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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