Remember yesterday when I said this beading thing could be addictive? Well, here is another beaded project. Originally the flower was supposed to be pink but the yellow seemed to work better. For now it is attached to a headband but that may change to a brooch. While I was photographing the subject of this post, it reminded me of a cruise that we went on. The ship was the Carnival Conquest and until we got aboard the ship, I was unaware that the decor was all impressionist artist influenced. Just wandering around and looking at the decor was like being in a floating gallery. Why this post reminds me of the cruise, the gigantic sunflower in this atrium! Here is a picture of it. Yes, another item influenced by Van Gogh, go figure.
It took a while to collect enough can tabs for this frame, but it was worth the wait! This is an idea that I cannot take credit for. One of my college friends posted a picture of a vase that she made out of the tabs and I thought that a frame would look good too. The frame is just basic and was 1.49 at the Goodwill. Grey seemed like the best color to paint it to go with the can tabs. After that, I just started hot gluing them on in rows. The frame still needs a picture, but for right now it looks good without anything in it. There still are some tabs left so I am going to keep collecting them and see what idea may 'POP' into my head. Sorry, couldn't resist! There are so many possibilities for items that you can recycle. It is really fun to create something out of what others may throw away. 
My great aunt Marcie was a creative whiz, she made the most unique things. I still remember as a kid going to her house and seeing a Christmas decoration that she made out of a turkey breast bone. She had cleaned it all up and used it to make Santa's sleigh. I was really young when it was shown to me so recreating it isn't a possibility but it is things like that that make you inspired to recycle objects that can become great treasures.
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