DIY: Going Green With Magazines

We love hearing from our readers and thanks to our new submission feature, fun crafts and parties are finding their way to us. We thought we would share a sweet project completed by 6 year old Alivia. It makes for some great quality time with your kids while allowing you time to browse through all those catalogs that have been piling up!

Name: Cate
Location: Sterling Heights, Michigan

Share a little about yourself.
I’m a 28 almost 29 yr old stay at home mom. I have 2 daughters, Alivia, 6 and Elisea, 5 1/2 months. I LOVE anything that has to do with crafts, especially paper crafts. Decorating is also another hobby of mine. I constantly am looking for inspiration online and in magazines for updating. It’s a never ending hobby for me! My dream is to someday be part of a party planning business so I can have an outlet for my decorating needs.

What is the name of your project?

Going Green with magazines! Magazine Mosaic Artwork

What inspired you to create this project?

I’m in the process of de-cluttering my home and I came across piles of Pottery Barn, Land of Nod, and other catalogs that I love having around to look at for inspiration. My 6 yr old daughter loves the girls bedrooms in the catalogs so I told her to tear out her favorite ones and we’ll find something to do with them!

Please share with us step by step, detailed instructions.
1. Tear out favorite pages of catalogs or magazines (grownups can use fashion magazines or even Coach catalogs! You know you have those lying around somewhere!)
2. Draw a design on a 12×12 scrapbook paper or colored cardstock. I find easy designs such as a simple flower, hearts, or shapes work best.
3. Cut up the magazine pages into small squares and mix them all up.
4. Use Mod Podge and a small paintbrush to glue the squares into your design
5. Allow to dry then paint a coat of Mod Podge over the design.
6. Allow to dry again and frame!

Melisa Fluhr

Melisa Fluhr

With a passion for decorating and design, it was Melisa's experience as a first time mom, that inspired her to start Project Nursery.

Comments

  1. Little Apple Design SF

    June 15, 2009

    my daughter also loves to rip out pages of my magazines for cut and gluing projects. I love how you used them to create something so lovely. thanks for the idea!

  2. Rachel

    June 16, 2009

    Yay! I’m really excited about this feature! I’ll be linking.

  3. Amy

    June 20, 2009

    This is delightful! Please let me repost it on my blog. My readers would love it!!!

    http://modpodgerocks.blogspot.com

  4. sam

    July 15, 2009

    This magazine mosaic project is probably one of the better homemade Gifts I have seen on the web. It would actually make a great gift to my daughter. Thanks!

  5. livandellie

    August 9, 2009

    Thanks for all your comments! It’s so nice to hear from other ” crafties” :-) Amy, you can totally repost it!

  6. Amy

    August 26, 2009

    Thank you so much – this is going to repost on 9/5 – please let me know if you have a personal blog that you would like me to refer to. Thank you again!

  7. mini

    March 3, 2013

    Japon antique, en Chine occidentale, après la culture dynastie des Tang habillé lanternes de réforme dans la canette et la fin est à pied Eda, entrejambe bas progressivement cette robe «presque jupe. Avant d’habitude, la ville natale de vêtements ne sont plus des choses comme l’homme Dubi, tablier beats by de dre femme, avait la ligne qu’après folklorique habituellement des vêtements sans vêtements, donc pas plus longtemps, mais comme une robe B Si les élèves vont à l’école ou chez l’enseignant doit aussi haut kimono. Soi-disant aujourd’hui kimono réel antique de la soi-disant manches petits, les manches de la petite beat dre extrémité d’un tour, ont aujourd’hui une grande ampleur et de la profondeur, comme une poche serviette Yung Jianzhi, porté avec moine semblables personne chinoise Kimono Ouest, en disant: l’original un dicton, objets, en fait, juste des vêtements terme général pour l’oreille. Les vêtements du système au Japon est Beats Audio pas cher probablement un changement est en cela comme la couverture la plus appropriée leur vie logement, les conditions de kimono moderne vit dans un bungalow, ou des vêtements et de vivre dans la chambre du Japon, pas très approprié aussi. Mixte Poésie Note avoir un nuage sur les chaussures:

    03.04.2013

  8. mini

    March 3, 2013

    Japon antique, en Chine occidentale, après la culture dynastie des Tang habillé lanternes de réforme dans la canette et la fin est à pied Eda, entrejambe bas progressivement cette robe «presque jupe. Avant d’habitude, la ville natale de vêtements ne sont plus des choses comme l’homme Dubi, tablier beats by de dre femme, avait la ligne qu’après folklorique habituellement des vêtements sans vêtements, donc pas plus longtemps, mais comme une robe B Si les élèves vont à l’école ou chez l’enseignant doit aussi haut kimono. Soi-disant aujourd’hui kimono réel antique de la soi-disant manches petits, les manches de la petite beat dre extrémité d’un tour, ont aujourd’hui une grande ampleur et de la profondeur, comme une poche serviette Yung Jianzhi, porté avec moine semblables personne chinoise Kimono Ouest, en disant: l’original un dicton, objets, en fait, juste des vêtements terme général pour l’oreille. Les vêtements du système au Japon est Beats Audio pas cher probablement un changement est en cela comme la couverture la plus appropriée leur vie logement, les conditions de kimono moderne vit dans un bungalow, ou des vêtements et de vivre dans la chambre du Japon, pas très approprié aussi. Mixte Poésie Note avoir un nuage sur les chaussures:

    03.04.2013

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