Old meets New---

Yesterday I met a friend for lunch and admired her hand-made Kindle cover--its was unique and fun, made in part from a burlap coffee bean bag! I loved the whimsy and uniqueness of it!

While browsing through inane TV last night I told Jack about it and did an etsy search where I found all kinds of e-reader covers made from vintage hard back books. I told Jack (husband) about the idea because I am (impatiently!) awaiting the arrival of my new Kindle Fire. I was going on and on about designs and ideas and how fun and then he said--

"We have a box of antique Fleur de Lis tin tiles from the salvage guy.. those would be cool--"

 

 

Oh wow! I LOVED this idea--of course, throw a fleur de Lis on a pile of dog poo and I will love it, but what really struck me was the combination of old and new-- the newest technology in e-readers and tablets snugged right inside its predeccesor of a vintage hard cover book with an even older antique (the tile is 100+ years old and from a building somewhere in nola) attached for character.

So in the way that my husband and do I things, at 9:30 at night we dragged out an old book, automotive glue, 1 antique tin Fleur de Lis roof tile, tin snips, designer fabrics, ribbons, tiny fleur de Lis baubles, gold paint, and elastic (because YES, I do really keep all of this stuff on hand LOL) and we got to work! BTW- If you don't already know us these crazy fits of inspired creations occur frequently--and normally at odd times of the night. It also means absolutely nothing that we have never made, nor thought of making, that night's intended creation--we just kind of go with it...

So we cut and snipped, and glued our way to a super cool cover for a Kindle--a true fusion of Old meets New!

I'm completely bummed that I only have 13 tiles left because I would like to offer these on my etsy store.. I also plan on hacking up some seen-better-days Nancy Drew books and maybe a Bobsy Twin or two too!