DIY: Re-juvenated coasters

This weeked I used some of Mr Mars leftover paint from his Ray-Bans re-vamp, see HERE, and re-vamped some nasty coasters I had from my “Girl Power” days.

 

They were bright pink and had the words Cleavage and Knickers and G&T etc all over them. I am still all for “Girl Power” I just no longer feel that I need the colour pink and the words Cleavage and Knickers to do so.

After about 4 coats of primer you can still see the gastly words...

Take some leftover black matt paint (left one):

 

 

I'm not accustomed to the using spray paint, so error number 1: Don't go too close:

 

You end up with gloops and blotches like any other paint job, ohh dear.

 

 

I originally just wanted to paint them matt black, because I'm boring like that. But my black paint mess ups meant I felt I needed something to hide the damage. As these were not looking good, so far...

 

Step forward some old glitter spray (see picture above, can on the right) that I THOUGHT was silver and glitter, but after a patch test turned out to be clear spray with some glitter. Perfect.

 

Some uneven glitter spraying...

Closer:

 

 

I actually like that they look uneven, I'm not a matchy matchy kind of person. I think I realised a long time ago that I would unlikely get things perfect, ever, therefore have embraced the imperfections!

 

Once dried I put the bottom back on to them with some super glue:

Turns out the superglue was not great for this. I've put some mod podge on one of them and that seems to have worked the best! Live and learn...

 

And there you have it! Some leftover paint and some old coasters and I have some AWESOME coasters, I think.

 

Admit it. Addddddddddddmit it. These look not bad, eh?

 

I have got to say these turned out MUCH better than I ever expected! And all made with things we already had – expect the black paint that Mr Mars bought at £4.99 for his Ray-Bans!

 

The clear glitter spray hides a multitude of sins, something I will likely invest in again. I will have a house of glitter!

 

xoxo

Mr Mars does DIY: Re-vamped Ray-Ban Sunglasses

Mr Mars had been gifted the following Red Ray-Ban sunglasses:

 

 

As much as he loved them, there is the small issue that they are RED and he only really wore them to a festivals etc. But he really liked them and they are "comfortable", apparently.

 

So he decided he was going to paint them black...

 

He took some Matt Black Paint (£4.99) and some old Penny Bronze Metallic Paint (£?)...

 

 

He then took an old metal coat hanger. And after removing the lenses' he spray painted the frames the matt black (this was outdoors in our garage)...

 

 

Then Mr Mars painted the detailing back onto the glasses, he painted the Ray-Ban back on at the sides and the wee bits at the front, all in the metallic bronze...

                               (Mr Mars hard at work)

 

He then used a heat gun to get the lenses back into the frames, he followed a You Tube video for this (sorry, I do not have the link). Thankfully we already had a heat gun as we made our own wedding invites, gun was approx £15 from EBay.

 

Tah Dah...

 

How cool do these look? He was off wearing them to work today...

xoxo