Summer Tea Tray: Guest Tutorial!

Hi everyone!  I'm Heather from Twin Dragonfly Designs where I share fun crafts, fab recipes and day-to-day life with my twin, three year old boys! 

I am super excited to be here.  Thanks for having me Joy!

I'm sharing my Summer Tea Tray transformation {say that three times fast} with you today. 

Here is my poor little tray BEFORE.  What I love about blogging is that it inspires me to get creative and think outside of the box.  Before blogging I would have passed this $1.99 find and thought 'what an ugly little tray'.  Now I think 'how can I update, makeover or transform this tray?  It's got good bones'. 

Here are some of my supplies.  Mod podge and teal tissue paper.

I started by sanding the crap out of my tray.  I even had to break out the exacto knife to get some of the wooden inlay off.

After I sanded I taped off the cool metal corners.

Then I primed my tray and painted it white.

The fun part was cutting the tissue paper into squares and Mod Podging them all over the inside of my tray.  

I applied at least two layers of tissue paper, overlapping as I went.

Then I finished the whole tray off with a light sanding and varnish.

Didn't it turn out just darling?  Now if only I had a little girl to play tea party with!

The moral of the story?  Don't overlook fab finds that may have 'great bones'.

Thanks for reading.  Please stop by Twin Dragonfly Designs sometime to say HI!

Thanks so much for sharing today Heather!  Your tray turned out beautiful!  Now I just need to find one to transform.