideas Suits Perfectly.
Thanks for sharing.
Super cute Carlene!
ReplyDeleteWow, how cool! I can imagine it took a long time to remove the grout from the buttons, but the end result is so worth it!
ReplyDeleteDebbie :)
I love what you did with the buttons. I now know what to do with all the extra buttons I have lying around. Thanks for the clever tip.
ReplyDeleteWow, I never would have thought to grout buttons..genius! I LOVE how it turned out!
ReplyDeleteAn interesting post that I enjoyed reading.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Love love, Andrew. Bye.
I love this idea. The red buttons pop against the white grout. I will have to try and remember this for next year. Thanks for the inspiration..... Candy
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