And a very happy
rainy spring day to y'all! Yesterday I took my last final ever
(EVER), and while it was not my finest academic moment, it was my
last formal academic moment so yay to that. I just realized I
haven't posted a DIY in a long time so let me scroll the depths of my
super secret blog photos archive and see what's lurking around
unpublished...
NEWSPAPER CLUTCH!
I've
had this obnoxious fuchsia clutch from UO hiding out in the
back of my closet for years. I've never actually used it because it's
a really awkward size and I honestly don't even like clutches that
much. But I saw this awesome tutorial on I SPY DIY
for modpodging a clutch. As any
former Girl Scout should, I love mod podge. And this project looked
very journalistic to me, so I decided to revamp the little pink box.
I
conveniently made this project on daylight saving time day so the
Chicago Tribune was
full of pictures of famous clocks and very proper noun heavy with
famous city landmarks. Perfect!
You
can't go wrong with mod podge. If you think something looks dumb,
just paint more glue and slap a different section of newsprint over
it. I coated my clutch with the glue, stuck a chopped piece of
newspaper over it, and layered with more glue.
I left pieces of print hanging over the sides of the clutch until they dried, then trimmed them off using an exacto blade.
Each of the two sides look a little different. For the "Chicago" side, I glued my main piece down first and then overlapped it with print. For the "Tribune" side, I glued the main piece over the others. Which side do you think looks better? I think I like the "Chicago" side better... and it has a picture of the Marshall Fields clock!
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