Sandi Rienke, owner of craft supplier Loose Ends, covers castoff furnishings with natural and recycled products including birch-bark paper, moss cloth, sticks and dried flowers. Create an imaginative garden chair or table using her easy methods. Materials:
Castoff table or chair of wood or molded plastic
Birch-bark project paper
Spray water bottle
White glue
Water
Hot-glue gun and glue
Moss cloth
Dried pansies
Moss covered twigs and small branches
- Mist a piece of birch-bark paper with water, then crumple the paper in your hands.
- Tear the paper into strips and dip in a solution of 2/3 cup white glue and 1/3 cup water.
- Cover the table with strips of crumpled paper (figure A). Leave it rough and peeled back to resemble birch bark. The strips don't have to be precisely applied, as the goal is to produce a natural look. Experiment and have fun. Let the strips dry overnight.
- Cut or tear pieces of moss cloth (figure B), and attach them to the chair with hot glue. Moss cloth is sphagnum moss that's been applied to a sticky mesh backing.
- Use hot glue to attach mossy sticks and dried pansies to the chair (figure C).
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