HAPPY EARTH DAY! In honor of this special day I am sharing a DIY made from recycled vintage materials!
For this project you'll need… vintage luggage tags (I thrifted mine for 50 cents each) or a similar leather item, acrylic paint, paint brushes, and an acrylic paint sealer if you feel your item will be heavily used (this is optional).
Design your tags. Give them personality! I always like to sketch my ideas in advance. I chose a little bird, a feather and some cherry blossoms for my tags. Acrylic paint usually takes about two coats to get full coverage. Allow paint to dry between each coat.
After your images have dried (I also like to allow them to cure overnight) you can add a clear acrylic sealer over your images. Painting leather is fun and easy. I've made lots of projects with vintage leather and faux leather items! Happy Earth Day! XO, elsie
REMINDER: Today is the last day to enter the Earth Day contest that I am hosting with Shape What's To Come. Here's how you can enter: simply tweet how you re-style old furniture, work the vintage look or even buy from local merchants and include the #SWTC hashtag and http://bit.ly/SWTCEarthDay. Want extra entries? Blog, Facebook, post a photo to Flickr or create a YouTube video and tweet a link to your post with the #SWTC hashtag. We’ll announce the three lucky winners on Monday, May 2nd! ♥
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These would be so cute on the pink, blue, and mustard vintage Samsonite luggage that I have! Thanks for another great idea. : )
xo,
Sarah
CUUUUUUUTE! :o))
xo.
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Nice idea Elsie.
lovely. I like the first photo on the maps.
Cutecute idea! Thanks for sharing! xo.
What a cute idea, this are awesome! Happy Earth Day! XOXO, http://www.NatalyasCloset.com
LOVE this idea – I’ve never thought to paint on leather but it looks like so much fun so I might have to try it now!
Beautiful! It looks like the paint would glide lovely over those leather tags. Fun fun fun!
Aoife x
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These are so awesome and what a fun idea!! I love DIY! Makes me feel special!
O! and I luv Red Velvet and your blog!
Love love love this! Great idea… adorable. Happy Earth Day!
Lovely! They will be perfect for someone’s honeymoon 😉
How lovely! I’ve been experimenting with painting on leather, this is another great idea!
xo Shannon
those are great~!
and goodness knows you need them nowadays with all luggage looking the same!
oh so sweet! i love them 🙂
x.
FAB!
Put a bird on it!!!
Anyone…no?
really cute! love this idea!
Such a great idea! Love it 🙂
i really love this. fantastic idea!! xx
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What a simple but lovely idea. This is a lil craft project I feel I could do. Thanks Elsie!
I love these! The bird and feather are the best!
such a cute fun idea! love this!
so nice and i like DIY also.
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cute.
Oh those are really cute! What a good idea. I bet you could sell those on etsy.
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