Repurposing Upcycling Reused Reimagined Recycled

Repurposing Upcycling Reused Reimagined Recycled. Welcome to Second Time Treasures with LilacsNDreams! Always happy to see you visiting with Me!

Above you will see various pictures. I hope it is easy, or understandable to follow what I have shown here. I have tried to show you before pictures of some of the items before I repurposed them, and made them what they are now. If they have not already been listed with my LilacsNDreams Artfire store they are working there way into there. As fast as I can get things listed...it's s working progress for me this week. 

I have enjoyed making some Glass Cloches, and also some Tiered Plate Stands. I enjoy making these pieces as they are versatile pieces to use with any home decor. Also, it is a greener way of reusing some pieces without them being headed to the dumpsters and garbage too. Bear with me as some of these things I am making are still new to me, but I am enjoying what I am doing too. 

As soon as our home gets back into order with contractors that have been here, some of the rearranging we have had to do in order to make room for them, when I am able to find some of my supplies again, I will be back to work with more things. Winter time, colder out, and more home bound right now. I am looking forward to spending time doing all of this. 

Thanks again for visiting with Second Time Treasures. Remember you are always welcome to make a comment, share something with us here, and make sure you say Hi too. Lets me know you were here to visit. Take care everyone till the next time. See you soon.

Repurposed Plates Candle Holders Plate Stands

Repurposed Plates, Plate Stands, Cake Plates, Candle Holders.

Welcome to LilacsNDreams Second Time Treasures, and happy to have you with us tonight. I have been trying to stay busy with working on things. Some items that have not sold for a very very long time have been either getting donated, or some I have pulled to the side to repurpose them too. 

Tonight I will  share a couple of before, and after projects I have completed. I have another one that is setting for the night drying before I do more gluing, and of course other pieces sitting here to be worked with too. 

Anyway, hope you enjoy the pieces. Always welcome to comment, and share with all of us too. 

Blue and White plate with a white ceramic candle holder. The before picture

Blue and White Plate Stand with many possibilities. Candle holder, Jewelry holder, holder for your glasses, great adorning the bathroom with some decorative soaps, some rolled cloths, great in the craft room with the slightly raised button design around the rim of the plate. Isn't it fun?

Here is a Green Plate, and a Candle Holder that has a fruity design around the middle and base of it. Colorful, and fun!:)

Green Plate Stand Fruity Pedestal is the finished product with many possibilities for this. The plate looks like a darker green than what it is in this picture. The above picture is more accurate of the coloring of the plate. This would look fabulous in the kitchen with some fruits on it, maybe hold your scrubby pads there, use it for a candle holder, use it to serve some smaller food items with, and the possibilities are endless with these pieces!

The items have not been listed for sale with my store as of yet. They soon will be, and I will notify you all of such. I am still working on growing my inventory a bit before the season starts after school has started. I enjoy showing you what I am accomplishing, and I enjoy repurposing different treasures around the home too. Any questions please ask. Thanks for visiting, and for viewing other projects I have done. Take care. 

 

Repurposed Glass Bowl, Mikasa Plates, Home Decor, Tier Plate

Kind of a before picture. Glass bowl with a ruffled rim, and a glass candle holder made from homco. 

Glass Compote Candle Holder is a completed project with the glass bowl, and the attached candle holder. I used a wide lace, and weaved a mauve colored ribbon through the top tying it in front with a small bow. Gives it a little more character with the lace skirt. This skirt could also be removed, and maybe used on a small mini lamp shade too. 

The 2 plates are Mikasa, have not sold with 2-3 different venues they had been listed with. Will not throw them, don't want to give them away, so I repurposed them into a tier plate. Also, used a salt shaker that matches with speckled background, but different brand. Then, found a yellow ceramic bowl that matches the flowers. 

Mikasa Tiered Serving Plate has the two plates attached with the salt shaker in the center that was glued. On top the yellow bowl was left loose for those wanting to remove it, and set to side for use.


When I glue things I like to let them set for 24-48 hours depending on the size, and weight of the item. Sometimes a little longer if I feel it needs to set longer. Once that drying part is done I will then start repurposing to ways I invision, or can imagine it. Prior to all pieces being used they have been mildly washed, and dried making cleaner surfaces for better sealing of glues, and such used. I sometimes wonder what took me so long to get to this point, and why did I not do these things sooner. I enjoy what I am doing. It is fun, enjoyable, feeling of accomplishment, making one-of-kind items not found in stores, and am happy to offer for those to enjoy with their homes. 

Items that have been shown through out here have either been listed with my Artfire Store for sale, or most of them I am showing to you have not yet been listed, and are preparations for fall inventory to be listed soon. Thanks so much for visiting LilacsNDreams Second Time Treasures. I enjoy the visits, comments, the sharing, and suggestions by others as well. Have a wonderful creative weekend everyone!:)

Welcome to LilacsNDreams Second Time Treasures blog

Hello, and Welcome to LilacsNDreams Second Time Treasures page! Glad to see you here. 

I stopped by to leave a short note to everyone visiting, and apologize for any inconvenience you might have experienced during my time of working on my blog, and pages. I have been adding, removing, rearranging, and so on with all of it. Trying to find a place I am comfortable with, and also to do what my plan was the first time. After trial, and error I really have gotten to a place I am comfortable with the pages I have made, added, and been working on. Trying to have a variety of things to do, read, and etc. So, My Blog Pages to Visit that was on the right side bar was removed, and above under my banner you will see the tabs for my blog pages I now have.

Again, I apologize for any inconvenience. I thank you for understanding. Any comments, things you would like to share, and etc are welcome. Please know you are welcome to do so. Thanks for visiting, and take care everyone!:)