Don’t you love the nostalgia of old vinyl records? There are still many of those old darlings in my possession, but sometimes they’re scratched. So I give them a second life as a piece of decoration (still very experimental at times, hee hee). Here’s my first attempt to create a round photo frame, and that’s how it works:

You need…

• Vinyl record
• Jigsaw
• white pen
• Embellishments – here: little wooden butterflies, old sheet music
• hot glue gun
• picture frame hanger

Let the record have its very last turn on your record player. Take a pen which is visible on black, and hold it onto your record approximately 2.5 inches from the border. You’ll get a perfect circle.

Now cut along the line with a jigsaw or scroll saw. It doesn’t matter where you start cutting, even if it severs the frame. You can hide the cut later on.

If the frame got a rough edge like mine did, sand it with a Dremel or simply a cutter knife.

The center part of the record can be turned into a heart – or any other shape you like.

I took old music sheets and tore them into strips. I inked the edges for a vintage look. Now you can add a strip of double-sided tape on the back …

… and fold the note strips around the frame and press them on the tape.

For the piano, paint a section of the inner record part white. I used a white pen, but I guess white spray would have looked more even. Let it dry and cut it into slightly wedge-shaped pieces. I made the black keys by eye measure.

Now arrange your decorative elements on your vinyl frame. When it looks good to you, attach them with hot glue. Print a photo you like, trim it to the size of your frame and tape it to the back. Attach a picture frame hanger – and you’re done!

You can use any embellishment you like, so you’re not limited to this music-themed version. How about old book pages and chipboard letters as embellishments? Or something glittery for little girls? I’d really like to see what you come up with

Wohoo, the last day! I didn’t think I’d make it, but I did

Well, I won’t answer the last question (saddest character death) because for some people it would be a very disappointing spoiler.

I liked this meme because it brought back some nice memories of old shows, for example “The Fall Guy” (I just had to look up the English original title). Here’s the title sequence for reasons of pure nostalgia:

Day 29 – Current TV show obsession
Californication, the second season just started on German tv. David Duchovny is simply hot

Day 28 – First TV show obsession
Identical with day 13. And as today is my birthday, I won’t blog anyway

Day 27 – Best pilot episode
Dexter, because it’s such an extreme show and a wonderful adaption of the books by Jeff Lindsay.
If you don’t know the show yet, you should definitely watch it if. Unless you can’t stand the sight of blood.
Dexter is a forensic analyst at the Miami Police, a rather shy person. At night, Dexter is a serial killer. When he was still a child, Dexter already felt the need to kill people. But his foster dad, a policeman, taught him to kill only those who can otherwise not be convicted for the murders they committed. This “codex” makes it hard for the viewer to judge about Dexter’s secret. On the one hand, his actions are simply cruel and disgusting, but on the other hand you might say that his victims “deserved” what they got.
Here’s the first part of the pilot episode in German: