Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Vintage Valentine Mosaic - Junkin' Jewels Series

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.


Valentine's Day Cake Pan Button Mosaic www.organizedclutterqueen.blogspot.com
First I glued a row of white buttons around the edge of the heart pan with Elmers Probond Advanced Glue.

Valentine's Day Cake Pan Button Mosaic www.organizedclutterqueen.blogspot.com
Then I started filling in the heart with red buttons of various sizes.

Valentine's Day Cake Pan Button Mosaic www.organizedclutterqueen.blogspot.com
This is my button mosaic before grouting.

Valentine's Day Cake Pan Button Mosaic www.organizedclutterqueen.blogspot.com
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.

Valentine's Day Cake Pan Button Mosaic www.organizedclutterqueen.blogspot.com
 I put on a rubber glove and applied the grout with my gloved hand.

Valentine's Day Cake Pan Button Mosaic www.organizedclutterqueen.blogspot.com
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.

Valentine's Day Cake Pan Button Mosaic www.organizedclutterqueen.blogspot.com
The finished mosaic looks like this.

Valentine's Day Cake Pan Button Mosaic www.organizedclutterqueen.blogspot.com
I am displaying the mosaic on a plate stand in my kitchen.

Valentine's Day Cake Pan Button Mosaic www.organizedclutterqueen.blogspot.com



I want to thank the gals from Inspiration Cafe for the opportunity to share a project with you!





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26 comments:

  1. 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.

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  2. I thought it was cute before you added the grout. But then, the grout just took it that much further. Super cute Carlene!
    hugs,
    Jann

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  3. How cute!! I love it all, but especially the buttons and grout!! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures

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  4. Awesome project!!! But Carlene always has the most creative stuff on her blog!

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  5. I always say how much I love your projects but this takes the cake. It is amazing.

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  6. I totally love this Carlene! The grout with the buttons looks just fabulous, and I love the cake pan that you started with.

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  7. Looks good enough to eat! I gotta find heart pans!

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  8. Carlene, 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!

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  9. This is such a unique project and I love it. The look of the grout with the buttons. So amazing!

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  10. That is adorable and so creative! Thanks for posting.

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  11. What a great idea, I love the finished result, and I love the other heart shaped tin with the cookie cutter.

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  12. It's gorgeous and I want/need/desire to make one!

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  13. I especially like the variety of red buttons against the white grout. Such a cute and clever idea!

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  14. Carlene - 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

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  15. Vintage Valentine Mosaic...
    Looks Easy, Interesting & Perfect.
    Buttons Ideas Suits Perfectly.
    Thanks for sharing.

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  16. Wow, 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!
    Debbie :)

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  17. 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.

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  18. Wow, I never would have thought to grout buttons..genius! I LOVE how it turned out!

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  19. An interesting post that I enjoyed reading.

    Thank you. Love love, Andrew. Bye.

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  20. 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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